教育经历：

陕西理工大学  本科  生物教育

西北农林科技大学  硕士  植物学

华中农业大学  博士  生物化学与分子生物学

工作经历：

华中农业大学 助教，讲师，副教授

法国巴黎十一大学  高级访问学者

2016.01-今：  华中农业大学 教授

教学方面成果：

 教育部课程思政示范教学名师；教育部一流本科课程评审专家。主讲《植物学》等本科课程和研究生课程7门；副主编国家“十一五”规划教材《植物学》、参编数字教材《植物学》、《植物学实验》和教辅材料《狮山兰芷》等；国家级线上线下混合式一流本科课程负责人；负责建成全国首门植物学AI课程，作为核心骨干教师参与国家级精品在线课程、国家级线上一流本科课程建设；获全国和湖北省教学成果二等奖；先后获全国和湖北省高校教师教学创新大赛二等奖和特等奖、第二届“智慧树杯”课程思政示范案例教学大赛特等奖、农林高等农林院校课程思政联盟研讨会优秀思政案例、华中农业大学教学质量优秀一等奖、华中农业大学第七届“十大青年岗位能手”、优秀女职工、优秀导师奖及教学实习和大学生科技创新优秀指导教师等多项荣誉。

科研主要方向：

  水稻器官发育和环境适应性机制。运用细胞生物学、生物化学及分子生物学等技术，围绕DNA、组蛋白和RNA修饰等表观遗传调控方式，鉴定调控器官发育和环境适应的关键基因，系统解析它们调控机制，为营养绿色超级稻育种及高产栽培提供理论与技术支持。先后主持国家自然基金、国家重大研发计划、农业部转基因专项和湖北省自然科学基金等。在 Nature Plants, Nature Communications, PLoS Genetics和Plant Cell等国际权威杂志发表研究论文50余篇；参编参译英文学术专著2部；授权中国发明专利8项，国际发明专利1项。获得湖北省自然科学优秀论文一等奖和二等奖；湖北省细胞生物学会第三届优秀青年学者奖及第五届生物技术科学家奖。

代表性科研论文（* 通讯作者）

1.      Li Q, Li J, Tang X, Chu C, Wang J, Zhou DX*,  Zhao Y*(2026). PLETHORA transcription factors orchestrate epigenetic silencing of bivalent chromatin to promote root meristem development in rice. Molecular Plant. 2026 Jan 5;19(1):134-150

2.      Ma N, Song P, Li Y, Liu Z, Cai Z, Ding M, Ma X, Xu Q, Yue Y, Luo T, Zhou DX, Jia G*, Zhao Y*(2025). Regulation of the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA reader protein OsECT3 activity by lysine acetylation in cold stress response in rice. Nature Plants. 11(6):1165-1180

3.      Zhang T, Xiang Y, Ye M, Yuan M, Xu G, Zhou DX, Zhao Y* (2025).The uORF-HsfA1a-WOX11 module controls crown root development in rice. New Phytologist, 247(2):760-773

4.      Xu Q, Chen Z, Wang R, Ma Xuan, Duan Y, Hai D, Chen J, Cheng Z, Zheng L,  Huang J, Zhang J, Zhao Y*, Chen X* (2025). Regulation of plant immunity through histone H3 β-hydroxybutyrylation-mediated transcriptional control. Nature Communications 2025 Jul 17;16(1):6588

5.      Zhong L, Geng L, Xiang Y, Guang X, Cao L, Shi J, Li W, Wang J, He W, Huang L, Yang F, Bai Y, Sahu S, Guo X, Zhang S, Zhang G, Xu X, Hu F, Yang W, Liu H*, Zhao Y*, Lyu J*(2025). Comparative spatial transcriptomics reveals root dryland adaptation mechanism in rice and HMGB1 as a key regulator. Molecular Plant 2025 May 5;18(5):797-819.

6.      Tan M Wang Y, Zhao Y* (2025). WOX11-OsPRX130 module confers rice drought tolerance by maintaining ROS homeostasis in rice root. Rice. 18(1):55.

7.    Geng L, Tan M, Deng Q, Wang Y, Zhang T, Hu X, Ye M, Lian X, Zhou DX and Zhao Y*. Transcription factors WOX11 and LBD16 function with histone demethylase JMJ706 to control crown root development in rice. The Plant Cell, 2024，36(5):1777-1790..

8.      Liu Q, Ma X, Li X, Zhang X, Zhou S, Xiong L, Zhao Y*, Zhou DX. Paternal DNA methylation is remodeled to maternal levels in rice zygote. Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 18;14(1):6571.

9.        Li Z, Liu Q, Zhao K, Cao D, Cao Z, Zhao K, Ma Q, Zhai G, Hu S, Li Z, Wang K, Gong F, Ma X, Zhang X, Ren R, Qiu D, Zhao Y*, Yin D*. Dynamic DNA methylation modification in peanut seed development. iScience. 2023 Jun 7;26(7):107062.

10.        Li J, Li Q, Wang W, Zhang X, Chu C, Tang X, Zhu B, Xiong L, Zhao Y*, Zhou DX*. DELLA-mediated gene repression is maintained by chromatin modification in rice. EMBO J. 2023 Nov 2;42(21):e114220.

11.        Ma N, Li N, Yu Z, Chen C, Zhou DX, Zhao Y*. The F-box protein SHORT PRIMARY ROOT modulates primary root meristem activity by targeting SEUSS-LIKE protein for degradation in rice. J Integr Plant Biol. 2023 Aug;65(8):1937-1949.

12.        Xu Q, Wang Y, Yue Y, Chen Z, Zhou DX, Zhao Y*. Transcription factor WOX11 regulates protein translation via ribosome protein acetylation in rice roots. Plant Physiology. 2023 Apr 3;191(4):2224-2228.

