Name

Wang Ruozhong

Gender

Male

Year of birth

July,1972

Titles

Professor, Ph.D.

Position

deputy Director of Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones at Hunan Agricultural University, member of the Phytohormone biology committee of the Chinese Society for Plant Physiology, the editorial board member for several journals including the Bulletin of Botany.

Research direction

Plant Growth Substances and Chemical Regulation

Recruiting doctoral subjects

Biology - > Botany

Contact email

wangruozhong@hunau.edu.cn

Resume

Wang received his PhD in Botany in 2002 from Hunan Agricultural University, China. He worked as a visiting scholar from 2011-2013 at the University of California at Riverside, USA.

Science &Teaching

Research

Projects

Xiao has presided over 8 scientific research projects at the national or provincial level,  such as National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has extensive experience in the field plant growth and development phytohormones and plant growth regulators, including a) developing highly sensitive new assay based on biosensors for potential real time and in situ analysis of phytohormones. b) Revealing the phytohormonal action mechanisms of seed germination, especially the role of phytic acid and its interaction with phytohormones. c) Bioinformatics.

Research projects

 (1) Molecular mechanism of rice PLA3 mediated miRNA regulation of seed germination（31871714, National Natural Science Foundation of China，2019.1-2022.12）

 (2) Study on the mechanism of PLA3 in rice seed germination as regulated by ABA（31671777, National Natural Science Foundation of China，2017.1-2021.12）

Thesis

3 national invention patents authorized, 4 textbooks and more than 20 research papers published in journals such as Anal Bioanal Chem, Analytical Letters, Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Rice Science, Chin Chem Lett.

Related Publications

(1) Su Y, Li W, Huang Z, Wang R, Luo W, Liu Q, Tong J, Xiao L. 2018. Sensitive and high throughput quantification of abscisic acid based on quantitative real time immuno-PCR. Plant Methods, 14:104

 (2) Ke Zhang, Ruozhong Wang(Co-first author), Hailing Zi, Yongpeng Li, Xiuwei Cao, Dongming Li, Lin Guo, Jianhua Tong, Yanyun Pan, Yuling Jiao, Renyi Liu, Langtao Xiao, Xigang Liu. 2018. AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 regulates floral meristem determinacy by repressing cytokinin biosynthesis and signaling. The Plant Cell, 30(2):324–346

 (3) Su Y, Xia S, Wang R, Xiao L*. Book Chapter 13：Phytohormonal quantification based on biological principles. In: Jiayang Li, Chuanyou Li, Steven M Smith(Eds) (2017). Hormone metabolism and signalling in plants. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, United States of America, ISBN: 978-0-12-811562-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ B978-0-12-811562- 6.00013-X

 (4) Yun Ju Kima, Ruozhong Wang(Co-first author), Lei Gao, Dongming Li, Chi Xu, Hyunggon Mang, Jien Jeon, Xiangsong Chen, Xuehua Zhong, June M Kwak, Beixin Mo, Langtao Xiao, and Xuemei Chen,2016. POWERDERESS and HDA9 interact and promote histone H3 deacetylation at specific genomic sites in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 113(51): 14858–14863, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1618618114

 (5) Yangyang Sun, Wenzhong Xu, Li Wu, Ruozhong Wang, Zhenyan He, Mi Ma,2016. An Arabidopsis mutant of inositol pentakisphosphate 2-kinase AtIPK1 displays reduced arsenate tolerance. Plant, Cell & Environment39(2):416-426 

 (6) Zhuoya Zhao, Zenan Xing, Min Zhou, Yi Chen, Chenzhong Li, Ruozhong Wang, Wenzhong Xu, Mi Ma, 2015. Functional analysis of synthetic DELLA domain peptides and bioactive gibberellin assay using surface plasmon resonance technology. Talanta, 144: 502-509. 

 (7) Xigang Liu,Lei Gao,Thanh Theresa Dinh,Dongming Li,Ruozhong Wang,Lin Guo,Langtao Xiao,Xuemei Chen(2014). DNA Topoisomerase I Affects Polycomb Group Protein-Mediated Epigenetic Regulation and Plant Development by Altering Nucleosome Distribution in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 26(7):2803-2817

 (8) JYonghai Liu, Le Yu, Jianhua Tong, Junhui Ding, Ruozhong Wang, Yusheng Lu, Langtao Xiao (2013). Tiller number is altered in the ascorbic acid-deficient rice suppressed for l-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase. Journal of Plant Physiology, 170(4):389-396

 (9) Rae Eden Yumu., Yun Ju Kim., Xigang Liu, Ruozhong Wang, Junhui Ding, Langtao Xiao, Xuemei Chen(2013). POWERDRESS diversified expression of the miR172 gene family bloster the floral stem cell network. PLoS Genetics, 9(1): e1003218. doi:10.1371/journal. pgen.1003218

 (10) Li Chijun, Liu Zuojun, Zhang Qirui, Wang Ruozhong, Xiao Langtao, Ma Hong, Chong Kang, Xu Yunyuan(2012). SKP1 is involved in ABA signaling to regulate seed germination, stomatal opening and root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell and Environment, 35(5):952–965

 (11) Yonghai Liu, Le Yu, Ruozhong Wang(2011). Level of ascorbic acid in transgenic rice for L-galactono-1,4- lactone dehydrogenase overexpressing or suppressed is associated with plant growth and seed set.  Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 33(4):1353–1363

 (12) Li Qian, Wang Ruozhong, Huang Zhigang,Li Hesong, Xiao Langtao (2010). A novel impedance immuno- sensor based on O-phenylenediamine modified gold electrode to analyze abscisic acid. Chinese Chemical Letters,21(4):472-475

 (13) Wang Ruozhong,Li Yuwei, Li Qian,Shen Guoli,Xiao Langtao (2009). A novel amperometric iImmunosensor for phytohormone abscisic acid based on in sit,u chemical reductive growth of gold nanoparticles on glassy carbon electrode. Analytical Science , 42(15): 2893-2904

 (14) Wang Ruozhong,Xiao Langtao,Yang Minghui, Ding Junhui, Qu Fengli,Shen Guoli (2006). Amperometric determination of indole-3-acetic acid based on platinum nanowires and carbon nanotubes. Chinese Chemical Letters,17(12):1585-1588  

 Book chapters

 (1) Li L, Xiao L, Tang W, Wang R(Eds). Application Manual of Modern Plant Growth Regulators. Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 2018

 (2) Su Y, Xia S, Wang R, Xiao L*. Book Chapter 13：Phytohormonal quantification based on biological principles. In: Jiayang Li, Chuanyou Li, Steven M Smith (Eds). Hormone metabolism and signaling in plants. Academic Press, 2017

Main Awards

New Century Excellent Talents, Ministry of Education, China (2009), Outstanding Graduates of Universities and Colleges, Hunan Provincial Education Department, China (2010)