Associate Professor at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Research Interests:
Plant nutrient signal transduction, O-glycosylation modification, Plant proteomics
Overseas Education Experience:
2017.10-2022.10, Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, USA
2010-2016 Ph.D., Cell Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
2006-2010 B.S., Biology Department, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
Publications:
（1）Z. Zhang.(#), Z. Zhong.(#), Y. Xiong* (2023). “Sailing in complex nutrient signaling networks: Where I am, where to go, and how to go?” Mol Plant 16, 1635-1660.
（2）Z. Zhang, Y. Sun, X. Jiang, W. Wang* and Z. Y. Wang* (2021). Sugar inhibits brassinosteroid signaling by enhancing BIN2 phosphorylation of BZR1. PLoS Genet 17(5): e1009540.
（3）Z. Zhang, J. Y. Zhu, J. Roh, C. Marchive, S. K. Kim, C. Meyer, Y. Sun, W. Wang and Z. Y. Wang* (2016). TOR Signaling Promotes Accumulation of BZR1 to Balance Growth with Carbon Availability in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol 26(14): 1854-1860.
（4）Z. Zhang*, E. Gonzalez, R., Shrestha., S. Xu., Z. Y. Wang* , “UPL3 Promotes BZR1 Degradation, Growth Arrest, and Seedling Survival under Starvation Stress in Arabidopsis”( under review)
（5）Y. Bi.(#), R., Shrestha.(#), Z. Zhang(#)., C. Hsu, A. Reyes., S. Karunadasa., P. Baker., J. Maynard., Y. Liu., A. hakimi., D. Lopez-Ferrer., T. Hassan., R. Chalkley., S. Xu(*).,Z. Y. Wang(*) (2023), “ SPY mediates O-fucose modification of hundreds of proteins and sugar-dependent growth in Arabidopsis” Plant Cell 35:1318-1333. 10.1093.
Fundings:
2017 The Fellowship of China Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents
2019 The Young Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China
2024 The General Program Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China
Email: zhenzhenzhang2779@qq.com