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Dong LIU Ph.D.

Professor

·East China Normal University, B.S. 1984

·University of Science and Technology of China, M.S. 1987

·Purdue University, Ph.D. 1994

·Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Research Associate 1987-1990

·University of California at San Diego, Postdoctoral Fellow 1994-1999

·Dow AgroSciences LLC, Senior Research Biologist 1999-2005

·Tsinghua University, Professor 2005-present

Research interest

Signaling mechanisms involved in plant responses to nutritional stress;

Molecular basis for plant root development.

Courses offered

1.《Biochemistry I》(in English)

2. 《Introduction to Biology》(lectures on plant biology)

3. 《Introduction to Modern Life Sciences》(lectures on plant biology)

Selected publications

1. Wang, Z., Zheng, Z., Zhu, Y., Kong, S., Liu, D. (2023) PHOSPHATE RESPONSE 1 family members act distinctly to regulate transcriptional responses to phosphate starvation. Plant Physiology, 191(2):1324-1343

2. Liu, D. (2021) Root developmental responses to phosphorus nutrition. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 63:1065-19960 (Invited review)

3. Zheng, Z., Wang, Z., Wang, X., Liu, D. (2019) Blue light-triggered chemical reactions underlie phosphate deficiency-induced inhibition of root elongation of Arabidopsis seedlings grown in Petri dishes. Molecular Plant, 12:1515-1523.

4. Wang, X., Wang Z., Zheng, Z., Dong, J., Song, L., Sui, L., Nussaume, L., Desnos, T., Liu, D. (2019) Genetic dissection of Fe-dependent signaling in root developmental responses to phosphate deficiency. Plant Physiology, 179:300-316

5. Wang L, Liu D. （2018）Functions and regulation of phosphate starvation-induced secreted acid phosphatases in higher plants. Plant Science, 271:108-116. (Invited review)

6. Dong, J., Piñeros, MA., Li, X., Yang, H., Liu, Y., Muphy, AS., Kochian, LV., Liu, D. (2017) An Arabidopsis ABC transporter mediates phosphate deficiency-induced remodeling of root architecture by modulating iron homeostasis in roots. Molecular Plant, 10:244-259

7. Song, L., Yu, H., Dong, J., Che, X., Jiao, Y., Liu, D. (2016) The molecular mechanism for ethylene-mediated root hair development induced by phosphate starvation. PLoS Genetics, 12(7):e1006194

8. Tao, S., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Xu, L., Fang, X., Lu, Z., Liu, D. (2016) The THO/TREX complex active in miRNA biogenesis negatively regulates root-associated acid phosphatase activity induced by phosphate starvation. Plant Physiology, 171: 2841–2853

9. Sun, L., Song, L., Zhang, Y., Zheng, Z., Liu, D. (2016) Arabidopsis PHL2 and PHR1 act redundantly as the key components of the central regulatory system controlling transcriptional responses to phosphate starvation. Plant Physiology, 170: 499-514

10. Song, L., Liu, D. (2015) Ethylene and plant responses to phosphate deficiency. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6:796. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00796 (Invited review)

11. Kang, J., Yu, H., Tian, C., Zhou, W., Li, C., Jiao, Y., Liu, D. (2014) Suppression of photosynthetic gene expression in roots is required for sustained root growth under phosphate deficiency. Plant Physiology, 165:1156-1170

12. Yuan, H., Liu, D. (2012) Functional disruption of the pentatricopeptide protein SLG1 affects mitochondrial RNA editing, plant development, and responses to abiotic stresses in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal, 70:432-444

13. Wang, L., Li, Z., Qian, W., Guo, W., Ga, X., Huang, L., Wang, H., Zhu, H., Wu, J., Wang, D., Liu D.（2011）The Arabidopsis purple acid phosphatase AtPAP10 is predominantly associated with the root surface and plays an important role in plant tolerance to phosphate limitation. Plant Physiology, 157(3):1283-1299

14. Lei, M., Liu, Y., Zhang, B., Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Zhou, Y., Raghothama, K., and Liu, D. (2011) Genetic and genomic evidence that sucrose is a global regulator of plant responses to phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 156:1116-1130

Contact information

Address: School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R.China

Phone: 010-62783603