2004年毕业于新京澳门葡萄城，获生物科学专业学士学位；2010年获北京师范大学细胞生物学专业博士学位；2011年-2017年先后在德国马克斯-普朗克分子植物生理学研究所、英国剑桥大学从事博士后工作。2017年底入职北京师范大学细胞增殖与调控生物学教育部重点实验室。讲授本科生必修课程《细胞生物学》、通识课程《探索细胞的奥秘》和研究生课程《细胞骨架系统》，其中参与主讲的《细胞生物学》课程2020年获评为首批国家级一流本科课程；2022年获北京师范大学彭年杰出青年教师奖（本科生教学）；2023年获北京师范大学第十八届青年教师教学基本功比赛本科生教学理科组二等奖、最受学生欢迎奖、新京澳门葡萄城爱生科奖教金优秀科研奖。主要从事植物细胞骨架和细胞壁方向的研究工作，主持多项国家自然科学基金，作为通讯作者或共同通讯作者在Nature Communications、PNAS、The Plant Cell、Cell Reports、New Phytologist等国际一流学术期刊发表论文20余篇；现任细胞增殖与调控生物学教育部重点实验室副主任、Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (Cell Growth and Division section) 专栏副主编，Biologia Plantarum编委；担任中国细胞生物学学会植物细胞生物学分会委员、中国细胞生物学学会细胞器生物学分会委员、中国细胞生物学学会教育工作委员会委员、中国电镜学会共聚焦专业委员会委员、北京植物学会理事。
1、植物细胞壁合成的分子调控机理：细胞壁是植物细胞区别于动物细胞的特征性结构之一，在维持植物细胞形态和调控细胞生长等过程中起重要作用，与植物尤其是农作物的株型、抗倒伏性和抗病虫害能力等重要农艺性状密切相关。此外，植物细胞壁具有广泛的工业应用价值，例如其主要成分纤维素不仅是造纸和纺织工业的主要原料，也是可被转化为安全、清洁的可再生能源的生物质资源。本实验室的一个主要方向是研究植物细胞壁中纤维素合成的分子基础，如纤维素合酶复合体新成员的筛选和功能分析、纤维素合酶复合体组装和分泌过程的分子调控机理、细胞壁和细胞骨架之间的相互作用关系等。
2、植物细胞感受和应答机械应力作用的分子机理：植物区别于动物的另一特性是其不具有移动性。为了应对风吹雨打等外界机械刺激，植物具有特异的响应机制来协调其生长发育。本实验室重点筛选和鉴定植物机械应力信号受体，研究细胞壁-细胞膜-细胞骨架连续体在植物细胞应答机械应力中的作用。
3、植物细胞骨架的上游信号通路：细胞骨架是广泛存在于真核细胞中的三维网络结构，在细胞分裂和生长等过程中发挥至关重要的作用。本实验室综合利用细胞生物学、生物化学和遗传学等技术手段研究植物细胞骨架的功能，筛选和鉴定细胞骨架动态变化的上游调控因子，研究这些蛋白质在细胞分裂和生长中的作用。
研究性论文
1. Xiangfei Wang#, Tonghui Li#, Jiuting Xu#, Fanfan Zhang, Lifang Liu, Ting Wang, Chun Wang, Haiyun Ren*, Yi Zhang*. Distinct functions of microtubules and actin filaments in the transportation of MGU in pollen. Nature Communications, 2024 (accepted).
2. Lu Liu, Ting Wang, Yifan Bai, Pengcheng Yan, Liufeng Dai, Pingzhou Du, Staffan Persson, Yi Zhang*. Actomyosin and CSI1/POM2 cooperate to deliver cellulose synthase from Golgi to cortical microtubules in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1): 7442.
(Spotlighted in Trends in Plant Science 2024: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.02.014)
3. Huaqiang Ruan, Ting Wang, Haiyun Ren*, Yi Zhang*. AtFH5-labeled secretory vesicles-dependent calcium oscillation drives exocytosis and stepwise bulge during pollen germination. Cell Reports, 2023, 42(11): 113319.
