Professor Xuehua Zhong

Professor of Biology

Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar

Washington University in St. Louis

Title: Epigenetic regulation of plant traits and environmental adaptation

Host: Professor Zheng Yuan

Address: Room 200, Yejiequan Building (叶杰全楼二楼200号会议室), SJTU

Time: 2023-05-24, 15:00 PM (Beijing zone)

Research:

Professor Xuehua Zhong’s research focuses on epigenetic regulation of plant traits and environmental adaptation and how plants reprogram epigenetic landscapes in response to environmental changes to meet growth and survival needs.

Zhong is interested in how cellular machines sense intrinsic and extrinsic cues and alter chromatin landscapes to generate adaptive responses. Her group focuses on epigenetic regulation by exploring how chromatin dynamics is established, maintained, erased, and inherited over time, and how altered chromatin modifications lead to improved plant traits and environmental adaptation. They combine functional genomics and high-throughput proteomics and genomics techniques together with traditional genetic and biochemical tools to understand the function and mechanism of epigenetic processes and develop novel chromatin-based technology for biomass production and agricultural improvement.