Bao-Hua Song

Bao-Hua Song

Department of Biological Sciences 

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223

bsong5@uncc.edu || 704-687-8670

Education and Training

• Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Max Planck Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
• Ph.D., Beijing Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Research Interest

Ecological and  Agriculture  Genomics: Research in my lab focuses on understanding molecular mechanisms and evolution of plant biotic and abiotic stress response using crop wild relatives as study systems. We apply our research in real world problems such as crop improvement and plant conservation.

I am recruiting prospective graduate students. If you are interested in joining this active international team, please contact me at bsong5(at)uncc(doc)edu. 

Funding

• NIH-National Institutes of Health
• NCBC-North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• UNCC-University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• CRI-Charlotte Research Institute
• Monsanto Company

Selected Publications

• Zhang H, Kjemtrup-Lovelace S, Li C, Chen LP^#, and Song B-H*. Comparative RNA-Seq Analysis Uncovers a Complex Regulatory Network for Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance in Wild Soybean. Scientific reports. Aug 29;7(1):9699. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09945-0. PubMed PMID: 28852059; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5575055. . (# REU Student)
• Luo Y&, Reid R&, Freese D^#, Li C, Watkins J, Shi H, Zhang H, Loraine A*, and Song B-H*. Salt tolerance response revealed by RNA-Seq in a diploid halophytic wild relative of sweet potato. 2017, Scientific Reports. 2017 Aug 29;7(1):9624. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09241-x. PubMed PMID: 28852001; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5575116. (& Co-first Author) (#Graduate Student) 
• Leamy LJ, Zhang H, Li C, Chen CY, Song B-H*. A genome-wide association study of seed composition traits in wild soybean (Glycine soja). BMC Genomics. 2017 Jan 5;18(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3397-4. PubMed PMID: 28056769; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5217241.
• Zhang H, Mittal N#, Leamy JL, Barazani O, and Song B-H*. Back into the Wild – Apply untapped genetic diversity of wild relatives for crop improvement. 2016 Evolutionary Applications. 1752-4571. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12434 (# Graduate student).
• Zhang H, Li C, Davis EL, Wang J, Griffin JD. kofsky J#, and Song B-H*.  Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines) HG Type 2.5.7 in Wild Soybean (Glycine soja). 2016 Frontiers in Plant Science. 7: 1214.doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01214 (#Graduate Student) 
• Leamy JL, Lee C-R, Song Q, Mujacic I#, Luo Y, Chen CY, Li C, Kjemtrup S, and Song B-H*. Environmental versus geographical effects on genomic variation in a wild soybean (Glycine soja) across its native range in Northeast Asia. 2016. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2351.  (# undergraduate student).
• Luo Y*, Hu J-Y, Li L, Luo Y-L, Wang P-F and Song B-H* Genome-wide analysis of gene expression reveals gene regulatory networks that regulate chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowering in Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Caryophyllaceae). 2016. BMC Genomics 17: 382.  DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2732-0
• Prasad, KVS& , Song B-H& , Olson-Manning C&, Anderson JT, LeeC-R,  Schranz ME, Windsor AJ, Clauss MJ,  Manzaneda AJ, Naqvi I, Reichelt M,  Gershenzon J, Rupasinghe SG, Schuler V, Mitchell-Olds T, A novel gain-of-function polymorphism controlling complex traits and fitness in nature. Science (& Co-first Author). 2012, 337-1081-1084
• Gossmann TI, Song B-H, Windsor AJ, Mitchell-Olds T and Eyre-Walker, Genome wide analyses reveal little evidence for adaptive evolution in plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 2010, 27: 1822-1832
• Song B-H, Windsor A, Ramos-Onsins S, Schmid KJ, Schranz ME, Heidel A, Mitchell-Olds T, Multilocus nucleotide diversity, population structure and linkage disequilibrium of a wild Arabidopsis relative − Boechera stricta. Genetics 2009, 181: 1021–1033
• Song B-H and Mitchell-Olds T, High genetic diversity and population differentiation in Boechera fecunda, a rare relative of Arabidopsis. Molecular Ecology 2007, 16: 4079-4088
• Schranz ME, Song B-H, Winsor AJ and Mitchell-Olds T, Comparative genomics in the Brassicaceae: the need for family- a family-wide perspective. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2007, 10: 168-175
• Song B-H, Clauss M, Pepper A, Mitchell-Olds T, Spatial patterns of microsatellite variation in Boechera stricta, a close relative of Arabidopsis. Molecular Ecology 2006, 15:357–369
• Song B-H, Wang X-Q, Wang X-R, Ding K-Y, Hong D-Y, Cytoplasmic composition of Pinus densata and population establishment of the diploid hybrid pine. Molecular Ecology 2003, 12: 2995-3001
• Song B-H, Wang X-Q, Wang X-R, Sun L-J, Hong D-Y, Peng P-H, Maternal Lineage of Pinus densata, a diploid hybrid. Molecular Ecology 2002, 11: 1057-1063