Name: Zhan, Yaguang
Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Position: Director of Forestry Bio-engineering Subject
Phone number: 86-451-82191752
E-mail: yaguangzhan@126.com
Address: Northeast Forestry University, Shaw (Yifu) Teaching Building, Room 206
Education and Training:
1981 – 1985: Northeast Forestry University, Bachelor of Agriculture in Forestry
1985 – 1988: Northeast Forestry University, Master of Agriculture in Forest Genetic Breeding
1998 – 2001: Northeast Forestry University, Ph.D. in Ecology
Employment:
1988 – 1991: Northeast Forestry University, College of Forest Resource and Environment, Teaching assistant
1991 – 1994: Northeast Forestry University, College of Forest Resource and Environment, Lecturer
1994 – 2001: Northeast Forestry University, College of Forest Resource and Environment, Associate Professor, Master Instructor
2001 – 2004: Northeast Forestry University, College of Forest Resource and Environment, Professor
2004 – Now: Northeast Forestry University, College of Life Science, Professor, Academic Leader
Honors and Awards:
Presided
Fraxinus mandshurica‘Wuchang’Provenance, National Validation
Improved variety, 2014. (1stname)
Fraxinus mandshuricaFamily No. 70, Provincial Validation
Improved variety, 2015. (1stname)
Study on integration expression characteristic of foreign gene in transgenic birth (Betula platyphylla), The Third Class Prize of the Heilongjiang province Science and Technology Progress Award. (1stname)
Method for promoting accumulation of triterpene in betula platyphylla suk. suspension cell by utilizing endophytic fungi elicitor (ZL 200910073487.5), National Invention Patent, 2015. (1stname)
Method for increasing contents of total triterpenoids, oleanolic acid and flavonoids of white birch tufted seedlings by using temperature treatment (ZL 201310372994.5), National Invention Patent, 2015. (1stname)
Method for producing oleanolic acid by white birch suspension culture (ZL200910071296.5), National Invention Patent, 2009. (1stname)
Phomopsis capable of producing gallic acid (ZL200810064261.4), National Invention Patent, 2008. (1stname)
Crimsonleaved maple suspension cell line for highly producing gallic acid (ZL200710144877.8), National Invention Patent, 2007. (1stname)
Participated
Research on Breeding Technology ofBetula platyphyllaSuk., The SecondClass Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 2005; The First Class Prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education, 2005. (3rdname)
Research on Intensified Breeding ofBetula platyphyllaSuk., The Second Class Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 2001; Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award of The 4th China Forestry Society, 2002. (7thname)
Research on Tissue Culture and Propagation Mechanism inBetula platyphyllaSuk., The Third Class Prize of the Jilin province Science and Technology Progress Award, 2000. (3rdname)
Introduction and Cross Breeding Technology inFraxinus velutinaTorr., The Third Class Prize of the Heilongjiang province Science and Technology Progress Award, 2009. (3rdname)
Method for rapidly propagating aralia elata through somatic embryo and secondary somatic embryogenesis (ZL200910072102), National Invention Patent, 2011. (2ndname)
Application of carbon monoxide (CO) to increase of contents of betulin in phellinus igniarius and ecdysterones in decumbent bugle herb (ZL201310372816.2), National Invention Patent, 2013. (2ndname)
Research Specialty:
Forest Genetics and Breeding, Plant Genetic Engineering, Plant Cell Engineering. Example as following: cultivating insect-resistant transgenic birch, investigating the molecular mechanism of Triterpene signal regulation and biosynthesis inBetula platyphyllaSuk., and exploring the molecular mechanisms of heterosis formation inFraxinus mandshurica.
Courses to Teach:
Genetic Engineering Principles and Techniques, Cell Biology, Genomics, General Genetics, Genetic Engineering Practice, Molecular Biology Comprehensive Practice
Extramural Appointments and Service:
Director of the Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Agriculture Branch
Executive director of Chinese Society of Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Branch
Research Interest:
The research direction of my laboratory is plant biological technology and genetic improvement. I have presided over and completed the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Research Foundation from Ministry of Education of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province and other 14 key projects. I acquired the Second-Class Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award twice, scientific and technological progress awards at provincial and ministerial levels six times, China Forestry Society Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award once. My representative studies include cultivating insect-resistant transgenic birch, dissecting molecular mechanisms of triterpene signal regulation and biosynthesis inBetula platyphyllaSuk., and investigating molecular mechanisms of heterosis formation inFraxinus mandshurica.
Funding:
(1) Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-year Plan Period (P.I.)
2011 – 2015,
Title: Study on Efficient Fixed Carbon ImprovedFraxinus mandshuricaVarieties Breeding Technology
(2) Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-year Plan Period (P.I.)
2012 – 2016
Title: Study on NewFraxinus mandshuricaVarieties Breeding Technology
(3) Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-year Plan Period (P.I.)
2012 – 2016
Title: Study onFraxinus mandshurica1.5 Generations Seed Orchard Constructing and Supporting Technology
(4) National Natural Science Foundation of China (P.I.)
2013 – 2016
Title: Study on the Molecular Mechanism of Circadian Gene in Regulating Drought Resistance in Interspecific HybridsFraxinus mandshurica
Publications:
Zhu Zhu, Fenghui Qi, Chaofu Yan andYaguang Zhan.Sexually different morphological, physiological and molecular responses of Fraxinus mandshurica flowers to floral development and chilling stress. (2016),Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, 99: 97-107.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.12.006
Jing Yin, Chunxiao Li,Yaguang Zhan, Hongran Sun, Yuan Gong, Mengyan Zhang and Jialei Xiao.The Response of Physiological Characteristics, Expression of OSC Genes, and Accumulation of Triterpenoids in Betula platyphylla Sukto MeJA and SA Treatment. (2016),Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 34: 427-439.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-015-0931-5
Zhilong He, Yaguang Zhan, Fansuo Zeng, Xingtang Zhao and Xuan Wang.Drought physiology and gene expression characteristics of Fraxinus interspecific hybrids. (2016),Plant Growth Regulation, 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-015-0084-4
Guizhi Fan, Duan Jian, Meiling Sun,Yaguang Zhanand Feifei Sun.Endogenous and Exogenous Calcium Involved in the Betulin Production from Submerged Culture of Phellinus linteus Induced by Hydrogen Sulfide. (2016),Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 178: 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-015-1896-4
Fansuo Zeng, Fengkun Sun, Nansong Liang, Xingtang Zhao, Wei Luo andYaguang Zhan.Dynamic change of DNA methylation and cell redox state at different micropropagation phases in birch. (2015),Trees, 29: 917-930.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1174-7
Fansuo Zeng, Leilei Li, Nansong Liang, Xuan Wang, Xiang Li andYaguang Zhan.Salt tolerance and alterations in cytosine methylation in the interspecific hybrids of Fraxinus velutina and Fraxinus mandshurica. (2015),Euphytica, 205: 721-737.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-015-1432-1
Fansuo Zeng, Kun Liu, Sida Li andYaguang Zhan.Crosstalk among nitric oxide, calcium and reactive oxygen species during triterpenoid biosynthesis in Betula platyphylla. (2015),Functional Plant Biology, 42: 643-654.
https://doi.org/10.1071/fp14352
Xiaodong Dai,Yaguang Zhan, Jiechi Zhang, Piqi Zhang, Zenghua Han, Qingfang Ma, Xianghui Kong, Jianing Liu and Yinpeng Ma.Regulatory effect of salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate supplementation on ergosterol production in Hericium erinaceus mycelia. (2015),Journal of Forestry Research, 26: 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-014-0549-8