4. Liufeng Dai, Baojie Wang, Ting Wang, Etienne H. Meyer, Valentin Kettel, Natalie Hoffmann, Heather E. McFarlane, Shalan Li, Xuna Wu, Kelsey L. Picard, Patrick Giavalisco, Staffan Persson, Yi Zhang*. The TOR complex controls ATP levels to regulate actin cytoskeleton dynamics in Arabidopsis. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119(38): e2122969119.
(Highlighted in Nature Plants 2022: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01266-z)
5. Chang Liu, Yi Zhang*, Haiyun Ren*. Profilin promotes formin-mediated actin filament assembly and vesicle transport during polarity formation in pollen. The Plant Cell, 2021, 33(4): 1252–1267.
6. Yi Zhang*, Youjun Zhang, Heather E. McFarlane, Toshihiro Obata, Andreas S. Richter, Mark Lohse, Bernhard Grimm, Staffan Persson, Alisdair R. Fernie*, Patrick Giavalisco*. Inhibition of TOR represses nutrient consumption, which improves greening after extended periods of etiolation. Plant Physiology, 2018, 178(1): 101-117.
7. Chang Liu#, Yi Zhang#, Haiyun Ren*. Actin polymerization mediated by AtFH5 directs the polarity establishment and vesicle trafficking for pollen germination in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 2018, 11(11): 1389-1399.
8. Yi Zhang#, Nino Nikolovski#, Mathias Sorieul, Tamara Vellosillo, Heather E. McFarlane, Ray Dupree, Christopher Kesten, René Schneider, Carlos Driemeier, Rahul Lathe, Edwin Lampugnani, Xiaolan Yu, Alexander Ivakov, Monika S. Doblin, Jenny C Mortimer, Steven P Brown, Staffan Persson*, Paul Dupree*. Golgi-localized STELLO proteins regulate the assembly and trafficking of cellulose synthase complexes in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 2016, 7, Article number: 11656, doi:10.1038/ncomms11656.
9. Zheng Zhang#, Yi Zhang#, Hexin Tan, Ying Wang, Gang Li, Wanqi Liang, Zheng Yuan, Jianping Hu, Haiyun Ren, Dabing Zhang*. RICE MORPHOLOGY DETERMINANT encodes the type II formin FH5 and regulates rice morphogenesis. The Plant Cell, 2011, 23: 681-700.
10. Yi Zhang#, Yingyu Xiao#, Fei Du, Lijuan Cao, Huaijian Dong, Haiyun Ren*. Arabidopsis VILLIN4 is involved in root hair growth through regulating actin organization in a Ca2+-dependent manner. New Phytologist, 2011, 190: 667-682.
11. Jiaojiao Wang#, Yi Zhang#, Jing Wu, Lei Meng, Haiyun Ren*. AtFH16, an Arabidopsis type II formin, binds and bundles both microfilaments and microtubules, and preferentially binds to microtubules. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2013, 55 (11): 1002-1015.
12. Henrik Åhl, Yi Zhang, Henrik Jönsson*. High-throughput 3D phenotyping of plant shoot apical meristems from tissue-resolution data. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, 13: 827147.
13. Zhanhong Ren, Yan Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yunqiu He, Pingzhou Du, Zhanxin Wang, Fei Sun*, Haiyun Ren*. Cryo-EM structure of actin filaments from Zea mays pollen. The Plant Cell, 2019, 31(12): 2855–2867.
14. Rene Schneider, Lu Tang, Edwin R. Lampugnani, Sarah Barkwill, Rahul Lathe, Yi Zhang, Heather E. McFarlane, Edouard Pesquet, Totte Niittyla, Shawn D. Mansfield, Yihua Zhou, and Staffan Persson*. Two complementary mechanisms underpin cell wall patterning during xylem vessel development. The Plant Cell, 2017, 29: 2433–244.
