Hongquan Yang

Biography

In 1987 and 1990 successively in Sichuan Agricultural University Department of Agronomy bachelor and master's degree. 1995 Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Genetics at the Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 1995 to 2001, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow and a research associate in the Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania. From August 2001 to March 2006, he was a researcher and doctoral tutor at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From April 2006 to March 2015, he served successively as professor and doctoral tutor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Agriculture and Biology and Life Science and Technology. Since April 2015, he has been professor and doctoral supervisor of School of Life Sciences, Fudan University. In 1987 and 1990 successively in Sichuan Agricultural University Department of Agronomy bachelor and master's degree. 1995 Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Genetics at the Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 1995 to 2001, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow and a research associate in the Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania. From August 2001 to March 2006, he was a researcher and doctoral tutor at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From April 2006 to March 2015, he served successively as professor and doctoral tutor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Agriculture and Biology and Life Science and Technology. Since April 2015, he has been professor and doctoral supervisor of School of Life Sciences, Fudan University.

Research Interest

Light is the environmental factor necessary for the generation and multiplication of life on Earth. For higher plants, it is not only a source of energy for photosynthesis, but also a signal source for regulating important physiological activities of plants including light morphogenesis, flowering time, stomatal opening, stomatal development and biological rhythms. The regulation of light signal on plant growth and development is realized through the signal transduction pathway mediated by photoreceptor protein, an intrinsic and specific signal molecule that receives light of different wavelengths. These receptors include the UV B receptor UVR8, the Blu-ray receptor Cryptocaryon CRY and the PHOT, and the red / far red receptor phytochrome. CRY is widely found in lower plants, higher plants, insects and animals and is highly conserved in amino acid sequence. In Drosophila, CRY regulates biorhythm by regulating the input of the circadian clock. In animals, CRY is the core element of the biological clock. In addition, the CRYs present in the intraocular retina of migratory birds can also perceive the Earth's magnetic field, providing them with precise positioning and guidance during the North-South migration. One of our research directions is the molecular mechanism of CRY signal transduction in higher plants. The main content of this study is to study the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, through the comprehensive research methods of physiology, biochemistry, genetics and molecular, to separate the new signal transduction Guide elements and elucidate the mechanism of signal regulation; together, the signals of light signals and plant hormones regulate a number of important physiological processes including morphogenesis, flowering time and stomatal development. Our research direction is the molecular mechanism of the interaction between light signals and phytohormone signals. The key molecular links between them are mainly through the means of physiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular and group studies, etc. , And clarify the regulatory mechanism.