2014年入选中国农业科学院农业科技创新“青年英才计划”，2017年入选中国农业科学院农科英才“领军人才”，主持国家转基因重大专项、国家自然科学基金等多项课题，近5年发表科研论文20余篇， SCI论文影响因子总计超200。担任了中国农业生物技术学会常务理事和副秘书长、中国作物学会理事、国家现代农业与食品前沿产业技术创新战略联盟副理事长、Plant Growth Regulation 编委、中国农业科技导报编委等。
主要履历及经历：
2002年6月在华中农业大学获博士学位；
2004年10月起在山东大学任副教授；
2007年7月－2009年6月在新加坡国立大学生物系任 Research Fellow
2009年7月－2014年6月新加坡淡马锡生命科学研究所（TLL）任Research Fellow；
2014年5月 入选中国农业学院“青年英才”A类候选人；
2014年7月－至今在中国农业科学院生物技术研究所任研究员；
2015年4月获国家特聘青年专家称号；
2017年9月 入选中国农业科学院农科英才领军人才；
2019年11月－中国农业科学院生物技术研究所副所长。
研究领域：
主要研究领域为作物产量性状的表观遗传与设计改良，主要通过表观遗传学、合成生物学、生物学大数据等多学科交叉，开展新核酸修饰调控水稻高产稳产的机制解析和智能设计改良。
学术兼职：
中国农业生物技术学会常务理事和副秘书长，中国作物学会理事，国家现代农业与食品前沿产业技术创新战略联盟副理事长，Plant Growth Regulation 编委，中国农业科技导报编委。
发表论文：
1)Wang, Yifan, Zhang, Pingxian, Guo, Weijun, Liu, Hanqing, Li, Xiulan, Zhang, Qian, Du, Z., Hu, G., Han, Xiao, Pu, Li*, Tian, Jian*. and Gu, Xiaofeng*. (2021) A deep learning approach to automate whole-genome prediction of diverse epigenomic modifications in plants. New Phytol, 232, 880-897.
2)Zhang P#, Zhu C#, Geng Y#, Wang Y, Yang Y, Liu Q, Guo W, Chachar S, Riaz A, Yan S, Yang L, Yi K*, Wu C*, Gu X*. 2021. Rice and Arabidopsis homologs of yeast CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION FIDELITY PROTEIN 4 commonly interact with Polycomb complexes but exert divergent regulatory functions. The Plant Cell, 33:1417-1429.
3)Liang Z#, Zhang Q#, Ji C, Hu G, Wang Y, Zhang P, Yang L, Gu X*. 2021. Reorganization of the 3D chromatin architecture of rice genomes during heat stress. BMC biology, 19(1): 1-10.
4)Liu Qing, Liang Zhe, Feng Dan, Jiang Sanjie, Wang Yifan, Du Zhuoying, Li Ruoxi, Hu Guihua, Zhang Pingxian, Ma Yanfei, Lohmann Jan U*, Gu Xiaofeng*. 2020. Transcriptional landscape of rice roots at the single cell resolution. Molecular Plant, 14(3):384-394. (*Corresponding)
5)Pingxian Zhang, Yifang Wang, Xiaofeng Gu*. 2020. RNA 5-methylcytosine controls plant development and environmental adaptation. Trends in Plant Science, 25(10):954-958 (*Corresponding)
6)Zhang Pingxian#, Wang Yifan#, Chachar Sadaruddin Tian Jian* Gu Xiaofeng*. (2020) eRice: a refined epigenomic platform for japonica and indica rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 18(8):1642-1644 (*Corresponding)
7)Liang Zhe#, Riaz Adeel#, Chachar Sadaruddin, Ding Yike, Du Hai, Gu Xiaofeng*. (2020) Epigenetic Modifications of mRNA and DNA in Plants. Molecular Plant, 13(1):14-30 (*Corresponding)
8)Geng Yuke#, Zhang Pingxian #, Liu Qing, Wei Ziwei, Riaz Adeel, Chachar Sadaruddin, Gu Xiaofeng*. (2020) Rice homolog of Sin3-associated polypeptide 30, OsSFL1, mediates histone deacetylation to regulate flowering time during short days. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 18(2):325-327 (*Corresponding)
9)Liang Zhe#, Geng Yuke#, Ji Changmian#, Du Hai#, Wong ChuiEng, Zhang Qian, Zhang Ye, Zhang Pingxian, Riaz Adeel, Chachar Sadaruddin, Ding Yike, Wen Jing, Wu Yunwen, Wang Mingcheng, Zheng Hongkun, Wu Yanmin, Demko Viktor, Shen Lisha, Han Xiao *, Zhang Pengpeng*, Gu Xiaofeng*, Yu Hao*. (2020) Mesostigma viride genome and transcriptome provide insights into the origin and evolution of Streptophyta. Advanced Science, 7(1):1901850 (*Corresponding)
