Danfeng Zhang: Plant Physiology First Author

Danfeng Zhang, co-first author of “Efficient and high-throughput pseudorecombinant-chimeric Cucumber mosaic virus-based VIGS in maize”

Current Position: Postdoc at School of Life Sciences in Tsinghua University

Education: Ph.D. in College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University

Non-scientific Interests: Music, Basketball, Swimming

Brief Bio: During my Ph.D., I developed a multicontrol sterility (MCS) system based on the maize male sterility 7 mutant and its wild-type Zea mays Male sterility 7 (ZmMs7) gene via a transgenic strategy, leading to the utilization of genetic male sterility (GMS) in hybrid seed production. The MCS system has great potential to enhance the efficiency of maize male-sterile line propagation and commercial hybrid seed production. In my postdoctoral training, my research focus is on establishing a Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-based VIGS system, named as Pr CMV VIGS system for efficient maize gene silencing. It provides a much-improved toolbox to facilitate efficient and long-duration gene silencing for large-scale functional genomics in maize.

 

姓名：张丹凤

职位：清华大学生命科学学院，博士后

学历：湖南农业大学，博士学位

兴趣爱好：音乐、篮球、游泳

个人简介：

博士期间师从北京科技大学万向元教授，主要克隆了一个玉米雄性不育基因ZmMs7，基于此基因构建了多控不育系统MCS，在玉米制种过程中，MCS在增强玉米雄性不育系的扩繁效率和提高杂交种制种产量中具有很重要的应用价值。

博士毕业后，加入清华大学生命科学学院刘玉乐教授课题组，博士后期间，与李焕改博士合作，利用两个黄瓜花叶病毒毒株CMV-ZMBJ和CMV-Fny的组合形式，构建了基于CMV病毒诱导的玉米基因沉默系统Pr CMV VIGS，比现有的玉米VIGS系统在基因沉默效率和沉默持久性上有更大的改进，可广泛应用在玉米基因机制研究中。