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刘明春，研究员，博士生导师，博士毕业于法国图卢兹国立综合理工学院。兼任四川省特聘专家、第十七届国际茄科大会Scientific Committee成员、第十二届国际植物激素乙烯大会Scientific Committee成员、四川省细胞学会理事、四川省细胞生物学会生物技术专委会常务委员、四川省科技青年联合会理事、四川省海外交流协会理事、成都市海外交流协会理事。
以番茄/猕猴桃等果蔬为研究对象，主要致力于植物激素信号转导、果实成熟品质调控及贮藏保鲜等方面的研究。近年在Molecular Plant 、New Phytologist、Plant Physiology、Plant Journal、PNAS、PLoS genetics等国际主流期刊发表论文30余篇。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家重点研发计划子课题、四川省创新科技人才等项目。荣获四川大学优秀科技人才奖（2019、2020）等奖励。
代表性论文：
Wang Ruochen#, Shu Peng#, Zhang Chi#, Zhang Junlin, Chen Ya, Zhang Yaoxin, Du Kui, Xie Yue, Li MingZhang, Ma Tao, Zhang Yang, Li Zhengguo, Grierson Donald, Pirrello Julien, Chen Kunsong, Bouzayen Mondher, Zhang Bo*, Liu Mingchun*. Integrative analyses of metabolome and genome-wide transcriptome reveal the regulatory network governing flavor formation in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis). New Phytologist, 2021. In press. （IF=10.151）
Yan Li#, Yang Chen#, Lu Zhou#, Shengjie You#, Heng Deng, Ya Chen, Saleh Alseekh, Yong Yuan, Rao Fu, Zixin Zhang, Dan Su, Alisdair R. Fernie, Mondher Bouzayen, Tao Ma, Mingchun Liu* & Yang Zhang*. MicroTom Metabolic Network: Rewiring Tomato Metabolic Regulatory Network throughout the Growth Cycle, Molecular Plant, 2020, 1203-1218. （IF=13.164）
Liang Qi#, Deng Heng#, Li Yuxiang, Liu Ziyu, Shu Peng, Fu Rao, Zhang Yaoxin, Pirrello Julien, Zhang Yang, Grierson Don, Bouzayen Mondher, Liu Yongsheng*, Liu Mingchun*. Like Heterochromatin Protein 1b represses fruit ripening via regulating the H3K27me3 levels in ripening-related genes in tomato, New Phytologist, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16550 （IF=10.151）
Heng Deng, Julien Pirrello, Yao Chen, Nan Li, Sihua Zhu, Ximena Chirinos, Mondher Bouzayen, Yongsheng Liu, Liu Mingchun*. A novel tomato F-box protein, SlEBF3, is involved in tuning ethylene signaling during plant development and climacteric fruit ripening. Plant Journal. 2018, 95(4): 648-658. （IF=6.417）
Liu Mingchun*, Chen Yao, Chen Ya, Shin Jun-Hye, Mila Isabelle, Corinne Audran, Zouine Mohamed, Pirrello Julien, Bouzayen Mondher, The tomato Ethylene Response Factor Sl-ERF.B3 integrates ethylene and auxin signaling via direct regulation of Sl-IAA27. New Phytologist, 2018, 9(2): 631~640.（IF=10.151）
Liu Mingchun#*，Lima Gomes Bruna#，Mila Isabelle，Purgatto Eduardo，Peres Lazaro Eustaquio Pereira，Frasse Pierre，Maza Elie，Zouine Mohamed，Roustan Jean-Paul, Bouzayen Mondher，Pirrello Julien*，Comprehensive profiling of Ethylene Response Factors expression identifies ripening-associated ERF genes and their link to key regulators of fruit ripening in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Plant Physiology，2016，170（3）：1732-1744. （IF=8.340）
Liu Mingchun，Pirrello Julien，Chervin Christian，Roustan Jean-Paul，Bouzayen Mondher，Ethylene Control of Fruit Ripening: Revisiting the Complex Network of Transcriptional Regulation. Plant Physiology，2015，169（4）：2380-2390. （IF=8.340）
Liu Mingchun，Diretto Gianfranco，Pirrello Julien，Roustan Jean-Paul，Li Zhengguo，Giuliano Giovanni，Regad Farid，Bouzayen Mondher，The chimeric repressor version of an Ethylene Response Factor (ERF) family member, Sl-ERF.B3, shows contrasting effects on tomato fruit ripening. New Phytologist，2014，203（1）：206-218. （IF=10.151）
Liu Mingchun#，Pirrello Julien#，Kesari Ravi，Mila Isabelle，Roustan Jean-Paul，Li Zhengguo，Latche Alain，Pech Jean-Claude，Bouzayen Mondher，Regad Farid，A dominant repressor version of the tomato Sl-ERF.B3 gene confers ethylene hypersensitivity via feedback regulation of ethylene signaling and response components. Plant Journal，2013，76（3）：406-419. （IF=6.417）