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，2021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 Communications, Current Biology, Trends in Plant Science, The Plant Cell和Molecular Biology and Evolution等领域主流期刊发表研究论文20余篇，目前担任The Innovation青年编辑和Frontiers in Plant Science期刊编辑。

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，并试图将揭示的分子机理运用到农作物改良的应用中。

主持和参加的科研项目

1. “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

2. “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

3. “新率先行动B类人才支撑体系专项”，中国科学院人才项目（批准号：人字[2022]5号，202201-202412），300万元，主持人

4.“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

5.“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

6.“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

7.“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)

2022

1.Yang Dong^*, Zhi-Cheng Hu and Lars Ostergaard^*. 2022. An optimized protocol to assess SUMOylation in the plant Capsella rubella using two-component DEX-inducible transformants. STAR Protocols 3: 101197.

2.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.

3.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

4.Jing Liu, Quan Yuan and Yang Dong^*. 2021. Phyllotaxis development: a lesson from the Asteraceae family. Trends in Plant Science 26: 873-875.

2020

5.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.

6.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

7.Yang Dong^* and Lars Ostergaard^*. 2019. Fruit development and diversification. Current Biology 29: R781-785.

8.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

9.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.

10.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

11.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

12.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.

13.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.

14.Yang Dong and Yin-Zheng Wang^*. 2015. Pod shattering: from models to crops. Frontiers in Plant Science 476:1-13.

15.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).

16.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.

17.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.

18.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 Cell 24:1834-1847.

19.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 Evolution 49:50–64.