n Education:
u Ph.D.，in Botany，College of Life Sciences, Peking University, China，2008
u M.S., Biochemistry and molecular biology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, China，2002
u B.S., in Biology，Department of Biology, Yunnan University, China，1998
n Research focus：
My research program addresses questions in two fields: 1.mechanism of salicylic acid and auxin regulate rice root development; 2. mechanism of rice resistance against rice blast.
n Awards and honors：
u Member of the Chinese Society for Plant Biology, 2018
n Selected Journal Publications：
u Jinlu Li, Hui Zhang, Rui Yang, Qianchun Zeng, Guangyu Han, Yunlong Du, Jing Yang, Genhua Yang and Qiong Luo*. (2021). Identification of miRNAs contributing to the broad-spectrum and durable blast resistance in the Yunnan local rice germplasm. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:749919, DOI:10.3389/fpls.2021.749919.
u Xuan Zhou, Chongyu Luo, Kuixiu Li, Dan Zhu, Lihui Jiang, Lixia Wu, Youchun Li, Xiahong He*, Yunlong Du*. (2022). First Report of Fusarium striatum Causing Root Rot Disease of Panax notoginseng in Yunnan, China. Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany. DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.016972.
u Lixia Wu, Yunlong Du*. (2021). The INDITTO2 transposon regulates gene expression to enable rice adaptation to abiotic stress. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 4:1-4.
u Yiting Zhao, Lixia Wu, Qijing Fu, Dong Wang, Jing Li, Baolin Yao, Si Yu, Li Jiang, Jie Qian, Xuan Zhou, Li Han, Shuanglu Zhao, Canrong Ma, Yanfang Zhang, Chongyu Luo, Qian Dong, Saijie Li, Lina Zhang, Xi Jiang, Youchun Li, Hao Luo, Kuixiu Li, Jing Yang, Qiong Luo, Lichi Li, Sheng Peng, Huichuan Huang, Zhili Zuo, Changning Liu, Lei Wang, Chengyun Li, Xiahong He, Jiří Friml, Yunlong Du*. (2021). INDITTO2 transposon conveys auxin-mediated DRO1 transcription for rice drought avoidance. Plant, Cell and Environment. 44(6):1846-1857.
u Li Han, Xuan Zhou, Yiting Zhao, Lixia Wu, Xiangrui Ping, Yunlu He, Sheng Peng, Xiahong He*, Yunlong Du*. (2020). First report of Plectosphaerella plurivora causing root rot disease in Panax notoginseng in China. Journal of Phytopathology. 168(7-8):375-379.
u Li Han, Xuan Zhou, Yiting Zhao, Shusheng Zhu, Lixia Wu, Yunlu He, Xiangrui Ping, Xinqi Lu, Wuying Huang, Jie Qian, Lina Zhang, Xi Jiang, Dan Zhu, Chongyu Luo, Saijie Li, Qian Dong, Qijing Fu, Kaiyuan Deng, Xin Wang, Lei Wang, Sheng Peng, Jinsong Wu, Weimin Li, Jiří Friml, Youyong Zhu, Xiahong He* and Yunlong Du*. (2020). Colonization of endophyte Acremonium sp. D212 in Panax notoginseng and rice mediated by auxin and jasmonic acid. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 62(9):1433-1451.
u Irina Ivanova Vaseva, Enas Qudeimat, Thomas Potuschak, Yunlong Du, Pascal Genschik, Filip Vandenbussche, and Dominique Van Der Straeten*. (2018).The plant hormone ethylene restricts Arabidopsis growth via the epidermis. PNAS. 115(17):E4130-E4139.
u Maria G. Ivanchenko*, Jinsheng Zhu, Bangjun Wang, Eva Medvecka, Yunlong Du, Elisa Azzarello, Stefano Mancuso, Molly Megraw, Sergei Filichkin, Joseph G. Dubrovsky, Jiri Friml and Markus Geisler. (2015). The cyclophilin A DIAGEOTROPICA gene affects auxin transport in both root and shoot to control lateral root formation. Development. 142(4):712-721.
u Yunlong Du, Ricardo Tejos, Martina Beck, Ellie Himschoot, Hongjiang Li, Silke Robatzek, Steffen Vanneste, and Jiří Friml*. (2013). Salicylic acid interferes with clathrin-mediated endocytic protein trafficking. PNAS. 110(19):7946-7951.
u Yunlong Du, Meiqiang Cui, Dan Qian, Lei Zhu, Chunhong Wei, Ming Yuan, Zhongkai Zhang and Yi Li*. (2010). AtTFC B is involved in control of cell division. Frontiers in Bioscience E2, 752-763.
u Wei Gong, Yun-Ping Shen, Li-Geng Ma, Yi Pan, Yun-Long Du, Dong-Hui Wang, Jian-Yu Yang, Li-De Hu, Xin-Fang Liu, Chun-Xia Dong, Li Ma, Yan-Hui Chen, Xiao-Yuan Yang, Ying Gao, Danmeng Zhu, Xiaoli Tan, Jin-Ye Mu, Da-Bing Zhang, Yu-Le Liu, S.P. Dinesh-Kumar, Yi Li, Xi-Ping Wang, Hong-Ya Gu, Li-Jia Qu, Shu-Nong Bai, Ying-Tang Lu, Jia-Yang Li, Jin-Dong Zhao, Jianru Zuo, Hai Huang, Xing Wang Deng*, and Yu-Xian Zhu*. (2004). Genome-wide ORFeome cloning and analysis of arabidopsis transcription factor genes. Plant Physiology, 135: 773–782.
