Education

B.S. 2012, Fujian Normal University, Biological Science;
Ph.D. 2017, Wuhan University, Developmental biology;

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2023, School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University;
Associate Professor, 2024-Present, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University

Research Area

Our research interest is plant reproductive development, including but not limited to the following research directions:
1. Regulatory mechanisms of cell fate determination in plant sexual reproduction.
2. Molecular mechanisms of gamete maturation and functional specialization.

Selected Publications

1.Xiaorong Huang^#; Peng Zhao^#; Xiongbo Peng^#; Meng-Xiang Sun^*, Seed development in Arabidopsis: what we have learnt in the past 30 years, Seed Biology, 2023, 2(6). https://doi.org/10.48130/SeedBio-2023-0006.
2.Xiaorong Huang; Meng-Xiang Sun^*, H3K27 methylation regulates the fate of two cell lineages in male gametophytes., Plant Cell, 2022, 34(8):2989–3005.
3.Huang Xiaorong; Sun Meng-Xiang^*, Epigenetic regulation and intercellular communication during male gametophyte development., Journal of Plant Physiology, 2021, 258–259:153391.
4.Li Wenwei^#; Huang Xiaorong^#; Zou Jie; Wu Jianjun; Jiao Hengwu; Peng Xiongbo^*; Sun Meng-Xiang^*, Three STIGMA AND STYLE STYLISTs Pattern the Fine Architectures of Apical Gynoecium and Are Critical for Male Gametophyte-Pistil Interaction., Current Biology, 2020, 30(23): 4780–4788.
5.Huang Xiaorong; Run mengmeng; Sun Meng-Xiang^*, OsGCD1, a novel player in rice intine construction., Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2019, 46(7):359–362.
6.Xiaorong Huang; Xiongbo Peng; Fei Xie; Wanying Mao; Hong Chen; Meng-Xiang Sun^*, The stereotyped positioning of the generative cell associated with vacuole dynamics is not required for male gametogenesis in rice pollen., New Phytologist, 2018, 218: 463–469.
7.Xiaorong Huang; Xiongbo Peng; Meng-Xiang Sun^*, OsGCD1 is essential for rice fertility and required for embryo dorsal-ventral pattern formation and endosperm development., New Phytologist, 2017, 215: 1039–1058.