华南师范大学生命科学学院副研究员,硕士生导师。2019年于西北农林科技大学大学获得农学博士学位。2019至今加入华南师范大学生命科学学院张钟徽研究员团队,主要从事油料作物遗传改良相关研究工作。近年来以第一作者或通讯作者(含共同)身份在《Plant Cell》、《New Phytologist》、《Trends in Plant Science》、《Plant Physiology》、《Food Chemistry》、《Progress in Lipid Research》和《Plant Journal》等国际知名主流期刊发表论文多篇。先后主持了国家自然科学基金青年基金项目、广东省自然科学基金面上项目和中国博士后基金等课题。
论文专著(#第一作者,*通讯作者):
1. Du C#, Liu M#, Yan Y#, Guo X, Cao X, Jiao Y, Zheng J, Ma Y, Xie Y, Li H, Gao C, Yang C, Zhao Q*, Zhang Z*: The U-Box E3 Ubiquitin Ligase PUB35 Negatively Regulates ABA Signaling through AFP1-mediated Degradation of ABI5. The Plant Cell 2024, 36: 3277–3297.
2. Ma S, Li D, Yang Z, Tang T, Zhang Z, Chen D*, Du C*. Regulation of alternative splicing in the aba signaling pathway of plants. New Phytologist 2025. DOI: 10.1111/nph.70846.
3. Yang Z, Zhang M, Du C*: A novel mechanism promoting lipid droplet formation. Trends in Plant Science 2025, 30(4): 347-349.
4. Yang Z, Chen Y, Ma S, Zhang M, Tang T*, Du C*: Bioengineering of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in oilseed crops. Progress in Lipid Research 2025, 99: 101333.
5. Liao H#, Feng B#, Wen M#, Du C#, Zhong X, Lu Q, Gong G, Mo J, Huang H, Zhang S* , Huang R*: The transcription factors PIF4 and PIF5 interact with WRINKLED1 to modulate fatty acid biosynthesis during seed maturation. Plant Physiology 2025, 197(4): kiaf141.
6. Du C, Zhang Z: Precision Tuning of ABA Signaling by Ubiquitination of ABA Receptors: Modulating Protein Activity and Localization. Journal of Experimental Botany 2025: eraf104.
7. Du C#, Bai H#, Yan Y, Liu Y, Wang X, Zhang Z: Exploring ABI5 regulation: Post‐translational control and cofactor interactions in ABA signaling. The Plant Journal 2025, 121(3): e17232.
8. Li N, Huang Y, Zhao Y, Yang Z, Jia Q, Feng B, Taylor DC, Du C*, Zhang M*: Lipidomics studies reveal dynamic changes in polar lipids of developing endosperm of oat and wheat varieties with differing oil contents. Food Chemistry 2024, 444: 138597.
9. Chen Y, Ma S, Ku H, Huangfu B, Wang K, Du C*, Zhang M*: Contiguous identity between entire coding regions of transgenic and native genes rather than special regions is essential for a strong co-suppression. Plant Science 2024, 341: 112016.
10. Du C, Chen Y, Wang K, Yang Z, Zhao C, Jia Q, Taylor DC, Zhang M: Strong co-suppression impedes an increase in polyunsaturated fatty acids in seeds overexpressing FAD2. Journal of Experimental Botany 2019, 70(3): 985–994.
11. Du C, Gao C, Zhang Z: Optimizing lipid droplet dynamics for enhanced triacylglycerol storage in oilseed crops. Seed Biology 2025. 4(1): e014.
12. Du C, Bai H, Chen J, Wang J, Wang Z, Zhang Z: Alternative Splicing Regulation of Glycine-Rich Proteins via Target of Rapamycin-Reactive Oxygen Species Pathway in Arabidopsis Seedlings Upon Glucose Stress. Frontiers in Plant Science 2022, 13: 830140.
13. Chen Y, Ku H, Zhao Y, Du C*, Zhang M*: Quantitative Investigation of FAD2 Cosuppression Reveals RDR6-Dependent and RDR6-Independent Gene Silencing Pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24: 17165.
14. Wu E, Tang T, Zhu G, Du C*, Geng D*: Assessing the disease burden of lower respiratory infections attributable to particulate matter pollution: trends from 1990 to 2021 and projections for 2022-2050. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 2025, 15: 166032.
15. Li N, Liu X, Chen Y, Wang H, Zhao Y, Du C, Lu C, Zhang M. Creating ultra‐high linolenic acid camelina by co‐expressing AtFAD2sm with synonymous mutations and BnFAD3 in the fae1 mutant. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2025, 23(10): 4536–4538.
16. Yang Z, He J, Yao S, Li X, Du C, Gong J, Yan H, Zhao Y, Li Y, Yuan Y, et al. Identification and overexpression of RNA‐decapping protein GhLSM1BS: Enhancing cotton somatic embryogenesis through up‐regulating brassinosteroid biosynthesis. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2025, 23(7): 2670–2672.