【TITLE & POSITION】Professor

【ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS】Member of the Chinese Society of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, and the communication review expert for the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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

【PERSONAL PROFILE】

Dr. Huang graduated from China Agricultural University (Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, 2003.06). She joined Chongqing University (2003. 08) to carry out teaching/research work. He/she has presided 4 Projects supported National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 4 Projects supported by Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Commission. She has published more than 30 papers in journals such as PLOS GENETICS, Plant Physiology, Plant Journal, and has been cited 400 times by other researchers. Moreover, She has applied and obtained 6 patents of inventions. Current courses taught by Dr. Huang include Genomics, Plant Biology, Plant Physiology.

【RESEARCH INTERESTS】

1. Molecular biology and genetic engineering

2. Plant growth and development regulation

3. Plant stress response mechanism

【REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS】

1. Ning Xu, Yanli Chu, Hongli Chen, Xing-Xing Li, Qi Wu, Liang Jin, Guixue Wang, Junli Huang*. Rice transcription factor OsMADS25 modulate root growth and confer salinity tolerance via the ABA-mediated regulatory pathway and ROS scavenging. PLOS GENETICS. 2018, 14: e1007662.

2. Guopeng Zhang, Ning Xu, Hongli Chen, Guixue Wang, and Junli Huang*. OsMADS25 regulates root system development via auxin signalling in rice. The Plant Journal. 2018, 95: 1004-1022.

3.  Junli Huang, Min Gu,  Zhibing Lai, Baofang Fan, Kai Shi, Yanhong Zhou, Jingquan Yu, Zhixiang Chen. Functional Analysis of the Arabidopsis PAL Gene Family in Plant Growth, Development, and Response to Environmental Stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 2010, 153: ‏ 1526-1538.

4. Yanli Chu, Ning Xu, Qi Wu, Bo Yu, Xingxing Li, Rongrong Chen, Junli Huang*. Rice Transcription Factor OsMADS57 Regulates Plant Height by Modulating Gibberellin Catabolism. Rice. 2019, 12: 38.

5. Rongrong Chen, Ning Xu, Bo Yu, Qi Wu, Xingxing Li, Junli Huang*. The WUSCHEL-related homeobox transcription factor OsWOX4 controls the primary root elongation by activating OsAUX1 in rice. Plant Science. 2020, 298: 110575.