Prof. Zhenlan Liu

College of Life Sciences,
South China Agricultural University,
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
Tel: +86-20-85280200 (O)
E-mail: zhenlan_liu@scau.edu.cn

Education

• Ph.D. (Cell Biology)

Northeast Normal University, China, 2002

• M.S. (Genetics)

• Northeast Normal University, China, 1999

• B.S. (Exploitation of Wild Plant Resources)

Jilin Agricultural University, China, 1996

Professional Biography

Dr. Zhenlan Liu worked as a postdoctoral fellow in SCAU from 2002 to 2005 in China, and then worked as a postdoctoral fellow in UBC from 2005 to 2007 in Canada. And she joined the College of Life Sciences in SCAU in late 2007 as a professor. Dr. Liu now focuses on the molecular mechanisms of plant architecture and male reproductive process in rice.

Area of Expertise

Male sterility; Plant architecture; Epigenetic regulation of genome evolution

Selected Publications

1. Li Y¹, Yang Y¹, Liu Y, Li D, Zhao Y, Li Z, Liu Y, Jiang D, Li J, Zhou H, Chen J, Zhuang C^*, Liu Z^*. 2019. Overexpression of OsAGO1b induces adaxially rolled leaves by affecting leaf abaxial sclerenchymatous cell development in rice. Rice, 12: 60

2. Liu Y, Tong X, Hui W, Liu T, Chen X, Li J, Zhuang C, Yang Y^*, Liu Z^*. 2015. Efficient culture protocol for plant regeneration from petiole explants of physiologically mature trees of Jatropha curcas L. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 29 (3): 479-488

3. Yang J¹, Fu J¹, Li J, Cheng X, Li F, Dong J, Liu Z^*, Zhuang C^*. 2014. A novel co-immunoprecipitation protocol based on protoplast transient gene expression for studying protein–protein interactions in rice. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 32 (1): 153-161

4. Wang Q¹, Huang W¹, Jiang Q, Lian J, Sun J, Xu H, Zhao H^*, Liu Z^*. 2013. Lower levels of expression of FATA2 gene promote longer siliques with modified seed oil content in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 31 (6): 1368-1375

5. Zhou L, Ni E, Yang J, Zhou H, Liang H, Li J, Jiang D, Wang Z, Liu Z^*, Zhuang C^*. 2013. Rice OsGL1-6 is involved in leaf cuticular wax accumulation and drought resistance. PLoS ONE, 8 (5): e65139

6. Luo D, Xu H, Liu Z, Guo J, Li H, Chen L, Fang C, Zhang Q, Bai M, Yao N, Wu H, Ji C, Zheng H, Chen Y, Ye S, Li X, Zhao X, Li R, Liu Y-G^*. 2013. A detrimental mitochondrial-nuclear interaction causes cytoplasmic male sterility in rice. Nature Genetics, 45 (5): 573-577

7. Liu Z, Adams KL^*. 2007. Expression partitioning of genes duplicated by polyploidy under abiotic stress and during organ development. Current Biology, 17(19):1669-74

8. Liu Z¹, Xu H¹, Guo J, Liu Y-G^*. 2007. Genome-wide analyses of structural and expressional variations of the mitochondrial genome conferring the WA type of CMS in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49 (6): 908-914 

9. Shan X¹, Liu Z¹, Dong Z, Wang Y, Chen Y, Lin X, Long L, Han F, Dong, Liu B^*. 2005. Mobilization of the active MITE transposons mPing and Pong in rice by introgression from wild rice (Zizania latifolia Griseb.). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22:976-90.

10. Liu Z¹, Wang Y¹, Shen Y, Guo W, Hao S, Liu B^*. 2004. Extensive alterations in DNA methylation and transcription in rice caused by introgression from Zizania latifolia. Plant Molecular Biology, 54: 571-582