10)Qian Zhang#, Zhe Liang#, Xuean Cui#1, Changmian Ji, Pingxian Zhang, Jingrong Liu, Adeel Riaz, Pu Yao, Min Liu, Yunpeng Wang, Tiegang Lu, Hao Yu, Hongkun Zheng , and Xiaofeng Gu* (2018) N6-Methyladenine DNA Methylation in Japonica and Indica Rice Genomes and Its Association with Gene Expression, Plant Development and Stress Responses; Molecular Plant, 11(12):1492-1508 (*Corresponding)
11)Liang Zhe#, Geng Yuke# and Gu Xiaofeng*(2018) Adenine Methylation: New Epigenetic Marker of DNA and mRNA. Molecular plant, 11(10):1219-1221 (*Corresponding)
12)Liang Zhe #, Shen Lisha#, Cui Xuean#, Bao Shijie, Geng Yuke, Yu Guoliang, Liang Fang, Lu Tiegang, Gu Xiaofeng* and Yu Hao* (2018) DNA N6-adenine methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Developmental Cell, 45:406-416. (*Corresponding)
13)Cui Xuean#, Zhang Zhiguo#, Wang Yanwei, Wu Jinxia, Han Xiao * Gu Xiaofeng* and Lu Tiegang*(2018) TWI1 regulates cell-to-cell movement of OSH15 to control leaf cell fate. New Phytologist, 221(1):326-340 (*Corresponding)
14)Xiao Chuanle #, Zhu Song #, He Minghui, #, Chen De, Zhang Qian, Chen Ying, Yu Guoliang, Liu Jinao, Xie Shangqian, Luo Feng, Liang Zhe, Wang Depeng, Bo Xiaochen*, Gu Xiaofeng*, Wang Kai*, Yan Guangrong*(2018) N6-Methyladenine DNA Modification in Human Genome. Molecular Cell. 75: 306-318(*Corresponding)
15)Xuean Cui, Yanwei Wang, JinxiaWu, Xiao Han, Xiaofeng Gu*, Tiegang Lu*, Zhiguo Zhang* (2018) The RNA editing factor DUA1 is crucial to chloroplast development at low temperature in rice. New Phytologist, 221(2):834-849 (*Corresponding)
16)Liang Zhe#, Yu Guoliang#, Liu Jingrong#, Geng Yuke, Mao Jinghui, Wang Depeng, Zhou Jiapeng*, Gu Xiaofeng* (2018) The N6-adenine methylation in yeast genome, profiled by single-molecule technology. Journal of Genetics and Genomics,14, 56-62. (*Corresponding)
17)Cui Xuean#, Liang Zhe#, Shen Lisha#, Zhang Qian, Bao Shijie, Geng Yuke, Zhang Bin, Vonny Leo, Leah A. Vardy, Lu Tiegang, Gu Xiaofeng*, and Yu Hao* (2017) 5-Methylcytosine RNA Methylation in Arabidopsis Thaliana. Molecular plant. 10, 1387-1399 (*Corresponding)
18)Tao Zeng, Shen Lisha, Gu Xiaofeng, Wang Yizhong, Yu Hao and He Yuehui (2017) Embryonic epigenetic reprogramming by a pioneer transcription factor in plants. Nature, 551:124-128
19)Ouyang Bo*, Gu Xiaofeng*, Holford P*. (2017) Plant genetic engineering and biotechnology: a sustainable solution for future food security and industry. Plant Growth Regulation, 83:171–173 (*Co-corresponding, Invited Review as Co-Chief Editor in Special Issue) (*Corresponding)
20)Zhang Zhiguo#, Cui Xuean#, Wang Yanwei, Wu Jinxia, Gu Xiaofeng* and Lu Tiegang* (2017) The RNA editing factor WSP1 is essential for chloroplast development in rice. Molecular plant, 10: 86-98 (*Corresponding)
21)Liu Jie#, Cheng Xiliu#, Liu Pan, Li Dayong, Chen Tao, Gu Xiaofeng, Sun Jiaqiang (2017) MicroRNA319-regulated TCPs interact with FBHs and PFT1 to activate CO transcription and control flowering time in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet, 13(5): e1006833
