Dr. ZHANG/Jianwei (张建伟)

Member
National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement
Professor
College of Life Science and Technology | College of Informatics

Email: jzhang@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Tel: +86-27-87286166

Address:
National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement #B107-2
Huazhong Agricultural University
Wuhan 430070, China

Research Interest:  Bioinformatics, Genomics

ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-5346

ZHANG/Jianwei(张建伟)

Education:

  • 2006.6: Doctor of Science (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology with a specialization in Bioinformatics), Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU)
  • 2001.6: Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology), HZAU

Professional Experiences:

  • Huazhong Agricultural University: National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement
    • 2019.11 – present: Professor
    • 2013.5 – 2019.10: Adjunct Research Fellow
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division
    • 2023.12: Senior Visiting Scholar
  • University of Arizona: School of Plant Sciences & Arizona Genomics Institute
    • 2013.3 – 2019.5: Research Assistant Professor
    • 2010.11 – 2013.2: Assistant Research Scientist
    • 2006.9 – 2010.10: Research Associate

Selected Publications: (#co-first authors, *corresponding authors)

  1. Huang Y, Wang Z, Schmidt M, Su H, Xiong L and Zhang J*DEGAP: Dynamic elongation of a genome assembly pathBriefings in Bioinformatics, 2024, 25(3):bbae194. DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbae194
  2. Wang H#, Fang T#, Li X#, Xie Y#, Wang W, Hu T, Kudrna D, Amombo E, Yin Y, Fan S, Gong Z, Huang Y, Xia C, Zhang J*, Wu Y* and Fu J*. Whole-genome sequencing of allotetraploid bermudagrass reveals the origin of Cynodon and candidate genes for salt toleranceThe Plant Journal, 2024, in press. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16729
  3. Huang Y, Koo D-H, Mao Y, Herman E, Zhang J* and Schmidt M*. A complete reference genome for the soybean cv. JackPlant Communications, 2024, 5(2):100765. DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100765
  4. Yu Z#, Chen Y#, Zhou Y#, Zhang Y, Li M, Ouyang Y, Chebotarov D, Mauleon R, Zhao H, Xie W, McNally K, Wing R*, Guo W* and Zhang J*. Rice Gene Index: a comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian riceMolecular Plant, 2023, 16(5):798-801. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.03.012
  5. Zhou Y#, Yu Z#, Chebotarov D#, Chougule K#, Lu Z, Rivera L, Kathiresan N, Al-Bader N, Mohammed N, Alsantely A, Mussurova S, Santos J, Thimma M, Troukhan M, Fornasiero A, Green C, Copetti D, Kudrna D, Llaca V, Lorieux M, Zuccolo A*, Ware D*, McNally K*Zhang J* and Wing R*. Pan-genome inversion index reveals evolutionary insights into the subpopulation structure of Asian riceNature Communications, 2023, 4:1567. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37004-y
  6. Yi X, Liu J, Chen S, Wu H, Liu M, Xu Q, Lei L, Lee S, Zhang B, Kudrna D, Fan W, Wing R, Wang X, Zhang M, Zhang J*, Yang C*, Chen N*. Genome assembly of the JD17 soybean provides a new reference genome for comparative genomicsG3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2022, 12(4):jkac017. DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac017
  7. Song J-M#, Xie W-Z#, Wang S#, Guo Y-X, Koo D-H, Kudrna D, Gong C, Huang Y, Feng J-W, Zhang W, Zhou Y, Zuccolo A, Long E, Lee S, Talag J, Zhou R, Zhu X-T, Yuan D, Udall J, Xie W, Wing R, Zhang Q, Poland J*Zhang J* and Chen L-L*. Two gap-free reference genomes and a global view of the centromere architecture in riceMolecular Plant, 2021, 14(10):1757-1767. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.06.018
  8. Wu Z#, Liu H#, Zhan W#, Yu Z, Qin E, Liu S, Yang T, Xiang N, Kudrna D, Chen Y, Lee S, Li G, Wing R, Liu J, Xiong H, Xia C, Xing Y, Zhang J* and Qin R*. The chromosome-scale reference genome of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) provides insights into linoleic acid and flavonoid biosynthesisPlant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19:1725-1742. DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13586
  9. Zhou Y#, Chebotarov D#, Kudrna D, Llaca V, Lee S, Rajasekar S, Mohammed N, Al-Bader N, Sobel-Sorenson C, Parakkal P, Arbelaez L, Franco N, Alexandrov N, Hamilton N, Leung H, Mauleon R, Lorieux M, Zuccolo A*, McNally K, Zhang J* and Wing R*. A platinum standard pan-genome resource that represents the population structure of Asian riceScientific Data, 2020, 7:113. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0438-2
  10. Song J-M, Lei Y, Shu C-C, Ding Y, Xing F, Liu H, Wang J, Xie W, Zhang J* and Chen L-L*. Rice Information GateWay: A Comprehensive Bioinformatics Platform for Indica Rice GenomesMolecular Plant, 2018, 11(3):505-507. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.10.003
  11. Zhang J#, Chen L#, Sun S, Kudrna D, Copetti D, Li W, Mu T, Jiao W, Xing F, Lee S, Talag J, Song J, Du B, Xie W, Luo M, Maldonado C, Goicoechea J, Xiong L, Wu C, Xing Y, Zhou D, Yu S, Zhao Y, Wang G, Yu Y, Luo Y, Hurtado B, Danowitz A, Wing R* and Zhang Q*. Building two indicarice reference genomes with PacBio long read and Illumina paired-end sequencing dataScientific Data, 2016,3:160076. DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.76
  12. Zhang J#, Chen L#, Xing F#, Kudrna D, Yao W, Copetti D, Mu T, Li W, Song J, Xie W, Lee S, Talag J, Shao L, An Y, Zhang C, Ouyang Y, Sun S, Jiao W, Lv F, Du B, Luo M, Maldonado C, Goicoechea J, Xiong L, Wu C, Xing Y, Zhou D, Yu S, Zhao Y, Wang G, Yu Y, Luo Y, Zhou Z, Hurtado B, Danowitz A, Wing R*and Zhang Q*. Extensive sequence divergence between the reference genomes of two elite indica rice varieties Zhenshan 97 and Minghui 63Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016, 113(35):E5163-E5171. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611012113
  13. Zhang J*, Kudrna D, Mu T, Li W, Copetti D, Yu Y, Goicoechea J, Lei Y and Wing R*. Genome puzzle master (GPM): an integrated pipeline for building and editing pseudomolecules from fragmented sequencesBioinformatics, 2016, 32(20):3058-3064. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw370
  14. Wei F#Zhang J#, Zhou S, He R, Schaeffer M, Collura K, Kudrna D, Faga B, Wissotski M, Golser W, Rock S, Graves T, Fulton R, Coe E, Schnable P, Schwartz D, Ware D, Clifton S, Wilson R and Wing R. The Physical and Genetic Framework of the Maize B73 GenomePLoS Genetics, 2009, 5(11):e1000715. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000715
  15. Zhang J, Li C, Wu C, Xiong L, Chen G, Zhang Q and Wang S. RMD: a rice mutant database for functional analysis of the rice genomeNucleic Acids Research, 2006, 34:D745-748. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj016
  16. Zhang J, Feng Q, Jin C, Qiu D, Zhang L, Xie K, Yuan D, Han B, Zhang Q and Wang S. Features of the expressed sequences revealed by a large-scale analysis of ESTs from a normalized cDNA library of the elite indica rice cultivar Minghui 63The Plant Journal, 2005, 42:772-780. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02408.x