国家林草局林草科技创新领军人才、神农青年英才、

河北省管优秀专家、河北省三三三人才工程一层次

学习经历

1993-1997  河北农业大学，学士

1997-2000  河北农业大学，硕士

2000-2003  河北农业大学，博士

工作经历

2003-2005   河北农业大学植物科学系，副教授

2006-至今 河北农业大学植物科学系，教 授

2010-2011  加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学，访问学者

荣誉称号及社会兼职

1. 国家林草局林草科技创新领军人才

2. 神农青年英才

3. 河北省管优秀专家

4. 河北省三三三人才工程一层次

5. 河北省植物学会理事长

6. 中国园艺学会干果分会理事长

教学工作（本科生、研究生）

本科生课程：

1.《植物学》

2.《植物资源与利用》

研究生课程：

1.《生物学Seminar》

主要研究方向及领域

1. 枣树基因组学，主要挖掘调控枣树花果发育及优良性状的相关基因。

2．植物与病原互作，重点研究枣疯病植原体的致病机理及枣树免疫调控机制。

主持课题项目

1．国家自然科学基金项目（32471909），2025-2028年。

2．河北省自然科学基金重点项目（C2024204185），2024-2026年。

3．中央引导地方科技发展资金项目（236Z6801G），2023-2025年。

4．国家重点研发计划项目（2018YFD1000607）子课题，2018-2022年。

5．国家自然科学基金项目（31772285），2018-2021年。

6．河北省杰出青年基金项目（C2016204145），2016-2018年。

7．河北省高校百名优秀创新人才支持计划(Ⅲ) SLRC2019031，2019-2021年。

出版教材著作

1. 第二主编,《植物学》，高等教育出版社，2021年.

2. 共同主编,《枣疯病》，中国农业出版社，2010年.

3. 副主编，《植物学》，全国高等学校规划教材，科学出版社，2006年.

4. 编委，《植物学实验与技术》（“十一五”国家级规划教材），科学出版社，2007年.

5. 编委, 《中国枣种质资源》，中国林业出版社，2009年

代表性学术成果

研究论文：（*通讯作者）

1．Yao Zhang, Shijia Li, Yin Liu, Huibin Wang, Yuehan Qi, Jingyi Zhou, Zhihui Zhao, Ping Liu, Lixin Wang, Jin Zhao*. A novel ZjbZIP33-ZjPRX1 module positively regulates lignin formation in the jujube fruit stone. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2025: 23(11):4998-5012.

2．Xinyi Mao, Xuan Zhao, Zhi Luo, Ao He, Meng Yang, Mengjun Liu*, Jin Zhao*, Ping Liu*. Transcriptome-based analysis of lignin accumulation in the regulation of fruit stone development and endocarp hardening in Chinese jujube. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2025, 24(6): 2217-2228.

3．Liman Zhang, Hongtai Li, Ximeng Wei, Yuanyuan Li, Zhiguo Liu, Mengjun Liu, Weijie Huang, Huibin Wang*, Jin Zhao*. The ZjMYB44-ZjPOD51 module enhances the phytoplasma resistance of jujube plants by upregulating lignin biosynthesis. Horticulture Research, 2025, 12(7): uhaf083. doi: 10.1093/hr/uhaf083

4．Chaoling Xue, Liman Zhang, Hongtai Li, Zhiguo Liu, Yao Zhang, Mengjun Liu,Jin Zhao*. The effector PHYL1JWB from Candidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi induces abnormal floral development by destabilizing flower development proteins. Plant Cell and Environment, 2024: 47(12): 4963-4976. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15079.  

5．Liman Zhang, Huibin Wang, Chaoling Xue, Yin Liu,Yao Zhang, Zhiguo Liu, Xiangrui Meng, Mengjun Liu*, Jin Zhao*. The crotonylated and succinylated proteins of jujube involved in phytoplasma-stress responses. BMC Biology. 2024, 22:113.

