研究方向
玉米抗病遗传;玉米-禾谷镰孢分子互作
个人简介
围绕寄主抗病性和寄主-病原互作研究领域开展工作,主持国家自然科学基金重点项目、面上项目和国家重点研发计划项目子课题,在Cell Host & Microbe, Molecular Cell, Nature Plants 和Molecular Plant等国际主流期刊发表多篇研究论文,其中6项研究获同行、期刊、媒体评论和报道。担任中国农业大学植物保护学院副院长、玉米生物育种全国重点实验室室务委员会委员;任中国植物病理学会常务理事兼副秘书长、《植物病理学报》编委兼青年编委会主任、Journal of Integrative Plant Biology、Maize Sciences 和《华南农业大学学报》编委。
教育经历
2010.02 - 2014.05 Monash University(澳大利亚) 博士
2005.07 - 2008.03 东华大学 硕士
2001.09 - 2005.07 华中农业大学 本科
工作经历
2019.10 至今 中国农业大学 教授
2014.06 - 2019.09 Max Planck Institute for Biology (德国)博士后
科研项目
国家自然科学基金重点项目
国家自然科学基金面上项目
国家十四五重点研发计划子课题
中国农业大学高层次引进人才启动基金
科技创新2030:粮食作物抗病新基因挖掘与育种评价
代表性论文
1. Yuan G#, Lu X#, Wang X#, Li M, Wang S, Huang Z, Li Z, Zhang F, Zhang X, Yang J, Guo H, Bhadauria V, Zhu W, Zhao W, Yuan M, Zhou J-M, Peng Y-L*. (2026) Inactivating SnRK1β1A promotes broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice. Nature. 653: 474–482
2. Hu DH, Wang JG, Lee RRQ, Su ZZ, Zhu W, Chae E*. (2026) Decoding Arabidopsis growth-defense trade-offs through ADR1-associated transcriptional networks. Cell Reports. 45(3): 117030.
3. Guan Y, Wu H, Wang Z, Liu C and Zhu W*. (2026) GWA Study Identifies Two Positive Regulators of Mycotoxin Fumonisin B1 Tolerance in Arabidopsis. Genes. 17(3): 348
4. Wei L, Chen J, Liu D, Du M, He S, Cheng W, Bhadauria V, Peng Y-L, Zhu W*. (2026) Allelic variation in maize Malate Dehydrogenase 7 shapes promoter methylation and banded leaf and sheath blight resistance. Advanced Science. 11: e11356.(光明网报道)
5. Liu C#, Chen J#, Li ZJ#, Zhang Z, Luan Y, Liu H, Liu H, Huang J, Zhu W*. (2025) An apoplastic fungal effector disrupts N-glycosylation of ZmLecRK1, inducing its degradation to suppress disease resistance in maize. Nature Plants. 11: 2006-2015.
6. Liu C and Zhu W. (2025) Glycosylation disruption is a new virulence strategy for a plant fungal pathogen. Nature Plants. 11: 1989-1990
7. 何胜凤,陈俊斌,李振菊,朱旺升*.(2025) 植物模式识别受体:从遗传变异到抗病育种.植物病理学报. 55 (4): 675-687.
8. 刘丹丹#, 陈俊斌#, 杜美达, 朱旺升*.(2025) 植物免疫应答中的钙通道:从分子机制到抗病育种. 生命科学. 37 (5): 490-499.
9. Lundberg DS*. Kersten S, Mehmetoğlu Boz E, Pramoj Na Ayutthaya P, Zhu W, Poersch K, Yuan W, Swartz S, Müller D, Bezrukov I, HARVEST TEAM, Weigel D*. (2025) A major trade-off between growth and defense in Arabidopsis thaliana can vanish in field conditions. PLoS Biology. 23(7): e3003237.
10. He S, Chen J*, Liu C, Liu D, Wang L, Duan C, Zhu W*. (2025) RPSR1, a major quantitative trait locus for Pythium stalk rot resistance in maize. The Crop Journal. 13: 51–61.
11. Jin G#, Xu Y#, Hou X, Jiang J, Li X, Xiao J, Bian Y, Gong Y, Wang M, Zhang Z, Zhu W, Liu Y, Guo Y*. (2025) A de novo gene promotes seed germination under drought stress in Arabidopsis. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42: 1–14.
12. Li Z#, Chen J#, Liu C#, He S, Wang M, Wang L, Bhadauria V, Wang S, Cheng W, Liu H, Yang X, Xu M, Peng Y.-L, and Zhu W*. (2024) Natural variations of maize ZmLecRK1 determine its interaction with ZmBAK1 and resistance patterns to multiple pathogens. Molecular Plant. 17: 1606–1623.(亮点论文)
亮点评述: Torres MA and Jorda L. (2024) Natural variation in maize ZmLecRK1 fine-tunes co-receptor interactions to boost immunity. Molecular Plant. 17: 1797-1799.
13. Liu C, He S, Chen J, Wang M, Li Z, Wei L, Chen Y, Du M, Liu D, Li C, An C, Bhadauria V, Lai J, Zhu W*. (2024) A dual-subcellular localized β-glucosidase confers pathogen and insect resistance without a yield penalty in maize. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 22: 1017–1032.(封面论文,英国《实验生物学杂志》亮点报道)
14. Wang M#, Chen J#, Wu R#, Guo H#, Chen Y, Li Z, Wei L, Liu C, He S, Du M, Guo Y, Peng Y-L, Jones J, Weigel D, Huang J*, Zhu W*. (2023) The plant immune receptor SNC1 monitors helper NLRs targeted by a bacterial effector. Cell Host & Microbe. 8(31): 1792-1803.
亮点评述: Maekawa T. Intricate guard-guardee interplay in plant immune signaling. (2023) Cell Host & Microbe. 31: 1764-1765.
15. Chen J#, Li L#, Kim J#, Neuhäuser B#, Wang M, Thelen M, Hilleary R, Chi Y, Wei L, Venkataramani K, Exposito-Alonso M, Liu C, Keck J, Barragan A. C, Schwab R, Lutz U, Pei Z, He S, Ludewig U, Weigel D*, Zhu W*. (2023) Small proteins modulate ion channel-like ACD6 to regulate immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Cell. 83: 4386-4397.(亮点论文)
16. Chen J#, Bao S#, Fang Y, Wei L, Zhu W, Peng Y-L, Fan J*. (2021) An LRR-only protein promotes NLP-triggered cell death and disease susceptibility by facilitating oligomerization of NLP in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist. 232: 1808–1822.
17. Kolodziej M, Singla J, Sanchez-Martin J, Zbinden H, Simkova H, Karafiátová M, Dolezel J, Gronnier J, Poretti M, Glauser G, Zhu W, Koster P, Zipfel C, Wicker T, Krattinger S, Keller B*. (2021) A membrane-bound ankyrin repeat protein confers race-specific leaf rust disease resistance in wheat. Nature Communications. 12: 956.

