1. The genomic and epigenomic changes and the functional consequences during crop domestication and polyploidization.

2. The mechanism underlying specific regulation of epigenetic modifications during development and envioronmental responses.

3. High throughput sequencing-aided mapping of genes controling agronomic trait in wheat.

2003.09 - 2008.06: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Ph.D.

1999.09 - 2003.07: Ocean University of China, B.S.

2011.10 - 2013.01: Harvard Medical School, Bioinformatics specialist and bioinformatics post-doc research fellow

2009.12 - 2011.09: Boston University, Bioinformatics post-doc research fellow

2009.04 - 2009.10: Harvard Medical School, Visiting scholar

2008.06 - 2009.03: China Agriculture University, Bioinformatics post-doc research fellow

Plant Bioinformatics

Plant Epigenomics

1. Meifang Qi*, Zijuan Li*, Chunmei Liu*, Wenyan Hu, Luhuan Ye, Yilin Xie, Yili Zhuang, Fei Zhao, Wan Teng, Qi Zheng, Zhenjun Fan, Lin Xu, Zhaobo Lang, Yiping Tong ^#, and Yijing Zhang^# (2018) CGT-seq: epigenome-guided de novo assembly of the core genome for divergent populations with large genome, Nucleic Acid Research,DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky522

2.Yue Zhou, Yuejun Wang, Kristin Krause, Tingting Yang, Joram A. Dongus, Yijing Zhang and Franziska Turck. (2018)Telobox motifs recruit CLF/SWN–PRC2 for H3K27me3 deposition via TRB factors in Arabidopsis, Nature Genetics, 50(5):638-644 

3.Xiaojuan Ran, Jian Liu, Meifang Qi, Yuejun Wang, Jingfei Cheng and Yijing Zhang*.(2018) GSHR, a Web-Based Platform Provides Gene Set-Level Analyses of Hormone Responses in Arabidopsis, Frontiers in Plant Science,9:23 

4.Zhaobo Lang, Yihai Wang, Kai Tang, Dengguo Tang, Tatsiana Datsenka, Jingfei Cheng, Yijing Zhang, Avtar K. Handab, and Jian-Kang Zhu. (2017)Critical roles of DNA demethylation in the activation of ripening-induced genes and inhibition of ripening-repressed genes in tomato fruit.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(22):E4511-E4519

5.Bo Hu ^#, Guifang Zhang^#, Wu Liu^#, Jianmin Shi^#, Hua Wang^#, Meifang Qi, Jiqin Li, Peng Qin, Ying Ruan, Hai Huang , Yijing Zhang, Lin Xu*. (2017) Divergent regeneration-competent cells adopt a common mechanism for callus initiation in angiosperms, Regeneration, 4(3):132-139 

6.Jiashi Peng^#, Yuejun Wang^#, Ge Ding, Hailing Ma, Yijing Zhang*, Jiming Gong*.(2016) A Pivotal Role of Cell Wall in Cadmium Accumulation in the Crassulaceae hyperaccumulator Sedum plumbizincicola, Molecular Plant ,10(5): 771-774 

7.Zhongfei Li^#,Bin Li^#,Jian Liu, Zhihao Guo,Yuhao Liu,Yan Li,Wen-Hui Shen, Ying Huang,Hai Huang,Yijing Zhang*and Aiwu Dong*.(2016)Transcription factors AS1 and AS2 interact withLHP1 to repress KNOX genes in Arabidopsis, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology,58(12):959-970 

8.Xiaodong Chen, Jingfei Cheng, Lyuqin Chen, Guifang Zhang, Hai Huang, Yijing Zhang and Lin Xu*.(2016) Auxin-Independent NAC Pathway Acts in Response to Explant-Specific Wounding and Promotes Root Tip Emergence during de Novo Root Organogenesis in Arabidopsis, Plant Physiology,170(4):2136-2145 

9. Anthony J Covarrubias; Halil Ibrahim Aksoylar; Jiujiu Yu; Nathaniel W Snyder; Andrew J Worth; Shankar S Iyer; Jiawei Wang; Issam Ben-Sahra; Vanessa Byles; Tiffany Polynne-Stapornkul; Erika C Espinosa; Dudley Lamming; Brendan D Manning; Yijing Zhang; Ian A Blair; Tiffany Horng*.(2016) Akt-mTORC1signaling regulates Acly to integrate metabolic input to control of macrophage activation, eLife, 5: p e11612

10.Hua Wang^#, Chunmei Liu^#, Jingfei Cheng^#, Jian Liu, Lei Zhang, Chongsheng He, Wen-Hui Shen, Hong Jin*, Lin Xu*, Yijing Zhang*.(2016) Arabidopsis Flower and Embryo Developmental Genes are Repressed in Seedlings by Different Combinations of Polycomb Group Proteins in Association with Distinct Sets of Cis-regulatory Elements, PLoS Genetics, 12(1): e1005771 

