ZHAO LAB - Members

Whether you’re eager to explore a research project or just want to learn molecular cloning this quarter, we’d love to have you join our lab!

Jianfei Zhao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

DePaul University

Education

Ph.D., Graduate Program in Molecular Plant Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

M.S., Plant Molecular and Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

B.S., School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

Selected Publications

Zhao, J., Doody, E., and Poethig, R.S. (2023). Reproductive competence is regulated independently of vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Biology 33: 487497.

Sauer, M., Zhao J., Park M., and Poethig, R.S. The molecular identity of Teopod1, Teopod2 and Early Phase Change (EPC) mutants in maize (2023). G3: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad179

Peng H., Zhao J., and Neff M. M. (2015). ATAF2 integrates Arabidopsis brassinosteroid inactivation and seedling photomorphogenesis. Development, 142:4129-4138.

Zhao J.*, Favero S. D., Qiu J., Roalson H. E., Neff M. M. (2014). Insights into the evolution and diversification of the AT-hook Motif Nuclear localized gene family in land plants. BMC Plant Biology, 14:266 doi:10.1186/s12870-014-0266-7. (*First and corresponding author)

Zhao J., Favero S. D., Peng H. and Neff M. M. (2013). The Arabidopsis thaliana AHL family modulates hypocotyl growth redundantly by interacting with each other via the PPC/DUF296 domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 110:48 E4688-E4697 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1219277110.

Tayengwa R., Zhao J., Pierce C.F., Werner B.E., Neff M.M. (2018). Synopsis of The SOFL Plant-specific Gene Family. G3: DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200040.

Xu M.L., Hu T.Q., Zhao J., Mee Y.P., Earley K.W., Wu G., and Poethig R.S. (2016). Developmental functions of miR156-targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) genes in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics 12: e1006263.

Poethig, R.S., Cullina, W.L., Doody, E., Floyd T., Fouracre J.P., Hu, T., Xu, M., and Zhao J. (2022). Short-interval traffic lines: versatile tools for genetic analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana. G3: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac202.

Favero D., Facques C.N., Iwase A., Le K.N., Zhao J., Sugimoto K., and Neff M.M. (2016). SUPPRESSOR OF PHYTOCHROME B4-3 represses genes associated with auxin signaling to modulate hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology, 171: 2701-2716.

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