实验室名称：玉米分子遗传学实验室
实验室负责人简介
宋任涛，博士，教授，最安全的网上投注平台(中国)有限公司兼职教授，学科带头人，博士生导师。国家杰出青年基金获得者。主要从事以玉米为模式的植物分子遗传学研究。曾获2004年美国农业部杰出成就集体奖；2004年度上海市“曙光学者”；2005年度上海市青年科技启明星；2005年度上海市“浦江人才”；2006年度教育部新世纪优秀人才。共发表SCI论文40余篇，SCI引用2200余次。
团队成员
朱晨光，博士，副研究员，硕士生导师。主要从事玉米产量相关突变体基因的生物学功能研究及能源与环境微生物基因工程研究。主持完成国家自然科学基金面上项目、上海市科委自然科学基金项目和上海市教委“优青”项目等。已在国际期刊发表SCI收录论文近20篇。
祁巍巍，博士，副教授，硕士生导师。主要从事玉米籽粒发育与粒重调控相关机制研究及玉米转基因技术创新与研发。主持国家自然基金青年项目、科技部重点研发计划子课题参与项目和上海市科委自然基金项目。已在国际期刊发表SCI收录论文16篇。
主要研究领域
1、玉米籽粒发育调控机制研究及种质资源开发
以玉米发育缺陷（defective kernel）突变体为研究材料，进行突变基因的定位和功能机制解析，全面阐释影响籽粒发育的关键生物学过程。
2、玉米蛋白品质调控网络研究及种质资源开发
以玉米粉质胚乳（opaque）突变体为研究材料，进行突变基因的定位和功能机制解析，建立胚乳蛋白品质的全面调控网络。
3、玉米转基因生物技术的创新与研发
以本课题组成熟的玉米遗传转化和CRISPR/Cas9基因敲除实验平台为基础，进行玉米转基因产品的研发和技术的创新。
主要研究成果
1. Wang G, Zhang J, Wang G, Fan X, Sun X, Qin H, Xu N, Zhong M, Qiao Z, Tang Y and Song R (2014) Proline responding 1 plays a critical role in regulating general protein synthesis and the cell cycle in maize. The Plant Cell 26(6):2582-2600.
2. Guan Wang, Weiwei Qi, Qiao Wu, Dongsheng Yao, Jushan Zhang, Jie Zhu, Gang Wang, Guifeng Wang, Yuanping Tang, and Rentao Song (2014). Identification and characterization of maize floury4 as a novel semidominant opaque mutant that disrupts protein body assembly. Plant Physiology, 165: 582-594.
3.Chaobin Li, Zhenyi Qiao, Weiwei Qi, Qian Wang, Yue Yuan, Xi Yang, Yuanping Tang, Bing Mei, Yuanda Lv, Han Zhao, Han Xiao and Rentao Song (2015) Genome-wide characterization of cis-acting DNA targets reveals the transcriptional regulatory framework of Opaque2 in maize. The Plant Cell, 27: 532–545.
4. Weiwei Qi, Jie Zhu, Qiao Wu, Qun Wang, Xia Li, Dongsheng Yao, Ying Jin, Gang Wang, Guifeng Wang, and Rentao Song (2016). Maize reas1 Mutant Stimulates Ribosome Use Efficiency and Triggers Distinct Transcriptional and Translational Responses. Plant physiology, 170: 971–988.
5. Zhenyi Qiao, Weiwei Qi, Qian Wang, Ya’nan Feng, Qing Yang, Nan Zhang, Shanshan Wang, Yuanping Tang and Rentao Song (2016). ZmMADS47 regulates zein gene transcription through interaction with Opaque2. PLOS genetics, doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005991.
6. Dongsheng Yao, Weiwei Qi, Xia Li, Qing Yang, Shumei Yan, Huiling Ling, Gang Wang, Guifeng Wang and Rentao Song (2016). Maize opaque10 encodes a cereal-specific protein that is essential for the proper distribution of zeins in endosperm protein bodies. PLOS genetics, doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006270.
7. Weiwei Qi, Tong Zhu, Zhongrui Tian, Chaobin Li, Wei Zhang and Rentao Song (2016). High-efficiency CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex gene editing using the glycine tRNA-processing system-based strategy in maize. BMC biotechnology, DOI 10.1186/s12896-016-0289-2.
8. Xinze Chen, Fan Feng, Weiwei Qi, Liming Xu, Dongsheng Yao, Qun Wang and Rentao Song (2017). Dek35 encodes a PPR protein that affects cis-splicing of mitochondrial nad4 intron 1 and seed development in maize. Molecular plant, 10: 427–441.
9. Weiwei Qi, Zhongrui Tian, Lei Lu, Xiuzu Chen, Xinze Chen, Wei Zhang, and Rentao Song (2017). Editing of mitochondrial transcripts nad3 and cox2 by Dek10 is essential for mitochondrial function and maize plant development. Genetics, 205: 1489–1501.
10. Weiwei Qi, Yang Yang, Xuzhen Feng, Mingliang Zhang, and Rentao Song (2017). Mitochondrial function and maize kernel development requires Dek2, a pentatricopeptiderepeat protein involved in nad1 mRNA splicing. Genetics, 205: 239–249.
11. Fan Feng, Weiwei Qi, Yuanda Lv, Shumei Yan, Liming Xu, Wenyao Yang, YueYuan, Yihan Chen, Han Zhao, and Rentao Song (2018) Opaque11 is the central hub of a regulatory network for maize 1 endosperm development and nutrient metabolism. The Plant Cell. 30: 375-396.