研究方向：

    v 水稻种子发育的遗传调控

教育和工作经历：

v  2016/03-至今，扬州大学，农学院作物遗传育种系，讲师；

v  2015/06-2016/01，上海长海医院，临床检验中心，助理研究员；

v  20012/06-2015/06，复旦大学，生命科学学院植物系，博士后，导师：马红；

v  2006/09-20012/06， 华南农业大学，生命科学学院生物化学与分子生物学，理学博士，导师：刘耀光；

v  2002/09-2006/06，曲阜师范大学，生命科学学院生物技术系，理学学士；

教学经历：

v  承担本科生专业必修课《遗传学》、《作物遗传学》以及全校通识课《生命科学导论》课程的教学工作；

主持科研项目（课题）：

 v  国家自然科学基金青年科学基金，水稻胚乳特异表达转录因子OsNF-YB9调控胚乳发育的分子机制研究（31701392）2018/01-2020/12，已结题，主持；

 v 江苏省自然科学基金青年基金项目，拟南芥CDC20.1调控减数分裂染色体分离的分子机制研究（BK20160454）2016/07-2019/06

发表论文情况：

1.  Niu, B^#., Zhang, Z.Y^#., Zhang, J., Zhou, Y. and Chen, C. (2021) The rice LEC1-like transcription factor OsNF-YB9 interacts with SPK, an endosperm-specific sucrose synthase protein kinase, and functions in seed development. Plant Journal.

2.  Niu, B^#., Deng, H., Li^#, T., Sharma, S., Yun, Q., Li, Q., E, Z. and Chen, C. (2020) OsbZIP76 interacts with OsNF‐YBs and regulates endosperm cellularization in rice (Oryza sativa). Journal of integrative plant biology, 62, 1983-1996.

3.  Niu, B^#., Wang, L^#., Zhang, L., Ren, D., Ren, R., Copenhaver, G.P., Ma, H. and Wang, Y. (2015) Arabidopsis Cell Division Cycle 20.1 Is Required for Normal Meiotic Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation. The Plant cell, 27, 3367-3382.

4.  Niu, B., He, F., He, M., Ren, D., Chen, L. and Liu, Y.-G. (2013) The ATP-binding Cassette Transporter OsABCG15 is Required for Anther Development and Pollen Fertility in Rice. Journal of integrative plant biology, 55, 710-720.

5.  Xie, Y^#. Niu, B.X^#.,1 Long, Y.M., Li, G.S., Tang, J.T., Zhang, Y.L., Ren, D., Liu, Y.G. and Chen, L.T. (2017) Suppression or knockout of SaF/SaM overcomes the Sa-mediated hybrid male sterility in rice. Journal of integrative plant biology, 59, 669-679.

6.  Wang, J., Niu, B., Huang, J., Wang, H., Yang, X., Dong, A., Makaroff, C., Ma, H. and Wang, Y. (2016) The PHD Finger Protein MMD1/DUET Ensures the Progression of Male Meiotic Chromosome Condensation and Directly Regulates the Expression of the Condensin Gene CAP-D3. The Plant cell, 28, 1894-1909.

7.Cheng, X., Pan, M., E, Z., Zhou, Y., Niu, B. and Chen, C. (2020a) The Maternally Expressed Polycomb Group Gene OsEMF2a Is Essential for Endosperm Cellularization and Imprinting in Rice. Plant Communications, 100092.

8.  Cheng, X.J., Pan, M.Y., E, Z.G., Zhou, Y., Niu, B.X. and Chen, C. (2020b) Functional divergence of two duplicatedFertilization Independent Endospermgenes in rice with respect to seed development. Plant Journal, 104, 124-137.

9.  E, Z., Li, T., Zhang, H., Liu, Z., Deng, H., Sharma, S., Wei, X., Wang, L., Niu, B. and Chen, C. (2018) A group of nuclear factor Y transcription factors are sub-functionalized during endosperm development in monocots. Journal of experimental botany, 69, 2495-2510.

10.  Long, Y., Zhao, L., Niu, B., Su, J., Wu, H., Chen, Y., Zhang, Q., Guo, J., Zhuang, C., Mei, M., Xia, J., Wang, L., Wu, H. and Liu, Y.G. (2008) Hybrid male sterility in rice controlled by interaction between divergent alleles of two adjacent genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 18871-18876.

11.  Xu, R.Y., Xu, J., Wang, L., Niu, B., Copenhaver, G.P., Ma, H., Zheng, B. and Wang, Y. (2019) The Arabidopsis anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome subunit 8 is required for male meiosis. The New phytologist, 224, 229-241.

12.  Xu, X.Y., Zhiguo, E., Zhang, D.P., Yun, Q.B., Zhou, Y., Niu, B. and Chen, C. (2021) OsYUC11-mediated auxin biosynthesis is essential for endosperm development of rice. Plant physiology, 185, 934-950.