Ren, Shuxin, PhD
Professor, BioTechnology
Phone: 804-524-3094
Fax: 804-524-5186
Location: M.T. Carter Building
Email: sren@vsu.edu
Education
Ph. D. in Genetics, 2003, Texas A&M University
BS in Plant Breeding and Genetics, 1988, Beijing Agriculture University, Beijing, China
Personal Interest
Member of American Society of Plant Biologists
Member of American Society of Horticultural Science
Member of Virginia Academy of Science
Research Interest
Molecular mechanisms of plant abiotic stress tolerance
Plant heavy metal accumulation and phytoremediation
Forward and reverse genetic approaches to discover novel genes for crop improvement
Selected Publications
Ren S, Rutto L, and Katuuramu D (2019) Melatonin acts synergistically with auxin to promote lateral root development through fine tuning auxin transport in Arabidopsis thaliana. PloS One, 14(8): e0221687.
Ren S, and White L (2019) Genetic variation of copper stress tolerance and shoot copper accumulation in Purslane. Journal of Biotech Research, 10: 213-222.
Ren S, Jiang G, and Rutto L (2019) Melatonin priming enhances symbiotic nitrogen fixation in soybean, Glycine max L. Journal of Biotech Research, 10: 136-144.
Jiang G, Rutto L, and Ren S (2018) Evaluation of soybean lines for edamame yield traits genetic correlation. HortScience 53(12): 1732-1736.
Jiang G, Rutto L, Ren S, Bowen R, Berry H, and Epps K (2018) Genetic analysis of edamame seed composition and trait relationships in soybean lines. Euphytica 214: 158.
Ren S, Lyle C, Jiang G, and Penumala A (2016) Soybean salt tolerance 1 (GmST1) reduces ROS production, enhances ABA sensitivity and abiotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front. Plant Sci., 7:445. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00445
Zhang N, Sun Q, Zhang H, Cao Y, Weeda S, Ren S, Guo Y (2014) Roles of melatonin in abiotic stress resistance in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, eru336.
Weeda S, Zhang N, Zhao X, Ndip G, Guo Y, Buck G, Fu C and Ren S (2014) Arabidopsis transcriptome analysis reveals key roles of melatonin in plant defense systems. Plos ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093462
