ISSN: 2643-6027
Professor
Plant Drought Control Group
Plant Abiotic Stress Molecular Physiological Biology
Beijing, China
Tel: 86-10-62836261
Dr. Deng received her bachelor's degree in Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University in 1993, master's degree in Shenyang Agricultural University in 1996, and her Ph.D. degree in Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. From1999 to 2003, Dr. Deng worked on desiccation tolerance of resurrection plants in Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2003, she started her career in IBCAS as an associate professor and she became a professor since 2009. In 2006, she was elected to Novel Stars of Science and Technology supported by Beijing Metropolis. Since 2008, she became the leader of Plant Desiccation Tolerance Group.Drought stress severely affects plant growth and development. Resurrection plants have evolved a unique set of adaptive mechanisms to tolerate water loss of more than 90% and recover rapidly after rehydration. To reveal the bases of their adaptation, we have launched comprehensive “omics” studies on the resurrection plants Boea hygrometrica, aiming to identify the key components that play important roles for the protection and repair during dehydration and resurrection process. Special attention is paid to the genes that are involved in signal transduction, hormone regulation, stomata movement and osmo-regulation.
