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Xianwei Song


Education and Appointments
 
Education
 
2001-2005
BS in Biology Sciences College of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
2005-2007
MS in BS in Biology Sciences College of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
2007-2010
Ph.D. in Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Employment History
 
2011-2016
Assistant Research Fellow at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
2011-2019    
Associate Research Fellow at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
2020-
Young Investigator at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.


Research Direction
Mechanism and Variation of Plant Epigenetic; Mechanism of Plant Response to Low Temperature.

PUBLICATIONS
 
2) Cuimei Zhang#, Yajun Tang#, Shanjie Tang#, Lei Chen, Haidi Yuan, Yujun Xu, Yangyan Zhou, Shuaibin Zhang, Jianli Wang, Hongyu Wen, Wenbo Jiang, Yongzhen Pang, Xian Deng, Xiaofeng Cao, Junhui Zhou*, Xianwei Song*, Qikun Liu*. An Inducible CRISPR-activation tool for accelerated plant regeneration. Plant Communications.5(5), 1-14, 2024
 
3) Xiangyan Han#, Shanjie Tang#, Xuan Ma, Wenwen Liu, Ruijuan Yang, Shuaibin Zhang, Ningning Wang, Xianwei Song, Chunxiang Fu*, Rongxin Yang*, Xiaofeng Cao*. Blocking miR528 function promotes tillering and regrowth in switchgrass. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 22(3), 712-721, 2024
 
4) Mingxing Wang#, An-Hui Ge#, Xingzhu Ma#, Xiaolin Wang, Qiujin Xie, Like Wang, Xianwei Song, Mengchen Jiang, Weibing Yang, Jeremy D Murray, Yayu Wang, Huan Liu, Xiaofeng Cao*, Ertao Wang*. Dynamic root microbiome sustains soybean productivity under unbalanced fertilization. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1168, 2024
 
5) Han Hu#, Ji Chen#, Feng Zhou, Ming Nie, Deyi Hou, Huan Liu, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Haowei Ni, Weigen Huang, Jizhong Zhou, Xianwei Song, Xiaofeng Cao, Bo Sun, Jiabao Zhang, Thomas W Crowther, Yuting Liang*. Relative increases in CH4 and CO2 emissions from wetlands under global warming dependent on soil carbon substrates. Nature Geoscience, 17(1), 26-31, 2024
 
6) Haofei Luo#, Xiaofei Wang#, Changqing You#, Xuedan Wu#, Duofeng Pan#, Zhiyao Lv#, Tong Li, Dongmei Zhang, Zhongbao Shen, Guodao Liu, Kaixuan He, Qingtong Ye, Yajun Jia, Qinghua Zhao, Xian Deng, Xiaofeng Cao*, Xianwei Song*, Gai Huang*. Telomere-to-telomere genome of the allotetraploid legume Sesbania cannabina reveals transposon-driven subgenome divergence and mechanisms of alkaline stress tolerance. Science China Life Sciences, 67(1), 149-160, 2024
 
7) Tong Li#, Shanjie Tang#, Wei Li#, Shuaibin Zhang, Jianli Wang, Duofeng Pan, Zhelong Lin, Xuan Ma, Yanan Chang, Bo Liu, Jing Sun, Xiaofei Wang, Mengjie Zhao, Changqing You, Haofei Luo, Meijia Wang, Xingguo Ye, Jixian Zhai, Zhongbao Shen, Huilong Du*, Xianwei Song*, Gai Huang*, Xiaofeng Cao*. Genome evolution and initial breeding of the Triticeae grass Leymus chinensis dominating the Eurasian Steppe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(44), 1-10, 2023
 
8) Xiaofeng Zu#, Lilan Luo#, Zhen Wang#, Jie Gong, Chao Yang, Yong Wang, Chunhui Xu, Xinhua Qiao, Xian Deng, Xianwei Song, Chang Chen, Bao-Cai Tan & Xiaofeng Cao*. A mitochondrial pentatricopeptide repeat protein enhances cold tolerance by modulating mitochondrial superoxide in rice. Nature Communications, 14, 6189, 2023
 
9) Zhelong Lin#, Lei Chen#, Shanjie Tang, Mengjie Zhao,Tong Li, Jia You, Changqing You, Boshu Li, Qinghua Zhao, Dongmei Zhang, Jianli Wang, Zhongbao Shen, Xianwei Song, Shuaibin Zhang* and Xiaofeng Cao*. Efficient CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated genome editing in sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 65(11), 2416-2420, 2023
 
