牛百晓，女，汉族，中共党员，博士，副教授，硕士生导师。2006年，曲阜师范大学生命科学学院，获学士学位；2012年，华南农业大学生命科学学院，获博士士学位；2012-2015年，复旦大学生命科学院从事博士后研究。2016年入职扬州大学农学院。

主讲本科生《遗传学》和《作物遗传学》专业基础课，和《生命科学导论》、《改变生命的“黑”科技》等公共选修课。参编《植物生物技术》教材一部。2023年获扬州大学教师教学创新大赛比赛特等奖，2024年获教师教学创新大赛，扬州大学一等奖，农学院一等奖。

主要研究方向为水稻种子早期发育的遗传调控及其机理研究。主持国家自然科学基金项目一项，江苏省自然科学基金青年项目一项，国家重点实验室开放课题等，参加国家及其他省部级项目等多项。在Plant Cell，Plant Journal，Plant Biotechnology Journal，Journal of Integrative Plant 以及Crop Journal 等知名植物学学术杂志上发表论文数十篇。担任Plant Physiology，Crop Journal以及Functional Plant Biology等刊物的审稿人。

招生专业：作物遗传育种

研究方向：水稻种子早期发育的遗传调控及其机理研究

联系方式：0514-87153385

电子邮箱：bxniu@yzu.edu.cn

 Niu, B.X., Xu, J., Zhiguo, E., Zhang, Z.Y., Lu, X.M. and Chen, C. (2023) Ectopic expression of an endosperm-specific nuclear     factor Y transcription-factor gene, causes vegetative and reproductive development defects in rice. Crop J, 11, 1719-1730.

Niu, B., Zhang, Z., Zhang, J., Zhou, Y. and Chen, C. (2021) The rice LEC1-like transcription factor OsNF-YB9 interacts with SPK, an endosperm-specific sucrose synthase protein kinase, and functions in seed development. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 106, 1233-1246.

Niu, B., Deng, H., Li, T., Sharma, S., Yun, Q., Li, Q., E, Z. and Chen, C. (2020) OsbZIP76 interacts with OsNF‐YBs and regulates endosperm cellularization in rice (Oryza sativa). Journal of integrative plant biology, 62, 1983-1996.

Niu, B., Wang, L., Zhang, L., Ren, D., Ren, R., Copenhaver, G.P., Ma, H. and Wang, Y. (2015) Arabidopsis Cell Division Cycle 20.1 Is Required for Normal Meiotic Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation. The Plant cell, 27, 3367-3382.

Niu, B., He, F., He, M., Ren, D., Chen, L. and Liu, Y. (2013) The ATP-binding Cassette Transporter OsABCG15 is Required for Anther Development and Pollen Fertility in Rice. Journal of integrative plant biology, 55, 710-720.

Cheng, X., Pan, M., E, Z., Zhou, Y., Niu, B. and Chen, C. (2021) The maternally expressed polycomb group gene OsEMF2a is essential for endosperm cellularization and imprinting in rice. Plant Commun, 2, 100092.

Cheng, X.J., Pan, M.Y., E, Z.G., Zhou, Y., Niu, B.X. and Chen, C. (2020) Functional divergence of two duplicatedFertilization Independent Endospermgenes in rice with respect to seed development. Plant Journal, 104, 124-137.

E, Z., Li, T., Zhang, H., Liu, Z., Deng, H., Sharma, S., Wei, X., Wang, L., Niu, B. and Chen, C. (2018) A group of nuclear factor Y transcription factors are sub-functionalized during endosperm development in monocots. Journal of experimental botany, 69, 2495-2510.

Long, Y., Zhao, L., Niu, B., Su, J., Wu, H., Chen, Y., Zhang, Q., Guo, J., Zhuang, C., Mei, M., Xia, J., Wang, L., Wu, H. and Liu, Y.G. (2008) Hybrid male sterility in rice controlled by interaction between divergent alleles of two adjacent genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 18871-18876.

Wang, J., Niu, B., Huang, J., Wang, H., Yang, X., Dong, A., Makaroff, C., Ma, H. and Wang, Y. (2016) The PHD Finger Protein MMD1/DUET Ensures the Progression of Male Meiotic Chromosome Condensation and Directly Regulates the Expression of the Condensin Gene CAP-D3. The Plant cell, 28, 1894-1909.

Xie, Y.Y., Niu, B.X., Long, Y.M., Li, G.S., Tang, J.T., Zhang, Y.L., Ren, D., Liu, Y.G. and Chen, L.T. (2017) Suppression or knockout of SaF/SaM overcomes the Sa-mediated hybrid male sterility in rice. Journal of integrative plant biology, 59, 669-679.

Xu, R.Y., Xu, J., Wang, L., Niu, B., Copenhaver, G.P., Ma, H., Zheng, B. and Wang, Y. (2019) The Arabidopsis anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome subunit 8 is required for male meiosis. The New phytologist, 224, 229-241.

Xu, X.Y., Zhiguo, E., Zhang, D.P., Yun, Q.B., Zhou, Y., Niu, B.X. and Chen, C. (2021) OsYUC11-mediated auxin biosynthesis is essential for endosperm development of rice. Plant physiology, 185, 934-950.

Zhao, J., Chen, H., Ren, D., Tang, H., Qiu, R., Feng, J., Long, Y., Niu, B., Chen, D., Zhong, T., Liu, Y.-G. and Guo, J. (2015) Genetic interactions between diverged alleles ofEarly heading date 1(Ehd1) andHeading date 3a(Hd3a)/ RICE FLOWERING LOCUS T1(RFT1) control differential heading and contribute to regional adaptation in rice (Oryza sativa). New Phytologist, 208, 936-948.

Zhu, E., You, C., Wang, S., Cui, J., Niu, B., Wang, Y., Qi, J., Ma, H. and Chang, F. (2015) The DYT1-interacting proteins bHLH010, bHLH089 and bHLH091 are redundantly required for Arabidopsis anther development and transcriptome. The Plant Journal, 83, 976-990.