11.Meiqing Xing^#, Yijing Zhang^#, Shirong Zhou^#, Wenyan Hu^#, Xueting Wu, Yajin Ye, Xiaoxia Wu, Yunping Xiao, Xuan Li, and Hongwei Xue,*（2015）Global Analysis Reveals the Crucial Roles of DNA Methylation during Rice Seed Development, Plant Physiology, 168（4）：1417-1432 

12.Jiawei Wang^#, Meifang Qi^#, Jian Liu^#, Yijing Zhang*.(2015) CARMO: a comprehensive annotation platform for functional exploration of rice multi-omics data, Plant Journal, 83(2):359-374

13.Marta Biagioli^1,2,#, Francesco Ferrari^{3, #}, Eric M. Mendenhall⁴, Yijing Zhang¹,Serkan Erdin¹, Ravi Vijayvargia^1,2, Sonia M. Vallabh¹, Nicole Solomos¹,Poornima Manavalan¹, Ashok Ragavendran¹, Fatih Ozsolak⁵, Jong Min Lee^1,2,Michael E. Talkowski^1,6, James F. Gusella^1,6,7, Marcy E. Macdonald^1,2,7,Peter J. Park^3,8 and Ihn Sik Seong^1,2,*.(2015)Htt CAG repeat expansion confers pleiotropic gains of mutant huntingtin function in chromatin regulation, Human Molecular Genetics, 24( 9 ):2442-2457 

14.Guang Li^#, Shujing Liu^#, Jiawei Wang, Jianfeng He, Hai Huang, Yijing Zhang* and Lin Xu*.(2014) ISWI proteins participate in the genome-wide nucleosome distribution in Arabidopsis, Plant Journal ,78(4):706-714 

15.Pingzhu Zhou, Yijing Zhang, Qing Maa, Fei Gu, Daniel S. Dayb, Aibin He, Bin Zhou, Jing Li, Sean M. Stevens, Daniel Romo, and William T. Pu*,(2013) Interrogating translational efficiency and lineage-specific transcriptomes using ribosome affinity purification, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(38):15395-15400 

16.Gaihua Zhang^#, Yijing Zhang^# and Zhen Su*.(2012) CYPSI: a structure-based interface for cytochrome P450s and ligands in Arabidopsis thaliana, BMC Bioinformatics, 13: 332 

17.Tara L. Conforto, Yijing Zhang, Jennifer Sherman, and David J. Waxman*.(2012) Impact of CUX2 on the Female Mouse Liver Transcriptome: Activation of Female-Biased Genes and Repression of Male-Biased Genes, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 32(22): 4611-4627 

18.Zhen Shao^#, Yijing Zhang^#, Guo-Cheng Yuan, Stuart H Orkin* and David J Waxman*.(2012) MAnorm: a robust model for quantitative comparison of ChIP-Seq data sets, Genome Biology, 13(3):R16 

19.Yijing Zhang, Ekaterina V. Laz, and David J. Waxman.(2011) Dynamic, Sex-Differential STAT5 and BCL6 Binding to Sex-Biased, Growth Hormone-Regulated Genes in Adult Mouse Liver,Molecular and Cellular Biology,32(4): 880-896 

20.Yijing Zhang, Kathrin Klein, Aarathi Sugathan, Najlla Nassery, Alan Dombkowski, Ulrich M. Zanger,David J. Waxman¹*,(2011) Transcriptional Profiling of Human Liver Identifies Sex-Biased Genes Associated with Polygenic Dyslipidemia and Coronary Artery Disease, PLos One, 6(8):e23506

21. Gargi Bagchi^#, Yijing Zhang^#, Kerri A Stanley and David J Waxman*.(2011) Complex modulation of androgen responsive gene expression by methoxyacetic acid, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 9(1):42 

22.Gargi Bagchi, Yijing Zhang and David J Waxman*.(2010) Impact of methoxyacetic acid on mouse Leydig cell gene expression, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology,8:65 

23.Evelyn Dixit, Steeve Boulant, Yijing Zhang, Amy S. Lee, Charlotte Odendall, Bennett Shum, Nir Hacohen, Zhijian J. Chen, Sean P. Whelan, Marc Fransen, Max L. Nibert,Giulio Superti-Furga, and Jonathan C. Kagan*.(2010) Peroxisomes are signaling platforms for antiviral innate immunity, Cell, 141(4): 668-681 

24.Yongbiao Xue^#*,Yijing Zhang^#, Qiuying Yang^#, Qun Li,Zhukuan Cheng, Hugh G. Dickinson.(2009) Genetic features of a pollen-part mutation suggest an inhibitory role for the Antirrhinum pollen self-incompatibility determinant, Plant Molecular Biology, 70(5): 499-509

（ 1 ）CGT-seq: epigenome-guided de novo assembly of the core genome for divergent populations with large genome  2018, Patent Number: 201810266892.8

（1） Molecular Biology of S-RNase-based Self- Incompatibility, Berlin- Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag, 2008-06, 第 1 作者

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