Chao Yang
Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
Name (Simplified Chinese):Chao Yang
Name (English):Chao Yang
Name (Pinyin):Chao Yang
Administrative Position:Professor
Professional Title:Professor
Status:Employed
Education Level:With Certificate of Graduation for Doctorate Study
Degree:博士
Business Address:National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement A323
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Alma Mater:University of Hamburg
Teacher College:College of Plant Sciences & Technology
School/Department:Huazhong Agricultrural University

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- Zhang Y, Lv, F, Wan Z, Geng M, Chu L, Cai B, Zhuang J, Ge X, Schnittger A, Yang C* The synaptonemal complex stabilizes meiosis in allotetraploid Brassica napus and autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70015.
- Yuan X, Cai B, Hamamura Y, Schnittger A*, Yang C* SCFRMF-dependent degradation of the nuclear lamina releases the somatic chromatin mobility restriction for meiotic recombination. Science Advances, 2025, 11, eadr456. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adr4567.
- Chu L, Zhuang J, Geng M, Zhang Y, Zhu J, Zhang C, Schnittger A, Yi B*, Yang C* ASYNAPSIS3 has diverse dosage-dependent effects on meiotic crossover formation in Brassica napus. The Plant Cell, 2024, koae207, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae207.
- Pochon G#, Henry IM#, Yang C#, Lory N, Fernández-Jiménez N, Böwer F, Hu B, Carstens L, Tsai HT, Pradillo M, Comai L*, Schnittger A*, The Arabidopsis Hop1 homolog ASY1 mediates cross-over assurance and interference, PNAS Nexus, 2023, 2(3): pgac302.
- Yang C*, Sofroni K, Hamamura Y, Hu B, Elbasi HT, Balboni M, Chu L, Stang D, Heese M, Schnittger A* ZYP1-mediated recruitment of PCH2 to the synaptonemal complex remodels the chromosome axis leading to crossover restriction. Nucleic Acids Research, 2022, 50(22): 12924-12937..
- Cheng J, Xu L, Bergér V, Bruckmann A, Yang C, Schubert V, Grasser, KD, Schnittger A, Zheng B, Jiang, H* H3K9 demethylases IBM1 and JMJ27 are required for male meiosis in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, 2022, 235(6): 2252-2269..
- Yang C, Sofroni K, Wijnker E, Hamamura Y, Carstens L, Harashima H, Stolze SC, Vezon D, Chelysheva L, Orban-Nemeth Z, Pochon G, Nakagami H, Schlögelhofer P, Grelon M, Schnittger A* The Arabidopsis Cdk1/Cdk2 homolog CDKA;1 controls the chromosome axis assembly during plant meiosis. The EMBO Journal , 2020, 39(3): e101625.(Cover story).
- Yang C, Hu B, Portheine SM, Chuenban P, Schnittger A* State changes of the HORMA protein ASY1 are mediated by an interplay between its closure motif and PCH2. Nucleic Acids Research, 2020, 48(20): 11521-11535.(Cover story).
- Bolboni M, Yang C, Komaki S, Brun J, Schnittger A* COMET functions as a PCH2 cofactor in regulating the HORMA domain protein ASY1. Current Biology, 2020, 30(21): 4113-4127. e6..
- Sofroni K, Takatsuka H, Yang, C, Dissmeyer N, Komaki S, Hamamura Y, Böttger L, Umeda M, Schnittger A* (2020) CDKD-dependent activation of CDKA;1 controls microtubule dynamics and cytokinesis during meiosis. Journal of Cell Biology, 2020, 219(8)..