Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

Name: RONGXIN SHEN (沈荣鑫 in chinese)

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: June 13, 1982

Citizenship: Chinese

Marital Status: Married

Position: Post Doc.

Current Address: College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China

Phone: +86-20-85288395 (O); +86-13580346747 (Mobile)

E-mail: shenrongxin@scau.edu.cn

Education

Ph.D. 2011.9-2017.9

South China Agriculture University (SCAU)

College of Life Sciences

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Major: Hybrid Sterility in Rice

B.Agr. 2001.9-2005.7

South China Agriculture University (SCAU)

College of Life Sciences

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Major: Molecular and biochemistry biology

Professional Experience

2011.9-2017.12: Postdoctoral Fellow

State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University.

Major:

(a) The origin and molecular mechanism of hybrid incompatibility（HI）in rice；

(b) Identification of genes essential for gametogenesis in rice.

2018.1-Present: Associate professor

State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University.

Area of Expertise

Dr. Shen now focuses on the molecular genetic basis of the key traits associated with utilization of indica and japonica inter-subspecific hybrid vigor, especially the molecular mechanisms for hybrid incompatibility, different day flowering time andstigma exsertion between indica and japonica; He is aslo interested in developing new technologies for modern breeding in crops.

Selected Publications

1. Shen R, Wang L, liu X, Wu J, Jin W, Zhao X, Xie X, Zhu Q, Tang H, Li Q, Chen L, Liu Y-G* (2017). Genomic structural variation-mediated allelic suppression causes hybrid male sterility in rice. Nature Communications, 8:1310..

2. Wang, B†, Lin, Z†, Li, X†, Zhao, Y, Zhao, B, Wu, G, Ma, X, Wang, H, Xie, Y, Li, Q, Song, G, Kong, D, Zheng, Z, Wei, H, Shen, R, Wu, H, Chen, C, Meng, Z, Wang, T, Li, Y, Li, X., Chen, Y, Lai, J, Hufford, M B, Ross-Ibarra, J, He, H*, and Wang, H*. Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding. Nature Genetics, 2020.

3. Xie, Y, Zhou, Q, Zhao, Y, Li, Q, Liu, Y, Ma, M, Wang, B, Shen, R, Zheng, Z, and Wang, H* (2020). FHY3 and FAR1 Integrate Light Signals with the miR156-SPL Module-Mediated Aging Pathway to Regulate Arabidopsis Flowering. Molecular Plant,13:483-498.

4. Li, H†, Bai, M†, Jiang, X†, Shen, R, Wang, H, Wang, H*, and Wu, H* (2020). Cytological evidence of BSD2 functioning in both chloroplast division and dimorphic chloroplast formation in maize leaves. BMC Plant Biology, 20 (17): 1-8.

5. Zhao Z †, Zhang Z †, Ding Z, Meng H, Shen R, Tang H, Liu Y-G, Chen L* (2019). Public-transcriptome-database-assisted selection and validation of reliable reference genes for qRT-PCR in rice. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences.

6. Wu G, Zhao Y, Shen R, Wang B, Xie Y, Ma X, Zheng Z, Wang H * (2019). Plant Characterization of Maize Phytochrome-Interacting Factors in Light Signaling and Photomorphogenesis. Plant Physiology, 181: 789-803.

7. Xie Y, Shen R, Chen L*, Liu Y-G* (2019). Molecular mechanisms of hybrid sterility in rice. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, 62:1-7.

8. Wang L, Shen R, Chen L*, Liu Y-G* (2014). Characterization of a novel DUF1618 gene family in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 56(2):151-158.

9. Zhou L†, Shen R†, Ma X†, Li H†, Li G†, Liu Y-G* (2014). Preparation of rice plant genomic DNA for various applications. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, 1:29-42.

10. Zhu Q, Yu S, Zeng D, Liu H, Wang H, Yang Z, Xie X, Shen R, Tan J, Li H, Zhao X, Zhang Q, Chen Y, Guo J, Chen L, Liu Y-G*(2017). Development of “Purple Endosperm Rice” by engineering anthocyanin biosynthesis in the endosperm with a high-efficiency transgene stacking system. Molecular Plant, 10 (7): 918-929.

11. Ma X, Zhang Q, Zhu Q, Liu W, Chen Y, Qiu R, Wang B, Yang Z, Li H, Lin Y, Xie Y, Shen R, Chen S, Wang Z, Chen Y, Guo J, Chen L, Zhao X, Dong Z, Liu Y-G* (2015). A robust CRISPR/Cas9 system for convenient, high-efficiency multiplex genome editing in monocot and dicot plants. Molecular Plant, 8 (8): 1274-1284.

12. Zhu Q, Xie X, Lin H, Sui S, Shen R, Yang Z, Lu K, Li M and Liu Y-G *(2015). Isolation and functional characterization of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene (SsPAL1) from Coleus (Solenostemonscutellarioides (L.) Codd). Molecules, 20 (9): 16833-16851.

13. Chen W, Zeng D, Shen R, Ma X, Zhang Q, Chen L, Liu Y-G* and Zhu Q*(2016). Rapid in vitro splicing of coding sequences from genomic DNA by isothermal recombination reaction-based PCR. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 30 (5):1-5.

Patent：

Cloning and application of a rice hybrid sterility gene Sc in rice breeding（Patent number：201710476748.2）

Grants (presided)：

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province-Guangzhou City Collaborative Key Project  (2019B1515120061，2020-2022)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31991222, 2020.1-2024.12)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31771739, 2018.1-2021.12)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31401449, 2015.1-2017.12)

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong province (S2012040007477, 2012.9-2014.10)

Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (2012M521610，2012-2014)