Education

2006, B.Sc., Sichuan Agricultural University;

2011, Ph.D., Sichuan Agricultural University;

2009-2011, Visiting Ph.D., YaleUniversity, Molecular Cell Developmental Biology.

Professional Experience

2012-2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking-Yale Joint Centre for Plant Genetics and Agri-Biotechnology, Peking University, China;

2012-2015, Sichuan Agricultural University, Rice Research Institute, Research Assistant;

2015- present, School of Life Sciences, XiamenUniversity, Associate Professor.

Research Area

Our group is mainly engaged in systems biology and computational biology research. We use Arabidopsis and rice as the main research materials to study the process of plant gene regulatory networks.

Selected Publications

1. Ouyang, X., Huang, X., Jin, X., Chen, Z., Yang, P., Ge, H., Li, S and Deng, X. W. (2014).Coordinated photomorphogenic UV-B signaling network captured by mathematical modeling(2014). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 111(31): 11539-11544.

4. Zhao, J.*, Huang, X.*, Ouyang, X.*#, Chen, W., Du, A., Zhu, L., Wang, S., Deng, X. W., Li, S#. (2012)OsELF3-1, an ortholog ofArabidopsis EARLY FLOWERING 3 regulates rice circadian rhythm and photoperiodic flowering. PLoS ONE 7, e43705.*equal contribution#co-corresponding author

5. Huang, X.,Ouyang, X.& Deng, X. W. Beyond repression of photomorphogenesis: role switching of COP/DET/FUS in light signaling. CurrOpin Plant Biol, 96-103, (2014).

6. Huang, X.,Yang, P.,Ouyang, X., Deng, X. W. (2014) Photoactivated UVR8-COP1 Module Determines Photomorphogenic UV-B Signaling Output inArabidopsis.PLoS Genet10,e1004218.

7. Huang, X., Ouyang, X., Yang, P.,Lau, O. S., Chen, L., Wei, N., Deng, X. W.(2013) Conversion from CUL4-based COP1-SPA E3 apparatus to UVR8-COP1-SPA complexes underlies a distinct biochemical function of COP1under UV-B.Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110, 16669-16674.

3. Huang, X.*,Ouyang, X.*, Yang, P.,Lau, O. S.,Li, G., Li, J.,Chen, H.,Deng, X. W. (2012)Arabidopsis FHY3 and HY5 positively mediate induction ofCOP1 transcription Induction in Response to Photomorphogenic UV-B Light. Plant Cell 24, 4590-4606.

2. Ouyang, X., Li, J., Li, G., Li, B., Chen, B., Shen, H., Huang, X., Mo, X., Wan, X., Lin, R., Li, S., Wang, H., Deng,X. W. (2011). Genome-wide binding site analysis of FAR-RED ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL3 reveals its novel function inArabidopsis development. Plant Cell 23, 2514-2535.

8. Li, G., Siddiqui, H., Teng, Y., Lin, R., Wan, X.Y., Li, J., Lau, O.S.,Ouyang, X., Dai, M., Wan, J., Devlin, P.F., Deng, X.W., and Wang, H.(2011). Coordinated transcriptional regulation underlying the circadian clock in Arabidopsis.Nat Cell Biol 13, 616-622

9. Fu, C.,Yang, X.O., Chen, X., Chen, W., Ma, Y., Hu, J., and Li, S.(2009). OsEF3, a homologous gene of Arabidopsis ELF3, has pleiotropic effects in rice.Plant Biol (Stuttg) 11, 751-757