I. Personal details
Family Name: Nie
Given Name: Gang
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 10th, 1988
Citizenship: Chinese
Language: Chinese, English
Position: Master Instructor
Workplace: Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, China
Research area: The development and utilization of multi-function grass species; Physiology and molecular response to abiotic stress of forage, turf and bioenergy grass.
II. Education
l Visiting Ph.D: Ecophysiology of Turf-grass
Workplace: Purdue University, Indiana, USA
Domestic supervisor: Prof. Yiwei Jiang
Date: 07/2014 to 06/2017
l Ph.D: Grassland Science
Workplace: Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan, China
Domestic supervisor: Prof. Xinquan Zhang
Date: 09/2011 to 06/2017
l Bachelor: Grassland Science
Workplace: Anhui Agricultural University, Anhui, China
Domestic supervisor: Prof. Zhaorong Dong
Date: 09/2007 to 06/2011
III. Major Research Projects Involved:
Ø 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，基于GWAS和RNA-seq解析中国芒耐重金属铬分子机制，编号31801432，2019/1－2021/12，24万元，在研，主持
Ø 国家自然科学基金面上项目，优质牧草鸭茅开花关键基因挖掘及功能解析，编号NSFC 31872997， the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 31872997) 2019/1-2022/12，60万元，在研，参加。
Ø 国家自然科学基金面上项目，高寒牧草老芒麦抗旱性状与候选基因的关联分析，编号31772661，2018/1－2021/12，60万元，在研，参加
Ø 国家自然科学基金面上项目，鸭茅抗锈病分子机制研究及抗性主效基因定位克隆，编号31771866， 2018/01-2021/12，60万元，在研，参加
Ø 科技基础调查专项，中国南方草地牧草资源调查（西南区）, 2017FY100602，2017/02-2022/2，190万，在研，参加
Ø 现代农业产业技术体系建设专项资金，CARS-35-05，国家现代牧草产业技术体系黑麦草、三叶草品种改良岗位专家，2016/01-2020/12，350万元，在研，参加
Ø 国家自然科学基金面上项目，31372363，鸭茅高密度遗传连锁图谱的构建及开花基因定位，2014/01-2017/12，82万，已结题，参加
Ø Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), Grant No. DE-SC0010631, Genetic Control of Flowering in Switchgrass, 2013/08-2016/08, 已结题，参加。
Ø 国家自然科学基金，31201845，柳枝稷关键木质素合成酶基因定位、SNPs 检测及关联作图，2013/01-2015/12，已结题，参加。
Ø 科技部973项目，多基因聚合创制多年生饲草种质的生物学基础研究，课题编号：2014CB138705，2014－2018，已结题，参加。
Ø 科技部863计划，2012AA101801-02，能源用柳枝稷的分子选育技术研究，2011/01－2015/12，已结题，参加。
Ø 安徽农业大学生科技创新基金项目（SRF），2010013，江淮地区灾后晚播玉米临界期的初步研究，2010/07—2011/06，已结题，主持。
Ⅳ. Publications
1. Gang Nie, Linkai Huang, Xiao Ma, Zhongjie Ji, Yajie Zhang, Lu Tang, and Xinquan Zhang. Enriching Genomic Resources and Transcriptional Profile Analysis of Miscanthus sinensis under Drought Stress Based on RNA Sequencing International Journal of Genomics 2017, 9184731. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/9184731 (IF=2.402)
2. Yang Zhongfu#, Gang Nie#, Ling Pan, Yan Zhang, Linkai Huang, Xiao Ma and Xinquan Zhang*. Development and validation of near-infrared spectroscopy for the prediction of forage quality parameters in Lolium multiflorum. Peer J, 2017, 5: e3867; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3867 （IF=2.177）
3. Gang Nie, Lu Tang, Yajie Zhang, Linkai Huang, Xiao Ma, Xin Cao, Ling Pan, Xu Zhang, Xinquan Zhang. Development of SSR Markers Based on Transcriptome Sequencing and Association Analysis with Drought Tolerance in Perennial Grass Miscanthus from China Front. Plant Sci. 2017, 8:801.（IF=4.495）.
4. Gang Nie, Ming Sun, Linkai Huang, Xiao Ma and Xinquan Zhang. Effect of moist pre-chill and dry pre-heat treatment on the germination of Miscanthus sinensis seed from southwest China Grassland Science 2017, 63: 93-100. （IF=0.820）
5. Gang Nie, Linkai Huang, Xinquan Zhang, Megan Taylor, Yiwei Jiang, Xiaoqing Yu, Xinchun Liu, Xinyu Wang, Yajie Zhang. Marker-Trait Association for Biomass Yield of Potential Bio-fuel Feedstock Miscanthus sinensis from Southwest China Front. Plant Sci. 2016, 7:802. （IF=4.495）
6. Gang Nie, Xin-Quan Zhang, Lin-Kai Huang, Wen-Zhi Xu, Jian-Ping Wang, Yun-Wei Zhang, Xiao Ma, Yan-Hong Yan, Hai-Dong Yan. Genetic Varibility and Population Structure of the Potential Bioenergy Crop Miscanthus sinensis (Poaceae) in Southwest China Based on SRAP Makers Molecules 2014, 19:12881-12897.（IF=2.465）
7. Wu, B. , Zhang, Y. , Yan, H. , Yang, S. , Zhou, S. , Zhang, X. , Liu, W. , Nie, G. , Peng, Y. , Ma, X. , Yan, Y., Li, Z. , Huang, L∗. 2018. Influence of radiation on Hemarthria compressa’s geneticvariations. Grassland Science. 2018, (doi:10.1111/grs.12203) (IF =0.667).
