1. Cloning of stress-responsive genes and studying of gene function. We mainly engage in cloning of stress-responsive gene and studying of gene function and gene regulation, including elucidating the molecule mechanisms and gene engineering of the plants’ resistances to kinds of stresses just like heavy-metal, drought, salt, cold and so on.

2. Phytoremediation. We focus on investigating making use of specially selected or engineered plants to reduce and/or remove contaminants from heavy metal contaminated soil

3. Biofortification of Staple Food Crops. We seek to increase nutrients such as zinc, iron in edible parts of food staples including rice and wheat by genetic engineering.

09/1992--10/1996 Ph.D. of Molecular Biology, University of Louis Pasteur, France.  
09/1988--09/1991 M.S of Plant Physiology, Northwest A&F University  
09/1979--06/1983 B.S. of  Plant Physiology, Northwestern University

   

03/1997 -- now Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor, College of Life Sciences, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
09/1996 -- 03/1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology of Plants, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France.
06/1983 -- 09/1992 Lecturer, Northwest A&F University, Yangling,Shaanxi, China.

Techniques of Molecular Biology
Plant Genetic Engineering
Plant Genetic Transformation Seminar

State Council Special Government Allowances Experts

   

1. Tao Sun, Yuxiu Zhang, Tuanyao Chai. Cloning, characterization, and expression of the BjEXPA1 gene and its promoter region from Brassica juncea L. Plant Growth Regul, 2011, 64:39–512.
2. Le Zhao, Yong-Le Sun, Su-Xia Cui, Mei Chen, Hao-Meng Yang, Hui-Min Liu, Tuan-Yao Chai, Fang Huang. Cd-induced changes in leaf proteome of the hyperaccumulator plant Phytolacca Americana. Chemosphere,2011(85):56-66
3. Zheng HC, Ma SW, Chai TY. The ovular development and perispermformation of Phytolacc aamericana(Phytolaccaceae) and their systematicssignificance in Caryophyllales. Journal of Systematicsand Evolution. 2010, 48(5):318-325
4. Xu, J., Chai, T., Zhang, Y., Lang, M., and Han, L. The cation-efflux transporter BjCET2 mediates zinc and cadmium accumulation in Brassica juncea L. leaves, Plant Cell Rep. 2009, 28, 1235-1242.
5. Wei, W., Chai, T., Zhang, Y., Han, L., Xu, J., and Guan, Z. The Thlaspi caerulescens NRAMP homologue TcNRAMP3 is capable of divalent cation transport, Mol Biotechnol . 2009, 41, 15-21.
6. Guan, Z., Chai, T., Zhang, Y., Xu, J., and Wei, W.Enhancement of Cd tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing a Cd-induced catalase cDNA, Chemosphere. 2009, 76, 623-630.
7. Wei, W., Zhang, Y. X., Han, L., Guan, Z. Q., and Chai, T. Y. A novel WRKY transcriptional factor from Thlaspi caerulescens negatively regulates the osmotic stress tolerance of transgenic tobacco, Plant Cell Reports. 2008, 27, 795-803.
8. Cong, L., Zheng, H. C., Zhang, Y. X., and Chai, T. Y. Arabidopsis DREB1A confers high salinity tolerance and regulates the expression of GA dioxygenases in Tobacco, Plant Sci. 2008,174, 156-164.
9. Cong, L., Chai, T. Y., and Zhang, Y. X. Characterization of the novel gene BjDREB1B encoding a DRE-binding transcription factor from Brassica juncea L., Biochem Bioph Res Co. 2008, 371, 702-706. 
10. Wei W, Chai T , Han L, Guan Z,.The Thlaspi caerulescens NRAMP Homologue TcNRAMP3 is Capable of Divalent Cation Transport. Molecular Biotechnology, 10.1007/s12033-008-9088-x. Accepted: 7 July 2008 Published online: 29 July 2008
11. Xu J, Zhang YX,Chai TY et al. Expression and function of two dehydrins under environmental stresses in Brassica juncea L. Molecular Breeding, 2008, 21:431-438
12. Xu J, Zhang YX, Chai TY. In vitro multiplication of heavy metals hyperaccumualtor Thlaspi caerulescens. Biologia Plantarum, 2008, 52 (1): 97-100
13. Xu J, Wang Y, Zhang Y and Chai. T. Rapid in vitro multiplication and ex vitro rooting of Malus zumi (Matsumura) Rehd. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2008, 30 (1) :129-132
14. Xu J, Zhang YX, Wei W, Han L, Guan ZQ, Wang Z, Chai TY. BjDHNs Confer Heavy-metal Tolerance in Plants. Molecular Biotechnology, 2008, 38 (2): 91-98
15. ZiQiu Guan , TuanYao Chai ，YuXiu Zhang ,Jin Xu ,Wei Wei , Lu Han , Lin Cong . Gene manipulation of a heavy metal hyperaccumulator species Thlaspi caerulescens L.via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Molecular Biotechnology, 2008, 40(1): 77-86 DOI：10.1007/s12033-008-9065-4.
16. Yuxiu Zhang, Zi Wang, Tuanyao Chai, Zhensong Wen and Hongmei Zhang. Indian Mustard Aquaporin Improves Drought and Heavy-metal Resistance in Tobacco. Molecular Biotechnology, 2008, 40(3):280-292
17. Qi, X. T., Zhang, Y. X., and Chai, T. Y.Characterization of a novel plant promoter specifically induced by heavy metal and identification of the promoter regions conferring heavy metal responsiveness, Plant Physiol.2007, 143, 50-59.
18. Minglin, L., Yuxiu, Z., and Tuanyao, C.Identification of genes up-regulated in response to Cd exposure in Brassica juncea L, Gene.2005, 363, 151-158.

Wenjun Ding, Fang Zhang, Fengtong Hao, Xiaoyong Cui, Tuanyao Chai, Deliang Chen, Yunjiang Yu, Chengye Sun. Qun Xu. Directory of National Environment and Heath: Chemical Pollutant II. Chinese Environmental Science Press. Beijing. 2011. (In Chinese)
Xiaoyong Cui, Wenjun Ding, Tuanyao Chai, Fang Zhang. Comparision of Hazard Ranking System and Risk Assessment Methodologies of Chemical Substances. Sciences Press. 2010. (In Chinese)
Yuxiu Zhang, Tuanyao Chai. Isolation and Function of Heavy Metal Responsive Gene in Plant. China Agricalture Press.2006.(In Chinese)