2008年在安徽师范大学获学士学位，2013年在中国科学院植物研究所获博士学位。2013年至2016年在中国科学院植物研究所进行博士后研究。2016年至2020年在John Innes Centre进行博士后研究。2020年到中国科学院植物研究所工作，成立器官形态建成与进化研究组，2022年入选中国科学院人才计划。2014年获得中国科学院优秀博士学位论文奖；目前以第一/通讯作者或者合作作者身份在Nature Plants, Nature Communications, Current Biology, Development, Current Opinion in Plant Biology等领域主流期刊发表研究论文30余篇，目前担任The Innovation, Journal of Systematics and Evolution和Horticultural Research等期刊青年编委。
研究方向和内容：
研究组以十字花科植物为研究材料，利用活细胞成像、单细胞测序和遗传学等研究手段，探索心皮和果实的发育机制，并探索其分子调控机理和适应性意义，进而阐明果实形状多样化的进化机理。深度挖掘果实形状调控的基因和分子调控网络，通过基因编辑进行优良性状聚合，培育优产油菜新品种。
主持和参加的科研项目
1. “十字花科具翅短角果的发育和进化机制研究”，国家自然科学基金委面上项目,（批准号：32470227，执行期：202501-202812），50万元，主持人；
2. “十字花科果实形状多样化的遗传基础和进化机制研究”，国家自然科学基金委面上项目（批准号：32170227，202201-202512），58万元，主持人
3. “极度濒危草本被子植物的致危因子和种群监测技术”，国家重点研发计划项目（批准号：2022YFF1301704，202209-202608），458万元，课题负责人
4. 中国科学院人才项目（202201-202412），主持人
5. “栽培大豆茎秆直立驯化性状的分子机制研究”，国家自然科学基金委青年项目（批准号：31400205， 201501-201712），24万元，主持人
6.“博士后国际交流计划”，中国博士后基金委国际交流项目（批准号：20160045，201612-201812），30万元，主持人
7.“栽培大豆侧枝抑制驯化性状的分子机制研究”，中国博士后基金委特别资助（批准号：2015T80151， 201501-201512），15万元，主持人
8.“栽培大豆GARP顺式作用元件突变的起源与进化研究”，中国博士后基金委面上项目（批准号：2014M550878， 201406-201412），5万元，主持人
学习与工作机会
研究组每年招收1-2名硕士和1-2名博士研究生（含硕博连读生），欢迎对本研究组研究方向感兴趣的同学报考。研究组也长期欢迎客座研究人员和博士后的申请，相关事宜与细节问题请与董阳研究员联系。
研究论文 (+共同第一作者，*通讯作者)
2025
1.Jeonghwan Ahn, Feng Gao, Yang Dong*.2025. Developmental mechanisms of fruit diversification in angiosperms and the evolutionary implications.Plant, Cell & Environment, 48(6), 4585-4598.
2.Yanjun Zan, Shuai Chen, Min Ren, Guoxiang Liu, Yutong Liu, Yu Han, Yang Dong, Yao Zhang, Huan Si, Zhengwen Liu, Dan Liu, Xingwei Zhang, Ying Tong, Yuan Li, Caihong Jiang, Liuying Wen, Zhiliang Xiao, Yangyang Sun, Ruimei Geng, Yan Ji, Quanfu Feng, Yuanying Wang, Guoyou Ye, Lingzhao Fang, Yong Chen, Lirui Cheng, Aiguo Yang. 2025. The genome and GeneBank genomics of allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum provide insights into genome evolution and complex trait regulation. Nature Genetics, 57: 986–996.
3.Tian-Feng Lü, Feng Gao, Tong-Bing Su, Yang Dong*. 2025. Developmental genetics of fruit diversity in Brassicaceae. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 85, 102707.
4.Heather Marie McLaughlin†*, Tian-Feng Lü†, Bhavani Natarajan, Lars Ostergaard, Yang Dong*. 2025 Conserved roles of ETT and ARF4 in gynoecium development in Brassicaceae with distinct fruit shapes. Development, 152(3).
5.Yao Zhang, Hao-Ran Sun, Zhi-Cheng Hu, Yang Dong*. 2025. Cellular mechanism of polarized auxin transport on fruit shape determination revealed by time-lapse live imaging.Plant Reproduction, 38(1), 1. (Cover Image)
Yao Zhang, Hao-Ran Sun, Zhi-Cheng Hu and Yang Dong*. 2025. Cellular mechanism of polarized auxin transport on fruit shape determination revealed by time-lapse live imaging. Plant Reproduction, 38:1.
6.Zhi-Cheng Hu†, Mateusz Majda†, Hao-Ran Sun†, Yao Zhang, Yi-Ning Ding, Quan Yuan, Tong-Bing Su, Tian-Feng Lü, Feng Gao, Gui-Xia Xu, Richard S. Smith, Lars Ostergaard and Yang Dong*. 2025. Evolution of a SHOOTMERISTEMLESS transcription factor binding site promotes fruit shape determination. Nature Plants, 11(1), 23-35. (Featured Article).
2024
7.Yi-Ning Ding, Feng Gao, Xin-Ran Li, Yang Dong*. 2024 Genetics and molecular regulation of gynoecium patterning and fruit development in Arabidopsis. Seed Biology, 3, e018.
2022
8.Yang Dong*, Zhi-Cheng Hu and Lars Ostergaard*. 2022. An optimized protocol to assess SUMOylation in the plant Capsellarubella using two-component DEX-inducible transformants. STAR Protocols 3: 101197.