6．Qipeng Wang, Liman Zhang, Chaoling Xue, Yao Zhang, Xiangrui Meng, Zhiguo Liu, Mengjun Liu, Jin Zhao*. GST family genes in jujube positively respond to phytoplasma infection. Horticultural Plant Journal, 2024, 10(1): 77-90.

7．Xianwei Meng, Zhiguo Liu, Li Dai, Weiqiang Zhao, Jiurui Wang, Lili Wang, Yuanpei Cui, Ying Li, Yinshan Cui, Yao Zhang, Jin Zhao*, Mengjun Liu*. Shikimic acid accelerates phase change and flowering in jujube. Horticultural Plant Journal, 2024, 10(2): 413-424.

8．Nazi Niu, Yao Zhang, Shijia Li, Xiangrui Meng, Mengjun Liu, Huibin Wang*, Jin Zhao*. Genome-wide characterization of the cellulose synthase gene family in Ziziphus jujuba reveals its function in cellulose biosynthesis during fruit development, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023(239): 124360.

9．Chaoling Xue, Yao Zhang, Hongtai Li, Zhiguo Liu, Weilin Gao, Mengjun Liu, Ping Liu*, Jin Zhao*. The genome of Candidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi provides insights into their biological characteristics. BMC Plant Biology. 2023, 23: 251.

10．Yao Zhang, Nazi Niu, Shijia Li, Yin Liu, Chaoling Xue, Huibin Wang, Mengjun Liu, Jin Zhao*. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in Chinese jujube. Plants, 2023, 12, 2115.

11．Zhi Luo, Yu Zhang, Chunjiao Tian, Lihu Wang, Xuan Zhao, Zhiguo Liu, Lili Wang, Lixin Wang, Jin Zhao*, Jiurui Wang*, Mengjun Liu*. Genome‑wide screening of the RNase T2 gene family and functional analyses in jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.). BMC Genomics, 2023, 24: 80.

12．Zhi Luo, Mengjiao Gao, Xuan Zhao, Lihu Wang, Zhiguo Liu, Lixin Wang, Lili Wang, Jin Zhao*, Jiurui Wang*, Mengjun Liu*. Anatomical observation and transcriptome analysis of branch-twisted mutations in Chinese jujube. BMC Genomics, 2023, 24: 500.

13．Meng Yang, Lu Han, Shufeng Zhang, Li Dai, Bin Li, Shoukun Han, Jin Zhao, Ping Liu, Zhihui Zhao, Mengjun Liu. Insights into the evolution and spatial chromosome architecture of jujube from an updated gapless genome assemble. Plant Communications, 2023, 4, 100662.

14．Yao Zhang, Zenan Shen, Xiangrui Meng, Liman Zhang, Zhiguo Liu, Mengjun Liu, Fa Zhang*, Jin Zhao*. Codon usage patterns across seven Rosales species. BMC Plant Biology, 2022, 22: 65.

15．Weilin Gao, Liman Zhang, Jiurui Wang, Zhiguo Liu, Yao Zhang, Chaoling Xue, Mengjun Liu, Jin Zhao*. ZjSEP3 modulates flowering time by regulating the LHY promoter. BMC Plant Biology, 2021, 21:527

16．Xianwei Meng, Ying Li, Ye Yuan, Yao Zhang, Hongtai Li, Jin Zhao*, Mengjun Liu. The regulatory pathways for distinctive flowering characteristic in Chinese jujube. Horticulture Research, 2020, 7: 123.

17．Yao Zhang, Weilin Gao, Hongtai Li, Yongkang Wang, Dengke Li, Chaoling Xue, Zhiguo Liu, Mengjun Liu, Jin Zhao*. Genome-wide analysis of the bZIP gene family in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.). BMC Genomics, 2020, 21: 483.

18．Chaoling Xue, Zhiguo Liu, Lihu Wang, Hongtai Li, Weilin Gao, Mengjun Liu, Zhihui Zhao, Jin Zhao*. The antioxidant defense system in Chinese jujube is triggered to cope with phytoplasma invasion. Tree Physiology, 2020, 40(10): 1437-1449.