10) Xueting Gu#. Fuyan Si#, Zhengxiang Feng#, Shunjie Li#, Di Liang#, Pei Yang, Chao Yang, Bin Yan, Jun Tang, Yu Yang, Tai Li, Lin Li, Jinling Zhou, Ji Li, Lili Feng, Ji-Yun Liu, Yuanzhu Yang, Yiwen Deng, Xuna Wu, Zhigang Zhao, Jianmin Wan, Xiaofeng Cao, Xianwei Song*, Zuhua He*, Junzhong Liu*. The OsSGS3-tasiRNA-OsARF3 module orchestrates abiotic-biotic stress response trade-off in rice. Nature Communications, 14, 4441, 2023
 
11) Zhijian Liu#, Xiangying Kong#, Yanping Long#, Sirui Liu, Hong Zhang, Jinbu Jia, Wenhui Cui, Zunmian Zhang, Xianwei Song, Lijuan Qiu, Jixian Zhai* & Zhe Yan*.?Integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics captures transitional states in soybean nodule maturation. Nature Plants, 9, 515-524, 2023
 
12) Fuyan Si#, Haofei Luo#, Chao Yang#, Jie Gong, Bin Yan, Chunyan Liu, Xianwei Song* and Xiaofeng Cao*. Mobile ARGONAUTE 1d binds 22-nt miRNAs to generate phasiRNAs important for low-temperature male fertility in rice. Science China Life Sciences, 66, 197-208, 2023 (Cover story)
 
13) Zhen Wang#, Jing Sun#, Xiaofeng Zu#, Jie Gong#, Hongjing Deng, Runlai Hang, Xiaofan Zhang, Chunyan Liu, Xian Deng, Lilan Luo, Xiangjin Wei*, Xianwei Song* and Xiaofeng Cao*. Pseudouridylation of chloroplast ribosomal RNA contributes to low temperature acclimation in rice. New Phytologist, 236(5), 1708-1720, 2022
 
14) Fuyan Si#, Chao Yang#, Bin Yan, Wei Yan, Shanjie Tang, Yan Yan, Xiaofeng Cao*, Xianwei Song*. Control of OsARF3a by OsKANADI1 contributes to lemma development in rice. The Plant Journal, (7), 1717-1730, 2022
 
15) Wei Liu#, Jing Sun#, Chunyan Liu, Fuyan Si, Zhen Wang, Xianwei Song, Yuanzhu Yang, Yuxian Zhu*, Xiaofeng Cao*. Reproductive tissue-specific translatome of a rice thermo-sensitive genic male sterile line. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 49(7), 624-635, 2022
 
16) Shanjie Tang#, Chao Yang#, Dong Wang, Xian Deng, Xiaofeng Cao* and Xianwei Song*. Targeted DNA demethylation produces heritable epialleles in rice. Science China Life Sciences, 65 (4), 753-756, 2022
 
17) Zhihong Liu#, Shanjie Tang#, Wentao Hu, Ruo Lv, Hailiang Mei, Rongxin Yang, Xianwei Song, Xiaofeng Cao*, and Dong Wang*. Precise editing of methylated cytosine in Arabidopsis thaliana using a human APOBEC3Bctd-Cas9 fusion. Science China Life Sciences, 65 (1), 219-222, 2022
 
18) Xianwei Song, Shanjie Tang, Xiaofeng Cao. Epigenetic Regulation and Crop Breeding. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 24 (12), 33-38, 2022
 
19) Zhiyao Lv#, Rui Dai#, Haoran Xu#, Yongxin Liu, Bo Bai, Ying Meng, Haiyan Li, Xiaofeng Cao*, Yang Bai*, Xianwei Song*, Jingying Zhang*. The rice histone methylation regulates hub species of the root microbiota. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, (9), 836-843, 2021
 
20) Xianwei Song, Baocai Zhang, Yang Bai, Duofeng Pan, Xiangdong Deng, Hongsheng Wang, Bo Sun, Xiaofeng Cao*. Application and Review of Biotechnology in Promoting Protective Utilization of Black Soil. Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 36(12),1488-1496, 2021
 
21) Xiaofeng Cao#*, Bo Sun#, Huabang Chen, Jianmin Zhou, Xianwei Song, Xiaojing Liu, Xiangdong Deng, Xiujun Li, Yuguo Zhao, Jiabao Zhang*, Jiayang Li*. Approaches and Research Progresses of Marginal Land Productivity Expansion and Ecological Benefit Improvement in China. Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 36(3),336-348, 2021
 
