陈谦，博士，教授，博士生导师，泰山****优势特色学科人才团队主要负责人。2011年获中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所遗传学博士学位；2012-2015在比利时VIB研究所做博士后，主要工作是解析侧根早期发育过程的分子机制；2015年至今，在山东农业大学农学院工作。相关工作发表于Nature Communications, Plant Cell, New Phytologist等期刊。

研究方向
　　1. 番茄对生产常见病害的抗性反应机制
　　2. 植物根可塑性发育的分子机理
　　植物在其胚后生长发育过程中，会遇到高/低温、干旱、盐碱、养分缺失、病虫害侵袭等各种生物及非生物胁迫。这就使植物的胚后生长发育具有极强的可塑性，以适应外部环境的变化。植物发育可塑性源于干细胞的可塑性。植物通过整合内部遗传因子和外界环境因子信息，调整分生区干细胞活性，进而影响器官起始，以适应外部环境的变化。这部分工作主要以拟南芥、番茄为模式系统，解析植物根系可塑性发育的分子机理。
发表文章
1. Zhang, X., Zhou, W., Li, S., Chen, Q.,* and Li, C.* Mediator Links SCARECROW-directed 　Transcription of cell-cycle genes with asymmetric division of root stem cells. Developmental Cell (in review, Co-correspondence).
2. Chen Q., Liu Y., Van Isterdael G.,Lee E., Maere S. ,Xie Z.,Lucas J., Vassileva V.,Kitakura S., Marhavý P., Wabnik K., Benková E., Le J., Fukaki H., Grotewold E., Li C., Friml J., Sack F., Beeckman T., and Vanneste S. (2015) A coherent transcriptional feed-forward motif controls auxin-sensitive PIN3 expression. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9821.
3. Chen, Q.*, Sun, J.*, Zhai, Q., Zhou, W., Qi, L., Xu, L., Wang, B., Chen, R., Jiang, H., Qi, J., Li, X., Palme, K., and Li, C. (2011). The Basic Helix-Loop-Helix transcription factor MYC2 directly represses PLETHORA expression during jasmonate-mediated modulation of the root stem cell niche in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 23: 3335–3352. (*These authors contributed equally to this work.)
4. Sun, J.,* Chen, Q.,* Qi, L., Jiang, H., Li, S., Xu, Y., Liu, F., Zhou, W., Pan, J., Li, X., Palme, K., and Li, C. (2011) Jasmonate modulates endocytosis and plasma membrane accumulation of the Arabidopsis PIN2 protein. New Phytologist, 190:no. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03713.x. (*These authors contributed equally to this work.)
5. Wang C., Yan X., Chen Q., Jiang N., Fu W., Ma B., Liu J., Li C., Bednarek S., and Pan J. (2013). Clathrin light chains regulate clathrin-mediated trafficking, auxin signaling, and development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 25, 499-516.
6. Qi, L., Yan, J., Li, y., Sun, J., Chen, Q., Chu, J., Sun, X., Yan, C., Yu, Y., and Li, C. (2011) Arabidopsis plants differentially modulate auxin biosynthesis and transport during defense responses to the necrotrophic pathogen Alternaria brassicicola. New Phytologist 195, 872-882.
7. Zhou, W., Wei, L., Xu, J., Zhai, Q., Jiang, H., Chen, R., Chen, Q., Sun, J., Chu, J., Zhu, L., Liu, C.M., and Li, C. (2010). Arabidopsis Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase acts in the auxin/PLETHORA pathway in regulating postembryonic maintenance of the root stem cell niche. Plant Cell 22: 3692-3709.
8. Sun, J., Xu, Y., Ye, S., Jiang, H., Chen, Q., Liu, F., Zhou, W., Chen, R., Li, X., Tietz, O., Wu, X., Cohen, J.D., Palme, K., and Li, C. (2009). Arabidopsis ASA1 Is Important for Jasmonate-Mediated Regulation of Auxin Biosynthesis and Transport during Lateral Root Formation. Plant Cell, 21: 1495-1511.
9. Qi, J., Qian, Q., Bu, Q., Li, S., Chen, Q., Sun, J., Liang, W., Zhou, Y., Chu, C., Li, X,, Ren, F., Palme, K., Zhao, B., Chen, J., Chen, M., Li, C. (2008). Mutation of the rice NARROW LEAF1 gene, which encodes a novel protein, affects vein patterning and polar auxin transport. Plant Physiol., 147:1947–1959.

联系信息
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备注：
　　本课题组每年均招收遗传学、作物遗传育种方向硕士、博士研究生及博士后，欢迎有志于植物生物学研究领域的学生报考。