Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
E-Mail：caihanyang8816@fafu.edu.cn; caihanyang123@163.com;
Educational Background:
2016.09-2019.06 Ph.D., Fujian Agricultural University.
2011.09-2014.06 Master's degree, Fujian Agricultural University.
2007.09-2011.06 Bachelor's degree, Fujian Agricultural University.
Study Abroad Experience：
2017.11-2017.12 Visiting scholar, University of Cambridge, UK.
Research Focus: Plant Reproductive Development
Selected Publications:
1. Hanyang Cai (*), Kaichuang Liu, Suzhuo Ma, Han Su, Jiahong Yang, Ling Sun, Ziqi Liu and Yuan Qin (*). (2025) Gibberellin and cytokinin signaling antagonistically control female-germline cell specification in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell, 60(5), 706–722.
2. Cai Hanyang (#), Huang Youmei (#), Liu Liping (#), Zhang Man (#), Chai Mengnan (#), Xi Xinpeng, Mohammad Aslam, Wang Lulu, Ma Suzhuo, Su Han, Liu Kaichuang, Tian Yaru, Zhu Wenhui, Qi Jingang, Thomas Dresselhaus, Qin Yuan (*). (2023). Signaling by the EPFL-ERECTA family coordinates female germline specification through the BZR1 family in Arabidopsis. The Plant cell, 35(5), 1455–1473.
3. Cai Hanyang (#), Liu Liping (#), Huang Youmei, Zhu Wenhui, Qi Jingang, Xi Xinpeng, Mohammad Aslam, Thomas Dresselhaus, and Qin Yuan (*). (2022). Brassinosteroid signaling regulates female germline specification in Arabidopsis. Current biology: CB, 32(5), 1102–1114.
4. Cai Hanyang, Liu Liping, Zhang Man, Chai Mengnan, Huang Youmei, Chen Fangqian, Yan Maokai, Su Zhenxia, Ian Henderson, Ravishankar Palanivelu, Chen Xuemei, and Qin Yuan (*). (2021). Spatiotemporal control of miR398 biogenesis via chromatin remodeling and kinase signaling ensures proper ovule development. The Plant cell, 33(5), 1530–1553.
5. Youmei Huang (#), Liping Liu (#), Mengnan Chai (#), Han Su, Suzhuo Ma, Kaichuang Liu, Yaru Tian, Zhuangyuan Cao, Xinpeng Xi, Wenhui Zhu, Jingang Qi, Ravishankar Palanivelu, Yuan Qin (*), and Hanyang Cai (*). (2023). Epigenetic regulation of female germline development through ERECTA signaling pathway. New phytologist;240(3):1015-1033.
Research Projects:
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (32370377). 2024.1-2027.12. 500,000¥
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (32170352). 2022.1-2025.12. 580,000¥
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (31700279). 2018.1-2020.12. 220,000¥