Shanjin HUANG Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Education
1992~1996 B.S., Zhejiang Agricultural University, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China
Major: Agronomy
1996~2001 Ph.D., College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P.R. China
Major: Plant Sciences
Employment
2001-2006, Post-doc fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
2006-2016, Principal Investigator, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2014-present, Principal Investigator, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University.
Research interest
We are interested in dissecting the cellular mechanisms underlying plant growth and development as well as the interaction of plant with its surrounding environment. Specifically, we are focusing on two following topics:
1) Structure, function and regulation of the plant cytoskeleton;
2) Assembly, function and regulation of non-membranous organelles.
Selected publications
1. Zhang Y, Li Z, Chen N, Huang Y and Huang S*. Phase Separation of Arabidopsis EMB1579 Controls Transcription, mRNA Splicing and Development. PLOS Biol., 2020, 21;18(7):e3000782
2. Zhao W, Qu X, Zhuang Y, Wang L, Bosch M, Franklin-Tong VE, Xue Y, Huang S*. Villin Controls the Formation and Enlargement of Punctate Actin Foci in Pollen Tubes. J Cell Sci., 2020,133 (6). pii: jcs237404
3. Jiang Y, Chang M, Lan Y and Huang S*. Mechanism of CAP1-mediated Apical Actin Polymerization in Pollen Tubes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 2019;116(24):12084-12093
4. Lan Y, Liu X, Fu Y* and Huang S*. Arabidopsis Class I Formins Control Membrane-Originated Actin Polymerization at Pollen Tube Tips. PLOS Genet., 2018, 14(11): e1007789
5. Diao M, Ren S, Wang Q, Qian L, Shen J, Liu Y and Huang S*. Arabidopsis Formin 2 Regulates Cell-to-Cell Trafficking by Capping and Stabilizing Actin Filaments at Plasmodesmata. eLife, 2018;7:e36316
6. Jiang Y, Wang J, Xie Y, Chen N and Huang S*. Arabidopsis ADF10 Shapes the Organization of Apical Actin Filaments via Promoting their Turnover and Ordering in Pollen Tubes. J Cell Sci., 2017, 130, 3988-4001
7. Qu X, Zhang R, Zhang M, Diao M, Xue Y and Huang S*. Organizational Innovation of Apical Actin Filaments Drives Rapid Pollen Tube Growth and Turning. Mol Plant, 2017, 10, 930–947
8. Zhang R, Chang M, Zhang M, Wu Y, Qu X and Huang S*. The Structurally Plastic CH2 Domain Is Linked to Distinct Functions of Fimbrins/Plastins. J Biol Chem., 2016, 9;291(34):17881-96.
9. Wu S, Xie Y, Zhang J, Ren Y, Zhang X, Wang J, Guo X, Wu F, Sheng P, Wang J, Wu C, Wang H, Huang S* and Wan J*. VLN2 regulates plant architecture by affecting microfilament dynamics and polar auxin transport in rice. Plant Cell, 2015, 27(10):2829-2845
10. Zheng Y, Xie Y, Jiang Y, Qu X and Huang S*. Arabidopsis actin depolymerizing factor7 severs actin filaments and regulates actin cable turnover to promote normal pollen tube growth. Plant Cell, 2013, 25:3405-3423
11. Qu X, Zhang H, Xie Y, Wang J, Chen N and Huang S*. Arabidopsis villins promote actin turnover at pollen tube tips and facilitate the construction of actin collars. Plant Cell, 2013, 25:1803-17
12. Yang W, Ren S, Zhang X, Gao M, Ye S, Qi Y, Zheng Y, Wang J, Zeng L, Qun Li, Huang S*, and He Z*. BENT UPPERMOST INTERNODE1 encodes the class II formin FH5 crucial for actin organization and rice development. Plant Cell, 2011, 23:661-80
13. Wu Y, Yan J, Zhang R, Qu X, Ren S, Chen N and Huang S*. Arabidopsis FIMBRIN5, an actin bundling factor, is required for pollen germination and pollen tube growth. Plant Cell, 2010, 22: 3745-3763
14. Zhang H, Qu X, Bao C, Khurana P, Wang Q, Xie Y, Zheng Y, Chen N, Blanchoin L, Staiger C.J and Huang S*. Arabidopsis VILLIN5, an actin filament bundling and severing protein, is required for normal pollen tube growth. Plant Cell, 2010, 22: 2749-2767
15. Ye J, Zheng Y, Yan A, Chen N, Wang Z, Huang S* and Yang Z*. Arabidopsis formin3 directs the formation of actin cables and polarized growth in pollen tubes. Plant Cell, 2009, 21:3868–3884
Contact information
Tel: +86-10-62781946
E-mail: sjhuang@tsinghua.edu.cn
