Wenbin ZHOU

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Prof. Wenbin Zhou  

Director General of ICS-CAAS  

Head of the Research Group of Regulation of Photosynthesis

Center of Crop Management and Farming System

Tel:86-10-82108563

Fax:86-10-82105819

Email:zhouwenbin@caas.cn

 

Educations

2009-2014, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany

2005-2008, PhD in Botany, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Working Experiences

2015.1- now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China.

2008.7-2009.5, Research Assistant, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Research Interests

Photosynthesis and Environmental Stress；Engineering Photosynthesis for Enhancing Crop Yield Potential；Plant tRNA Modification

Academic Qualifications

Technical Editor, The Crop Journal

Selected Publications (*Corresponding authors)

Wei S^#, Li X^#, Lu Z, Zhang H, Ye X, Zhou Y, Li J, Yan Y, Pei H, Duan F, Wang D, Chen S, Wang P, Zhang C, Shang L, Zhou Y, Yan P, Zhao M, Huang J, Bock R, Qian Q, Zhou W*. 2022. A transcriptional regulator that boosts grain yields and shortens the growth duration of rice. Science, 377: eabi8455.

Yan Y, Duan F, Li X, Zhao R, Hou P, Zhao M, Li S, Wang Y, Dai T, Zhou W*. 2024. Photosynthetic capacity and assimilate transport of the lower canopy influence maize yield under high planting density. Plant Physiol. 195: 2652-2667.

Li X^#, Li J^#, Wei S, Gao Y, Pei H, Geng R, Lu Z, Wang P, Zhou W*. 2024. Maize GOLDEN2-LIKE proteins enhance drought tolerance in rice by promoting stomatal closure. Plant Physiol. 194: 774-786.

Geng R, Pang X, Li X, Shi S, Hedtke B, Grimm B, Bock R, Huang J, Zhou W*. 2023. PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH8 interacts with tetrapyrrole biosynthesis enzymes and ClpC1 to maintain homeostasis of tetrapyrrole metabolites in Arabidopsis. New Phytol. 238: 2545-2560.

Soualiou S, Duan F, Li X, Zhou W*. 2023. Nitrogen supply alleviates cold stress by increasing photosynthesis and nitrogen assimilation in maize seedlings. J Exp Bot. 74: 3142-3162.

Yan Y, Hou P, Duan F, Niu L, Dai T, Wang K, Zhao M, Li S, Zhou W*. 2021. Improving photosynthesis to increase grain yield potential: an analysis of maize hybrids released in different years in China. Photosynth Res. 150: 295-311.

Wei Z^#, Duan F^#, Sun X, Song X*, Zhou W*. 2021. Leaf photosynthetic and anatomical insights into mechanisms of acclimation in rice in response to long-term fluctuating light. Plant Cell Environ. 44: 747-761.

Li X^#, Wang P^#, Li J, Wei S, Yan Y, Yang J, Zhao M, Langdale JA, Zhou W*. 2020. Maize GOLDEN2-LIKE genes enhance biomass and grain yields in rice by improving photosynthesis and reducing photoinhibition. Commun Biol. 3: 151.

Liu J #, Zhou W#*, Wang C, Sun Y, Wu W, Wang Z, Hai G, Yang C, Huang, J, Bock R, and Cheng Y*. 2015. The conserved endoribonuclease YbeY is required for chloroplast rRNA processing in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 168: 205-221.

Zhou W, Karcher D. and Bock R. 2014. Identification of enzymes for adenosine-to-inosine editing and discovery of cytidine-to-uridine editing in nucleus-encoded tRNAs of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 166: 1985-1997.

Zhou W, Karcher D. and Bock R. 2013. Importance of adenosine-to-inosine editing adjacent to the anticodon in an Arabidopsis alanine tRNA under environmental stress. Nucl. Acids Res. 41: 3362-3372.

Zhou W, Karcher D. and Bock R. 2013. Importance of adenosine-to-inosine editing adjacent to the anticodon in an Arabidopsis alanine tRNA under environmental stress. Nucl. Acids Res. 41: 3362-3372.

Zhou W, Chen Y, Yap A, Chateigner-Boutin A-L, Delannoy E, Hammani K, Small I, and Huang J. 2009. The Arabidopsis gene YS1 encoding a DYW protein is required for editing of rpoB transcripts and the rapid development of chloroplasts during early growth.  Plant J. 58: 82-96.

Wei Q,    

Zhou W, Hu G, Wei J, Yang H, and Huang J. 2008. Heterotrimeric G-protein is involved in phytochrome A-mediated cell death of Arabidopsis hypocotyls. Cell Res. 18: 949-960.