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刘明春，研究员，博士生导师。以番茄/猕猴桃等果蔬为研究材料，主要从事植物激素信号转导、果实品质形成及维持的分子机制等基础理论研究，同时致力于绿色贮藏保鲜技术的研发。研究成果在Molecular Plant 、New Phytologist、Plant Physiology、Plant Journal、PNAS、PLoS genetics等重要学术期刊发表。主持国家自然科学基金项目、国家重点研发计划子课题、四川省杰出青年科技人才等项目。荣获kaiyun开云官方网站优秀科技人才奖（2019，2020，2021）等荣誉和奖励。

代表性论文：（#为共一作，*为通讯）

Deng Heng#, Chen Yao#, Liu Ziyu, Liu Zhaoqiao, Shu Peng, Wang Ruochen, Hao Yanwei, Su Dan, Pirrello Julien, Liu Yongsheng, Li Zhengguo, Grierson Don, Giovannoni James J, Bouzayen Mondher, Liu Mingchun*. SlERF.F12 modulates the transition to ripening in tomato fruit by recruiting the co-repressor Topless and histone deacetylases to repress key ripening genes, The Plant Cell, 2022, doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac025.

1. Wang Ruochen#, Shu Peng#, Zhang Chi#, Zhang Junlin, Chen Ya, Zhang Yaoxin, Du Kui, Xie Yue, Li MingZhang, Ma Tao, Zhang Yang, Li Zhengguo, Grierson Donald, Pirrello Julien, Chen Kunsong, Bouzayen Mondher, Zhang Bo*, Liu Mingchun*. Integrative analyses of metabolome and genome-wide transcriptome reveal the regulatory network governing flavor formation in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis). New Phytologist, 2022, 233: 373–389.

2. Yan Li#, Yang Chen#, Lu Zhou#, Shengjie You#, Heng Deng, Ya Chen, Saleh Alseekh, Yong Yuan, Rao Fu, Zixin Zhang, Dan Su, Alisdair R. Fernie, Mondher Bouzayen, Tao Ma, Mingchun Liu* & Yang Zhang*. MicroTom Metabolic Network: Rewiring Tomato Metabolic Regulatory Network throughout the Growth Cycle, Molecular Plant, 2020, 1203-1218.

3. Liang Qi#, Deng Heng#, Li Yuxiang, Liu Ziyu, Shu Peng, Fu Rao, Zhang Yaoxin, Pirrello Julien, Zhang Yang, Grierson Don, Bouzayen Mondher, Liu Yongsheng*, Liu Mingchun*. Like Heterochromatin Protein 1b represses fruit ripening via regulating the H3K27me3 levels in ripening-related genes in tomato, New Phytologist, 2020, 2020, 227(2): 485-497。

4. Heng Deng, Julien Pirrello, Yao Chen, Nan Li, Sihua Zhu, Ximena Chirinos, Mondher Bouzayen, Yongsheng Liu, Liu Mingchun*. A novel tomato F-box protein, SlEBF3, is involved in tuning ethylene signaling during plant development and climacteric fruit ripening. Plant Journal. 2018, 95(4): 648-658.

5. Liu Mingchun*, Chen Yao, Chen Ya, Shin Jun-Hye, Mila Isabelle, Corinne Audran, Zouine Mohamed, Pirrello Julien, Bouzayen Mondher, The tomato Ethylene Response Factor Sl-ERF.B3 integrates ethylene and auxin signaling via direct regulation of Sl-IAA27. New Phytologist, 2018, 9(2): 631~640.

6. Liu Mingchun#*，Lima Gomes Bruna#，Mila Isabelle，Purgatto Eduardo，Peres Lazaro Eustaquio Pereira，Frasse Pierre，Maza Elie，Zouine Mohamed，Roustan Jean-Paul, Bouzayen Mondher，Pirrello Julien*，Comprehensive profiling of Ethylene Response Factors expression identifies ripening-associated ERF genes and their link to key regulators of fruit ripening in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Plant Physiology，2016，170（3）：1732-1744.

7. Liu Mingchun，Pirrello Julien，Chervin Christian，Roustan Jean-Paul，Bouzayen Mondher，Ethylene Control of Fruit Ripening: Revisiting the Complex Network of Transcriptional Regulation. Plant Physiology，2015，169（4）：2380-2390.

8. Liu Mingchun，Diretto Gianfranco，Pirrello Julien，Roustan Jean-Paul，Li Zhengguo，Giuliano Giovanni，Regad Farid，Bouzayen Mondher，The chimeric repressor version of an Ethylene Response Factor (ERF) family member, Sl-ERF.B3, shows contrasting effects on tomato fruit ripening. New Phytologist，2014，203（1）：206-218.

9. Liu Mingchun#，Pirrello Julien#，Kesari Ravi，Mila Isabelle，Roustan Jean-Paul，Li Zhengguo，Latche Alain，Pech Jean-Claude，Bouzayen Mondher，Regad Farid，A dominant repressor version of the tomato Sl-ERF.B3 gene confers ethylene hypersensitivity via feedback regulation of ethylene signaling and response components. Plant Journal，2013，76（3）：406-419.