Name: Zhang, Aiqin
Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor
Phone number: 86-451-8219-1247
E-mail: aiqinaegean@nefu.edu.cn
Address: Northeast Forestry University, Shaw (Yifu) Teaching Building, Room 403B
Education and Training:
2007 – 2011: Inner Mongolia Minzu University, Bachelor of Biological Science
2011 – 2014: Northeast Forestry University, Master of Cell Biology
2014 – 2018: Northeast Forestry University, Ph.D. in Cell Biology
2016 – 2018: Cornell University, Plant Biology Section, Visiting Ph.D. student
Employment:
2019 – Current: Northeast Forestry University, College of Life Science, Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration, Ministry of Education, Associate Professor
Research Specialty:
Plant & Environment Interaction, Plant Stress Physiology, Molecular Biology
Courses to Teach:
Special Topics of Frontiers in Plant Biology, Plant Pathology and Symbiosis
Research Interest:
Plants undergo various environmental stresses such as high salinity and extreme temperature in its life cycle, which is modulated by complicate molecular networks. Our team are investigating the underlying physiological and molecular mechanisms of plant response to environmental stress, to characterize the key genes and epigenetic regulation contributed to plant stress tolerance.
Funding:
(1)National Natural Science Foundation of China (32100298)
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2024
Title: The functional dissection of histone H3K9 acetylation in salt tolerance ofEutrema salsugineum
(2)National Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang, China (YQ2021C001)
07/01/2021 – 07/01/2024
Title: Mechanism analysis of salt tolerance mediated by Histone variant H2A.Z
Publications: (* as a corresponding author)
1.Aiqin Zhang, Shuai Wang, Jitae Kim, Jiapei Yan, Xiufeng Yan, Qiuying Pang, Jian Hua. 2020. Nuclear pore complex components have temperature-influenced roles in plant growth and immunity. Plant Cell & Environment, 43(6):1452-1466.
https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13741
2.Aiqin Zhang, Dongming Han, Yu Wang, Huifang Mu, Tong Zhang, Xiufeng Yan, Qiuying Pang. 2018. Transcriptomic and proteomic feature of salt stress regulated network in Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosusL.) root based on de Novo assembly sequencing analysis. Planta, 247(3): 715-732.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-017-2818-1
3.Aiqin Zhang, Wei Zang, Xiyang Zhang, Yangyang Ma, Xiufeng Yan, Qiuying Pang. 2016. Global proteomic mapping of alkali stress regulated molecular networks inHelianthus tuberosusL. Plant and Soil, 409(1): 175-202.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-2945-7
4. Qiuying Pang,Aiqin Zhang(Co-first Author), Lei Wei, Xiufeng Yan. 2016. Integrated proteomics and metabolomics for dissecting the mechanism of global responses to salt and alkali stress inSuaeda corniculata. Plant and Soil, 402(1): 379-394.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2774-0
5.Aiqin Zhang, Tao Xu, Huixi Zou, Qiuying Pang. 2015. Comparative proteomic analysis provides insight into cadmium stress responses in brown algaeSargassum fusiforme. Aquatic Toxicology, 163: 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.03.018
6. Rongqing Miao, Wei Zang, Yue Yuan, Yue Zhang,Aiqin Zhang*, Qiuying Pang. 2021. The halophyte gene ScVTC2 confers resistance to oxidative stress via AsA-mediated photosynthetic enhancement. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 169: 138-148.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.11.020
7.Aiqin Zhang, Rui Luo, Jiawen Li, Rongqing Miao, Hui An, Xiufeng Yan, Qiuying Pang. 2022. Arabidopsis Glutathione-S-Transferases GSTF11 and GSTU20 Function in Aliphatic Glucosinolate Biosynthesis, Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:816233.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.816233
8. Leiyun Yang, Zhixue Wang,Aiqin Zhang, Ruchika Bhawal, Chunlong Li, Sheng Zhang, Lailiang Cheng, Jian Hua. 2021. Reduction of the canonical function of a glycolytic enzyme enolase triggers immune responses that further affect metabolism and growth in Arabidopsis. The Plant cell, 34(5):1745-1767.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab283
