Education

Master, Northwestern Polytechnic University, USA, 2003

Current position

Associate Professor, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, China

Publications

1. Yuan, T. L., Huang, W. J., He, J., Zhang, D. and Tang, W. H. (2018). Stage-specific gene profiling of germinal cells helps delineate the mitosis/meiosis transition. Plant Physiol 176(2): 1610-1626.
   
2. Zhang, Y., He, J., Jia, L. J., Yuan, T. L., Zhang, D., Guo, Y., Wang, Y. and Tang, W. H. (2016). Cellular tracking and gene profiling of Fusarium graminearum during maize stalk rot disease development elucidates its strategies in confronting phosphorus limitation in the host apoplast. PLoS Pathog 12(3): e1005485.
   
3. Yao, S. H., Guo, Y., Wang, Y. Z., Zhang, D., Xu, L. and Tang, W. H. (2016). A cytoplasmic Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase SOD1 contributes to hyphal growth and virulence of Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Genet Biol 91: 32-42.
   
4. Gui, C. P., Dong, X., Liu, H. K., Huang, W. J., Zhang, D., Wang, S. J., Barberini, M. L., Gao, X. Y., Muschietti, J., McCormick, S. and Tang, W. H. (2014). Overexpression of the tomato pollen receptor kinase LePRK1 rewires pollen tube growth to a blebbing mode. Plant Cell 26(9): 3538-3555.
   
5. Yao, S. H., Jia, L. J., Zhang, X. W., Zhang, D. and Xu, L. (2014). Biological function analysis of a Pectate Lyase PelA in Fusarium graminearum. Plant Physiology Journal 50: 243-252. (in Chinese)
6. Wang, C., Gui, C. P., Liu, H. K., Zhang, D. and Mosig, A. (2013). An image skeletonization-based tool for pollen tube morphology analysis and phenotyping. J Integr Plant Biol 55(2): 131-141.
7. Zhang, X. W. and Zhang, D. (2013). Recent advances of secondary metabolites in genus Fusarium. Plant Physiology Journal 49: 201-216. (in Chinese)
8. Zhang, X. W., Jia, L. J., Zhang, Y., Jiang, G., Li, X., Zhang, D. and Tang, W. H. (2012). In planta stage-specific fungal gene profiling elucidates the molecular strategies of Fusarium graminearum growing inside wheat coleoptiles. Plant Cell 24(12): 5159-5176.
9. Tang, X., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhang, W. J., Zhao, X. M., Li, X., Zhang, D., Liu, Q. Q. and Tang, W. H. (2010). Global gene profiling of laser-captured pollen mother cells indicates molecular pathways and gene subfamilies involved in rice meiosis. Plant Physiol 154(4): 1855-1870.
10. Zhang, D., Wengier, D., Shuai, B., Gui, C. P., Muschietti, J., McCormick, S. and Tang, W. H. (2008). The pollen receptor kinase LePRK2 mediates growth-promoting signals and positively regulates pollen germination and tube growth. Plant Physiol 148(3): 1368-1379.
    
11. Yuan, T. L., Zhang, Y., Yu, X. J., Cao, X. Y. and Zhang, D. (2008). Optimization of transformation system of Fusarium graminearum. Plant Physiol Commun 44: 251-256. (in Chinese)