研究方向：
植物RNA沉默
植物非生物胁迫
科研项目：
1. 888.3net新浦京游戏人才引进启动基金，主持
2. 江苏省自然科学基金青年基金项目，主持
3. 江苏省双创博士人才项目，主持
发表文章：
1. Sun D*, Li Y*, Ma Z, Yan X, Li N, Shang B, Hu X, Cui K, Koiwa H and Zhang X, The epigenetic factor FVE orchestrates cytoplasmic SGS3-DRB4-DCL4 activities to promote transgene silencing in Arabidopsis. Science Advances, 2021. 7(32): eabf3898.
2. Sun D, and Zhang X, HASTY moves to chromatin for miRNA production. Molecular Plant, 2021. 14 (3): p. 364-365.
3. Li Y*, Sun D*, Ma Z, Yamaguchi K, Wang L, Zhong S, Yan X, Shang B, Nagashima Y, Koiwa H, Han J, Xie Q, Zhou M, Wang Z and Zhang X. Degradation of Serrate via ubiquitin-independent 20S proteasome to survey RNA metabolism. Nature Plants, 2020. 6 (8): p. 970-982.
4. Li Y*, Sun D*, Yan X, Wang Z, Zhang X. In vitro Reconstitution Assays of Arabidopsis 20S Proteasome. Bio-protocol. 2021 Apr 5;11(7): e3967-e3967.
5. Sun D, Ma Z, Zhu J, and Zhang X, Identification and Quantification of Small RNAs. In Arabidopsis Protocols (pp. 225-254). Humana, New York, NY.
6. Ma Z, Castillo-Gonzalez C, Wang Z, Sun D, Hu X, Shen X, Potok ME, and Zhang X, Arabidopsis Serrate Coordinates Histone Methyltransferases ATXR5/6 and RNA Processing Factor RDR6 to Regulate Transposon Expression. Developmental Cell, 2018. 45(6): p. 769-784 e6.
7. Wang Z, Ma Z, Castillo-González C, Sun D, Li Y, Yu B, Zhao B, Li P, and Zhang X, SWI2/SNF2 ATPase CHR2 remodels pri-miRNAs via Serrate to impede miRNA production. Nature, 2018. 557(7706): p. 516-521.
8. Fukudome A, Sun D, Zhang X, and Koiwa H, Salt Stress and CTD PHOSPHATASE-LIKE4 Mediate the Switch between Production of Small Nuclear RNAs and mRNAs. Plant Cell, 2017. 29(12): p. 3214-3233.
9. Gao S, Yang L, Zeng H, Zhou Z, Yang Z, Li H, Sun D, Xie F, and Zhang B, A cotton miRNA is involved in regulation of plant response to salt stress. Scientific reports, 2016. 6: p. 19736.
10. Sun D, Chen J, Zhou Z, Zhu C, Hu L, Wang L, Yang L, and Yang Z, Ectopic expression of a proteinase inhibitor I4 (MtPiI4) gene from Medicago truncatula confers plant resistance to
Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tomato DC3000. Plant molecular biology reporter, 2015. 33(6): p. 1686-1696.
11. Song J, Gao S, Sun D, Li H, Shu X, and Yang Z, miR394 and LCR are involved in Arabidopsis salt and drought stress responses in an abscisic acid-dependent manner. BMC plant biology, 2013. 13(1): p. 210.
12. Sun D, Wang H, Huang L, Cong Q, Zhang Y and Yuan X, The Effects of Dopamine and Cysteamine on the Growth of Varicorhinus Macrolepis. Journal of Shandong Agricultural University (Natural Science), 2011. 42(2):223-226.
*: Co-first author