13.        Wang J, Tan M, Wang X, Jia L, Wang M, Huang A, You L, Li C, Zhang Y, Zhao Y*, Wang G, WUS-RELATED HOMEOBOX 14 boosts de novo plant shoot regeneration. Plant Physiology. 2023 May 31;192(2):748-752.

14.        Xu Q, Wang Y, Chen Z, Yue Y, Huang H, Wu B, Liu Y, Zhou DX, Zhao Y*.  ROS-stimulated protein lysine acetylation is required for crown root development in rice. Journal of Advanced Research. 2023 Jun:48:33-46. （高被引论文）

15.        Tan FQ #,  Wang W#, Li J, Lu Yue, Zhu B, Hu F , Li Q, Zhao Y*, and Zhou DX* (2022) A coiled-coil protein associates Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 with KNOX/BELL transcription factors to maintain silencing of cell differentiation-promoting genes in the shoot apex. Plant Cell, 34(8):2969-2988.

16.    Geng L#, Li Q#, Jiao L, Xiang Y, Deng Q, Zhou DX and Zhao Y* (2022). WOX11 and CRL1 act synergistically to promote crown root development by maintaining cytokinin homeostasis in rice. New Phytol, 237(1):204-216

17.    Zhang T, Xiang Y, Geng L, Jiang W, Cheng S, Zhao Y*(2022). A Non-Canonical MITE in the WOX11 Promoter Is Associated with Robust Crown Root development in Rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 63(8):1052-1062.

18.    Lu Y, Zhou DX, Zhao Y* (2020). Understanding epigenomics based on the rice model. Theor Appl Genet., 133(5):1345-1363.

19.    Jiang W, Shaoli Zhou, Honglin Huang, Huazhi Song, Qinglu Zhang, Zhao Y* (2020). MERISTEM ACTIVITYLESS (MAL) is involved in root development through the maintenance of meristem size in rice. Plant Molecular Biology, 104(4-5):499-511

20.    Zhang T, Tan M, Jiajia Li, Geng L, Xiang Y, Zhang B, Zhao Y* (2020). New Insight into Comprehensive Analysis of INDETERMINATE DOMAIN (IDD) Gene Family in Rice. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 154: 547–556

21.    Zhang T, Wu A, Yue Y, Zhao Y* (2020). uORFs: important cis-regulatory elements in plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(17), 6238

22.    Hu Y,* Lai Y, Chen X, Zhou DX, Zhao Y*(2020). Distribution pattern of histone marks potentially determines their roles in transcription and RNA processing in rice. Journal of Plant Physiology, 249:153167

23.    Huang H, Ullah F, Zhou DX, Yi M, Zhao Y*(2019). Mechanisms of ROS Regulation of Plant Development and Stress Responses. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10:800 （高被引论文）

24.    Cheng S, Tan F, Lu Y, Liu X, Li T, Yuan W, Zhao Y*, Zhou DX*(2018). WOX11 recruits a histone H3K27me3 demethylase to promote gene expression during shoot development in rice. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(5):2356-2369

25.    Zhou S, Jiang W, Long F, Cheng S, Yang W, Zhao Y*, Zhou DX*(2017). Rice homeodomain protein WOX11 recruits a histone acetyltransferase complex to establish programs of cell proliferation of crown root meristem. The Plant Cell, 29(5):1088-1104

26. Jiang W, Zhou S, Zhang Q, Song H, Zhou DX, Zhao Y* (2017). Transcriptional regulatory network of WOX11 involved in the control of crown root development, cytokinin signals, and redox in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68(11):2787-2798

27.    Cheng S, Zhou D-X, Zhao Y* (2016). WUSCHEL-related homeobox gene WOX11 increases rice drought resistance by controlling root hair formation and root system development. Plant Signal＆Behavior, 11(2):e1130198

28.    Zhao Y*, Cheng S, Song Y, Huang Y, Zhou S, Liu X, Zhou D-X (2015). The interaction between rice ERF3 and WOX11 promotes crown root development by regulating gene expression involved in cytokinin signaling. The Plant Cell, 27(9)：2469-83

29.    Li J, Zhao Y*, Chu H, Wang L, Fu Y, Liu P, Upadhyaya N, Chen C, Mou T, Feng Y, Kumar P, and Xu J* (2015). SHOEBOX modulates root meristem size in rice through dose-dependent effects of gibberellins on cell elongation and proliferation. PLoS Genetics, 11(8):e 1005464

30.    Zhu N, Cheng S, Liu X, Du H, Dai M, Zhou D-X, Yang W, Zhao Y* (2015). The R2R3-type MYB gene OsMYB91 has a function in coordinating plant growth and salt stress tolerance in rice. Plant Science, 236：146–156

31.    Cheng S, Huang Y, Zhu N, Zhao Y* (2014). The rice WUSCHEL-related homeobox genes are involved in reproductive organ development, hormone signaling and abiotic stress response. Gene, 266-274.

32.    Hu Y, Zhu N, Wang X, Yi Q, Zhu D, Lai Y, Zhao Y* (2013)，Analysis of rice Snf2 family proteins and their potential roles in epigenetic regulation. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 70C:33-42

33.    Zhao Y，Zhou D-X*（2012）Epigenomic modification and epigenetic regulation in rice. J. Gen. Genomics. 39(7): 307-315

34.    Zhao Y, Hu Y, Dai M, Huang L, Zhou D-X*(2009). The Wuschel-related homoeobox gene WOX11 is required to activate shoot-borne crown root development in rice. The Plant Cell. 21:736-748