International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan

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Gao Jian , Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Expert of ICBR

Team Leader, Innovation Team for the Breeding and Creation of Superior New Bamboo Varieties, National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

Email：gaojian@icbr.ac.cn

Awards & Honors:

Award of Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talent Project from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.Most Outstanding Forestry and Grassland Science and Technology Extension Worker, National Forestry and Grassland Administration.Award of Women's Outstanding Individual from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

Education Background

1987 Bachelor of forestry, Anhui Agricultural College

1993 Master of forest ecology, Nanjing Forestry University

2000 Doctor of forest cultivation, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Work Experience

1993 - 2002 Lecture, Associate professor, Deputy director, Director, Department of forestry, School of forest utilization, Anhui Agricultural University

2002 - 2004 Postdoctoral, DAAD scholarship award, Institute of forest botany, University of Gottingen, Germany)

2005 - 2025 Associate Professor, Professor, Chief Expert, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR)

(2011-2014 Deputy Director of Anhui Taiping Experimental Center of ICBR)

Scientific research projects

1. Principal Investigator of the National Key R&D Program of China (14th Five-Year Plan) project Component “Bamboo and Rattan Bio-breeding and Seed Innovation”.

2. Principal Investigator, NSFC, Wox4, the molecular mechanism regulating stem apical meristem cell development in Moso bamboo

3. Principal Investigator, Key national R & D projects in the 13th five year plan, Study on the key technology of bamboo resource efficient cultivation

4. Principal Investigator, NSFC, The molecular mechanism of Dof transcript factor on regulation on flowering pathway in Moso bamboo

5. Sub-project principal under Key national R & D projects in the 13th five year plan, Integration and demonstration of value-added and efficiency enhancing technologies in the whole industrial chain of bamboo resources

6. Sub-project principal under National Science and Technology Support Program for the 12th Five Year Plan, Integration and demonstration of breeding techniques of Ecological Functional Bamboo Species

7. Principal Investigator, Sub-project under National High Technology Research and Development Program of China for the 12th Five Year Plan, Study on function genome of moso bamboo (Phyllostachy edulis)

8. Principal Investigator, Agricultural scientific and technological achievements transformation project of the Ministry of science and technology, Selection and directional cultivation technology demonstration of fine clumped bamboo for pulp

Some papers published

1. Xie Yali, Xu Junlei, Li Xiangyi, Dou Yuping, Geng Ruiman, Cheng Zhanchao, Wu Chongyang, Gao Jian*. Shade‐Induced Regulation of Cell Wall Thickening in Moso Bamboo: A Molecular Pathway Involving XTH Activity. Plant, Cell & Environment, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15530

2. Zheng Huifang, Bai Yucong, Xu Junlei, Xie Yali, Cheng Zhanchao, Gao Jian*. Transcriptome and phosphoproteomics provides potential insights into how sucrose regulates the growth of bamboo shoots. Industrial Crops & Products, 2025, 224, 120439.

3. Xu Junlei, Cai Miaomiao, Xie Yali, Cheng Zhanchao, Wu Chongyang, Gao Jian*. A molecular module with PheIAA17 as the core significantly promotes lateral root germination. Horticultural Plant Journal, 2024, 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpj.2023.11.008.

4. Jiang Jutang†, Zhang Zeyu†, Bai Yucong†, Wang Xiaojing, Dou Yuping, Geng Ruiman, Wu Chongyang, Zhang Hangxiao, Lu Cunfu, Gu Lianfeng* and Gao Jian*. Chromosomal-level genome and metabolome analyses of highly heterozygous allohexaploid Dendrocalamus brandisii elucidate shoot quality and developmental characteristics. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY, 2023, 66(6), 1087-1105.

5. Mu Changhong, Jiang Jutang, Fang Hui, Cheng Wenlong, Wu Chongyang, Geng Ruiman, Cheng Zhanchao* and Gao Jian*. Unraveling developmental patterns and differentiation trajectories in a single developing internode of Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis). INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 2024, 222(2), 119646.

6. Bai Yucong, Dou Yuping, Xie Yali, Zheng Huifang, Gao Jian*. Phylogeny, transcriptional profile, and auxin-induced phosphorylation modification characteristics of conserved PIN proteins in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023, 234: 123671.

7. Bai Yucong, Cai Miaomiao, Dou Yuping, Xie Yali, Zheng Huifang, Gao Jian*. Phytohormone Crosstalk of Cytokinin Biosynthesis and Signaling Family Genes in Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, 24(13): 10863.

8. Cheng Zhanchao, Mu Changhong, Li Xiangyu, Cheng Wenlong, Cai, Miaomiao, Wu Chongyang, Jiang Jutang, Fang Hui, Bai Yucong, Zheng Huifang, Geng Ruiman, Xu Junlei, Xie Yali, Dou Yuping, Gao Jian*. Single-cell transcriptome atlas reveals spatiotemporal developmental trajectories in the basal roots of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis). Horticulture Research, 2023, uhad122.

9. Wu CY, Bai YC, Cao ZH, Xu JL, Xie YL, Zheng HF, Jiang JT, Mu CH, Cheng WL, Fang H, Gao Jian*. Plasticity in the Morphology of Growing Bamboo: A Bayesian Analysis of Exogenous Treatment Effects on Plant Height, Internode Length, and Internode Numbers. Plants-Basel, 2023, 12(8): 1713.

10. Bai YC, Cai MM, Mu CH, Zheng HF, Cheng ZC, Xie YL, Gao Jian*. Integrative analysis of exogenous auxin mediated plant height regulation in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis). Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, 200: 116852.

11. Wu Chongyang, Cheng Zhanchao and Gao Jian*. Mysterious Bamboo flowering phenomenon: A literature review and new perspectives. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 2023, 911, 168695.

12. Li L, Cheng ZC, Ma YJ, Gao Jian*. The Association of Hormone Signaling Genes, Transcription, and Changes in Shoot Anatomy during Moso Bamboo Growth. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2018,16(1): 72-85.

13. Ge W, Zhang Y, Cheng ZC, Hou D, Li XP, Gao Jian*. Main regulatory pathways, key genes, and microRNAs involved in flower formation and development of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis). Plant biotechnology journal, 2017, 15(1): 82-96.