Tao Qin

College of Grassland Agriculture,

Northwest A&F University

Yangling, 712100 Shannxi, China

Education

Zhengzhou University Department of Bioengineering (September 2009 - June, 2014)

Bachelor, Biotechnology

China Agricultural University Department of Plant Sciences (September 2009 - June, 2014)

Ph.D, Cell biology

Work Experience

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (August, 2014-May, 2015)

Position: Lecturer

Research Project: Chilling tolerance of napier grass.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (August, 2015-December, 2016)

Position: Postdoc

Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas (January, 2017-October, 2018)

Position: Postdoctoral Research

Northwest A&F University (July, 2019- )

Position: Professor

Research Interests:

Gramineous grass response to abiotic stress: Especially the response of Lolium perenne to drought and salt stresses; Molecular improvement of the tolerance of Lolium perenne to drought and salt stress.

Publications:

[1] Peizhi Yang, Jingwei Jin, Jingru Zhang, Dan Wang, Xuechun Bai, Wenfei Xie, Tianming Hu, Xuan Zhao, Tonglin Mao and Tao Qin*. MDP25 mediates the fine-tuning of microtubule organization in response to salt stress. JIPB. 2022; Online, DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13264

[2] Cuicui Miao, Yuting Zhang, Xuechun Bai and Tao Qin*. Insights into the response of perennial ryegrass to abiotic stress: underlying survival strategies and adaptation mechanisms. Life-Basel. 2022, 12, 860.

[3] Tao Qin, Qiuzhen Tian, Guifeng Wang, Liming Xiong*. LOWER TEMPERATURE 1 enhances ABA responses and plant drought tolerance by modulating the stability and localization of C2-domain ABA-related proteins in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant.2019; 12, 1243–1258

[4] Tao Qin, Huayan Zhao, Peng Cui, Nour Albesher, Liming Xiong*. A nucleus-localized long non-coding RNA enhances drought and salt stress tolerance. Plant Physiology. 2017; 175; 1321-1336

[5] Jingen Zhu#, Qiong Nan#, Tao Qin#, Dong Qian, Tonglin Mao, Shunjie Yuan, Xiaorong Wu, Yue Niu, Qifeng Bai, Lizhe An, Yun Xiang*. Higher-ordered actin structures remodeled by Arabidopsis ACTIN-DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR5 are important for pollen germination and pollen tube growth. Molecular Plant. 2017;10; 1065-1081

[6] Tao Qin#, Xiaomin Liu#, Jiejie Li, Jingbo Sun, Leina Song, and Tonglin Mao*. Arabidopsis microtubule-destabilizing protein 25 functions in pollen tube growth by severing actin filaments. Plant Cell. 2014; 26, 325-339

[7] Xiaomin Liu#, Tao Qin#, Qianqian Ma, Jingbo Sun, Ziqiang Liu, Ming Yuan, and Tonglin Mao*. Light-regulated hypocotyl elongation involves proteasome-dependent degradation of the microtubule regulatory protein WDL3 in Arabidopsis . Plant Cell. 2013; 25, 1740-1745

[8] Jiejie Li#, Xianling Wang#, Tao Qin#, Yan Zhang, Xiaomin Liu, Jingbo Sun, Yuan Zhou, Lei Zhu, Ziding Zhang, Ming Yuan, and Tonglin Mao*. MDP25, a novel calcium regulatory protein, mediates hypocotyls cell elongation by destabilizing cortical microtubules in Arabidopsis . Plant Cell. 2011; 23, 4411-4427

[9] Tao Qin, Jiejie Li, Ming Yuan and Tonglin Mao*. Characterization of the role of calcium in regulating the microtubule-destabilizing activity of MDP25. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 2012, 7:7, 708-710

[10] Peng Cui, Tao Chen, Tao Qin, Feng Ding, Zhenyu Wang, Hao Chen, and Liming Xiong. The RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain phosphatase-like protein FIERY2/CPL1 interacts with eIF4AIII and is essential for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in Arabidopsis . Plant Cell. 2016; 28, 770-85

[11] Liang Wang, Tian Piao, Muqing Cao, Tao Qin, Lei Huang, Haiteng Deng, Tonglin Mao and Junmin Pan. Flagellar regeneration requires cytoplasmic microtubule depolymerization and kinesin-13. Journal of Cell Science. 2013; 126, 1531-1540

[12] Yong Wang, Mei-Lan Zhu, Yan-qing Yang, Intikhab Alam, Xi Cheng, Tao Qin, Yun-hai Lu. Exogenous application of abscisic acid (ABA) enhances chilling tolerance in seedlings of napier grass ( Pennisetum purpureum Schum .). Agricultural Science & Technology. 2017;18(3): 417-423