19．Zhiguo Liu, Lixin Wang, Chaoling Xue, Yuetong Chu, Weilin Gao, Yitong Zhao, Jin Zhao*, Mengjun Liu. Genome-wide identification of MAPKKK genes and their responses to phytoplasma infection in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), BMC Genomics, 2020, 21: 142.

20．Jin Zhao, Zhiguo Liu, Mengjun Liu. The resistance of jujube trees to jujube witches’ broom disease in China. In: Olivier C., Dumonceaux T., Pérez-López E. (eds) Sustainable Management of Phytoplasma Diseases in Crops Grown in the Tropical Belt. Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection, vol 12, Springer, Cham, 2020: 219-232.

21．Qiong Zhang, Lili Wang, Zhiguo Liu, Zhihui Zhao, Jin Zhao, Zhongtang Wang, Guangfang Zhou, Ping Liu, Mengjun Liu. Transcriptome and metabolome profiling unveil the mechanisms of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. peel coloration. Food Chemistry. 2020, 312: 125903.

 22．Hongtai Li, Weilin Gao, Chaoling Xue, Yao Zhang, Zhiguo Liu, Yu Zhang, Xianwei Meng, Mengjun Liu, Jin Zhao*. Genome-wide analysis of the bHLH gene family in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) and wild jujube. BMC Genomics, 2019, 20: 568.

23．Chaoling Xue, Hongtai Li, Zhiguo Liu, Lili Wang, Yitong Zhao, Ximeng Wei, Hu Fang, Mengjun Liu, Jin Zhao*. Genome-wide analysis of the WRKY gene family and their positive responses to phytoplasma invasion in Chinese jujube. BMC Genomics, 2019, 20: 464.

24．Chaoling Xue, Zhiguo Liu, Li Dai, Jiaodi Bu, Mengjun Liu, Zhihui Zhao, Zihui Jiang, Weilin Gao, Jin Zhao*. Changing host photosynthetic, carbohydrate and energy metabolisms play important roles in phytoplasma infection. Phytopathology, 2018, 108: 1067-1077.

25．Liman Zhang, Jin Zhao*, Chunfang Feng, Mengjun Liu, Jiurui Wang and Yafei Hu. Genome-wide identification, characterization of the MADS-box gene family in Chinese jujube and their involvement in flower development. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 1025.

26．Kaeli C.M. Johnson, Jin Zhao, Zhongshou Wu, Charlotte Roth, Volker Lipka, Marcel Wiermer, Xin Li*. The putative kinase substrate MUSE7 negatively impacts the accumulation of NLR proteins. The Plant Journal. 2017, 89, 1174-1183.

27．Zhiguo Liu, Liman Zhang, Chaoling Xue, Hu Fang, Jin Zhao*, Mengjun Liu. Genome-wide identification and analysis of MAPK and MAPKK gene family in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.). BMC Genomics, 2017, 18: 855.

28．Mengjun Liu, Jin Zhao (共同第1作者), Jiurui Wang, Zhiguo Liu, Guocheng Liu. Phylogenetic analysis of 25 plant species representing 19 angiosperm families and one gymnosperm family based on 390 orthologous genes, Plant Systematic and Evolution, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s00606-016-1380-9

29. Jiaodi Bu, Jin Zhao*, Mengjun Liu. Expression stabilities of candidate reference genes for RT-qPCR in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) under a variety of conditions. PLoS ONE, 2016, 11(4): e0154212.

30. Meng-Jun Liu, Jin Zhao (共同第1作者), Qing-Le Cai, Guo-Cheng Liu, Jiu-Rui Wang, Zhi-Hui Zhao, Ping Liu, Li Dai, et al. The complex jujube genome provides insights into fruit tree biology, Nature Communications, 2014, doi: 10.1038/ncomms6315