Prof. Dr. Wei-Cai Yang       

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section:
● Plant reproduction
● Pollination and fertilization
● Embryogenesis
● Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Visit Wei-cai's website.        

Prof. Dr. Li-Yu Chen        

Center for Genomics and Biotechnology
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Pollination and fertilization
● Self-incompatibility
● Crop domestication

Visit Li-Yu's website.       
       

Prof. Dr. Alice Y. Cheung        

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

Seed Biology section:       
● Pollen-pistil interaction
● Pollen tube growth
● Cell signaling mechanisms – receptor kinases and RAC/ROP GTPases                           

Visit Alice's website.       

Dr. Ken-Ichi Nonomura        

Plant Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Gene Function and Genomics
National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan

Seed Biology section：       
● Sexual reproduction
● Meiosis

Visit Ken-Ichi's website.       

Prof. Dr. Steven Penfield      

Department of Crop Genetics
John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Seed Biology section：       
● Conventional plant breeding
● Genome editing techniques

Visit Steven's website. 

Prof. Dr. Li-Jia Qu        

Faculty of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences
Peking University, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Plant male-female interactions
● Peptide/receptor-mediated signaling
● Fertilization and fertility control

Visit Li-Jia's website.       

Prof. Dr. Meng-Xiang Sun        

Seed Biology section：       
● Sexual plant reproduction
● Fertilization
● Early embryogenesis

Visit Meng-Xiang's website.       

Prof. Dr. Venkatesan Sundaresan        

Plant Biology and Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, California, USA

Seed Biology section：       
● Plant reproduction – Gametes and Zygotes
● Root microbiomes

Visit Venkatesan's website.       

Prof. Dr. Haiyang Wang        

Institute of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences
South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Light signal transduction
● Crop functional genomics

Visit Haiyang's website.

Prof. Dr. Fan Chen        

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Plant molecular response and control mechanism
● Signal transduction and complex regulation network during plant development and morphogenesis

Visit Fan's website.       

Prof. Dr. Qiaohong Duan        

State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology
College of Horticulture Science and Engineering
Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Vegetable reproduction
● Breeding
● Fertilization

Visit Qiaohong's website.    

Prof. Dr. Caiji Gao        

School of Life Sciences
South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

Seed Biology section：      
● Plant cell biology
● Seed physiology
● Seed storage protein trafficking

Visit Caiji's website.    

Prof. Dr. Jose Gutierrez-Marcos   

School of Life Sciences
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Seed Biology section:      
● Role of secreted peptides in plant development and sexual reproduction
● Chromatin dynamics and developmental reprogramming in plants

Visit Jose's website.

Dr. Barend De Graaf    

School of Biosciences
Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Seed Biology section:      
●Pollen Pistil Communication and Membrane Trafficking in Plants

Visit Barend's website.

Prof. Dr. Yuling Jiao        

School of Life Sciences
Peking University, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Plant developmental biology

Visit Yuling's website.      

Dr. Tomokazu Kawashima        

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

Seed Biology section：       
● Fertilization
● Endosperm development
● Seed size
● Cytoskeleton

Visit Tomokazu's website.        

Prof. Dr. Anna Koltunow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Seed Biology section：       
● Plant reproductive cell types
● Seed and fruit formation
● Seedless fruit

Visit Anna's website.      

Prof. Dr. Prakash P. Kumar        

Department of Biological Sciences
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Seed Biology section：       
● Vegetative Development of Plants
● Salinity Stress
● Seed Dormancy and Hormone Signaling

Visit Prakash's website.       

Prof. Dr. Chao Li        

Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Seed Biology section：      
● Pollen-pistil interaction
● Pollen tube

Visit Chao's website.  

Prof. Dr. Jinsheng Lai 

College of Biological Sciences
China Agriculture University, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section：      
● Maize genomics
● Genetic regulation of maize seed development
● Maize endosperm gene imprinting
● Maize genetic engineering and molecular breeding

Visit Jinsheng's website.       

Prof. Dr. Hong-Ju Li        

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Pollen tube growth and guidance
● Double fertilization
● Seed development
● Apomixis

Visit Hong-Ju's website.       

Prof. Dr. Jigang Li        

College of Biological Sciences,  
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Seed Germination
● Light Signal Transduction
● Light Control of Plant Response to Abiotic Stress

Visit Jigang's website.       

Prof. Dr. Jia Li        

School of Life Sciences
Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China

Seed Biology section:        
● Brassinosteroid signaling and homeostasis
● Root biology
● RLK-mediated cell signaling

Visit Jia's website.       

Prof. Dr. Yunhai Li        

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section:       
● Seed and organ size control

Visit Yunhai's website.       

Prof. Dr. Rongcheng Lin        

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section:       
● Seed germination
● Light signaling
● Photosynthesis

Visit Rongcheng's website.        

Prof. Dr. Wenhui Lin      

School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Seed Biology section：      
● Ovule initiation
● Development of female gametophyte and embryo
● Seed development and yield trait
● Hormone signals and hormonal regulation of plant growth and development

Visit Wenhui's website.    

Prof. Dr. Chun-Ming Liu        

School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences
Peking University, Beijing, China
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section:       
● Embryo development
● Endosperm development
● Pattern formation
● Storage product accumulations

Visit Chun-Ming's website.       

