Education:
2010.9–2016.06 Ph.D. in Botany, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
2006.09–2010.06 B.S. in Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Professional Experiences:
2022.02–present Associate Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2016.07–2022.01 Assistant Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Research interests:
Molecular mechanisms of organ morphogenesis in legume species, including but not limited to compound leaf, papilionaceous flower, stem, and embryo.
PUBLICATIONS:
Chaoqun Wang#, Baolin Zhao#, Liangliang He, Shaoli Zhou, Ye Liu Weiyue Zhao, Shiqi Guo, Ruoruo Wang, Quanzi Bai, Youhan Li, Dongfa Wang, Qing Wu, Yuanfan Yang, Yu Liu, Million Tadege*, and Jianghua Chen*. The WOX family transcriptional regulator SlLAM1 controls compound leaf and floral organ development in Solanum lycopersicum. Journal of Experimental Botany, 72(5): 1822–1835, 2021.
Baolin Zhao#, Liangliang He#, Chuan Jiang#, Ye Liu, Hua He, Quanzi Bai, Shaoli Zhou, Xiaoling Zheng, Jiangqi Wen, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Million Tadege, Yu Liu, Renyi Liu*, and Jianghua Chen*. Lateral Leaflet Suppression1 (LLS1), encoding the MtYUCCA1 protein, regulates lateral leaflet development in Medicago truncatula, New Phytologist, 227(2): 613–628, 2020.
Baolin Zhao, Minghui Lv, Zengxiu Feng, Thomas Campbell, Emmanuel Liscum, and Jia Li*. TWISTED DWARF 1 associates with BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1 to regulate early events of the brassinosteroid signaling pathway. Molecular Plant. 9(4): 582-592, 2016.
Baolin Zhao and Jia Li*. Regulation of brassinosteroid biosynthesis and inactivation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 54(10): 746-759, 2012.
Xiaoyu Mo#, Liangliang He#*, Ye Liu, Dongfa Wang, Baolin Zhao, and Jianghua Chen*. The Genetic Control of the Compound Leaf Patterning in Medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12: 749989, 2022.
Weiyue Zhao, Quanzi Bai, Baolin Zhao, Qing Wu, Chaoqun Wang, Ye Liu, Tianquan Yang, Yu Liu, Hua He, Shanshan Du, Million Tadege, Liangliang He*, and Jianghua Chen*. The geometry of the compound leaf plays a significant role in the leaf movement of Medicago truncatula modulated by mtdwarf4a, New Phytologist, 230(2): 475-484, 2021
Shaoli Zhou#, Tianquan Yang#, Yawen Mao, Ye Liu, Shiqi Guo, Ruoruo Wang, Genwang Fangyue, Liangliang He, Baolin Zhao, Quanzi Bai, Youhan Li, Xiaojia Zhang, Dongfa Wang, Chaoqun Wang, Qing Wu, Yuanfan Yang, Yu Liu, Million Tadege, and Jianghua Chen*. The F-box protein MIO1 regulates organ size and leaf movement in Medicago truncatula. Journal of Experimental Botany, 72(8): 2995-3011, 2021.
Liangliang He#, Yu Liu#, Hua He, Ye Liu, Jinfeng Qi, Xiaojia Zhang, Youhan Li, Yawen Mao, Shaoli Zhou, Xiaoling Zheng, Quanzi Bai, Baolin Zhao, Dongfa Wang, Jiangqi Wen, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Million Tadege, Yongmei Xia, and Jianghua Chen*. A molecular framework underlying the compound leaf pattern of Medicago truncatula. Nature Plants, 6(5): 511-521, 2020.
Xiaoling Zheng#, Liangliang He#, Ye Liu, Yawen Mao, Chaoqun Wang, Baolin Zhao, Youhan Li, Hua He, Shiqi Guo, Liangsheng Zhang, Harald Schneider, Million Tadege, Fang Chang, and Jianghua Chen*. A study of male fertility control in Medicago truncatula uncovers an evolutionarily conserved recruitment of two tapetal bHLH subfamilies in plant sexual reproduction. New Phytologist, 228(2): 1115-1133, 2020.
Xiaojia Zhang, Liang He, Baolin Zhao, Shaoli Zhou, Youhan Li, Hua He, Quanzi Bai, Weiyue Zhao, Shiqi Guo, Yu Liu*, and Jianghua Chen*. Dwarf and Increased Branching1 controls plant height and axillary bud outgrowth in Medicago truncatula, Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(20): 6355-6365, 2020.
Shiqi Guo#, Xiaojia Zhang#, Quanzi Bai, Weiyue Zhao, Yuegengwang Fang, Shaoli Zhou, Baolin Zhao, Liangliang He*, Jianghua Chen*. International journal of molecular sciences, 21(14): E4968, 2020.
Junbo Du J*, Baolin Zhao, Xin Sun, Mengyuan Sun, Dongzhi ZhangShasha Zhang, Wenyu Yang. Identification and Characterization of Multiple Intermediate Alleles of the Key Genes Regulating Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis Pathways, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1893, 2017.
Yang Ou, Xiaoting Lu, Quaner Zi, Qingqing Xun, Jingjie Zhang, Yujun Wu, Hongyong Shi, Zhuoyun Wei, Baolin Zhao, Xiaoyue Zhang, Kai He, Xiaoping Gou, Chuanyou Li, Jia Li*. RGF1 INSENSITIVE 1 to 5, a group of LRR receptor-like kinases, are essential for the perception of root growth factor 1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cell Research. 26(6): 686-698, 2016.
Junbo Du, Hongju Yin, Shasha Zhang, Zhuoyun Wei, Baolin Zhao, Jinghua Zhang,Xiaoping Gou, Honghui Lin*, Jia Li*. Somatic embryogenesis receptor kinases control root development mainly via brassinosteroid-independent actions in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 54(6): 388-399, 2012.
