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    Hongning Tong

    Date：2019-04-23Author：Source：

    Hongning Tong
    Head of the Research Group of Grain Development and Regulation Innovation
    Center for Crop Genomics & Molecular Design
    Institute of Crop Sciences
    No.12 Zhongguancun South Street
    Beijing, 100081, China
    Tel:86-10-82108748
    Fax:86-10-
    Email:tonghongning@caas.cn

    Educations

    • 1998-2002, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
    • 2002-2010, Ph.D, the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Working Experience

    • 2016.12-now, Young Talent and principal investigator, ICS-CAAS
    • 2014.7-2014.10, Visiting Iowa State University
    • 2013.1-2016.11, Associate Professor, IGDB-CAS
    • 2010.7- 2012.12, Assistant Professor, the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Research Interests

    • Identify genes or variations associated with grain-related traits such as grain size/shape, grain quality, and grain number
    • Plants balance the yield-related traits and stress responses at molecular level

    Academic Qualifications

    • 2017, NSFC Excellent Young Scientist
    • 2017, Selected Leading Scientist of CAAS
    • 2015, Young Talent Award, WangKuanCheng Education Foundation
    • 2015, Elected Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS,

    Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

    Hongning Tong, Chengcai Chu;(2018) Functional Specificities of Brassinosteroid and Potential Utilization for Crop Improvement, Trends in Plant Science, 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.08.007
    Yunhua Xiao, Dapu Liu, Guoxia Zhang, Shaopei Gao, Linchuan Liu, Fan Xu,Ronghui Che, Yiqin Wang, Hongning Tong*, Chengcai Chu*,(2018)Big Grain3, encoding a purine permease, regulates grain size via modulating cytokinin transport in rice, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 10.1111/jipb.12727
    Wenchao Yin, Nana Dong, Mei Niu, Xiaoxing Zhang, Lulu Li,Jun Liu, Bin Liu, Hongning Tong*(2018)Brassinosteroid-regulated plant growth and development and gene expression in soybean, Crop Journal, 10.1016/j.cj.2018.10.003
    Xiao Y, Liu D, Zhang G, Tong H*, and Chu C* (2017). Brassinosteroids regulate OFP1, a DLT interacting protein, to modulate plant architecture and grain morphology in rice. Front. Plant Sci. 8: 1698
    Tong H and Chu C* (2017) Physiological analysis of brassinosteroid responses and sensitivity in rice. Methods Mol. Biol. 1564, 23-29
    Tong H, Chu C* (2016) Brassinosteroid regulates gibberellin synthesis to promote cell elongation in rice: Critical comments on Ross and Quittenden’s letter. Plant Cell. 28(4): 833-835
    Che R, Tong H, Shi B, Liu Y, Fang S, Liu D, Xiao Y, Hu B, Liu L, Wang H, Zhao M*, Chu C* (2015) Controls of rice grain size and yield by GL2-mediated brassinosteroid responses. Nat. Plants. 2: 15195
    Liu L, Tong H, Xiao Y, Che R, Xu F, Hu B, Liang C, Chu J, Li J*, Chu C* (2015) Activation of Big Grain1 significantly improves grain size by regulating auxin transport in rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112(35): 11102-11107
    Tong H, Xiao Y, Liu D, Gao S, Liu L, Yin Y, Jin Y, Qian Q, Chu C* (2014) Brassinosteroid regulates cell elongation by modulating gibberellin metabolism in rice. Plant Cell. 26(1): 4376-4393

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