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Maize Endosperm Development and Genetic Improvement Group  
  

 
 

Jun Yang

Position: Associate Professor
Place of birth: Anhui province
Languages: English, Chinese
Contact: 86-21-54924340, yangjun@sibs.ac.cn
 Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, District Xuhui Shanghai, 200032

Experience

2017.01-present Associate Professor, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016.04-2016.12  Assistant Professor, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciencesof Sciences
2013.08-2016.03  Postdoctor, Institute of Plant Physiology, & Ecology Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Education

2010.09-2013.07   Ph.D. in Environmental Science, College of Tourism, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai
2007.09-2010.06  M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai
2003.09-2007.06  B.S. in Bioengineering, Department of Life and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University; Anhui

 

 

  

Objectives

Identify regulators for maize seed quality and size using both forward and reverse genetic method

Publication

1. Zhi-Yong Zhang, Xi-xi Zheng, Jun Yang and Yongrui Wu (2016) Maize endosperm-specific transcription factors O2 and PBF network the regulation of protein and starch synthesis. PNAS 113(39), 10842–10847.
2. Jun Yang, Chen Ji and Yong-Rui Wu (2016) Divergent Transactivation of Maize Zein Storage Genes by the Transcription Factors Opaque2 and OHPs. GENETICS 204, 581–591.
3. Zhi-Yong Zhang*, Jun Yang* and Yongrui Wu (2015) Transcriptional Regulation of Zein Gene Expression in Maize through the Additive and Synergistic Action of opaque2, Prolamine-Box Binding Factor, and O2 Heterodimerizing Proteins. Plant Cell 27, 1162-72 (*co-first authors).
4. Jun Yang, Lei Tian, Xue-Yong Huang, Ming-Xi Sun, Jun Zhu, Yue-Feng Guan, Qi-Shi Jia and Zhong-Nan Yang. Auxin Response Factor17is essential for pollen wall pattern formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 2013; 162: 720-731.
5. Ming-Xi Sun*, Xue-Yong Huang*, Jun Yang*, Yue-Feng Guan, and Zhong-Nan Yang. Arabidopsis RPG1 is important for primexine deposition and functions redundantly with RPG2 for plant fertility at the late reproductive stage. Plant Reproduction 2013; 26: 83-91 (*co-first authors).
6. Xue-Yong Huang, Jin Niu, Ming-Xi Sun, Jun Zhu, Ju-Fang Gao, Jun Yang, Que Zhou, and Zhong-Nan Yang. CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE G1 is associated with the spliceosome to regulate CALLOSE SYNTHASE5 splicing and pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2013; 25: 637-648.
7. Xiao-Chuan Li, Jun Zhu, Jun Yang, Guo-Rui Zhang, Wei-Feng Xing, Sen Zhang and Zhong-Nan Yang. Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 6 (GPAT6) is important for tapetum development in Arabidopsis and plays multiple roles in plant fertility. Molecular Plant 2012; 5: 131-142.