8. Zhang, C. , Sun, M. , Zhang, X. , Chen, S. , Nie, G. , Peng, Y. , Huang L., Ma X∗. (2018). Aflp-based genetic diversity of wild orchardgrass germplasm collections from central asia and western china, and the relation to environmental factors. Plos One, 13(4), e0195273.[J]. PloS one, 2018, 13(4): e0195273. (IF= 2.766).
9. Zhou Li , Yongqun Zhua , Xiaoshuang Hea , Bin Yong , Yan Peng∗, Xinquan Zhang , Xiao Ma , Yanhong Yan , Linkai Huang , Gang Nie. The hydrogen sulfide, a downstream signaling molecule of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide, involves spermidine-regulated transcription factors and antioxidant defense in white clover in response to dehydration. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2018, 6（36）:1-10.（第二标注体系(No. CARS-34) (IF 3.666)
10. Qiuxu Liu†, Xiao Qi†, Haidong Yan, Linkai Huang, Gang Nie, Xinquan Zhang*. Reference Gene Selection for Quantitative Real-Time Reverse-Transcriptase PCR in Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) Subjected to Various Abiotic Stresses Molecules 2018, 23, 172; doi:10.3390/ molecules23010172
11. Feng, G., Xu, L., Wang, J., Nie, G., Bushman, B. S., Xie, W., Yan, H., Yang, Z., Guan, H., Huang, L., Zhang, X*. Integration of small RNAs and transcriptome sequencing uncovers a complex regulatory network during vernalization and heading stages of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.).BMC genomics, 2018,19(1), 727.（IF= 3.73）
12. Bin Yong†, Huan Xie†, Zhou Li, Ya-Ping Li, Yan Zhang, Gang Nie, Xin-Quan Zhang, Xiao Ma, Lin-Kai Huang, Yan-Hong Yan,Yan Peng*. Exogenous Application of GABA Improves PEG-Induced Drought Tolerance Positively Associated with GABA-Shunt, Polyamines, and Proline Metabolism in White Clover Frontiers in Physiology 2017, 8:1107.
13. Ling Pan, Zhongfu Yang, Jianping Wan, Pengxi Wang, Xiao Ma, Meiliang Zhou, Ji Li, Gang Nie, Guangyan Feng, Junming Zhao, Xinquan Zhang*. Comparative proteomic analyses reveal the proteome response to short-term drought in Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) PLoS ONE 2017, 12(9): e0184289.
14. Na Luo, Xiaoqing Yu, Gang Nie, Jianxiu Liu, and Yiwei Jiang. Specific peroxidases differentiate Brachypodium distachyon accessions and are associated with drought tolerance traits Annals of Botany 2016, 118 (2): 259-270. （IF=3.982）
15. Yiwei Jiang, Yaoshen Li, Gang Nie, Huifen Liu. Leaf and Root Growth, Carbon and Nitrogen Contents, and Gene Expression of Perennial Ryegrass to Different Nitrogen Supplies J. AMER. SOC. HORT. SCI. 2016, 141(6):555–562. （IF=1.276）
16. Ling Pan, Xinquan Zhang, Jianping Wang, Xiao Ma, Meiliang Zhou, Linkai Huang, Gang Nie, Pengxi Wang, Zhongfu Yang, Ji Li. Transcriptional profiles of droughtrelated genes in modulating metabolic processes and antioxidant defenses in Lolium multiflorum Front. Plant Sci. 2016, 7:519.
17. Xia Wang, Xiao Ma, Xinquan Zhang, Linkai Huang, Zhou Li, Wenzhi Xu, Gang Nie. Analysis of Antioxidant Enzyme Activity and Antioxidant Genes Expression During Germination of Two Different Genotypes of Lolium multiflorum Under Salt Tolerance Protein & Peptide Letters 2016, 23: 433-44.
18. Haidong Yan, Xinquan Zhang, Chen Fu, Linkai Huang, Guohua Yin, Gang Nie, Wenzhi Xu, Xinchun Liu, Tao Chen, Samantha Lee, Xiao Ma,Yan Peng, Yanhong Yan, Yao Ling, Wei Liu. Chloroplast DNA variation and genetic structure of Miscanthus sinensis in southwest China Biocemical Systematics and Ecology 2015, 58, 132-138.
19. Linkai Huang, Xiu Huang, Haidong Yan, Guohua Yin, Xinquan Zhang, Ye Tian, Yu Zhang, Xiaomei Jiang, Yanhong Yan, Xiao Ma, Yan Peng, Jiangning Zhou, Gang Nie. Constructing DNA fingerprinting of Hemarthria cultivars using EST-SSR and ScoT makers Genet Resour Crop Evol, 2014, 61：1047-1055.
20. Wen-Zhi Xu, Xin-Quan Zhang*, Lin-Kai Huang, Gang Nie, Jian-Ping Wang. Higher genetic diversity and geneflow in wild populations of Miscanthus sinensis in southwest China [J]. Biocemical Systematics and Ecolog y, 2013, 48(2013): 174-181.
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