Men shuzhen

1992-1996 B.S. in Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China 1996-1999 M.S. in Cell Biology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 1999-2003 Ph.D. in Plant Science, Peking University, Beijing, China

08/2003-01/2004, Research Assistant, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China 02/2004-01/2008, Postdoctoral Fellow, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish Agricultural University, Umeå, Sweden 02/2008-01/2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 04/2009-present, Professor, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University

●       Auxin polar transport and its roles in root and seed development

●       Plant sterols biosynthesis, transport, and function

●       Sterols and plant stress tolerance

●       Functions of mitochondrial-localized molecular chaperones in plant development andstress resistance

Publications:

1.       Tan C, Li S, Song J, Zheng X, Zheng H, Xu W, Wan C, Zhang T, Bian Q, Men S^* (2024) 3,4-Dichlorophenylacetic acid acts as an auxin analog and induces beneficial effects in various crops. Commun Biol. 7(1):161. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-05848-9.

2.       Shi R, Liu W^*, Lian Y, Wang X, Men S, Zeb A, Wang Q, Wang J, Li J, Zheng Z, Zhou Q^*, Tang J, Sun Y, Wang F, Xing B^*(2024) Toxicity mechanisms of nanoplastics on crop growth, interference of phyllosphere microbes, and evidence for foliar penetration and translocation. Environ Sci Technol. 58(2):1010-1021. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03649. PMID: 37934921 IF:11.4, 环境科学与生态学一区.

3.       Liu H, Luo Q, Tan C, Song J, Zhang T, Men S^*. (2023) Biosynthesis- and transport-mediated dynamic auxin distribution during seed development controls seed size in Arabidopsis. Plant J.113(6):1259-1277.doi: 10.1111/tpj.16109. IF: 7.091，生物一区.

4.       Chao Tan, Mengxiao Liang, Qiong Luo, Tan Zhang, Wenhui Wang, Suxin Li, Shuzhen Men^* (2023) AUX1, PIN3, and TAA1 collectively maintain fertility in Arabidopsis. Planta. 258(3):68. doi: 10.1007/s00425-023-04219-8. IF: 4.3. 生物二区.

5.       Chen JJ, Wang W, Qin WQ, Men SZ, Li HL, Mitsuda N, Ohme-Takagi M, Wu AM^* (2023) Transcription factors KNAT3 and KNAT4 are essential for integument and ovule formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 191(1):463-478. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac513. IF: 8.340，生物一区.

6.       Chao Tan, Jia Song, Tan Zhang, Mengxiao Liang, Suxin Li, Huabin Liu and Shuzhen Men^*（2023）Ectopic Expression of AtYUC8 Driven by GL2 and TT12 Promoters Affects the Vegetative Growth of Arabidopsis. Seeds, 2, 278–289.

7.       Guichen Li, Zitong Li, Zeyun Yang, Yehoram Leshem, Yuequan Shen, Shuzhen Men^* (2021) Mitochondrial heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to auxin mediated embryo development. Plant Physiol, 186(2):1101-1121.IF: 8.340，生物一区.

8.       Jiapan Lian, Weitao Liu*, Yuebing Sun, Shuzhen Men, Jiani Wu, Aurang Zeb, Tianzhi Yang, Lena Qiying Ma, Qixing Zhou* (2022) Nanotoxicological effects and transcriptome mechanisms of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under stress of polystyrene nanoplastics. J Hazard Mater, 423: 127241. IF: 14.224，环境科学与生态学一区

9.       Meng Wang, Panpan Li, Yao Ma, Xiang Nie, MarkusGrebe, Shuzhen Men^* (2021) Membrane sterol composition in Arabidopsis thaliana affects root elongation via auxin biosynthesis. Int J Mol Sci, 22(1):E437. IF: 6.208，生物二区.

10.    Arif M, Li Z, Luo Q, Li L, Shen Y, Men S^*(2021) The BAG2 and BAG6 genes are involved in multiple abiotic stress tolerances in Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Mol Sci, 22 (11): 5856. IF: 6.208，生物二区.

11.    Wenrui Gao, Yan Liu, Juan Huang, Yaqiu Chen, Chen Chen, Lu Lu, Hongwei Zhao, Shuzhen Men^*, Xiaoming Zhang^* (2021) MES7 Modulates Seed Germination via Regulating Salicylic Acid Content in Arabidopsis.Plants, 10: 903. IF: 4.658，生物二区.

12.    Mian Tang, Qiang Bian, Ying-Ming Zhang^*, Muhammad Arif, Qiong Luo, Shuzhen Men and Yu Liu^* (2020) Sequestration of pyridinium herbicides in plants by carboxylated pillararenes possessing different alkyl chains. RSC ADVANCES, 10(58): 35136-35140. IF: 4.036，化学三区.

13.    Zhao X, Ebert B, Zhang B, Liu H, Zhang Y, Zeng W, Rautengarten C, Li H, Chen X, Bacic A, Wang G, Men S, Zhou Y, Heazlewood JL, Wu AM^* (2020) UDP-Api/UDP-Xyl synthases affect plant development by controlling the content of UDP-Api to regulate the RG-II-borate complex. Plant J. 104 (1): 252-267. IF: 7.091，生物一区.

14.    Gao F, Zhao S, Men S, Kang Z, Hong J, Wei C, Hong W^*, Li Y. ^* (2020) A non-structural protein encoded by Rice Dwarf Virus targets to the nucleus and chloroplast and inhibits local RNA silencing. Sci China Life Sci. 63(11):1703-1713.

