Associate Professor
Educational background:
Zhong Graduated with a bachelor's degree from the College of Life Science and Technology at Guangxi University in 2011, and obtained a Ph.D. from the Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. From 2017 to 2020, Zhong conducted postdoctoral research in the field of plant multi-resistance at the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Research Direction：
With a focus on soybean and rice as primary research subjects, Zhong engaged in research on yield-immunity regulation, carbon-nitrogen balance regulation, and the immune symbiotic transition mechanism of soybean-rhizobia.
Publications：
(1) Xiangbin Zhong†, Jie Wang†, Xiaolei Shi, Mengyan Bai, Cuicui Yuan, Chenlin Cai, Huaqin Kuang, Jiaqing Su, Xiao Liu, Wenqiang Yang, Chunyan Yang, Fanjiang Kong#, Ertao Wang# & Yuefeng Guan#. Genetically optimising soybean nodulation improves yield and protein content. Nature Plants 2024, 10(5): 736-742DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01696-x.
(2) Mingjun Gao†, Yang He†, Xin Yin†, Xiangbin Zhong†#, Bingxiao Yan, Yue Wu, Jin Chen, Xiaoyuan Li, Keran Zhai, Yifeng Huang, Xiangyu Gong, Huizhong Chang, Shenghan Xie, Jiyun Liu, Jiaxing Yue, Jianlong Xu, Guiquan Zhang, Yiwen Deng, Ertao Wang, Didier Tharreau, Guo-Liang Wang, Weibing Yang# & Zuhua He#. Ca2+ sensor-mediated ROS scavenging suppresses rice immunity and is exploited by a fungal effector. Cell. 184.21(2021):1-14. co-first author，co-corresponding author
(3) Hui Shen†, Xiangbin Zhong†, Fangfang Zhao, Yanmei Wang, Bingxiao Yan,Qun Li, Genyun Chen, Bizeng Mao, Jianjun Wang, Yangsheng Li, Guoying Xiao, Yuke He, Han Xiao, Jianming Li & Zuhua He. Overexpression of receptor-like kinase ERECTA improves thermotolerance in rice and tomato. Nature Biotechnology. 33(9),996-1003 (2015). co-first author，IF: 41.514(2015)
(4) Yue Wu†, Weiying Xu†, Guoyan Zhao†, Ziyao Lei†, Kui Li†, Jiyun Liu†, Shijia Huang, Junli Wang, Xiangbin Zhong, Xin Yin, Yuandong Wang, Haochen Zhang, Yang He, Zian Ye, Yonggang Meng, Xiaoyu Chang, Hui Lin, Xin Wang, Yuanyuan Gao, Jijie Chai, Jane E. Parker, Yiwen Deng#, Yu Zhang#, Mingjun Gao# and Zuhua He#. A canonical protein complex controls immune homeostasis and multipathogen resistance. Science 386(6728),1405-1412(2024).DOI:10.1126/science.adr2138
(5) Xin Wang, Zhimin Qiu, Wenjun Zhu, NanWang, Mengyan Bai, Huaqin Kuang, Chenlin Cai, Xiangbin Zhong, Fanjiang Kong, Peitao Lü & Yuefeng Guan. The NAC transcription factors SNAP1/2/3/4 are central regulators mediating high nitrogen responses in mature nodules of soybean [J]. Nature Communications, 2023 Aug 5;14(1):4711. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40392-w.
Funds and Projects:
(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program
(2) Sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program of China
E-mail：xb-zhong@fafu.edu.cn