Ming Zhu: Plant Physiology First Author

Ming Zhu, co-first author of “miR169q and NUCLEAR FACTOR YA8 enhance salt tolerance by activating PEROXIDASE1 expression in response to ROS”

Current Position: PhD student at College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China.

Education: M.Sc. in School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University. Biotechnology Research Institute, CAAS/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics (Beijing).

Non-scientific Interests: Reading and Listening to music

Brief bio: Plants are the environmental basis on which mankind depends. The study of plant gene function is the discovery and utilization of natural laws, which can make us better survive and develop. Through the study and research of maize molecular breeding during my master’s degree, I knew the wonderful molecular mechanism of maize in response to stress, which gave me the desire to explore. During my master’s degree, I focused on the maize miR169q-NF-YA8 regulatory module in response to salt stress. During my PhD, I focused on the functional study of regulatory networks formed by non-coding RNAs in response to plant stress. I hope to discover more natural laws through my research and deepen the understanding of plant molecular biology.

姓名：朱明

目前职位：博士生，中央民族大学

教育经历：硕士：安徽农业大学生命科学学院和中国农业科学院生物技术研究所/农业基因组学重点实验室（北京）

兴趣爱好：阅读和听音乐

个人简介：植物是人类赖以生存的环境基础，对植物基因功能的研究是人类发现自然规律、利用自然规律，可以让我们更好的生存和发展。通过硕士期间对玉米分子育种的学习和研究，我知道了玉米应对逆境胁迫的奇妙分子机制，这让我产生了探究的欲望。在硕士期间，我主要研究的是玉米miR169q-NF-YA8调控模块在盐胁迫响应中应答机制。在博士期间，我关注的是非编码RNA形成的调控网络在植物逆境响应中的功能研究。希望通过自己的研究发现更多的自然规律，加深对植物分子生物学的理解。