Xiaoru Gao: Plant Physiology First Author

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Xiaoru Gao, co-first author of “The B-box transcription factor IbBBX29 regulates leaf development and flavonoid biosynthesis in sweet potato”

Education: 2012.09-2016.06 Henan Agricultural University (Bachelor); 2016.09-2023.01 China Agricultural University (Ph.D)

Non-scientific Interests: traveling, photography

Brief bio: China is the first country in the world to produce sweet potato, Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) plays an important role in food security. I was fortunate to join College of Agriculture and Biotechnology at China Agricultural University and the Key Laboratory of Sweet Potato Biology and Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2016, to pursue my Ph.D. Under the guidance of Pro. Shaozhen He, the genes regulating leaf development and flavonoid accumulation, and the underlying transcriptional regulatory mechanisms were studied. We identified the B-box (BBX) family transcription factor IbBBX29 that regulates IAA-mediated leaf development and flavonoid biosynthesis in sweet potato and Arabidopsis, providing a candidate gene for flavonoid biofortification in plants.

个人简介

论文：IbBBX29 regulates leaf development and flavonoid biosynthesis in sweet potato

姓名：高晓茹

目前职位：求职中

教育经历：2012.09-2016.06河南农业大学 (学士)

2016.09-2023.01中国农业大学 (博士)

兴趣爱好：旅行、摄影

个人简介：我国是世界甘薯生产第一大国，甘薯在粮食安全中发挥着重要作用。本人有幸于2016年进入中国农业大学农学院农业农村部甘薯生物学与生物技术重点实验室学习，攻读博士学位。在何绍贞教授的指导下，对调控甘薯发育和类黄酮积累的基因及调控机制开展研究。我们从甘薯中鉴定到一个B-box转录因子家族成员IbBBX29， 在甘薯和拟南芥中，IbBBX29均参与调控生长素介导的叶发育，并促进类黄酮积累，因此，为植物类黄酮生物强化提供了候选基因。