9.Juan-Juan Wang+, Yang Wang+, Tian-Feng Lü, Xia Yang, Jing Liu, Yang Dong* and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2022. An efficient and universal protoplast isolation protocol suitable for transient gene expression analysis and single-cell RNA sequencing. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(7), 3419.
10.Zheng Wang, Jing-Hua Yang, Feng Cheng, Pei-Rong Li, Xiao-Yun Xin, Wei-Hong Wang, Yang-Jun Yu, De-Shuang Zhang, Xiu-Yun Zhao, Shuan-Cang Yu, Feng-Lan Zhang, Yang Dong* and Tong-Bing Su*. 2022. Sub-genome dominance and its evolutionary implications in crop domestication and breeding. Horticulture Research, 9, uhac090.
2021
11.Jing Liu, Quan Yuan and Yang Dong*. 2021. Phyllotaxis development: a lesson from the Asteraceae family. Trends in Plant Science 26: 873-875.
2020
12.Yang Dong, Mateusz Majda, Jan Simura, Robert Horvath, Anjil K. Srivastava, Lukasz Langowski, Tilly Eldridge, Nicola Stacey, Tanja Slotte, Ari Sadanandom, Karin Ljung, Richard S. Smith and Lars Ostergaard*. 2020. HEARTBREAK controls post-translational modification of INDEHISCENT to regulate fruit morphology in Capsella. Current Biology 30:3880–3888.
13.Chao-Qun Li+, Tian-Feng Lü+, Meng-Qi Han, Yang Dong, Peng-Wei Li, Yan Liu and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2020. Reversal versus specialization in floral morphological evolution in Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 58:145-158.
2019
14.Yang Dong* and Lars Ostergaard*. 2019. Fruit development and diversification. Current Biology 29: R781-785.
15.Yang Dong, Friederike Jantzen, Nicola Stacey, Lukasz Langowski, Laila Moubayidin, Jan Simura, Karin Ljung and Lars Ostergaard*. 2019. Regulatory diversification of INDEHISCENT in the Capsella genus directs variation in fruit morphology. Current Biology 29:1038-1046. (Featured Article, Commented by Cristina Ferrándiz, Current Biology 29: R337-R339).
2018
16.Yang Dong+, Jing Liu+, Chao-Qun Li, Peng-Wei Li, Tian-Feng Lü, Xia Yang and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2018. Evolution of Darwin's peloric gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa) is caused by a null mutation in a pleiotropic TCP gene. Molecular Biology & Evolution 35:1901-1915.
17.Jing Liu, Chao-Qun Li, Yang Dong, Xia Yang and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2018. Dosage imbalance of B- and C-class genes causes petaloid-stamen in regard to F1 hybrid variation. BMC Plant Biology 18:341.
2017
18.Rui Dong, Zhi-Peng Liu*, Deke Dong, Dong Luo, Qiang Zhou, Xu-Tian Chai, Ji-Yu Zhang, Wen-Gang Xie, Wen-Xian Liu, Yang Dong and Yan-Rong Wang*. 2017. Transcriptome analyses reveal candidate pod shattering-associated genes involved in the pod ventral Sutures of common vetch (Vicia sativa L.). Frontiers in Plant Science 649:1-14.
2015及以前
19.Xia Yang, Xiao-Ge Zhao, Chao-Qun Li, Jing Liu, Zhi-Jing Qiu, Yang Dong and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2015. Distinct regulatory changes underlying differential expression of TCP genes associated with petal variations in zygomorphic flowers of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae). Plant Physiology 169:2138-2151.
20.Zhi-Jing Qiu, Yuan-Xue Lu, Chao-Qun Li, Yang Dong, James F. Smith and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2015. Origin and evolution of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) inferred from both DNA sequence and novel findings in morphology with a test of morphology-based hypotheses. BMC Plant Biology 15:167.
21.Yang Dong and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2015. Pod shattering: from models to crops. Frontiers in Plant Science 476:1-13.
22.Yang Dong, Xia Yang, Jing Liu, Bo-Han Wang, Bo-Ling Liu and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2014. Pod shattering resistance associated with domestication is mediated by a NAC gene in soybean. Nature Communications 5:3352. (Featured Article,Highlighted by F1000: http://f1000.com/prime/718281841).
23.Bo-Ling Liu+, Xia Yang+, Jing Liu, Yang Dong and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2014. Characterization, efficient transformation and regeneration of Chirita pumila (Gesneriaceae), a potential evo-devo model plant. Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture 118:357-371.
24.Yang Dong, Bo-Han Wang and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2013. Functional characterization of the orthologs of AtNST1/2 in Glycine soja (Fabaceae) and the evolutionary implications. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 51: 693–703.
25.Xia Yang, Hong-Bo Pang, Bo-Ling Liu, Zhi-Jing Qiu, Qiu Gao, Lai Wei, Yang Dong and Yin-Zheng Wang*. 2012. Evolution of positive autoregulatory feedback loops in CYCLOIDEA2 clade genes is associated with the origin of floral zygomorphy. The Plant Cell24:1834-1847.
26.Yin-Zheng Wang*, Ru-Bing Mao, Yan Liu, Jia-Mei Li, Yang Dong, Zhen-Yu Li and James F. Smith. 2011. Phylogenetic reconstruction of Chirita and allies (Gesneriaceae) with taxonomic treatments. Journal of Systematics and Evolution49:50–64.
