Education

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, CUHK

Research Interests

• Transcriptional regulation mediated by RNA modifications for the crop improvement under environmental stresses
• RNA modifications in regulation of crop hybrid vigor
• Rice domestications in the epigenetic level
• New strategy using synthetic biology and RNA biology for crop breeding

Representative Publications

1. Li, H., Li X., He, K., Dang, H., Shen, W., Zhang, P., He, C., Wang, G^†. KAS-Seq Captures Global Transcription Dynamics and Active Single-Stranded Enhancers in Rice. (2026) Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2026; 0:1–4. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70677
2. Li, H., Li X., Zhang, J., Wang, G^†. Altered chromatin accessibility in light and hormone responses of rice seedlings. (2025) Plant Physiology, kiaf438, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf438
3. Li, T., Huang, J., Wang, G^†., Li, H. ^†, Lü, P^†. (2025). Regulatory roles of RNA modifications in plant development and fruit ripening. aBIOTECH 6, 472–488 (2025)
4. Du, J., Cheung, W., Zhang, L., Wang, G^†. (2025). Detection Technologies for RNA Modifications and Their Applications in Plants. aBIOTECH. Accepted
5. Xin, T., Zhang, Zhang, Y., Z., Li, X., Wang, S., Wang, G., Li, H., Wang, B., Zhang M., Tang, W., He, C., Ding, Y., Huang, S. & Yang, X. (2025). Recessive epistasis of a synonymous mutation confers cucumber domestication through epitranscriptomic regulation. Cell, Online.
6. Li H, Wang G, Ye C, Zou Z, Jiang B, Yang F, He K, Ju C, Zhang L, Gao B, Liu S, Chen Y, Zhang J, He C. Quantitative RNA pseudouridine maps reveal multilayered translation control through plant rRNA, tRNA and mRNA pseudouridylation. Nat Plants. 2025 Jan 9. doi: 10.1038/s41477-024-01894-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39789092.
7. Wang, G., Li, H., Ye, C., He, Kayla., Liu S., Jiang B., Zhang, J., He, C. Quantitative profiling of m⁶A at single base resolution across the life cycle of rice and Arabidopsis (2024). Nature Communications, 15(1), 4881.
8. Li, H., You, C., Manabu, Y., Yang, X., Gu, H., Li, C., Cui, J., Chen, X.,^† Ye, N.,^† Zhang, J., Wang, G^*. A spontaneous thermo-sensitive female sterility mutation in rice endows full mechanized hybrid breeding. (2022). Cell Research, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-022-00711-0.
9. Wang, G., Li, X., Ye, N., Li, H. & Zhang, J. OsTPP1 regulates seed germination through the crosstalk with abscisic acid in rice. (2021). New Phytologist, 230(5): 1925-1939.
10. Wang, G., Li, X., An, Y., Zhang, J., Li, H. Transient ChIP-Seq for Genome-wide In Vivo DNA Binding Landscape. (2021). Trends in plant science, S1360-1385.
11. Wang, G., Li, X., Ye, N., Li, H. & Zhang, J.. The chromatin accessibility landscape of pistils and anthers in rice. (2022). Plant Physiology, 190(4), 2797-2811.
12. Wang, G., Li, H., Meng, S., Yang, J., Ye, N., & Zhang, J. Analysis of global methylome and gene expression during carbon reserve mobilization in stems under soil drying. (2020). Plant Physiology, 183(4), 1809-1824.
13. Wang, G., Li, H., Wang, K., Yang, J., Duan, M., Zhang, J., & Ye, N. Regulation of gene expression involved in the remobilization of rice straw carbon reserves results from moderate soil drying during grain filling. (2020). The Plant Journal, 101(3), 604-618.

Research Grants

2026-2028, Strategic Development and Collaborative Project (Innovation and Technology Commission via SKLA) as PI, “RNA modification Confers Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance in Rice”. HKD$500,000.

2026-2030, Research Grants Council (RGC) Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE) Grant as Co-PI “Centre for Plant Vacuole Biology and Biotechnology”, HK$87,777,000

2025-2027, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Strategic Seed Funding for Collaborative Research Scheme as PI, “Breeding the future: RNA methylation conferred Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security”, HK$500,000

Patents

• Wang, G. Q., Li, D.Q., Zhang, J. Q., & Xia, Y. P.. (2013).A method of Hybrid Seeds Germination of Louisiana Iris . (Patent number: ZL201310539514.X)
• Wang, G. Q., Xia, Y. P., Li, D.Q., Shen, B. C., & Wei. S.F. (2014).A method of using chlormequat chloride to promote lateral bud germination in Iris germanica (Patent number: ZL201410448169.3)

Professional Activities

Young Scientist Editorial Board (YSEB) Member of Epigenetics Insights, from May 2026 to May 2028