15. Zengyu Liu, Rene Schneider, Christopher Kesten, Yi Zhang, Marc Somssich, Youjun Zhang, Alisdair R. Fernie, Staffan Persson*. Cellulose-Microtubule Uncoupling 1 and 2 are necessary to prevent lateral displacement of microtubules during cellulose synthesis in Arabidopsis. Developmental cell, 2016, 38: 305-315.
16. Anne Endler#, Christopher Kesten#, René Schneider, Yi Zhang, Alexander Ivakov, Anja Froehlich, Norma Funke, Staffan Persson*. A mechanism for sustained cellulose synthesis during salt stress. Cell, 2015, 162: 1353-1364.
17. Yu Luo#, Stefan Scholl#, Anett Doering#, Yi Zhang, Niloufer G. Irani, Simone Di Rubbo, Lutz Neumetzler, Praveen Krishnamoorthy, Isabelle Van Houtte, Evelien Mylle, Volker Bischoff, Samantha Vernhettes, Johan Winne, Jiří Friml, York-Dieter Stierhof, Karin Schumacher*, Staffan Persson*, Eugenia Russinova*. V-ATPase activity in the TGN/EE is required for exocytosis and recycling in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants, 2015, doi:10.1038/nplants.2015.94.
18. Camila Caldana#*, Yan Li#, Andrea Leisse, Yi Zhang, Lisa Bartholomaeus, Alisdair R. Fernie, Lothar Willmitzer, Patrick Giavalisco*. Systemic analysis of inducible target of rapamycin mutants reveal a general metabolic switch controlling growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal, 2013, 73: 897-909.
19. Fei Du, Yi Zhang, Haiyun Ren*. The universal bundling activity of AtVLN4 in diffusely growing cells. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2011, 6 (9): 1290-1293.
综述论文
1. Yu Yan, Zhenping Sun, Pengcheng Yan, Ting Wang*, Yi Zhang*. Mechanical regulation of cortical microtubules in plant cells. New Phytologist, 2023, 239(5): 1609-1621.
2. Yihao Li, Xin Zhang, Yi Zhang*, Haiyun Ren*. Controlling the gate: the functions of cytoskeleton in stomatal movement. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, 13: 849729.
3. Xi Zhang#, Yi Man#, Xiaohong Zhuang#, Jinbo Shen#, Yi Zhang#, Yaning Cui, Meng Yu, Jingjing Xing, Guangchao Wang, Na Lian, Zijian Hu, Lingyu Ma, Weiwei Shen, Shunyao Yang, Huimin Xu, Jiahui Bian, Yanping Jing, Xiaojuan Li, Ruili Li, Tonglin Mao, Yuling Jiao, Sodmergen, Haiyun Ren, Jinxing Lin. Plant multiscale networks: charting plant connectivity by multi-level analysis and imaging techniques. Sci China Life Sci, 2021, 64(9):1392-1422.
4. Yi Zhang, Staffan Persson, Jennifer Hirst, Margaret S. Robinso, Daniel van Damme, Clara Saenchez-Rodriguez. Change your Tplate, change your fate: plant CME and beyond. Trends in Plant Science, 2015, 20: 41-48.
5. Zengyu Liu, Staffan Persson, Yi Zhang*. The connection of cytoskeletal network with plasma membrane and the cell wall. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2015, 57 (4): 330-340.
6. Yi Zhang, Staffan Persson, Patrick Giavalisco. Differential regulation of carbon partitioning by the central growth regulator Target of Rapamycin (TOR). Molecular Plant, 2013, 6 (6): 1731-1733.
7. Weike Pei, Fei Du, Yi Zhang, Tian He, Haiyun Ren. Control of the actin cytoskeleton in root hair development. Plant Science, 2012, 187: 10-18.
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