Zhiming Yu

Contact Information

  • Email Address: yuzhiming@hznu.edu.cn

Education

  • Aug.2005-Sep. 2010
  • Ph.D in Biotany, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, China 
  •  Aug.2002-Jun. 2005
  • College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, China 
  • M.M. in Microbial & Biochemical Pharmacy
  • Sep.1997-Jun. 2002
  • School of Petrochemical Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, China 
  • M.E. in Chemical Engineering and Technology
  • Professional Experience:
  • Oct.2017-Present, Visting Scholar at Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), Duke University
  • Jun.2011-Present, Assistant Professor at College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University
  • Jan.2011-Jun.2011, Post Doctoral Fellow at Medical School of Zhejiang University

Research Interests

  • Plant genome editing
  • RNA mimics of GFP in plant
  • Gene function studies in plants

Awards and Honors:

  • Chinese Government Scholarship (China Scholarship Council)
  • The Excellence of The First National College Electronic Micrograph Contest (2013)

Publications:

  • Yu Z, Chen Q, Chen W, Zhang X, Mei F, Zhang P, Zhao M, Wang X, Shi N, Jackson S, Hong Y. Multigene editing via CRISPR/Cas9 guided by a single-sgRNA seed in Arabidopsis. J Integr Plant Biol. 2017, doi: 10.1111/jipb.12622. 
  • Yu Z, Ni J, Sheng W, Wang Z, Wu Y. Proteome-wide identification of lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation reveals conserved and novel histone modifications in Physcomitrella patens. Sci Rep. 2017, 7(1): 15553.
  • Qin C†, Li B†, Fan YY†, Zhang X†, Yu ZM†, Ryabov E, Zhao M, Wang H, Shi NN, Zhang PC, Jackson S, Tör M, Cheng Q, Liu Y, Gallusci P, Hong YG. Roles of Dicer-Like proteins 2 and 4 in Intra- and Intercellular Antiviral Silencing. Plant Physiol. 2017, pii: pp.00475.2017.
  • Ni J, Yu ZM, Du GK, Zhang YY, Taylor JL, Shen CJ, Xu J, Liu XY, Wang YF, Wu YR. Heterologous Expression and Functional Analysis of Rice GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE Family Indi-cates its Role in Glutamate Triggered Calcium Flux in Rice Roots. Rice (N Y). 2016, 9(1): 9.
  • Zhu ZX, Yu ZM, Taylor JL, Wu YH, Ni J. The application of yeast hybrid systems in protein interaction analysis. Mol Biol (Mosk). 2016, 50(5): 751-759.
  • Yu ZM, Taylor JL, He Y, Ni J. Enlightenment on the aequorin-based platform for screening Arabidopsis stress sensory channels related to calcium signaling. Plant Signal Behav. 2015, 10(11): e1057366.
  • Yu ZM, He Y, Ni J. A method for screening sensors of calcium signaling in rice. Biosensors J. 2015, 4: 1.
  • Li YY, Liu SL, Yu ZM, Liu Y, Wu P. Isolation and characterization of two novel root-specific promoters in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Sci. 2013, 207: 37-44.
  • Yu ZM, Kang B, He XW, Lv SL, Bai YH, Ding WN, Chen M, Cho HT, Wu P. Root hair-specific expansins modulate root hair elongation in rice. Plant J. 2011, 66(5): 725-734.
  • Ding W, Yu ZM, Tong YL, Huang W, Chen HM, Wu P. A transcription factor with a bHLH domain regulates root hair development in rice. Cell Res. 2009, 19 (11): 1309-1311.
  • Liu FY, Luo KW, Yu ZM, Co NN, Wu SH, Wu P, Fung KP, Kwok TT. Suillin from the mushroom Suillus placidus as potent apoptosis inducer in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Chem Biol Interact. 2009, 181(2): 168-174.
  • Ren G, Yu ZM, Chen YL, Wu SH, Fu CX. Sesquiterpene lactones from Saussurea alata. Nat Prod Res. 2007, 21(3): 221-226.

Book Chapter:

  • Yu ZM, Chen HM, Tong YY, Wu P. Analysis of rice root hair morphology using cryo-scanning electron microscopy. Methods Mol Biol. 2013,956: 243-248.

Funding:

  • Molecular dissection of mechanism in the control of long-distance Flowering Locus T mRNA signaling (31200913), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientist Funds, Jan. 2013-Dec. 2015, Host

Congress Abstract:

  • Chen QY, Liu Y, Wu YH, Yu ZM*, A Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina L.) Larvae Drug Toxicity Screening Model Based on Microfluidics, The XIX International Botanical Congress, Shenzhen, China, Jul. 23-Jul. 29, 2017
  • Mei FL, Zhang X, Hong YG, Yu ZM*, RNA mimics Green fluorescent protein in plants, Plant Genomic in China XV, Hefei, China, Aug.20-Aug.22, 2014