陈茹佳，女，汉族，1993年生，中共党员，农学博士，副教授，硕士生导师。入选扬州大学“青年百人”，曾获江苏省优秀博士学位论文（2023），江苏省“优秀毕业生”（2022），扬州大学“科技先锋”（2023、2021）。主要从事作物分子进化研究。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年基金；江苏省自然科学基金青年基金；中国博士后科学基金（面上）。在Nature Communications、Journal of Hazardous Materials、Biotechnology Advances、Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution、Plant Biotechnology Journal等期刊发表多篇SCI论文，授权发明专利2项，申请发明专利3项。参编江苏省高等学校重点教材《常用统计软件的应用》和《R语言在生物统计中的应用》。

发表的主要论文：

1.  Chen R^#, Huang Q^#, Xu Y, Wang Z, Li N, Lu Y, Tao T, Hua Y, Wang G, Wang S, Wang H, Zhou Y, Xu Y, Li P, Xu C*, Yang Z*. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Poaceae Cytokinin Response Regulator RRB Gene Family and Functional Characterization of OsRRB5 in Drought Stress Tolerance in Rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2025, 26(5):1954.

2. Lu Y^#, Gharib A^#, Chen R^#, Wang H, Tao T, Zuo Z, Bu Q, Su Y, Li Y, Luo Y, El-Mowafi H, Wang Z, Huang Q, Wang S, Xu Y, Li P, Xu C*, Yang Z*. Rice melatonin deficiency causes premature leaf senescence via DNA methylation regulation. Crop Journal. 2024, 12(3): 721-731.

3.  Xu S^#, Wang S^#, Wang Z^#, Lu Y, Tao T, Huang Q, Lu Z, Wang H, Su Y, Gharib A, Zhou Y, Xu Y, Li P, Chen R*, Yang Z*. Integrative analyses of transcriptome, microRNA-seq and metabolome reveal insights into exogenous melatonin-mediated salt tolerance during seed germination of maize. Plant Growth Regulation, 2024, 103: 689–704.

4.  Chen R^#, Xiao N^#, Lu Y^#, Tao T, Huang Q, Wang S, Wang Z, Chuan M, Bu Q, Lu Z, Wang H, Su Y, Ji Y, Ding J, Gharib A, Liu H, Zhou Y, Tang S, Liang G, Zhang H, Yi C, Zheng X, Cheng Z, Xu Y, Li P, Xu C*, Huang J*, Li A*, Yang Z*. A de novo evolved gene contributes to rice grain shape difference between indica and japonica. Nature Communications. 2023, 14(1): 5906.  (IF: 16.6)

5.  Chen R^#, Lu Y^#, Zhang E^#, Chen Z, Huangfu L, Zuo Z, Zhao Y, Zhu M, Zhang Z, Chuan M, Bu Q, Huang Q, Wang H, Xu Y, Li P, Yao Y, Zhou Y, Xu C*, Yang Z*. The plant streptolysin S (SLS)-associated gene B confers nitroaromatic tolerance and detoxification. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2022, 433: 128779. (IF: 14.224)

6.  Chen R, Huangfu L, Lu Y, Fang H, Xu Y, Li P, Zhou Y, Xu C^*, Huang J^*, Yang Z^*. Adaptive innovation of green plants by horizontal gene transfer. Biotechnology Advances. 2021, 46:107671. (IF: 17.681)

7.  Chen R^#, Yao Y^#, Fang H, Zhang E, Li P, Xu Y, Yin S, Huangfu L, Sun G, Xu C^*, Zhou Y^*, Yang Z^*. Origin, evolution and functional characterization of the land plant glycoside hydrolase subfamily GH5_11. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2019, 138:205-218. (IF: 5.019)

8.  Huangfu L^#, Chen R^#, Lu Y^#, Zhang E, Miao J, Zuo Z, Zhao Y, Zhu M, Zhang Z, Li P, Xu Y, Yao Y, Liang G, Xu C^*, Zhou Y^*, Yang Z^*. OsCOMT, encoding a caffeic acid O-methyltransferase in melatonin biosynthesis, increases rice grain yield through dual regulation of leaf senescence and vascular development. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2022, 20(6): 1122-1139. (IF: 13.263)

招生专业：作物遗传育种、农艺与种业

研究方向：作物分子进化、植物水平基因转移、植物de novo新基因的起源与演化

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