22) Fuyan Si#, Xiaofeng Cao, Xianwei Song* and Xian Deng*. Processing of coding and non-coding RNAs in plant development and environmental responses. Essays in Biochemistry, 64, 931-945, 2020
 
23) Shukun Jiang#*, Chao Yang#, Quan Xu, Lizhi Wang, Xianli Yang, Xianwei Song, Jiayu Wang, Xijuan Zhang, Bo Li, Hongyu Li, Zhugang Li*, Wenhua Li*. Genetic Dissection of Germinability under Low Temperature by Building a Resequencing Linkage Map in japonica Rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, 1284, 2020
 
24) Xianwei Song#, Yan Li#, Xiaofeng Cao* and Yijun Qi*. MicroRNAs and Their Regulatory Roles in Plant-Environment Interactions. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 70: 489-525, 2019
 
25) Rongxin Yang, Pingchuan Li, Hailiang Mei, Dong Wang, Jing Sun, Chao Yang, Lili Hao, Shouyun Cao, Chengcai Chu, Songnian Hu, Xianwei Song*, Xiaofeng Cao*. Fine-Tuning of MiR528 Accumulation Modulates Flowering Time in Rice. Molecular Plant, 12:1103-1113, 2019 (Cover story)
 
26) Runlai Hang, Zhen Wang, Xian Deng, Chunyan Liu, Bin Yan, Chao Yang, Xianwei Song, Beixin Mo, and Xiaofeng Cao*. Ribosomal RNA Biogenesis and Its Response to Chilling Stress in Oryza sativaPlant Physiology, 177:381-397, 2018
 
27) Xianwei Song and Xiaofeng Cao*. Context and Complexity: Analyzing Methylation in Trinucleotide Sequences. Trends in Plant Science, 22 (5): 351-353, 2017
 
28) Xianwei Song and Xiaofeng Cao*. Transposon-mediated epigenetic regulation contributes to phenotypic diversity and environmental adaptation in rice. Current Opinions in Plant Biology, 36:111-118, 2017
 
29) Xiangjin Wei#, Xianwei Song#, Liya Wei#, Shaoqing Tang, Jing Sun, Peisong Hu, and Xiaofeng Cao*. An Epiallele of Rice AK1 Affects Photosynthetic Capacity. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 3: 158-163, 2017
 
30) Jianguo Wu#, Rongxin Yang#, Zhirui Yang#, Shengze Yao, Shanshan Zhao, Yu Wang, Pingchuan Li, Xianwei Song, Lian Jin, Tong Zhou, Ying Lan, Lianhui Xie, Xueping Zhou, Chengcai Chu, Yijun Qi, Xiaofeng Cao* & Yi Li*. ROS Accumulation and Antiviral Defence Control by microRNA528 in Rice. Nature Plants, 3: 16203, 2017
 
31) Xianwei Song and Xiaofeng Cao*. Small RNA Extraction and Detection in Rice (Oryza sativa). Current Protocols in Plant Biology, 1: 79-87, 2016
 
32) Xian Deng, Xianwei Song, Liya Wei, Chunyan Liu and Xiaofeng Cao. Epigenetic Regulation and Epigenomic Landscape in rice. National Science Review, 3: 309–327, 2016
 
33) Dayong Li, Zhiyuan Huang, Shuhui Song, Yeyun Xin, Donghai Mao, Qiming Lv, Ming Zhou, Dongmei Tian, Mingfeng Tian, Qi Wu, Xue Liu, Tingting Chen, Xianwei Song, Xiqin Fu, Bingran Zhao, Chengzhi Liang, Aihong Li, Guozhen, Liu, Shigui Li, Songnian Hu, Xiaofeng Cao, Jun Yu, Longping Yuan, Caiyan Chen and Lihuang Zhu. Integrated analysis of phenome, genome, and transcriptome of hybrid rice uncovered multiple heterosis-related loci for yield increase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(41): E6026-E6035. 2016
 
34) Xiangqian Zhang#, Jing Sun#, Xiaofeng Cao and Xianwei Song*. Epigenetic Mutation of RAV6 Affects Leaf Angle and Seed Size in Rice. Plant Physiology, 169:2118-2128, 2015
 
