Professor

Email: duanmu@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Tel: 18694067218

Research Interest:

Photosynthetic mechanism and synthetic biology; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation and nodule development; Chloroplast retrograde signaling; Tetrapyrrole metabolism;

Education:  

1995-1999, B.S., Biophysics, Peking University.

1999-2002, M.S., Cell biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2002-2009, Ph.D., Plant Biology, Iowa State University,.

Professional Experiences:

2009-2014, Postdoctoral researcher, UC Davis.

2014-present, Professor, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU).

Selected Publications:

1.        Huang R, Li Z, Mao C, Zhang H, Sun Z, Li H, Huang C, Feng Y, Shen X, Zhang Z, Lin Y, Cao Y^#, Duanmu D^#. Natural variations at OsCERK1 regulate arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice. New Phytol, 2019 Sep 4. doi: 10.1111/nph.16158.

2.        Wang L, Maria C, Xin X, Zhang B, Fan Q, Wang Q, Ning G, Becana M, Duanmu D. CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of leghemoglobin genes in Lotus japonicus uncovers their synergistic roles in symbiotic nitrogen fixation. New Phytol, 2019, 224(2):818-832.

3.        Wittkopp TM, Schmollinger S, Saroussi S, Hu W, Zhang W, Fan Q, Gallaher SD, Leonard MT, Soubeyrand E, Basset GJ, Merchant SS, Grossman AR, Duanmu D^#, Lagarias JC^#. Bilin-dependent photoacclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell, 2017, 29(11):2711-2726.

4.        Duanmu D^#, Rockwell NC, Lagarias JC^#. Algal Photomorphogenesis and Light Sensing in Aquatic Environments. Plant Cell Environ, 2017, 40(11):2558-2570.

5.        Wang L, Wang L, Tan Q, Fan Q, Zhu H, Hong Z, Zhang Z^#, Duanmu D^#. Efficient Inactivation of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Related Genes in Lotus japonicus Using CRISPR-Cas9. Front. Plant Sci, 2016, 7:1333

6.        Duanmu D*, Bachy C*, Sudek S, Wong CH, Jimenez V, Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Ngan CY, Reistetter EN, van Baren MJ, Price DC, Wei CL, Reyes-Prieto A, Lagarias JC, Worden AZ. Marine algae and land plants share conserved phytochrome signaling systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2014, 111(44):15827-15832.

7.        Duanmu D, Casero D, Dent RM, Gallaher S, Yang W, Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Pellegrini M, Niyogi KK, Merchant SS, Grossman AR, Lagarias JC. Retrograde bilin signaling enables Chlamydomonas greening and phototrophic survival. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2013, 110(9):3621-3626.

8.        Duanmu D, Spalding MH. Insertional suppressors of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that restore growth of air-dier lcib mutants in low CO₂. Photosynth Res, 2011,109 (1-3):123-132.

9.        Duanmu D, Miller AR, Horken KM, Weeks DP, Spalding MH. Knockdown of limiting-CO₂-induced gene HLA3 decreases HCO₃^- transport and photosynthetic Ci-affinity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2009, 106(14):5990-5995.

10.    Duanmu D, Wang Y, Spalding MH. Thylakoid lumen carbonic anhydrase (CAH3) mutation suppresses air-Dier phenotype of LCIB mutant in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiol, 2009, 149(2):929-937.