STAFF
AssociateProf. Lifeng Zhao
Collegeof Life Sciences,
South China Agricultural University (SCAU),
Guangzhou,Guangdong 510642, China
Email: zhaolifeng@scau.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D.(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
GraduateSchool of Chinese Academy of Sciences (now University of ChineseAcademy of Sciences), China, 2001
M.S.(Molecular Genetics)
NorthwestUniversity, China, 1998
B.S.(Biology)
NorthwestUniversity, China, 1989
ProfessionalBiography
Dr.Lifeng Zhao worked as postdoctoral fellow in SCAU from 2005 to 2007in China, and as an associate professor in the SCAU from 2007. As aVisiting Scholarship, He worked at Iowa State University in Americain 2015 for one year. He now focuses on protein sorting andtransport, especially the molecular mechanisms for Vacuolar SortingReceptors (VSR) in rice.
Areaof Expertise
proteinsorting and transport; Vacuolar Sorting Receptors (VSR)
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1.Lifeng Zhao, Yibing Hu, Tuanyao Chai, Tai wang*，ARAG1,an ABA responsive DREB gene, plays roles in seed germination anddrought resistance of rice，Annalsof Botany, 2010, 105(3):401-409 2.Yunming Long, Lifeng Zhao, Baixiao Niu, Jing Su, Yuanling Chen,Chuxiong Zhuang, Mantong Mei, Qunyu Zhang, Jingxin Guo, JixingXia, Lan Wang, Yao-guang Liu*, Hybrid male sterility in ricecontrolled by interaction between divergent alleles of twoadjacent genes, PNAS, 2008, 105:18871-18876 3.Yibinghu Hu, Lifeng Zhao, Chong Kang, Tai Wang*, Overexpression ofOsERF1, a novel rice ERF gene, up-regulates ethylene-responsivegenes expression besides affects growth and development inArabidopsis, Journal of Plant Physiology, 2008, 165(16):1717-1725 4.LifengZhao, Shengbao Xu, Tuanyao Cai , Tai Wang*, OsAP2-1, an AP2-likegene from oryza sativa, is required for flower development andmale fertility, Sexual plant reproduction, 2006, 19(4):197-206 |