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Introduction
Weiqiang QIAN, Ph.D.
INSTITUTE Peking University
POSITION Research Professor
DEPARTMENT School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences
EMAIL wqqian@pku.edu.cn
ADDRESS Rm438, Building Wangkezhen
EDUCATION (In reverse chronological order from latest to earliest including postdoctoral training)
| Year | Degree | Institution (Supervisor) |
| 2002-2007 | Ph.D | Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 1998-2002 | B.S | Beijing Normal University |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
| Year | Position | Institution |
| 2013-Now | Research Professor | Peking University |
| 2012-2013 | Associate Investigator | Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 2011-2011 | Postdoc. training | Purdue University |
| 2009-2010 | Postdoc. training | UC Riverside |
| 2007-2009 | Postdoc. training | Cornell University |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Molecular mechanisms and biological function of active DNA demethylation in plants
- Molecular mechanisms of DNA methylation-independent transcriptional gene silencing in plants
- Biological function of nucleic acid-binding proteins and noncoding RNA-protein complexes in plants
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
1. Li J. *, Wang C. *, Liang W., Zhang J., Jiang C-K., Liu Y., Ren Z., Ci D., Chang J., Han S., Deng X., Wang Y. #, and Qian W. # (2023) Functional importance and divergence of plant apurinic/apyrimidinic endonucleases in somatic and meiotic DNA repair. Plant Cell, 35: 2316-2331.
2. Wang Y. *, Liu Y. *, Qu S., Liang W., Sun L., Ci D., Ren Z., Fan L-M., and Qian W. # (2022) Nitrogen starvation induces genome-wide activation of transposable elements in Arabidopsis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 64, 2374-2384.
3. Cao Y., Wang J., Wu S, Yin X., Shu J., Dai X., Liu Y., Sun L., Zhu D., Deng XW., Ye K., and Qian W.# (2022) The small nucleolar RNA SnoR28 regulates plant growth and development by directing rRNA maturation. Plant Cell, 34, 4173-4190.
4. Liu N.*, Xu Y.*, Li Q., Cao Y., Yang D., Liu S, Wang X, Mi Y., Liu Y, Ding C., Liu Y., Tuan YW., Gao G., Chen J.#, Qian W.#, and Zhang X.# (2022) A lncRNA fine-tunes salicylic acid biosynthesis to balance plant immunity and growth. Cell Host Microbe, 30, 1124-1138.
5. Tong J.*, Ren Z.*, Sun L.*, Zhou S., Yuan W., Hui Y., Ci D., Wang W., Fan L-M., Wu Z., and Qian W. # (2022) ALBA proteins confer thermotolerance through stabilizing HSF mRNAs in cytoplasmic granules. Nat. Plants, 8, 778-791.
6. Li J.*, Liang W.*, Liu Y., Ren Z., Ci D., Chang J., and Qian W.# (2022) The Arabidopsis ATR-SOG1 signaling module regulates pleiotropic developmental adjustments in response to 3'-blocked DNA repair intermediates. Plant Cell, 34, 852-866.
7. Liang W.*, Li J.*, Sun L.*, Liu Y., Lan Z., and Qian W.# (2022) Deciphering the synergistic and redundant roles of CG and non-CG DNA methylation in plant development and TE silencing. New Phytol. 233, 722-737
8. Lin W.*, Sun L.*, Huang R., Liang W., Liu X., He H., Fukuda H., He X.Q.#, and Qian W.# (2020) Active DNA demethylation regulates tracheary element differentiation in Arabidopsis. Sci. Adv. 6, eaaz963.
9. Sun L.*, Jing Y.*, Liu X.*, Li Q.*, Xue Z., Cheng Z., Wang D., He H.#, and Qian W.# (2020) Heat stress-induced transposon activation correlates with 3D chromatin organization rearrangement in Arabidopsis. Nat. Commun. 11(1):1886.
10. Yuan, W.*, Zhou, J.*, Tong, J.*, Zhuo, W., Wang, L., Li, Y., Sun, Q.#, and Qian, W.# (2019). ALBA protein complex reads genic R-loops to maintain genome stability in Arabidopsis. Sci. Adv. 5, eaav9040.
11. Wang, X., Chen, X., Sun, L., and Qian, W. # (2019). Canonical cytosolic iron-sulfur cluster assembly and non-canonical functions of DRE2 in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. 15, e1008094.
12. Li, J.*, Liang, W.*, Li, Y., and Qian, W. # (2018). APURINIC/APYRIMIDINIC ENDONUCLEASE2 and ZINC FINGER DNA 3'-PHOSPHOESTERASE play overlapping roles in the maintenance of epigenome and genome stability. Plant Cell 30, 1954-1970.
13. Li, Y.*, Kumar, S.*, and Qian, W.# (2018). Active DNA demethylation: mechanism and role in plant development. Plant Cell Rep. 37, 77-85.
14. Jing, Y. *, Sun, H. *, Yuan, W., Wang, Y., Li, Q., Liu, Y., Li, Y., and Qian, W. # (2016). SUVH2 and SUVH9 couple two essential steps for transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 9, 1156-1167.
15. Wang, X.*, Li, Q.*, Yuan, W., Cao, Z., Qi, B., Kumar, S., Li, Y., and Qian, W. # (2016). The cytosolic Fe-S cluster assembly component MET18 is required for the full enzymatic activity of ROS1 in active DNA demethylation. Sci. Rep. 6, 26443.
16. Li, Q.*, Wang, X.*, Sun, H., Zeng, J., Cao, Z., Li, Y., and Qian, W. # (2015). Regulation of active DNA demethylation by a Methyl-CpG-Binding domain protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet. 11, e1005210.
17. Li, Y.*, Cordoba-Canero, D.*, Qian, W.*, Zhu, X., Tang, K., Zhang, H., Ariza, R.R., Roldan-Arjona, T., and Zhu, J.K. (2015). An AP endonuclease functions in active DNA demethylation and gene imprinting in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. 11, e1004905.
18. Qian, W.*, Miki, D.*, Lei, M.*, Zhu, X., Zhang, H., Liu, Y., Li, Y., Lang, Z., Wang, J., Tang, K., Liu. R., and Zhu. J.K. (2014). Regulation of active DNA demethylation by an α-crystallin domain protein in Arabidopsis. Mol. Cell 55, 361-371.
19. Qian, W.*, Miki, D.*, Zhang, H., Liu, Y., Zhang, X., Tang, K., Kan, Y., La, H., Li, X., Li, S., Zhu. X., Shi. X., Zhang. K., Pontes. O., Chen. X., Liu. R., Gong. Z., and Zhu. J.K. (2012). A histone acetyltransferase regulates active DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis. Science 336, 1445-1448.
