Assistant Professors
Li Zhiwei
Assistant Professor
Post：
N
Tel：
020-37083036
Add：
No.723, Xingke Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Education：
Ph.D
Email：
lizhiwei@scbg.ac.cn
Zip Code：
510650
Academic Education & Work Career：
2011/09-2015/06 B.S. in Horticulture, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, China
2015/09-2020/09 Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2020/08-2022/10 Post doctor, Agriculture and Biotechnology Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2022/11-present Assistant Professors, Agriculture and Biotechnology Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Interest：
Regulation of fruit quality formation and maintenance:
The regulatory mechanism was analyzed from the perspectives of transcriptional regulation, post-translational modification and epigenetic modification, with banana, lychee, tomato fruit as experimental materials
Supported Projects：
1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, The role of histone demethylase SlJMJ1 in regulating carotenoid synthesis in tomato fruit, 2024/01-2026/12, Principal Investigator.
2) Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, Molecular mechanism of histone demethylase SlJMJ3 in regulating wax synthesis during tomato fruit ripening, 2022/01-2024/12, Principal Investigator.
3) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project, Study on the role of histone demethylase SlJMJ3 in regulating tomato fruit ripening and softening, 2021/06-2023/06, Principal Investigator.
4) Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, Mechanism of histone demethylase SLJMJ1 in regulating tomato fruit ripening, 2020/10-2023/09, Principal Investigator.
Awards and Honors：
Chinese Academy of Sciencer Dean Reward, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2020
Selected Publication：
1) Li Zhiwei #, Jiang Guoxiang #, Liu Xuncheng, Ding Xiaochun, Zhang Dandan, Wang Xiaowan, Zhou Yijie, Yan Huiling, Li Taotao, Wu Keqiang, Jiang Yueming, Duan Xuewu *. 2020. Histone demethylase SlJMJ6 promotes fruit ripening by removing H3K27 methylation of ripening-related genes in tomato. New Phytologist 227: 1138-1156.
2) Zeng Jing #, Jiang Guoxiang #, Liang Hanzhi, Yan Huiling, Kong Xiangjin, Duan Xuewu *, Li Zhiwei *. 2023. Histone demethylase MaJMJ15 is involved in the regulation of postharvest banana fruit ripening. Food Chemistry 407: 135102.
3) Li Zhiwei #, Zhou Yijie #, Liang Hanzhi, Li Qing, Jiang Yueming, Duan Xuewu, Jiang Guoxiang *. 2023. MaMYB13 is involved in response to chilling stress via activating expression of VLCFAs and phenylpropanoids biosynthesis-related genes in postharvest banana fruit. Food Chemistry 405: 134957.
4) Zhou Yijie #, Li Zhiwei # (Co-first author), Zhu Hong, Jiang Yueming, Jiang Guoxiang *, Qu Hongxia *. 2022. Energy homeostasis mediated by the LcSnRK1α-LcbZIP1/3 signaling pathway modulates litchi fruit senescence. The Plant Journal 111: 698-712.