Zhibo Zhang
Home address: College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University,
Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
Current address: Bioforsk-Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and
Environmental Research, Plant Health Division, Høgskoleveien 7, N-1430 Ås,
Norway
 +47 94257170
 zhibo.zhang@bioforsk.no ; zhibozhang2010@hotmail.com
Personal information
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Citizenship: Chinese
Date / place of birth: 29. June 1987 / Liaoning, China
Languages: Chinese (native), English (fluent), Norwegian (intermediate)
Working Experience
 October, 2014 - until
now | Researcher
Bioforsk, Plantehelse. Ås, Norway
Education
2011-until now | Guest PhD
 Plant Pathology, Bioforsk, Plantehelse. Ås, Norway
2011,09-2013,09 Carry out research on KRYOFRISK project, which is focused on using cryotherapy for
production of Argyranthemum plants free from Chrysanthemum stunt viroid.
2013.09-2014.10 Carry out research on KRYOVIRO and KRYOLONG project, which is focused on
cryopreservation of potato and elimination virus from potato cultivars.
2010-2015 | Master-PhD Combined Pr ogram
 Biotechnology, Genetic Resources of Horticultural Crops, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
2006-2010 | Bachelor
 College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Lab technique experience
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Molecular biotechnology (DNA, RNA extraction, RT- PCR, q-PCR, Northern Blot, gene cloning, RNA in situ
hybridization, immunolabelling et al)
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Virus detection and localization by ELISA, RT-PCR, histochemistry et al
Microscopy techniques
Tissue culture
Cryopreservation and Cryotherapy
Scholarships
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2010-2012 | F irs t- Prize Scholarship of Graduate Students of Northwest A&F
University
2007-2010 | Second-Prize Scholarship of Undergraduate Students of Northwes t
A&F University
2006-2007 | Firs t- Prize Scholarship of Undergraduate Students of Northwes t
A&F University
Academic activities
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February 4-5th, 2015, Bioforsk Conference 2015, Hamar, Norway.
November 7-8th, 2013, Norwegian PlantBio Second National Plant Biology Conference, Tromsø, Norway.
August 23-25th, 2013, International Workshop on Viroids and Satellite RNA (IWVdS), Beijing, China.
August 11-14th, 2013, 2nd International Symposium on Plant Cryopreservation, Fort Collins, USA
October 11-13th, 2012, SLTB (Society of Low Temperature Biology) conference Advances in Low Temperature
Biology, London, UK.
June 24-29th, 2012, The 13th International Symposium on Virus Diseases of Ornamental Plants (ISVDOP 13),
Ski and Grimstad, Norway.
June 28-30th, 2011, International Sysmposium on Cryopreservation of Horticultural Crops in China, Northwest
A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Scientific publications
 Zhang ZB, Lee Y, Spetz C, Clarke JL, Wang QC，Blystad D-R (2015). Invasion of shoot apical meristems by
Zhibo Zhang
Chrysanthemum stunt viroid differs among Argyranthemum cultivars. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI
10.3389/fpls.2015.00053
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Zhang ZB, Lee Y, Haugslien S, Sivertsen A, Skjeseth G, Clarke JL, Spetz C, Wang QC，Blystad D-R (2014).
Cryotherapy alone could not eradicate Chrysanthemum stunt viroid from infected Argyranthemum maderense ‘Yellow
Empire’. Proc.2nd IS on Plant Cryopreservation, Acta Horticulturae 1039, ISHS 2014.
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Wang B, Li JW, Zhang ZB, Wang RR, Ma YL, Blystad D-R, Keller ERJ, Wang QC (2014) Three vitrificationbased cryopreservation procedures cause differentcryo-injuries to potato shoot tips while all maintain genetic
integrityin regenerants. Journal of Biotechnology 184: 47-55. DOI 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.04.021
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Zhang ZB, Lee Y, Haugslien S, Sivertsen A, Skjeseth G, Clarke JL, Spetz C Wang QC，Blystad D-R (2013).
Elimination of Chrysanthemum stunt viroid (CSVd) from infected Argyranthemum maderense ‘Yellow Empire’, Abstract
on International Workshop on Viroids and Satellite RNA (IWVdS), Beijing, China.
Li JW, Wang B, Song XM, Wang RR, Chen L, Zhang H, Zhang ZB and Wang QC (2013). Potato leafroll virus
(PLRV) and potato virus Y (PVY) influence vegetative growth, physiological metabolism, and microtuber
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production of in vitro-grwon shoots of potato (Solanum tuberosun L.). Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult, 114:313-324,
DOI 10.1007/s11240-013-0327-x.
Feng CH, Wang RR, Li JW, Wang B, Yin ZF, Cui ZH, Li BQ, Zhang ZB, Li MF, Wang QC (2013) Production
of pathogen-free horticultural crops by cryotherapy of in vitro-grown shoot tips. Methods in Molecular Biology
994: 463-482. DOI 10.1007/978-1-62703-074-8_35
Blystad D-R, Clarke JL, Haugslien S, Sivertsen A, Skjeseth G, Zhang ZB, Lee YK, Rønningen JH, Søgnen HO,
Ende Pvd & Bjelland B(2013) KRYOFRISK-prosjektet: progresjon og resultater 2012, Bioforsk Conference.
Wang B, Zhang ZB*, Yin ZF, Feng CH and Wang QC (2012) Novel and potential application of
cryopreservation to plant genetic transformation. Biotechnology Advances (30), 604–612. *Co-first authors.
Wang B, Ma YL, Zhang ZB, Wu ZM, Wu YF, Li MF and Wang QC (2011) Potato viruses in China. Crop
Protection (30), 1117–1123.
Feng CH, Yin ZF, Ma YL, Zhang ZB, Chen L, Wang B, Li BQ, Huang YS and Wang QC (2011) Cryopreservation
of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) and its pathogen eradication by cryotherapy. Biotechnology Advances (29), 84–
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Zhang. ZB, 2010, Preliminary studies on cryopreservation of in vitro-grown shoot tips of potato (Solanum
tuberosum L. ). Bachelor graduate thesis. Northwest A&F University.