Zhuang Lili, Ph. D
Contact
Address: College of Agro-grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China 210095
Tel: +86-25-8439 9712; Mobile: 18705151229
Email: nauzll@njau.edu.cn
Research Fields
Molecular, physilogical and developmental mechanism of turfgrass grass under abiotic stress (mainly drought and heat stress); transgenic breeding for turfgrass
Teaching Courses
• Turfgrasss Irrigation and Drainage Science
• Molecular Biology
• Discipline Introduction
Education Background
• 2005.09 – 2012.05 Master & Doctor (Major: Genetics), College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• 2006.05 – 2011.05 Joint training of doctoral students, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, SIBS, CAS, Shanghai, China
• 2001.09 – 2005.06 Bachelor (Major: Biotechnology), College of Agriculture, Hainan University, Hainan, China
Work Experience
• 2016.01 – present, Assistant professor, College of Agro-grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
• 2017.09 – 2018.09, Visiting Scholar, Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey, USA
• 2013.06 – 2015.12, Postdoc, College of Agro-grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Honors and Awards
• Scholarship sponsored by China Scholarship Council (CSC) (2017)
Research Achievements/Selected Publications
• Projects Directed
1) Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China, 2018/07-2021/06, BK20181320, Molecular mechanism of FaTB1/FaHD-ZIPI module in controlling tiller bud outgrowth under drought stress in Festuca arundinacea, RMB 100,000
2) Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2018/01-2018/12, KYZ201862, Deciphering the mechanism of hormone-sugar interaction in the process of drought-recovery promotion of tillering in Festuca arundinacea, RMB 100,000
3) National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015/01-2017/12, 31401912, Analysis of molecular mechanism of tillering under drought stress in Festuca arundinacea, RMB 260,000
4) Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China, 2014/07-2017/06, BK20140718, Analysis of molecular mechanism of tillering under drought stress in turf grasses, RMB 200,000
5) Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2015/01-2017/12, KJQN201554, Analysis of molecular mechanism of tillering under drought stress in Festuca arundinacea, RMB 100,000
6) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project, 2013/07-2015/12, 2013M541688, Cloning and functional analysis of PpAQP gene in the kentucky bluegrass tolerance to drought stress, RMB 50,000
• Projects Participated
1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2017/01-2020/12, 31672480, Molecular pathways regulated by FaMAX2 controlling drought-inhibition of tiller development in Festuca arundinacea, RMB 720,000
2) National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016/01-2019/12, 31572153, Molecular Mechanism of drought tolerance and post-drought recovery associated with the rhizomatous formation in tall fescue, RMB 720,000
Publications
1) Zhuang LL, Cao W, Wang J, Yu J, Yang Z* and Huang B*. Characterization and functional analysis of FaHsfC1b from Festuca arundinacea conferring heat tolerance in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci 2018, 19(9): 2702
2) Xu Q, Fan NL, Zhuang LL, Yu JJ*, Huang BR*. Enhanced stolon growth and metabolic adjustment in creeping bentgrass with elevated CO2 concentration, Environ. Exp. Bot. 2018, 155: 87-97
3) 庄黎丽, 王剑, 杨志民. 基于转录组数据库的高羊茅HD-ZIP I转录因子的鉴定及表达模式解析, 草业学报, 2018, 27 (3): 67-77
4) Wang XY, Zhuang LL, Shi Yi, Huang BR*. Up-regulation of HSFA2c and HSPs by ABA contributing to improved heat tolerance in tall fescue and Arabidopsis, Inter. J. Mol. Sci. 2017, 18, (9), 1981
5) Zhuang LL# *, Wang J#, Huang BR*. Drought inhibition of tillering in Festuca arundinacea associated with axillary bud development and strigolactone signaling, Environ. Exp. Bot. 2017, 142: 15-23 (#并列第一作者, *通讯作者)
6) Chen Y#, Chen CM#，Tan ZQ, Liu J, Zhuang LL, Yang ZM*, Huang BR*. Functional identification and characterization of genes cloned from halophyte Seashore Paspalum conferring salinity and cadmium tolerance, Front. Plant Sci. 2016, 7: 102
7) Zhuang LL#, Yuan YX#, Chen Y, Xu B, Yang ZM*, Huang BR*. PpCBF3 from cold-tolerant Kentucky Bluegrass involved in freezing tolerance associated with up-regulation of cold-related genes in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana, PLoS One. 2015, 10 (7): e0132928 (#并列第一作者)
8) Zhuang LL*, Liu MX, Yuan XY, Yang ZM, Huang BR*. Physiological effects of aquaporin in regulating drought tolerance through overexpression of Festuca arundinacea aquaporin gene FaPIP2;1, J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 2015, 140: 404-12 (*通讯作者)
9) Chen Y#, Tan ZQ#, Hu BY, Yang ZM*, Xu B, Zhuang LL, Huang BR*. Selection and validation of reference genes for target gene analysis with quantitative RT-PCR in leaves and roots of bermuda grass under four different abiotic stresses, Physiol Plant.2015, 155 (2): 138-148
10) Zhuang LL, Ambrose M, Rameau C, Weng L, Yang J, Hu XH, Luo D, Li X*. LATHYROIDES, encoding a WUSCHEL-related homeobox1 transcription factor, controls organ lateral growth and regulates tendril and dorsal petal identities in garden pea (Pisum sativum L.), Mol. Plant. 2012, 5 (6): 1333-45 (IF=9.326, 封面文章)
11) Li X, Zhuang LL, Ambrose M, Rameau C, Hu XH, Yang J, Luo D*. Geneticanalysisofelemutantsandcomparativemappingofele1locusin the control of organ internal asymmetry in garden pea, J. Integr. Plant Biol. 2010, 52 (6): 528-35 (封面文章)
12) Li X, He SB, Zhuang LL, Sato S, Tabata S, Ambrose M, Rameau C, Yang J, Hu XH, Luo D*. Genetic analysis and comparative mapping of BIO and ELE2 loci in Lotus japonicas and pea, Genomics Applied Biol. 2010, 29 (1): 3-9
