Education
2008 | PhD, University of Nottingham |
2003 | MSc, University of Nottingham |
2002 | BSc, Jilin University |
Position
- 2019 Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
- 2013 Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Research Interests
- Epigenetics and genomics
- Hormone signaling network
- Fruit ripening
- Sequencing technology
Representative Publications
- Lv, P., Yu, S., Zhu, N., Chen, Y., Zhou, B., Pan, Y., Tzeng, D., Fabi, J., Argyris, J., Garcia-Mas5, J., Ye, N., Zhang, J., Grierson, D., Xiang, J., Fei, Z., Giovannoni, J., and Zhong S. (2018) Genome encode analyses reveal the basis of convergent evolution of fleshy fruit ripening. Nature Plants. 4:784-791.
- Liang, Z., Zhu, N., Mai, K., Liu, Z., Tzeng, D., Osteryoung, K., Zhong, S., Staehelin, A., and Kang, B. (2018) Thylakoid-bound polysomes and a dynamin-related protein, FZL, mediate critical stages of the linear chloroplast biogenesis program in greening Arabidopsis cotyledons. The Plant Cell 30, 1476-1495.
- Dong P., Tu X., Chu P.Y., Lv P., Zhu N., Grierson D., Du B., Li P., and Zhong S. (2017). 3D Chromatin Architecture of Large Plant Genomes Determined by Local A/B Compartments. Molecular Plant. 10, 1497-1509.
- Du M, Zhao J, Tzeng D, Liu Y, Deng L, Yang T, Zhai Q, Wu F, Huang Z, Zhou M, Wang Q, Chen Q, Zhong S, Li CB and Li C (2017) MYC2 Orchestrates a Hierarchical Transcriptional Cascade That Regulates Jasmonate-Mediated Plant Immunity in Tomato. The Plant Cell. 29:1883-1906.
- Giovannoni J, Nguyen C, Ampofo B, Zhong S and Fei Z (2017) The Epigenome and Transcriptional Dynamics of Fruit Ripening. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 68:61-84.
- Hu L, Li N, Xu C, Zhong S, Lin X, Yang J, Zhou T, Yuliang A, Wu Y, Chen YR, Cao X, Zemach A, Rustgi S, Wettstein D and Liu B (2014) Mutation of a major CG methylase in rice causes genome-wide hypomethylation, dysregulated genome expression, and seedling lethality. PNAS. 111:10642-7.
- Zhong S, Fei Z, Chen YC, Zheng Y, Huang M, Vrebalov J, Gapper N, McQuinn R, Liu B, Xiang J, Shao, Y and Giovannoni J (2013) Single-base resolution methylomes of tomato fruit development reveal epigenome modifications associated with ripening. Nature Biotechnology. 31:154-159.
- Watermelon Genome Consortium (2013) The draft genome of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and resequencing of 20 diverse accessions. Nature Genetics. 45:51-58.
- Kiwifruit Genome Consortium (2013) The Draft Genome of Kiwifruit Actinidia chinensis. Nature Communications. 4:2640.
- Tomato Genome Consortium (2012) The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution. Nature. 485:635-641.
Research Grants
- 2019: GRF, Chasing the genetic and epigenetic origin of the tomato fruit ripening mechanism. HK$ 935,530
- 2018: GRF, Pan-epigenome Analysis of Fruit Ripening. HK$ 1,278,357.
- 2016: GRF, Use the ripening gas ethylene and tomato as a model to investigate the molecular mechanism of tissue-specific hormone signaling. $1,320,363.
- 2015: ITF-Tier3, Development of a plasma-based plant growth light for agricultural use. $1,390,350.
- 2015: GRF, Epigenome reprogramming and chromatin accessibility during tomato fruit development. $1,542,740.
Awards
- 2014: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Honor Award in the category of Increasing global food security.
- 2009: Human Frontier Science Program Long-term Fellowship Award.