2005年，获中科院植物所硕士学位；2010年，获中科院遗传发育所博士学位；2010-2015年，中科院遗传发育所任助理研究员；2015-2019年，美国普渡大学任研究助理；2020年起任中科院遗传发育所研究员。
氮素是影响植物生长发育和限制作物产量的关键因子。生物固氮是某些特殊的原核生物类群具有的将游离态氮转化为植物可吸收氮的能力。生物固氮不仅是自然界中最重要的科学现象之一，也具有重大的应用价值，它可以减少化学氮肥的使用，降低农业成本，减轻环境污染。大豆作为最重要的经济作物之一，也是研究生物固氮的理想模式植物。我们研究组拟通过分子遗传学、细胞生物学、生物化学、高通量组学和生物信息学等多种方法来解析生物固氮的分子机制，构建大豆结瘤和生物固氮的调控网络，并致力于在农业生产中提高豆科作物的固氮效率和氮素利用效率。
发表文章目录
1. Sun B., Wang Y., Yang Q., Gao H., Niu H., Li Y., Ma Q., Huan Q., Qian W.*, Ren B.* (2023) A high-resolution transcriptomic atlas depicting nitrogen fixation and nodule development in soybean. J Integr Plant Biol. Doi: 10.1111/jipb.13495.
2. Clark C.B., Wang W., Wang Y., Fear G.J., Wen Z., Wang D., Ren B.*, and Ma J.* (2022) Identification and molecular mapping of a major quantitative trait locus underlying branch angle in soybean. Theor Appl Genet. 135: 777-784.
3. Zhang M., Liu S., Wang Z., Yuan Y., Zhang Z., Liang Q., Yang X., Duan Z., Liu Y., Kong F., Liu B., Ren B., and Tian Z. (2021) Progress in soybean functional genomics over the past decade. Plant Biotechnol J. 20: 256-282.
4. Ren B.#, Wang X.#, Duan J., Ma J. (2019) Rhizobial tRNA-derived small RNAs are signal molecules regulating plant nodulation. Science. 365: 919-922.
5. Zhao W., Guan C., Feng J., Liang Y., Zhan N., Zuo J., Ren B.* (2016) The Arabidopsis CROWDED NUCLEI genes regulate seed germination by modulating degradation of ABI5 protein. J Integr Plant Biol. 58: 669-678.
6. Guan C., Wang X., Feng J., Hong S., Liang Y., Ren B., Zuo J. (2014) Cytokinin antagonizes abscisic acid-mediated inhibition of cotyledon greening by promoting the degradation of ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE5 protein in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 164: 1515-1526.
7. Ren B.#, Chen Q.#, Hong S., Zhao W., Feng J., Feng H. Zuo J. (2013) The Arabidopsis eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF5A-2 regulates root protoxylem development by modulating cytokinin signaling. Plant Cell. 10: 3841-3857.
8. Zheng H., Li S., Ren B., Zhang J., Ichii M., Taketa S., Tao Y., Zuo J., Wang H. (2013) LATERAL ROOTLESS2, a cyclophilin protein, regulates lateral root initiation and auxin signaling pathway in rice. Mol Plant. 6: 1719-1721.
9. Feng J., Wang C., Chen Q., Chen H., Ren B., Li X., Zuo J. (2013) S-nitrosylation of phosphotransfer proteins represses cytokinin signaling. Nat Commun. 4: 1529.
10. 任勃，王兴春，冯建，杨淑华，左建儒 (2012) 第二章：细胞分裂素。《植物激素作用的分子机理》 许智宏，薛红卫 主编，上海科学技术出版社。
11. Deng Y., Dong H., Mu J., Ren B., Zheng B., Ji Z., Yang W., Liang Y., Zuo J. (2010) Arabidopsis histidine kinase CKI1 acts upstream of histidine phosphotransfer proteins to regulate female gametophyte development and vegetative growth. Plant Cell. 22: 1232-1248.
12. Ren B., Liang Y., Deng Y., Chen Q., Zhang J., Yang X., Zuo J. (2009) Genome-wide comparative analysis of type-A Arabidopsis response regulator genes by overexpression studies reveals their diverse roles and regulatory mechanisms in cytokinin signaling. Cell Res. 19: 1178-1190.
