陶利珍

博士學位：中國科學院華南植物研究所植物學專業；博士后：美國麻州大學生化與分子生物學系(University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA)

教授、博士研究生指導老師：2005年9月作為“引進人才”受聘於華南農業大學生命科學院

植物激素信號轉導與基因表達調控。以擬南芥菜和水稻等模式植物為實驗材料，採用分子、生化、細胞生物學和遺傳學手段，研究植物激素信號及其激素信號間互作在調節植物生長、發育和植物對環境適應的分子機理。

科研課題：近年來課題組獲得科技部國家重大科學研究計劃(973計劃)項目、國家自然科學基金和廣東省自然科學基金等課題的資助。

1．Tao, L-z., Cheung, A.Y., and Wu, H.-m. (2002) Plant Rac-like GTPases are activated by auxin and mediate auxin-responsive gene expression. Plant Cell 14, 2745–2760.

2．Cheung ,A Y, Chen, C Y-h, Tao, L-z, Andreyeva T, Twell D and Wu, H.-m(2003) Regulation of pollen tube growth by Rac-like GTPases. Journal of Experimental Botany, 54, 73-81.

3．Tao，L-z, Cheung ,A Y , Nibau, C., Wu, H-m (2005) Rac GTPases in tobacco and Arabidopsis mediate auxin-induced formation of proteolytically active nuclear protein bodies that contain Aux/IAA proteins. Plant Cell 17. 2369-2383.

4．Chen, S-b., Tao, L-z, Zeng, L-r, Vega-Sanchez, Miguel, Umemura, K-j, Wang, G-l (2006) A highly efficient transient protoplast system for analyzing defense gene expression and protein-protein interaction in rice. Molecular Plant Pathology, 7, 417-427.

5. Wu, H-m, Chen, Y-c, Duan Q-h, Kita D, Nibai ,C, Tao, L-z, Zou, Y-j, Cheung, A Y(2009) Rac/ROP GTPases in the regulation of Polarity and polar cell growth" Integradted G protein signaling in plants"Ed. Shaul Yalovsky, Frantisek Baluska and Alan Jounes. Springer Verlag (in press)