Education
1991 B.S. Biology Department, Wuhan University
1994 M.S. Wuhan Institute of Botany, CAS
2001 Ph.D. Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre and Zhejiang University (dissertation fellowship at John Innes Centre from 1998 to 2001)
Work Experiences
2015 Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005 Principle Investigator, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS
2001-2005 Postdoctoral Fellowship, John Innes Centre, UK
1997-1998 Lecturer, Zhejiang University
1996-1997 Visiting Scholarship, John Innes Centre, UK
1994-1996 Research fellow, Zhejiang Agriculture University
Honors and Awards
2020 China National Natural Science Award (Second Class)
2020 First Prize of the 8th Overseas Chinese Contribution Award
2017 Tan Jiazhen Life Science Innovation Award
2016 Leading talent of technological innovation, National special support program for high-level personnel recruitment
2014 National outstanding scientific and technological workers by China Association for Science and Technology
2013 Leading talent of technological innovation, Ministry of science and technology, China
2013 First prize of the 8th DBN Science and Technology Award
2010 China Youth Science and Technology Award
2010 Excellent in the final evaluation of CAS Hundred Talents Program
2009 The State Council Special Allowance Expert
2005 National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars
2005 Hundred Talents Program of the Chinese academy of sciences (CAS)
Research Interest/Area
1.Interactions between hormonal and environmental signals on plant growth and metabolism.
2.The co-regulatory mechanisms underlying crop yield traits and nitrogen use efficiency, and application of multi-component assemblies designed for simultaneously improving nitrogen use efficiency and yield of crop varieties.
Selected Publications
1.Wu K, Xu H, Gao X, Fu X* (2021) New insights into gibberellin signaling in regulating plant growth-metabolic coordination. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 63, 102074.
2.Liu Q, Wu K, Harberd NP, Fu X* (2021) Green Revolution DELLAs: From translational reinitiation to future sustainable agriculture. Molecular Plant 14(4), 547-549.
3.Wu K#, Wang S#, Song W, Zhang J, Wang Y, Liu Q, Yu J, Ye Y, Li S, Chen J, Zhao Y, Wang J, Wu X, Wang M, Zhang Y, Liu B, Wu Y, Harberd NP*, Fu X* (2020) Enhanced sustainable green revolution yield via nitrogen-responsive chromatin modulation in rice. Science 367 (6478).
4.Xu X#, Wu K#, Xu R, Wang S, Gao Z, Zhong Y, Li X, Liao H, Fu X* (2019) Pyramiding of the dep1-1 and NAL1NJ6 alleles achieves sustainable improvements in nitrogen-use efficiency and grain yield in japonica rice breeding. Journal of Genetics and Genomics 46(6), 325-328.
5.Li S, Tian Y, Wu K, Ye Y, Yu J, Zhang J, Liu Q, Hu M, Li H, Tong Y, Harberd NP, Fu X* (2018) Modulating plant growth-metabolism coordination for sustainable agriculture. Nature 520 (7720), 595-600.
6.Liu Q#, Han R#, Wu K, Zhang J, Ye Y, Wang S, Chen J, Pan Y, Li Q, Xu X, Zhou J, Tao D, Wu Y, Fu X* (2018) G-protein βγ subunits determine grain size through interaction with MADS-domain transcription factors in rice. Nature Communications 9, 852.
7.Wu K#, Xu X#, Zhong N, Huang H, Yu J, Ye Y, Wu Y, Fu X* (2018) The rational design of multiple molecular module-based assemblies for simultaneously improving rice yield and grain quality. Journal of Genetics and Genomics 45(6), 337-341.
8.Ye Y, Wu K, Chen J, Liu Q, Wu Y, Liu B*, Fu X* (2018) OsSND2, a NAC family transcription factor, is involved in secondary cell wall biosynthesis through regulating MYBs expression in rice. Rice 11, 36.
9.Wang S#, Wu K#, Qian Q#, Qian L, Pan Y, Ye Y, Liu X, Wang J, Zhang J, Li S, Wu Y, Fu X* (2017) Non-canonical regulation of SPL transcription factors by a human OTUB1-like deubiquitinase defines a new plant type rice associated with higher grain yield. Cell Research 27(9), 1142-1156.
10.Chen X, Yao Q, Gao X, Jiang C, Harberd NP, Fu X* (2016) Shoot-to-Root mobile transcription factor HY5 coordinates plant carbon and nitrogen acquisition. Current Biology 26, 640-646.
11.Liu Q, Harberd NP, Fu X* (2016) SQUAMOSA Promoter Binding Protein-like Transcription Factors: Targets for Improving Cereal Grain Yield. Molecular Plant 9, 765-767.
12.Liu Q, Chen X, Wu K, Fu X* (2015) Nitrogen signaling and use efficiency in plants: what’s new? Current Opinion in Plant Biology 27, 192-198.
13.Wang S, Li S, Liu Q, Wu K, Zhang J, Wang S, Wang Y, Chen X, Zhang Y, Gao C, Wang F, Huang H, Fu X* (2015) The OsSPL16-GW7 regulatory module determines grain shape and simultaneously improves rice yield and grain quality. Nature Genetics 47(8), 949-954.
14.Ye Y, Liu B, Zhao M, Wu K, Cheng W, Chen X, Liu Q, Liu Z, Fu X*, Wu Y* (2015) CEF1/OsMYB103L is involved in GA-mediated regulation of secondary wall biosynthesis in rice. Plant Molecular Biology 89(4-5), 385-401.
15.Xu H, Liu Q, Yao T, Fu X* (2014) Shedding light on integrative GA signaling. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 21, 89-95.
16.Sun H#, Qian Q#, Wu K#, Luo J#, Wang S#, Zhang C, Ma Y, Liu Q, Huang X, Yuan Q, Han R, Zhao M, Dong G, Guo L, Zhu X, Gou Z, Wang W, Wu Y, Lin H, Fu X* (2014) Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate nitrogen-use efficiency in rice. Nature Genetics 46, 652-656.
17.Ma W, Li J, Qu B, He X, Zhao X, Li B, Fu X*, Tong Y* (2014) Auxin biosynthetic gene TAR2 is involved in low nitrogen mediated reprogramming of root architecture in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 78, 70-79.
18.Wang S, Wu K, Yuan Q, Liu X, Liu Z, Lin X, Zeng R, Zhu H, Dong G, Qian Q, Zhang G *, Fu X* (2012) Control of grain size, shape and quality by OsSPL16 in rice. Nature Genetics 44, 950-954.
19.Gao X, Xiao S, Yao Q, Wang Y, Fu X* (2011) An Updated GA Signaling ’Relief of Repression’ Regulatory Model. Molecular Plant 4, 60-606.
20.Wu J, Kong X, Wan J, Liu X, Zhang X, Guo X, Zhou R, Zhao G, Jing R, Fu X*, Jia J* (2011) Dominant and Pleiotropic Effects of a GAI Gene in Wheat Results from a Lack of Interaction between DELLA and GID1. Plant Physiology 157, 2120-2130.
21.Huang X#, Qian Q#, Liu Z, Sun H, He S, Luo D, Xia G, Chu C, Li J, Fu X* (2009) Natural variation at the DEP1 locus enhances grain yield in rice. Nature Genetics 41, 494-497.
22.Jiang C, Gao X, Liao L, Harberd NP, Fu X* (2007) Phosphate-starvation root architecture and anthocyanin accumulation responses are modulated by the GA-DELLA signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 145, 1460-1470.
23.Jiang C, Fu X* (2007) GA action: turning on de-DELLA repressing signaling. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10, 461-465.
