Wenbin Zhou
Prof. Wenbin Zhou
Head of the Research Group of Regulation of Photosynthesis
Center for Crop Management & Farming System
Institute of Crop Sciences
No.12 Zhongguancun South Street
Beijing, 100081, China
Tel:86-10-86-10-8210-7841
Fax:86-10-86-10-8210-8891
Email:zhouwenbin@caas.cn
Educations
- 2009-2014, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Dr. Ralph Bock at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- 2005-2008, PhD in Botany, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Working Experience
- 2015.1- now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
- 2008.7-2009.5, Research Assistant, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 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)
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, Fischer A, Maximova E, Walther D and Bock R. 2015. Multiple RNA processing defects and impaired chloroplast function in plants deficient in the organellar protein-only RNase P enzyme. PLoS ONE 10: e0120533.
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.
Cheng Y, Zhou W, Ibrahim El sheery N, Peters C, Li M, Wang X, and Huang J. 2011. Characterization of the Arabidopsis glycerophosphodiesterphosphodiesterase (GDPD) family reveals that a plastid-localized AtGDPD1 is involved in membrane lipid remodeling under phosphate deficiency. Plant J. 66: 781-795.
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.
Members of Research Group