22)Shen Lisha#, Liang Zhe #, Gu Xiaofeng, Chen Ying, Teo Zhiwei, Hou Xingliang, Cai WeiLing, Peter C. Dedon, Liu Lu and Yu Hao* (2016) N6-Methyladenosine RNA Modification Regulates Shoot Stem Cell Fate in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell, 38: 186-200
23)Sun Xuehui#, Zhang Zhiguo#, Wu Jinxia#, Cui Xuean, Feng Dan, Wang Kai, Xu Ming, Zhou Li, Han Xiao, Gu Xiaofeng* and Lu Tiegang* (2016) The Oryza sativa Regulator HDR1 Associates with the Kinase OsK4 to Control Photoperiodic Flowering. PLoS Genetics, 12 (3): e1005927 (*Corresponding)
24)Gu Xiaofeng and Lu Tiegang (2015) Gene-regulation network analysis through comparison of Raphanus sativus transcriptomes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6: 1191 (Invited review)
25)Wu Jinxia#, Zhang Zhiguo#, Zhang Qian, Han Xiao, Gu Xiaofeng* and Lu Tiegang* (2015) The molecular cloning and clarification of a photorespiratory mutant, oscdm1, using enhancer trapping. Frontier in Genetics, 6: 226 (*Corresponding)
26)Gu Xiaofeng, Xu Tongda and He Yuehui. (2014) A Histone H3 Lysine-27 Methyltransferase Complex Represses Lateral Root Formation in A. thaliana. Molecular Plant, 7(6): 977-988.
27)Wang Yizhong, Gu Xiaofeng, Yuan Wenya, Robert J. Schmitz and He Yuehui (2014) Photoperiodic Control of the Floral Transition through a Distinct Polycomb Repressive Complex. Developmental Cell, 28(6): 727-736.
28)Gu Xiaofeng, Wang Yizhong and He Yuehui (2013). Photoperiodic regulation of flowering time through periodic histone deacetylation of the florigen gene FT. PLoS Biology, 11: e1001649.
29)Gu Xiaofeng, Chau Le, Wang Yizhong, Li Zicong, Jiang Danhua, Wang Yuqi. and He Yuehui (2013) Arabidopsis FLC clade members form flowering-repressor complexes coordinating responses to endogenous and environmental cues. Nature Communications, 4:1947: 1-10.
30)Xu Yifeng, Wang Yizhong, Hume Stroud, Gu Xiaofeng, Sun Bo, Gan Eng-Seng, Kian-Hong Ng, Steven E. Jacobsen, He Yuehui and Toshiro Ito (2013). A matrix protein silences transposons and repeats through interaction with Retinoblastoma-associated proteins. Current Biology, 23: 345-350.
31)Gu Xiaofeng#, Jiang Danhua#, Yang Wannian 1, Yannick Jacob, Scott D. Michaels and He Yuehui (2011) Arabidopsis homologs of Retinoblastoma-Associated Protein 46/48 associate with a histone deacetylase to act redundantly in chromatin silencing. PLoS Genetics, 7(11): e1002366.（Co-first Author）
32)Jiang Danhua, Nicholas C. Kong, Gu Xiaofeng, Li Zicong and He Yuehui (2011). Arabidopsis COMPASS-like complexes mediate histone H3 lysine-4 trimethylation to control the floral transition and plant development. PLoS Genetics, 7(3): e1001330.
33)Gu Xiaofeng, Jiang Duanhua, Wang Yuqi, Andreas Bachmair. and He Yuehui (2009). Repression of the floral transition via histone H2B monoubiquitination. Plant Journal, 57:522-533.
34)Jiang Danhua, Gu Xiaofeng and He Yuehui (2009). Establishment of the winter-annual growth habit via FRIGIDA-mediated histone methylation at FLOWERING LOCUS C in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 21:1733-1746.