Zhiquan Qiang

　　 　　

1. Personal information

Name: Zhiquan Qiang; Gender: Male;

Native Place: Qingyang City, Gansu Province;

Education: Doctor of Cell Biology

Education Experiences

Northwest Normal University, Bachelor in Biological Science, 2014

Northwest A&F University, Master in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2017

China Agricultural University, PhD in Cell biology, 2022

Work Experience

2022.06- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Lecturer

2. Research Interest

Improvement of stress resistance and molecular breeding of perennial ryegrass.

3.Courses offered

Undergraduate course: Plant Cell Biology; Postgraduate course: Research Methods of Grassland Science.

4. Project

(1) NFSC-Young Scientists Fund (32301503), 2024-01 to 2026-12, Ongoing Project Leader.

(2) Research Initiation Grant of Northwest A&F University (2452022126), 2022-07 to 2025-06, Ongoing Project, Leader.

(3) Postdoctoral Research Project of Shaanxi Province (2023BSHEDZH127), 2023-10 to 2024-10, Ongoing Project, Leader.

(4) NFSC-General Fund (32371784), 2024-01 to 2027-12, Ongoing Project, Participant.

(5) NFSC-Major Research Plan (91854119), 2019-01 to 2021-12, Completed Project, Participant.

(6) NFSC-General Fund, (31671608), 2017-01 to 2020-12, Completed Project, Participant.

5. Academic achievements

[1] Qiang, Z., Sun, H., Ge, F., Li, W., Li, C., Wang, S., Zhang, B., Zhu, L., Zhang, S., Wang, X., Lai, J., Qin, F., Zhou, Y. and Fu, Y^*. (2022) The transcription factor ZmMYB69 represses lignin biosynthesis by activating  ZmMYB31/42  expression in maize.  Plant Physiology , 189 (4), 1916-1919. (IF₂₀₂₂=8.005)

[2] Li, W., Ge, F., Qiang, Z., Zhu, L., Zhang, S., Chen, L., Wang, X., Li, J. and Fu, Y^*. (2020) Maize  ZmRPH1  encodes a microtubule-associated protein that controls plant and ear height.  Plant Biotechnology Journal , 18 (6), 1345-1347. (IF₂₀₂₂=13.263)

[3] Li, Q., Jiang W., Jiang, Z., Du, W., Song, J., Qiang, Z., Zhang, B., Pang, Y^* and Wang Y^*. (2022) Transcriptome and functional analyses reveal  ERF053  from  Medicago falcata  as key regulator in drought resistances.  Frontiers in Plant Science , 13: 995754. (IF₂₀₂₂=6.627)

[3] Qiang, Z., Liang, Y., Yu, Z., Du, Y., Zhang, S., Zhu, W., Zhang, L^*. (2016) Cloning and functional analysis of  WZY2-1  gene in wheat.  Acta Agronomica Sinica , 42 (8), 1253-1258.

[4] Wang, D., Zhang, Y., Chen, C., Chen, R., Bai, X., Qiang, Z., Fu, J. and Qin T^*. (2023) The genetic variation in drought resistance in eighteen perennial ryegrass varieties and the underlying adaptation mechanisms. BMC Plant Physiology, 23:451. (IF₂₀₂₂=5.3)

[5] Qiang, Z., Yang W., Zhang, S., Yu, Z., Shi X., Wang, X., Zhu, W., Zhang, L^*. (2018) Heterologous expression of  WZY2-1  effects drought resistance of  Arabidopsis  plants.  Acta Prataculturae Sinica , 27 (06), 92-99.

[6] Yang, N^*., Qiang Z., Chen, X., Ding, F., Wang, C. (2014) The coding sequence clone and expression vector construction of  PLDα  gene from  Chorispora Bungeana .  Journal of Northwest Normal University  (Natural Science), 50 (03), 94-98.

6. Contact Information

College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University

Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China     Emil: qiangsir0934@qq.com