Lian Ding: Plant Physiology First Author

Lian Ding, co-first author of “DWARF AND ROBUST PLANT regulates plant height via modulating gibberellin biosynthesis in chrysanthemum”

现在职位：Associate Professor，Nanjing Agricultural University

教育经历：Bachelor：Liaoning Normal University

Doctor：China Agricultural University

兴趣爱好：Traveling，food

个人简介：I received my Ph.D. from China Agricultural University. During my Ph.D. period, under the guidance of Prof. Xiaolan Zhang, I was mainly engaged in the research of genes related to flower development in Arabidopsis and cucumber. I joined the Dr. Fadi Chen’s lab at Nanjing Agricultural University in 2016. Now，I focus on gene mining, isolation and functional identification of inflorescence/flower type and plant architecture in chrysanthemum.

姓名：丁莲

现在职位：南京农业大学园艺学院，观赏园艺系，副教授

教育经历：中国农业大学  蔬菜学 博士

兴趣爱好：旅行，美食

个人简介：我在中国农业大学获得博士学位，博士期间在张小兰教授的指导下，主要从事拟南芥和黄瓜花发育相关基因的研究。2016年加入南京农业大学陈发棣教授菊花遗传与种质创新团队。目前主要从事菊花花型、株型发育相关基因挖掘、分离与功能鉴定等研究工作。我们的研究发现一个YAB转录因子CmDRP，属于一个功能未知的FlL/YAB3亚支，且该亚支在十字花科中丢失，以非极性方式在侧生器官中表达，通过调控赤霉素调控菊花株高。创制了半矮化且叶片增大、茎秆粗壮的菊花材料。