学习经历：

2013年9月-2016年6月 华南农业大学 博士 园艺学院果树学专业

2009年9月-2012年6月 华南农业大学 硕士 园艺学院果树学专业

2005年9月-2009年6月 武汉科技学院 本科 生物工程专业

工作经历：

2021年7月-至今 江西省、中国科学院庐山植物园 副研究员 植物功能基因组学研究组

2016年8月-2021年6月 深圳大学 博士后 生命与海洋科学学院植物表观遗传课题组

2012年7月-2013年7月 华南植物园 研究助理 植物代谢课题组

任职经历：

2021年8月-至今 江西省、中国科学院庐山植物园 组员 植物功能基因组学研究组

获奖及荣誉：

2014年5月 获2013-2014学年度优秀博士研究生二等奖

2016年5月 获2015-2016学年度优秀博士研究生一等奖

研究领域：

植物转录因子功能研究；植物基因编辑；

承担科研项目情况：

1. 江西省自然科学基金-青年基金项目，光照调控穿心莲中穿心莲内酯积累的分子机制解析，2023/07-2025/06，主持；

2. 中国科学院庐山植物园，庐山植物园专项，园艺植物转录因子预测及功能分析，2021/12-2023/12，主持；

3. 国家自然科学基金-地区科学基金项目，基于 ATAC-seq 策略挖掘穿心莲基因组中调控穿心莲内酯合成的增强子，2023/01-2026/12，参与；

4. 江西省自然科学基金-面上项目，大豆光响应增强子元件的鉴定和功能分析，2023/07-2025/06，参与。

论文及论著：

1. Huang M, Hu Y, Zhang L, Yang H, Feng C, Jiang C, Xie N, Liu D, Chen S, Wang J, Sun W^*. Decoding the chromatin accessibility in Andrographis paniculata genome, a case study of genome-wide investigation of the cis-regulatory elements in medicinal plants. Acta Pharm Sin B. 2024, 14(9):4179-4182.

2. Zhang L, Yung WS, Hu YF, Wang LP, Sun W, Huang MK^*. Establishment of a convenient ChIP-seq protocol for identification of the histone modification regions in the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata. Medicinal Plant Biology. 2023, 2:6.

3. Huang MK, Zhang L, Yung WS, Hu Y, Wang Z, Li MW, Lam HM^*. Molecular evidence for enhancer-promoter interactions in light responses of soybean seedlings. Plant Physiol. 2023, 193(4):2287-2291.

4. Zhang L, Yung WS, Huang M^*. STARR-seq for high-throughput identification of plant enhancers. Trends Plant Sci. 2022, 27(12):1296-1297.

5. Zhang L, Yung WS, Wang Z, Li MW, Huang M^*. Optimization of an Efficient Protoplast Transformation System for Transient Expression Analysis Using Leaves of Torenia fournieri. Plants (Basel). 2022, 11(16):2106.

6. Zhang L, Yung W, Sun W, Li MW, Huang M^*. Genome-wide characterization of nuclear factor Y transcription factors in Fagopyrum tataricum. Physiol Plant. 2022, 174(2):e13668.

7. Huang M, Zhang L, Zhou L, Yung WS, Wang Z, Xiao Z, Wang Q, Wang X, Li MW, Lam HM^*. Identification of the accessible chromatin regions in six tissues in the soybean. Genomics. 2022, 114(3):110364.

8. Zhang L, Zhou L, Yung WS, Su W^*, Huang M^*. Ectopic expression of Torenia fournieri TCP8 and TCP13 alters the leaf and petal phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiol Plant. 2021, 173(3):856-866.

9. Yu H^#, Zhang L^#, Wang W, Tian P, Wang W, Wang K, Gao Z, Liu S, Zhang Y, Irish VF, Huang T^*. TCP5 controls leaf margin development by regulating the KNOX and BEL-like transcription factors in Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot. 2021, 72(5):1809-1821.

10. Huang M, Zhang L, Zhou L, Wang M, Yung WS, Wang Z, Duan S, Xiao Z, Wang Q, Wang X, Li MW, Lam HM*. An expedient survey and characterization of the soybean JAGGED 1 (GmJAG1) transcription factor binding preference in the soybean genome by modified ChIPmentation on soybean protoplasts. Genomics. 2021, 113: 344-355.

11. Huang M, Zhang L, Zhou LM, Yung WS, Li MW, Lam HM^*. Genomic Features of Open Chromatin Regions (OCRs) in Wild Soybean and Their Effects on Gene Expressions. Genes. 2021, 12(5):640.

12. Peng Z, Wang M, Zhang L, Jiang Y, Zhao C, Shahid MQ, Bai Y, Hao J, Peng J, Gao Y, Su W^*, Yang X^*. EjRAV1/2 Delay Flowering Through Transcriptional Repression of EjFTs and EjSOC1s in Loquat. Frontiers in plant science, 2021, 12:816086.

13. Su W, Jing Y, Lin S, Yue Z, Yang X, Xu J, Wu J, Zhang Z, Xia R, Zhu J, An N, Chen H, Hong Y, Yuan Y, Long T, Zhang L, Jiang Y, Liu Z, Zhang H, Gao Y, Liu Y, Lin H, Wang H, Yant L, Lin S^*, Liu Z^*. Polyploidy underlies co-option and diversification of biosynthetic triterpene pathways in the apple tribe. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2021, 118(20):e2101767118.

14. Jiang Y, Zhu Y, Zhang L, Su W, Peng J, Yang X, Song H, Gao Y^*, Lin S^*.  EjTFL1 genes promote growth but inhibit flower bud differentiation in loquat. Frontiers in plant science, 2020, 11.

15. Zhang L, Jiang Y, Zhu Y, Su W, Long T, Huang T, Peng J, Yu H, Lin S^*, Gao Y^*. Functional Characterization of GI and CO Homologs from Eriobotrya deflexa Nakai forma koshunensis. Plant cell reports, 2019, 38(5): 533-543.

16. Su W, Yuan Y, Zhang L, Jiang Y, Gan X, Bai Y, Peng J, Wu J, Liu Y^*, Lin S^*. Selection of the optimal reference genes for expression analyses in different materials of Eriobotrya japonica. Plant Methods, 2019, 15: 7.

17. Jiang Y, Peng J, Zhu Y, Su W, Zhang L, Jing Y, Lin S, Gao Y^*. The Role of EjSOC1s in Flower Initiation in Eriobotrya japonica. Frontiers in plant science, 2019, 10:253.

18. Su W, Zhu Y, Zhang L, Yang X, Gao Y, Lin S^*. The cellular physiology of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) fruit with a focus on how cell division and cell expansion processes contribute to pome morphogenesis. Scientia Horticulturae, 2017, 224: 142-149.

19. Zhang L, Yu H, Lin S^*, Gao Y^*. Molecular Characterization of FT and FD Homologs from Eriobotrya deflexa Nakai forma koshunensis. Frontiers in plant science, 2016, 7.

20. Zhou Y, Zhang L, Gui J, Dong F, Cheng S, Mei X, Zhang L, Li Y, Su X, Baldermann S, Watanabe N, Yang Z^*. Molecular cloning and characterization of a short chain dehydrogenase showing activity with volatile compounds isolated from Camellia sinensis. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2015, 33(2): 253-263.