主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家自然科学基金青年基金、江苏省自然科学基金青年基金、中央高校科研基本业务费等项目，参加国家重点研发项目、国家重点研发国际合作、江苏省自主创新资金项目等。
论文发表：
Yuanyuan Liu, Linghui Kong, Changyi Gong, Guang Yang, Ending Xu, Weizhong Chen, Wei Zhang, Xi Chen; Identification of plant cadmium resistance gene family in Brassica napus and functional analysis of BnPCR10.1 involved in cadmium and copper tolerance. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2023, 202:107989
Jingjun Li, Yuanyuan Liu, Linghui Kong, Ending Xu, Yu Zou, Peijiang Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xi Chen; An intracellular transporter OsNRAMP7 is required for distribution and accumulation of iron into rice grains.Plant Science, 2023, 336:111831
Ending Xu, Mengyao Wu, Yuanyuan Liu, Yingping Tai, Wenjuan Zha, Changyi Gong, Yu Zou, Peijiang Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xi Chen；The Golgi-localized transporter OsPML3 is involved in manganese homeostasis and complex N-glycan synthesis in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023, 74(6), 1853–1872
Dongfang Gu, Xueli Zhou, Xinghua Yin, Mengyao Wu, Weizhong Chen, Ending Xu, Yuanyuan Liu, Changyi Gong, Wei Zhang, Xi Chen; Metal tolerance protein family members are involved in Mn homeostasis through internal compartmentation and exocytosis in Brassica napus. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2022, 195, 104785.
Yun Li, Jingjun Li, Yihong Yu, Xia Dai, Changyi Gong, Dongfang Gu, Ending Xu, Yiheng Liu, Yu Zou, Peijiang Zhang, Xi Chen# & Wei Zhang#； The tonoplast-localized transporter OsNRAMP2 is involved in iron homeostasis and affects seed germination in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2021, 72(13):4839-4852. (#Correspondence author)
Maoxing Zhang*, Yin Wang*, Xi Chen*, Feiyun Xu*, Ming Ding, Wenxiu Ye, Yuya Kawai, Yosuke Toda, Yuki Hayashi, Takamasa Suzuki, Houqing Zeng, Liang Xiao, Xin Xiao, Jin Xu, Shiwei Guo, Feng Yan, Qirong Shen, Guohua Xu, Toshinori Kinoshita# & Yiyong Zhu#; Plasma membrane H+-ATPase overexpression increases rice yield via simultaneous enhancement of nutrient uptake and photosynthesis. Nature Communications. 2021, 12(1):735. (*contributed equally, #Correspondence author)
Dongfang Gu, Xueli Zhou, Yurou Ma, Ending Xu, Yihong Yu, Yiheng Liu, Xi Chen# & Wei Zhang#；Expression of a Brassica napus metal transport protein (BnMTP3) in Arabidopsis thaliana confers tolerance to Zn and Mn. Plant Science. 2021, 304:110754. (#Correspondence author)
Jiyu Li*, Lu Zheng*, Ye Fan, Yuerong Wang, Yurou Ma, Dongfang Gu, Yaping Lu, Shaoling Zhang, Xi Chen# & Wei Zhang#； Pear metal transport protein PbMTP8.1 confers manganese tolerance when expressed in yeast and Arabidopsis thaliana. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2021, 208:111687 (* contributed equally,#Correspondence author)
Jiyu Li*, Yuerong Wang*, Lu Zheng, Yun Li, Xueli Zhou, Jingjun Li, Dongfang Gu, Ending Xu, Yaping Lu, Xi Chen# & Wei Zhang#；The Intracellular Transporter AtNRAMP6 Is Involved in Fe Homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2019，10:1124, (* contributed equally,#Correspondence author)
Lei Hou，Dongfang Gu，Yun Li，Jiyu Li，Jingjun Li，Xi Chen# & Wei Zhang#；Phylogenetic and Expression Analysis of Mn-CDF Transporters in Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.) Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 2019， 37:98–110 (#Correspondence author)
Gang Ma, Jiyu Li, Jingjun Li, Yun Li, Dongfang Gu, Chen Chen, Jin Cui, Xi Chen# & Wei Zhang#; OsMTP11, a trans-Golgi network localized transporter, is involved in manganese tolerance in rice. Plant Science. 2018, 274, 59-69 (#Correspondence author)
Peitong Wang, Xi Chen, Xuan Xu, Chenni Lu, Wei Zhang, Fang-Jie Zhao; ARSENATE INDUCED CHLOROSIS 1/ TRANSLOCON AT THE OUTER ENVOLOPE MEMBRANE OF CHLOROPLASTS 132 Protects Chloroplasts from Arsenic Toxicity. Plant Physiology. 2018, 178 (4) 1568-1583
Huiling Gao, Wenxiang Xie, Changhong Yang, Jingyi Xu, Jingjun Li, Hua Wang, Xi Chen and Chao-Feng Huang; NRAMP2, a trans-Golgi network-localized manganese transporter, is required for Arabidopsis root growth under manganese deficiency. New Phytologist. 2018, 217: 179–193.
