职称职务：教授，博导
学科专业：遗传学/Genetics
研究方向：植物抗逆分子遗传学/Plant Responses to the Environment,
　　　　　植物光合作用的调控机制/ Regulation of Photosynthesis.
实验室位置：生命科学学院大楼1114室/ 1114, College of Life Sciences Building, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072
联系方式：办公室/Office
　　　　　实验室/Lab
Email:　xinhou@whu.edu.cn


学习经历：

2000—2004，理学学士。华中农业大学，生命科学与技术学院，生物技术（本硕连读）专业/Huazhong Agricultural University, Bachelor's Degree；
2003—2009，理学博士。华中农业大学，生命科学与技术学院，作物遗传改良国家重点实验室，生化与分子生物学专业/Huazhong Agricultural University, PhD.

主要工作经历与任职情况：
2010—2014，博士后，加州大学伯克利分校，植物与微生物学系/Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Postdoctoral Researcher.
2015—今，研究员，博士生导师，武汉大学生命科学学院/College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Professor.

主要研究领域及兴趣：
1）植物光合作用的调控机制。我们以水稻和拟南芥为材料研究光合作用电子传递、能量转换、光合系统的组装、光合作用的调控等科学问题。结合生物信息学、遗传学和分子生物学的方法克隆叶绿体发育、光合作用相关的新基因，并解析其作用机制。
We study how photosynthetic energy conversion works, how it is regulated, and how it might be improved to help meet the world’s needs for food and fuel. We use rice and Arabidopsis and interdisciplinary approaches to investigate fundamental questions about assembly, regulation, and dynamics of photosynthesis.
2）植物抗逆性研究。干旱、高盐、低温、高光及营养缺乏等非生物逆境会影响植物的生长发育。为了适应不断变化的自然环境，植物有其自身的应对机制。我们的兴趣在于克隆植物抗逆应答和信号传导的相关基因，解析其分子机制及生物学功能，并将基础理论研究的成果应用于水稻非生物逆境的抗性改良。
Our goal is to understand the molecular mechanism underlying plant response and adaptation to its environment. Several proteins and pathways have been identified that function in plant responses to environmental stress conditions including salt, drought, cold, high light, and poor nitrite. Manipulation of stress response genes and pathways can therefore enhance the growth of plants under abiotic stress, impacting agriculture and environment.

主持课题项目：
武汉大学人才引进启动费，2015-2017；
国家自然科学基金面上项目，2016-2019

代表性论文:

1. Xin Hou, Kabin Xie, Jialing Yao, Zhuyun Qi, and Lizhong Xiong*. A homolog of human ski-interacting protein in rice positively regulates cell viability and stress tolerance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2009, 106: 6410-6415.
2. Xin Hou, Aigen Fu, Veder Garcia, Bob B. Buchanan*, and Sheng Luan*. PSB27: a thylakoid protein enabling Arabidopsis to adapt to changing light intensity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2015, 112: 1613-1618.

3. Xipeng Ding#,Xin Hou#, Kabin Xie, and Lizhong Xiong*. Genome-wide dentification of BURP domain–containing genes in rice reveals a gene family with diverse structures and responses to abiotic stresses. Planta, 2009, 230: 149-163. (# co-first author).

4. Yufen Che, Aigen Fu, Xin Hou, Bob B. Buchanan*, and Sheng Luan*. Arabidopsis D1 C-terminal peptidase is essential for photosystem II assembly and function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2013, 110:16247-52.

5. Kabin Xie, Jianqiang Shen, Xin Hou, Jialing Yao, Xianghua Li, Jinhua Xiao, and Lizhong Xiong*. Gradual increase of miR156 regulates temporal expression changes of numerous genes during leaf development in rice. Plant Physiol. 2012, 158:1382-94.

6. Yujie Fang, Kabin Xie, Xin Hou, Honghong Hu, Lizhong Xiong*. Systematic analysis of GT factor family of rice reveals a novel subfamily involved in stress responses. Mol Genet Genomics, 2010, 283: 157-169.

7. Yan Xu, Wei Zong,Xin Hou, Jialing Yao, Hongbo Liu, Xianghua Li, Yunde Zhao, and Lizhong Xiong*. OsARID3, An AT-rich Interaction Domain-containing Protein Is Required for Shoot Meristem Development in Rice. Plant Journal, 2015, 83: 806-817.
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