个人简介

张涛，男，扬州大学特聘教授、江苏特聘教授、博士生导师。2011年本科毕业于华中农业大学生物学理科基地班，2018年博士毕业于华中农业大学，师从赵云德教授，期间主要从事CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术的开发，以及水稻生长素合成的分子机制及其对水稻生长发育影响的研究。2018年至2025年，在加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）从事博士后研究，合作导师为Alexandra J. Dickinson。研究重点围绕化学成像技术（如DESI-MSI、MALDI-MSI）在植物中的应用，探索全新小分子化合物在植物生长发育中的功能及影响。同时，结合质谱分析、转录组学、蛋白组学、点击化学等多种前沿技术，系统解析新型小分子化合物在植物中的作用机制。2025年加入扬州大学农学院。以第一作者或共同第一作者在Science Advances、Nature Communications、Current Opinion in Plant Biology、Horticulture Research等国际期刊上发表多篇学术论文。

研究方向:

            1. 新型小分子化合物的挖掘与鉴定；

            2. 新型小分子化合物对水稻生长发育及抗逆的分子机制研究；

            3. 水稻高产与抗逆相关的新型小分子化合物遗传网络解析；

            4. 基因编辑技术的开发和应用。

欢迎对植物小分子化合物与基因编辑研究感兴趣的同学(本科生、研究生、博士后)加入团队！

招生方向：作物遗传育种，农艺与种业； 联系方式：taozhang01@yzu.edu.cn

主持的科研项目：

          1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，2026.1-2029.12；

          2. 江苏省特聘教授专项，2024-2027；

          3. 扬州大学高层次人才启动项目， 2025-2029；

          4. 扬州市绿杨金凤人才计划，2026-2028。

发表文章和专利：

1. T. Zhang*, J. Peng, J. Chu, S. Luo,  J. Lee, D. Rodriguez, K. Gundran, X. Xia, A. Garay-Arroyo, J. Richardson, A. J. Dickinson, Citric acid alters Arabidopsis root morphology and development through ROS-dependent and independent mechanisms. Plant Physiology.  Accepted (2026).

2. T. Zhang, A. Klair, Z. Tang, A. Tripka, S. Luo, A. V. Reyes, J. Lee, K. Gundran, S. E. Noll, X. Wang, R. N. Zare, S.-L. Xu, A. Garay-Arroyo, C. Wang, A. J. Dickinson, The metabolite itaconate is a transcriptional and posttranslational modulator of plant metabolism, development, and stress response. Sci. Adv. 11, eadt7463 (2025).

3. E. Zluhan-Martínez, C. A. Castañón-Suárez, M. A. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, F. Lledías, T. Zhang, J. T. Peng, J. Dickinson, D. B. Sánchez Rodríguez, M. de la P. Sánchez, B. García-Ponce, E. R. Álvarez-Buylla, A. Garay-Arroyo, The MADS-box gene XAANTAL1 participates in Arabidopsis thaliana primary root growth and columella stem cell patterns in response to ROS, via direct regulation of PEROXIDASE 28 and RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED genes. J. Exp. Bot. 76, 411–432 (2025).

4. T. Zhang, S. E. Noll, J. T. Peng, A. Klair, A. Tripka, N. Stutzman, C. Cheng, R. N. Zare, A. J. Dickinson, Chemical imaging reveals diverse functions of tricarboxylic acid metabolites in root growth and development. Nat. Commun. 14, 2567 (2023).

5. T. Zhang, J. T. Peng, A. Klair, A. J. Dickinson, Non-canonical and developmental roles of the TCA cycle in plants. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 74, 102382 (2023).

6. Z. Zhao, C. Wang, X. Yu, Y. Tian, W. Wang, Y. Zhang, W. Bai, N. Yang, T. Zhang, H. Zheng, Q. Wang, J. Lu, D. Lei, X. He, K. Chen, J. Gao, X. Liu, S. Liu, L. Jiang, H. Wang, J. Wan, Auxin regulates source-sink carbohydrate partitioning and reproductive organ development in rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 119, e2121671119 (2022).

7. N. Yang, L. Yan, Z. Zheng, Y. Zhang, H. Zhan, Y. Tian, T. Zhang, R. Li, X. Gong, M. Xu, M. Zhu, J. Wu, Y. He, Y. Zhao, Editing gene families by CRISPR/Cas9: accelerating the isolation of multiple transgene-free null mutant combinations with much reduced labor-intensive analysis. Plant Biotechnol. J. 20, 241–243 (2022).

8. S. Zhang, L. Zhu, C. Shen, Z. Ji, H. Zhang, T. Zhang, Y. Li, J. Yu, N. Yang, Y. He, Y. Tian, K. Wu, J. Wu, N. P. Harberd, Y. Zhao, X. Fu, S. Wang, S. Li, Natural allelic variation in a modulator of auxin homeostasis improves grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency in rice. Plant Cell 33, 566–580 (2021).

9. J. Yoon, L.-H. Cho, W. Yang, R. Pasriga, Y. Wu, W.-J. Hong, C. Bureau, S. J. Wi, T. Zhang, R. Wang, D. Zhang, K.-H. Jung, K. Y. Park, C. Périn, Y. Zhao, G. An, Homeobox transcription factor OsZHD2 promotes root meristem activity in rice by inducing ethylene biosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot., doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa209 (2020).

10. Y. He#, T. Zhang#, H. Sun, H. Zhan, Y. Zhao, A reporter for noninvasively monitoring gene expression and plant transformation. Hortic. Res. 7 (2020).（#co-first author）

11. X. Gong#, T. Zhang#, J. Xing, R. Wang, Y. Zhao, Positional effects on efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activation in rice plants. aBIOTECH, doi: 10.1007/s42994-019-00007-9 (2019). （#co-first author）

12. T. Zhang, R. Li, J. Xing, L. Yan, R. Wang, Y. Zhao，The YUCCA-Auxin-WOX11 module controls crown root development in rice. Front. Plant Sci. 9 (2018).

13. Y. Wang, T. Zhang, R. Wang, Y. Zhao, Recent advances in auxin research in rice and their implications for crop improvement. J. Exp. Bot. 69, 255–263 (2018).

14. Y. He, T. Zhang, N. Yang, M. Xu, L. Yan, L. Wang, R. Wang, Y. Zhao, Self-cleaving ribozymes enable the production of guide RNAs from unlimited choices of promoters for CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing. J. Genet. Genomics Yi Chuan Xue Bao 44, 469–472 (2017).

15. T. Zhang, Y. Gao, R. Wang, Y. Zhao, Production of Guide RNAs in vitro and in vivo for CRISPR Using Ribozymes and RNA Polymerase II Promoters. Bio-Protoc. 7 (2017).

16. H. Wu, H. Ye, R. Yao, T. Zhang, L. Xiong, OsJAZ9 acts as a transcriptional regulator in jasmonate signaling and modulates salt stress tolerance in rice. Plant Sci. 232, 1–12 (2015).

已授权专利：

OsVAS1调控水稻理想植株类型。PN：ZL 2017 1 1252951.8

代表性会议：

Invited speaker: 2023 Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology Conference GRC

Title: Chemical imaging reveals diverse functions of TCA metabolites in root growth and development 

Invited speaker: 2024 Medicinal Plants Research Symposium

Title: Chemical imaging reveals diverse functions of small molecules in root growth and development