学科组负责人：徐旭东 研究员

招生导师：徐旭东 研究员；高宏 副研究员；王雅丽 副研究员

学科组整体的研究方向简介：

致力于藻类细胞分化、逆境适应、病毒感染的分子机理和进化研究，提出了丝状固氮蓝藻控制异形胞分化的HetR-[HetZ/HetP]-PatS核心调控回路、绿藻对极地环境的早期适应机理和温带地区蓝藻越冬的分子机理，鉴别出病毒侵染蓝藻的识别分子，深入分析了蓝藻演化史。

近期代表性论文：

1.       Wei Zhang, Ye Du, Ivan Khudyakov, Qing Fan, Hong Gao, Degang Ning, C. Peter Wolk and Xudong Xu, 2007. A gene cluster that regulates both heterocyst differentiation and pattern formation in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. Molecular Microbiology, 66: 1429-1443.

2.       Xiangzhi Zhu, Qiong Li, Chuntao Yin, Xiantao Fang, Xudong Xu, 2015. Role of spermidine in overwintering of cyanobacteria. Journal of Bacteriology, 197: 2325-2334.

3.       He Zhang, Shuai Wang, Yali Wang, Xudong Xu, 2018. Functional overlap of hetP and hetZ in regulation of heterocyst differentiation in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. Journal of Bacteriology, 200: e00707-17.

4.       Zhenzhen Xiong, Yali Wang, Yanling Dong, Qiya Zhang, Xudong Xu, 2019. Cyanophage A-1(L) adsorbs to lipopolysaccharides of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 via the tail protein Lipopolysaccharide-Interacting Protein (ORF36). Journal of Bacteriology, 201: e00516-18.

5.       Yali Wang, Xiaoxiang Liu, Hong Gao, Hong-Mei Zhang, An-Yuan Guo, Jian Xu, Xudong Xu, 2020. Early stage adaptation of a mesophilic green alga to Antarctica: systematic increases in abundance of enzymes and LEA proteins. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37: 849-863.

科研条件：

实验室场景1

实验室场景2

实验室场景3

藻类培养室

蓝藻人工水华试验基地

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