王坤 Kun Wang

王坤，武汉大学生命科学学院教授、博士生导师，现任植物科学系副主任、生命科学学院副院长。先后获得国家高层次人才（青年项目）、湖北省杰出青年基金等资助，入选武汉大学”珞珈青年学者”。兼任湖北省植物学会常务理事、中国作物学会棉花专业委员会委员、中国植物学会植物生理及分子生物学专委会委员等学术职务。研究方向：1. 植物基因组学；2. 植物发育关键转录因子的功能与调控机制；3. 植物非编码RNA的功能。

Professor Kun Wang, PhD supervisor at the School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, currently serves as Vice Director of the Department of Plant Sciences and Vice Dean of the School of Life Sciences. Has received support from the National High-level Talent Program (Youth Project), Hubei Outstanding Youth Fund, and was selected for Wuhan University’s “Luojia Young Scholar” program. Holds academic positions including Standing Director of the Hubei Botanical Society, Member of the Cotton Professional Committee of the Chinese Crop Science Society, and Member of the Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology Committee of the Chinese Botanical Society. Research Interests: 1. Plant genomics; 2. Functions and regulatory mechanisms of key transcription factors in plant development; 3. Functions of plant non-coding RNAs.

代表论文
1. Wang K*, He SP*, Zhu YX*. (2025). Cotton2035: From genomics research to optimized breeding. Molecular Plant. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2025.01.010
2. Zhou YF#, Ye HZ#, Liu EW#, …, Wang K*(2024). The complexity of structural variations in Brassica rapa revealed by assembly of two complete T2T genomes. Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2024.03.030
3. Wang D#, Hu X#, Ye HZ, …, Zhou Y*, Wang K*(2023). Cell-specific clock-controlled gene expression program regulates rhythmic fiber cell growth in cotton. Genome Biology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-023-02886-0
4. Li SP#, Li LM#, Fan WL, …, Wang K, Russinova E, Zhu YX*, Zhou Y*. (2022). LeafNet: A Tool for Segmenting and Quantifying Stomata and Pavement Cells. The Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac021
5. Huang G#, Wu ZG#, Percy RG, …, Wang K, Yu JZ*, Zhu YX*. (2020). Genome sequence of Gossypium herbaceum and genome updates of G. arboreum and G. hirsutum provide insights into cotton A-genome evolution. Nature Genetics 52:516–524