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80
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Overview

Haiyang Wang is affiliated with South China Agricultural University in China, with a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. Their extensive body of work includes over 200 publications in these fields, with significant contributions to molecular biology, plant science, genetics, organic chemistry, and biological psychiatry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Gut Microbiota and Health
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Light Effects on Plants
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Haiyang Wang has published frequently in several peer-reviewed journals. The most common venues of publication include:

  • New Phytologist
  • The Plant Cell
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal

Highlighted recent papers by Haiyang Wang illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Gut microbiota and its metabolites in depression: from pathogenesis to treatment" (2023), published in EBioMedicine
  • "Edaravone ameliorates depressive and anxiety-like behaviors via Sirt1/Nrf2/HO-1/Gpx4 pathway" (2022), published in Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding" (2020), published in Nature Genetics
  • "Arabidopsis FHY3 and FAR1 integrate light and strigolactone signaling to regulate branching" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of heading date in rice" (2020), published in New Phytologist

Collaboration forms a significant part of this scientist's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Baobao Wang
  • Peng Xie
  • Dexin Kong
  • Lanxiang Liu
  • Guozhen Fang

Best Publications

  • D14–SCF D3 -dependent degradation of D53 regulates strigolactone signalling

    Feng Zhou;Qibing Lin;Lihong Zhu;Yulong Ren

  • Phytochrome Signaling Mechanisms

    Jigang Li;Gang Li;Haiyang Wang;Xing Wang Deng

  • Direct interaction of Arabidopsis cryptochromes with COP1 in light control development.

    Haiyang Wang;Li-Geng Ma;Li-Geng Ma;Jin-Ming Li;Hong-Yu Zhao

  • GW5 acts in the brassinosteroid signalling pathway to regulate grain width and weight in rice

    Jiafan Liu;Jun Chen;Xiaoming Zheng;Fuqing Wu

  • The COP1–SPA1 interaction defines a critical step in phytochrome A-mediated regulation of HY5 activity

    Yusuke Saijo;James A. Sullivan;Haiyang Wang;Jianping Yang

  • Transposase-Derived Transcription Factors Regulate Light Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Rongcheng Lin;Lei Ding;Claudio Casola;Daniel R. Ripoll

  • Light Regulates COP1-Mediated Degradation of HFR1, a Transcription Factor Essential for Light Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Jianping Yang;Rongcheng Lin;James Sullivan;Ute Hoecker

  • A gene cluster encoding lectin receptor kinases confers broad-spectrum and durable insect resistance in rice.

    Yuqiang Liu;Han Wu;Hong Chen;Yanling Liu

  • Days to heading 7, a major quantitative locus determining photoperiod sensitivity and regional adaptation in rice

    He Gao;Mingna Jin;Xiao Ming Zheng;Jun Chen

  • Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding.

    Baobao Wang;Zechuan Lin;Xin Li;Yongping Zhao

  • Coordinated transcriptional regulation underlying the circadian clock in Arabidopsis

    Gang Li;Hamad Siddiqui;Yibo Teng;Rongcheng Lin

  • Association of functional nucleotide polymorphisms at DTH2 with the northward expansion of rice cultivation in Asia

    Weixun Wu;Xiao-Ming Zheng;Guangwen Lu;Zhengzheng Zhong

  • A role for a dioxygenase in auxin metabolism and reproductive development in rice.

    Zhigang Zhao;Yunhui Zhang;Xi Liu;Xin Zhang

  • Biochemical characterization of Arabidopsis complexes containing constitutively photomorphogenic1 and suppressor of PHYA proteins in light control of plant development

    Danmeng Zhu;Danmeng Zhu;Alexander Maier;Jae-Hoon Lee;Sascha Laubinger

  • Ehd4 Encodes a Novel and Oryza-Genus-Specific Regulator of Photoperiodic Flowering in Rice

    He-Ren Gao;Xiao‐Ming Zheng;Guilin Fei;Jun Chen

  • Arabidopsis FHY3 defines a key phytochrome A signaling component directly interacting with its homologous partner FAR1

    Haiyang Wang;Xing Wang Deng

  • Disruption of a Rice Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Causes a Seedling-Specific Albino Phenotype and Its Utilization to Enhance Seed Purity in Hybrid Rice Production

    Ning Su;Mao-Long Hu;Dian-Xing Wu;Fu-Qing Wu

  • Arabidopsis Transcription Factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 Plays a Role in the Feedback Regulation of Phytochrome A Signaling

    Jigang Li;Gang Li;Shumin Gao;Shumin Gao;Cristina Martinez

  • Two Homologous ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Proteins, AtMDR1 and AtPGP1, Regulate Arabidopsis Photomorphogenesis and Root Development by Mediating Polar Auxin Transport

    Rongcheng Lin;Haiyang Wang

  • Role of Arabidopsis RAP2.4 in Regulating Light- and Ethylene-Mediated Developmental Processes and Drought Stress Tolerance

    Rong-Cheng Lin;Hee-Jin Park;Hai-Yang Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianmin Wan
Jianmin Wan Nanjing Agricultural University
Ling Jiang
Ling Jiang Nanjing Agricultural University
Zhijun Cheng
Zhijun Cheng Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Xing Wang Deng
Xing Wang Deng Peking University
Qibing Lin
Qibing Lin Anhui Agricultural University
Yihua Wang
Yihua Wang Nanjing Agricultural University
Xiao-Ming Zheng
Xiao-Ming Zheng Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Jigang Li
Jigang Li China Agricultural University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University
Chunming Wang
Chunming Wang University of Macau

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