35) Liya Wei#, Lianfeng Gu#, Xianwei Song#, Xiekui Cui, Zhike Lu, Ming Zhou, Lulu Wang, Fengyi Hu, Jixian Zhai, Blake C. Meyers and Xiaofeng Cao*. Dicer-like 3 produces transposable element-associated 24-nt siRNAs that control agricultural traits in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, 3877-3882, 2014
 
36) Hai Zhou#, Ming Zhou#, Yuanzhu Yang, Jing Li, Liya Zhu, Dagang Jiang, Jingfang, Dong, Qinjian Liu, Lianfeng Gu, Lingyan Zhou, Mingji Feng, Peng Qin, Xiaochun Hu, Chengli Song, Jinfeng Shi, Xianwei Song, Erdong Ni, Xiaojin Wu, Qiyun Deng, Zhenlan Liu, Mingsheng Chen, Yao-Guang Liu, Xiaofeng Cao*&Chuxiong Zhuang*. RNaseZS1processesUbL40mRNAs and controls thermo-sensitive genic male sterility in rice. Nature Communications. 5: 4884, 2014
 
37) Xianwei Song#, Xiuying Liu#, Xiaofeng Cao* and Xiu-jie Wang*. Non-coding regulatory RNAs. GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF RICE, Edited by Drs. Qifa Zhang and Rod Wing, 2013
 
38) Lulu Wang, Xianwei Song, Liangfeng Gu, Xin Li, Shouyun Cao, Chengcai Chu, Xia Cui, Xuemei Chen and Xiaofeng Cao*. NOT2 Proteins Promote Pol II-dependent Transcription and Interact with Multiple miRNA Biogenesis Factors in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 25: 715-727, 2013
 
39) Xiekui Cui#, Ping Jin#, Xia Cui, Lianfeng Gu, Zhike Lu, Yongming Xue, Liya Wei, Jianfei Qi, Xianwei Song, Ming Luo, Gynheung An and Xiaofeng Cao*. Control of Transposon Activity by a Histone H3K4 Demethylase in Rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110: 1953–1958, 2013
 
40) Xianwei Song#, Dekai Wang#, Lijia Ma, Zhiyu Chen, Pingchuan Li, Xia Cui, Chunyan Liu, Shouyun Cao, Chengcai Chu, Yuezhi Tao and Xiaofeng Cao*. Rice RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase 6 Acts in Small RNA Biogenesis and Spikelet Development. The Plant Journal, 71:378-389, 2012
 
41) Xianwei Song#, Pingchuan Li#, Jixian Zhai#, Ming Zhou#, Lijia Ma, Bin Liu, Dong-Hoon Jeong, Mayumi Nakano, Shouyun Cao, Chunyan Liu, Chengcai Chu, Xiu-Jie Wang, Pamela J. Green, Blake C. Meyers and Xiaofeng Cao*. Roles of DCL4 and DCL3b in Rice Phased Small RNA Biogenesis. The Plant Journal, 69:462-474, 2012
 
42) Ming Zhou#, Lianfeng Gu#, Pingchuan Li, Xianwei Song, Liya Wei, Zhiyu Chen, and Xiaofeng Cao*. Degradome Sequencing Reveals Endogenous Small RNA Targets in Rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica). Frontier in Biology, 5: 67-90, 2010
 
43) Bin Liu, Zhiyu Chen, Xianwei Song, Chunyan Liu, Xia Cui, Xianfeng Zhao, Jun Fang, Wenying Xu, Huiyong Zhang, Xiujie Wang, Chengcai Chu, Xingwang Deng, Yongbiao Xue and Xiaofeng Cao*. Oryza sativa Dicer-like4 Reveals a Key Role for Small Interfering RNA Silencing in Plant Development. The Plant Cell, 19: 2705-2718, 2007
 
PATENTS
1)Epigenetic Regulation Sites of Leaf Angle in Rice and Their Applications. 2018/8/31. China. ZL201410038280.5. Xiaofeng Cao, Liya Wei, Lianfeng Gu, Xianwei Song, Xiekui Cui.
 
2) A Method for Early Identification and Treatment of Cold Damage in Rice. 2019/12/6. China. ZL201710762082.7. Lizhi Wang, Ying Meng, Xianwei Song, Hui Li, Youcai Lai, Ao Tang, Xijuan Zhang, Wenjun Dong, Chunxu Leng, Youhong Liu, Yanjiang Feng, Shufeng Di, Dejian Dong, Lei Zhang, Wei Guo.