Prof. Dr. Jian-Xiang Liu        

College of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Seed Biology section:
● Seed yield and quality
● Stress biology
● Nutritional biology
● Genetics and biotechnology

Visit Jian-Xiang's website.       

Prof. Dr. Qiao-Quan Liu        

College of Agriculture
Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

Seed Biology section:        
● Rice seed development
● Quality improvement

Visit Qiao-Quan's website.       

Prof. Dr. Yaoguang Liu        

College of Life Sciences
South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Seed Biology section:        
● Plant genetics
● Male sterility
● Plant biotechnology

Visit Yaoguang's website.       

Prof. Dr. Takashi Okamoto

Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan

Seed Biology section:
● Fertilization
● Zygotic development
● Early embryogenesis
● Hybridization
● Polyploidization

Visit Takashi's website.

Prof. Dr. Yidan Ouyang        

College of Life Science and Technology, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement
Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Yield
● Fertility
● Heterosis
● Hybrid sterility
● Reproductive isolation

Visit Yidan's website.    

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Pagnussat

Institute of Biological Research
National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina

Seed Biology section:
● Plant development
● Regulated cell death
● Gametogenesis
● Early embryogenesis
● Ferroptosis

Visit Gabriela's website.

Prof. Dr. Xiongbo Peng        

Department of Plant Science, College of Life Sciences
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Gamete development
● Fertilization

Visit Xiongbo's website.   

Prof. Dr. Yuan Qin        

Plant Genomic Research Center
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Plant reproduction
● Ovule development
● Female gametophyte development

Visit Yuan's website.  

Prof. Dr. Maria G. Samsonova        

Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics Laboratory Peter the Great St.
Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Seed Biology section：        
●Vernalization-induced flowering mechanisms
●Genetic basis of cold-induced flowering

Visit Maria's website.       

Prof. Dr. Tatyana Savchenko        

Institute of Fundamental Problems of Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Pushchino, Russian Federation

Seed Biology section:        
● Genetic regulation of wheat seed development
● Genetic improvement of quality in wheat

Visit Tatyana's website.       

Prof. Dr. Bao-Cai Tan        

Faculty of Plant Science, School of Life Sciences
Shandong University, Jinan, China

Seed Biology section:        
● Seed development
● RNA processing

Visit Bao-Cai's website.       

Prof. Dr. Kejian Wang        

China National Rice Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China

Seed Biology section:        
● Apomixis
● Genome editing 

Visit Kejian's website.       

Prof. Dr. Jia-Wei Wang        

CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Seed Biology section:        
● Plant developmental timing and regeneration

Visit Jia-Wei's website.       

Prof. Dr. Yingxiang Wang        

Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Plant reproduction
● Meiosis
● Meiotic recombination
● DNA repair

Visit Yingxiang's website.  

Prof. Dr. Yongrui Wu        

CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Seed Biology section:        
● Maize endosperm development and genetic improvement

Visit Yongrui's website.       

Prof. Dr. Zhenbiao Yang      

Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, Faculty of Synthetic BIology, Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, China

Seed Biology section:        
● Plant cell biology

Visit Zhenbiao's website.   

Prof. Dr. Zhong-Nan Yang        

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences
Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China

Seed Biology section:    
● Anther development and pollen formation
● Mechanism of photoperiod/temperature sensitive male sterile plants (P/TGMS)
● Creating novel P/TGMS plants including rice, maize and Arabidopsis

Visit Zhong-Nan's website.

Prof. Dr. Yingyin Yao

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Seed Biology section:    
● Genetic and epigenetic regulation of wheat seed development
● Genetic and functional genomics studies for dissecting seed-associated traits in wheat
● Genetic improvement of end-use quality in wheat

Visit Yingyin's website.

Prof. Dr. Hao Yu        

Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory/National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Seed Biology section:       
● Functional genomics
● Plant reproductive development
● Phytohormone signaling
● Urban farming
● Crop breeding

Visit Hao's website.              

Prof. Dr. Dajian Zhang        

College of Agronomy
Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Soybean seed development
● Crop domestication

Visit Dajian's website.  

Prof. Dr. Hongsheng Zhang        

Department of Seed Science
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Seed Biology section:       
● Seed dormancy and germination
● Seed vigor and quality regulation

Visit Hongsheng's website.       

Prof. Dr. Xian Sheng Zhang        

State Key laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences
Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China

Seed Biology section:       
● Embryo development
● Endosperm development
● Seed size

Visit Xian sheng's website.       

Prof. Dr. Peng Zhao        

College of Life Sciences
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Seed Biology section：       
● Fertilization
● Early embryogenesis

Visit Peng's website.  

Prof. Dr. Zhong Zhao        

School of Life Sciences
University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, China

Seed Biology section:
● Shoot apical meristem
● Plant stem cell and environmental signals
● Plant hormones
● Seed number control

Visit Zhong's website.  

Prof. Dr. Binglian Zheng        

Seed Biology section：       
● Plant gametophyte development
● Epigenetics in plant reproductive development
● Non-coding RNA biogenesis turnover and function

Visit Binglian's website.