Zhihua Wu: Plant Physiology First Author

Zhihua Wu, co-first author of “Multi-omics analysis reveals spatiotemporal regulation and function of heteromorphic leaves in Populus”

Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University

Education: Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Wuhan University

Non-scientific Interests: Singing and Sports

Brief bio:

In 2022, I joined the College of Life Sciences of Zhejiang Normal University and engaged in teaching and scientific research in Chinese herbal plant genomics, as well as synthetic biology. The mechanism of formation and evolution of plant characteristic traits is mainly studied by means of multidisciplinary cross technologies such as multi omics, molecular biology and evolutionary biology. This study is one of the achievements of the team cooperation with Professor Zhijun Li from Xinjiang Tarim University. It mainly reports the molecular mechanism of the development and functional differentiation of the heteromorphic leaves of Populus euphratica, a desert hero plant, and provides a new theoretical basis for plants to adapt to extreme desertification environment.

姓名：吴智华

目前职位：浙江师范大学生命科学学院，副教授

教育背景: 武汉大学分子遗传学博士

兴趣爱好: 唱歌、体育运动

个人简历：

本人于2022年就职于浙江师范大学生命科学学学院，主要从事中药植物基因组学及合成生物学等方面的教学科研工作。主要利用多组学、分子生物学及进化生物学等多学科交叉技术手段，开展植物特色性状的形成及演化机制研究。本篇论文是与新疆塔里木大学李志军教授团队合作的成果之一，主要报道了“沙漠英雄”植物—胡杨异形叶的发育及功能分化的分子调控机制，为植物适应极端荒漠化环境提供新的理论依据。