Academic Education & Work Career：

2012.09-2016.06, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University,

Degree: Bachelor of Science

Major: Agricultural Biotechnology

2016.09-2021.06, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University,                                                       

Degree: Master of Science

Major: Botany

2021.08-2024.08, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Postdoctor                                                      

2021.08-present, South China Botanical Garden, CAS, Professor

Research Interest：

Plant Molecular Biology, Epigenetics and Environmental Adaptation 

Supported Projects：

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023-2025

2. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2023

3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2022-2024

4. Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, 2022-2024

5. China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, 2021-2023

Awards and Honors：

China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, 2021 

Publication：

co-first author (#), corresponding author (*):

(1) Zhenwei Liang^#, Tao Zhu^#, Yaoguang Yu^#, Caihong Wu, Yisui Huang, Yuanhao Hao, Xin Song, Wei Fu, Liangbing Yuan, Yuhai Cui, Shangzhi Huang, Chenlong Li*. (2024) PICKLE-mediated nucleosome condensing drives H3K27me3 spreading for the inheritance of Polycomb memory during differentiation. Molecular Cell. S1097-S2765

(2) Yawen Lei^#, Yaoguang Yu^#, Wei Fu, Tao Zhu, Caihong Wu, Zhihao Zhang, Zewang Yu, Xin Song, Jianqu Xu, Zhenwei Liang, Peitao Lü, Chenlong Li*. (2024) BCL7A and BCL7B potentiate SWI/SNF-complex-mediated chromatin accessibility to regulate gene expression and vegetative phase transition in plants. Nature Communications. 15(1): 935

(3) Wei Fu^#, Yaoguang Yu^#, Jie Shu, Zewang Yu, Tao Zhu, Yixiong Zhong, Zhihao Zhang, Zhenwei Liang, Yuhai Cui, Chen Chen, Chenlong Li*. (2023) Organization, genomic targeting and assembly of three distinct SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 35(7):2464-2483

(4) Yaoguang Yu, Wei Fu, Jianqu Xu, Yawen Lei, Xin Song, Zhenwei Liang, Tao Zhu, Yuhui Liang, Yuanhao Hao, Lianbing Yuan, Chenlong Li*. (2021) Bromodomain-containing proteins BRD1, BRD2, and BRD13 are core subunits of SWI/SNF complexes and vital for their genomic targeting in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 14(6):888-904

(5) Yaoguang Yu, Zhenwei Liang, Xin Song, Wei Fu, Jianqu Xu, Yawen Lei, Lianbing Yuan, Jiuxiao Ruan, Chen Chen, Wenqun Fu, Yuhai Cui, Shangzhi Huang, Chenlong Li*. (2020) BRAHMA-interacting proteins BRIP1 and BRIP2 are core subunits of Arabidopsis SWI/SNF complexes. Nature Plants. 6(8):996-1007

As co-author:

(1) Tao Zhu, Chuangqi Wei, Yaoguang Yu, Zhenzhen Zhang, Jiameng Zhu, Zhenwei Liang, Xin Song, Wei Fu, Yuhai Cui, Zhi-Yong Wang, Chenlong Li*. (2024) The BAS chromatin remodeler determines brassinosteroid-induced transcriptional activation and plant growth in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell. 59(7):924-939

(2) Xin Song, Yaoguang Yu, Jiameng Zhu, Chenlong Li*. (2023) BRIP1 and BRIP2 maintain root meristem by affecting auxin-mediated regulation. Planta. 259(1):8

(3) Zhenwei Liang, Liangbing Yuan, Xiangyu Xiong, Yuanhao Hao, Xin Song, Tao Zhu, Yaoguang Yu, Wei Fu, Yawen Lei, Jianqu Xu, Jun Liu, JianFeng Li, Chenlong Li*. (2022) The transcriptional repressors VAL1 and VAL2 mediate genome-wide recruitment of the CHD3 chromatin remodeler PICKLE in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 34(10): 3915-3935

(4) Liangbing Yuan, Xin Song, Lu Zhang, Yaoguang Yu, Zhenwei Liang, Yawen Lei, Jiuxiao Ruan, Bin Tan, Jun Liu and Chenlong Li*. (2021) The transcriptional repressors VAL1 and VAL2 recruit PRC2 for genome-wide Polycomb silencing in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(1):98-113

(5) Jiuxiao Ruan^#, Huhui Chen^#, Tao Zhu^#, Yaoguang Yu, Yawen Lei, Liangbing Yuan, Jun Liu, Zhi-Yong Wang, Jian-Fei Kuang, Wang-Jin Lu, Shangzhi Huang, Chenlong Li*. (2021) Brassinosteroids repress the seed maturation program during the seed-to-seedling transition. Plant Physiology. 186(1):534-548

(6) Huhui Chen, Jianhua Tong, Wei Fu, Zhenwei Liang, Jiuxiao Ruan, Yaoguang Yu, Xin Song, Lianbing Yuan, Langtao Xiao, Jun Liu, Yuhai Cui, Shangzhi Huang, Chenlong Li*. (2020) The H3K27me3 demethylase RELATIVE OF EARLY FLOWERING 6 suppresses seed dormancy by inducing abscisic acid catabolism. Plant Physiology. 184(4):1969-1978