Qiu Xuhua Curriculum Vitae

Name:                Xuhua Qiu
Gender:                    Female
Birth:                  November 1977
Technical title:   Assistant Researcher
Degree:             Ph.D.
Area of current researches: molecular biology of rice; nitrogen use efficiency in crop plants;  rice proteomics research; whether genetically modified (GM) rice has any impact on environment or not.
Foreign languages:  English
Corresponding address: Institute of Life Sciences,

                                                                    Jiangsu University,301 Xuefu Road,Zhenjiang 

                                                                     212013,China
                                                                    Mobile: 13914562286
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                                                                    E-mail: qiuxh@ujs.edu.cn; qiuxh2005@126.com.


Education Background:
March 2001 – June 2009:Ph.D. study of molecular biologyin Dr. Qifa Zhang’s lab in National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and national Center of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China .Dissertation: Modifying expression of glutamate dehydrogenase to improve the rice tolerance under low nitrogen concentrations.
September 1996 - June 2000 :Bachelor of Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

Research projects undertaken:
1. Project leader, Jiangsu university research start-up fund senior professionals (1281330005)
2. Joint project leader, (2008ZX08011-001；2009ZX08012-018B)



Major publications:
1. Xuhua Qiu, Weibo Xie, Xingming Lian, Qifa Zhang Molecular analyses of the rice glutamate dehydrogenase gene family and their response to nitrogen and phosphorous deprivation.Plant Cell Report 2009, 28 (7): 1115–1126 IF(2008) 1.946
2.Madhur Gupta, Xuhua Qiu, Lei Wang, Weibo Xie, Chengjun Zhang, Lizhong Xiong, Xingming Lian, Qifa Zhang KT/HAK/KUP potassium transporters gene family and their whole-life cycle expression profile in rice (Oryza sativa). Molecular. Genetics and Genomics 2008, 280(5): 437-452 IF(2008) 2.838
3. Lihua Li, Xuhua Qiu, Shiping Wang, Qifa Zhang, Xingming Lian Transcriptomic analysis determined rice responses to low phosphorus stress. Chinese Sci Bull. 2010, 55(3): 251-258
4. Lihua Li, Xuhua Qiu, Xianghua Li, Shiping Wang, Xingming LianChanges in gene expression in rice roots under low phosphate stress. Science in China Series C: Life Sciences 2009, 52(11):1055-1064