【TITLE & POSITION】Professor

【ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS】Member of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society of Chongqing.

【CONTACT INFORMATION】E-mail: huzongli@cqu.edu.cn;

【PERSONAL PROFILE】

Dr. Zongli Hu graduated from Chongqing University (Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, 2005.06). Later, she joined Chongqing University (2005.10) to carry out teaching/research work. She has presided one project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), four projects supported by Ministry of Education, Chongqing Science and Technology Commission. She has published more than 90 papers in SCI journals such as Plant Physiology, Journal of  Experimental  Botany, Plant and cell physiology, etc (containing One ESI paper). Many papers were highlighted by media such as plant research, etc. Moreover, she has applied and obtained 17 patents of inventions. Current courses taught by Dr. Zongli Hu include Molecular Biology, Genetics, etc. She has supervised 28 master students and 8 Ph.D. students.

【RESEARCH INTERESTS】

1.The study of molecular mechanism of plant growth and development, and fruit ripening;

2. The study of molecular mechanism of resistance genes and stresses;

3. The application research of gene engineering and protein expression and purification.

【REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS】

1. Lincheng Zhang; Jing Kang; Qiaoli Xie; Jun Gong; Hui Shen; Yanan Chen; Guoping Chen*; Zongli Hu*, The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor SlbHLH95 affects fruit ripening and multiple metabolisms in tomato, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020,71（20）：6311-6327.

2. Jing Li; Guoping Chen; Jianling Zhang; Hui Shen; Jing Kang; Panpan Feng; Qiaoli Xie *; Zongli Hu*; Suppression of a hexokinase gene, SlHXK1, leads to accelerated leaf senescence and stunted plant growth in tomato, Plant Science, 2020, 298: 110544.

3. Jianling Zhang; Yicong Wang; Naeem Muhammad; Mingku Zhu; Jing Li; Xiaohui Yu; Zongli Hu*; Guoping Chen*; An agamous MADS-box protein, SlMBP3, regulates the speed of placenta liquefaction and controls seed formation in tomato, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, 70(3): 909-924.

4. Lincheng Zhang ; Mingku Zhu ; Lijun Ren; Anzhou Li; Guoping Chen*; Zongli Hu*; The SlFSR gene controls fruit shelf-life in tomato, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018,69:2897-2909.

5. Mingku Zhu; Guoping Chen; Shuang Zhou; Yun Tu; Yi Wang; Tingting Dong; Zongli Hu *; A new tomato NAC (NAM/ATAF1/2/CUC2) transcription factor, SlNAC4, functions as a positive regulator of fruit ripening and carotenoid accumulation, Plant and Cell Physiology, 2014, 55(1): 119-135.