15.    Liu Y, Gao W, Wu S, Lu L, Chen Y, Guo J, Men S, Zhang X^* (2020) AtXRN4 Affects the Turnover of Chosen miRNA*s in Arabidopsis. Plants, 13;9(3):362.

16.    Song J, Sun S, Ren H, Grison M, Boutté Y, Bai W, Men S^* (2019) The SMO1 family of sterol 4α-methyl oxidases is essential for auxin- and cytokinin-regulated embryogenesis. Plant Physiol, 181: 578-594. IF: 8.005，生物一区.

17.    Bao S, Shen G, Li G, Liu Z, Arif M, Wei Q, Men S^* (2019) The Arabidopsis nucleoporin NUP1 is essential for megasporogenesis and early stages of pollen development. Plant Cell Rep. 38: 59-74.

18.    Liu H, Liu B, Chen X, Hui Zhu H, Zou C, Men S^* (2018) AUX1 acts upstream of PIN2 in regulating root gravitropism. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 507(1-4):433-436.

19.    Geng H^#, Zhang Q^#, Yang X, Men S^* (2017) Overexpression of SlARG2 or SlTD2 in Arabidopsis Enhances Resistance against Plutella xylostella L. Phytoparasitica, 45(5):695-705.

20.    Yang X, Zhang Q, Zhao K, Luo Q, Bao S, Liu H, Men S^* (2017) The Arabidopsis GPR1 gene negatively affects pollen germination, pollen tube growth, and gametophyte senescence. Int J Mol Sci, 18, 1303.

21.   Fu S, Li L, Kang H, Yang X^*, Men S^*, Shen Y^* (2017) Chronic mitochondrial calcium elevation suppresses leaf senescence. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 487(3):672-677.

22.   Li L, Xing Y, Chang D, Fang S, Cui B, Li Q, Wang X, Guo S, Yang X^*, Men S^*, Shen Y^* (2016) CaM/BAG5/Hsc70 signaling complex dynamically regulates leaf senescence. Sci Rep, 6: 31889.

23.   Zhang X, Sun S, Nie X, Boutté Y, Grison M, Li P, Kuang S, Men S.^*(2016) Sterol methyl oxidases affect embryo development via auxin-associated mechanisms. Plant Physiol, 171 (1): 468-482.

24.   Liu Y, Yang S, Song Y, Men S, Wang J. (2016) Gain-of-function analysis of poplar CLE genes in Arabidopsis by exogenous application and over-expression assays. J Exp Bot, 67 (8): 2309-2324.

25.   Frescatada-Rosa M, Stanislas T, Backues SK, Reichardt I, Men S, Boutté Y, Jürgens G, Moritz T, Bednarek SY, Grebe M. (2014) High lipid order of Arabidopsis cell-plate membranes mediated by sterol and DYNAMIN-RELATED PROTEIN1A function. Plant J, 80, 745-757.

26.    Fang S, Li L, Cui B, Men S^*, Shen Y*, Yang X^*(2013)Structural insight into plant programmed cell death mediated by BAG proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 69 (6): 934-945.

27.    Boutté Y,Men S, and Grebe M. (2011) Fluorescent in situ visualization of sterols in Arabidopsis roots. Nat Protoc, 6, 446-456.

28.    Boutté Y, Frescatada-Rosa M, Men S, Chow CM, Ebine K, Gustavsson A, Johansson L, Ueda T, Moore I., Jürgens G. and Grebe M. (2010) Endocytosis restricts Arabidopsis KNOLLE syntaxin to the cell division plane during late cytokinesis. EMBO J, 29, 546-558.

29.    Ikeda Y., Men S., Fischer U., Stepanova A.N., Alonso J.M., Ljung K, and Grebe M. (2009) Local auxin biosynthesis modulates gradient-directed planar polarity in Arabidopsis. Nat Cell Biol,11, 731-738.

30.    Men S., Boutté Y., Ikeda Y., Li X., Palme K., Stierhof Y.D., Hartmann M.A., Moritz T. and Grebe M. (2008) Sterol-dependent endocytosis mediates post-cytokinetic acquisition of PIN2 auxin efflux carrier polarity. Nat Cell Biol, 10, 237-244. (Featured in Dev. Cell 14, 318-320)

31.    Li Y., Nie X., Men S., Jaime A., Teixeira S., Wei C. (2006) Genetic transformation of two species Orchids. Horticulture, Floriculture and Ornamental Plant Science and Biotechnology, Vol 2, Chapter X. Gobal Science Books. Edited by Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva.

32.    Nie X., Men S., An L., Li M., Wei C., Chen Q. and Li Y. (2005) Transformation of Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitz. and D. nobile Lindl. with CHSandAP1 genes. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 5, 89-94.

33.    Fischer U., Men S. and Grebe M. (2004) Lipid function in plant cell polarity. Curr Opin Plant Biol, 7, 670-676.

34.    Men S., Ming X., Wang Y., Liu R., Wei C. and Li Y. (2003) Genetic transformation of two species of orchid by biolistic bombardment. Plant Cell Rep, 21, 592-598.

35.    Men S., Ming X., Liu R., Wei C. and Li Y. (2003) Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of a Dendrobium orchid. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult, 75: 63-71.

Editorial Board Member of "Molecular Biology Reports" journal

Grant Reviewer for the National Science Foundation of China

Acted as a reviewer for following journals: Plant Physiology; Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Plant Reproduction, Scientific Reports; Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Frontiers in Plant Science.

Undergraduate courses: Plant Biology (2017 to present),Plant Molecular Biology (2013-2020), Plant Biology Fundamentals Seminar (2022), Comprehensive Experiment (2013 to present)

 

Graduate courses: Plant Hormone (2009 to present), Frontiers in Plant Biology Seminar (2020 to present)