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Lei Cai
Life Sciences
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Biodiversity
Resource Application
Special Ecological Groups
Aquatic Fungi
Cave Fungi
Thermophilic Fungi
Alkaline-Tolerant Fungi
Oligotrophic Fungi
Plant Pathogenic Fungi
Molecular Detection
Areas of Focus
- Biodiversity and resource application of special ecological groups of fungi (aquatic, cave, thermophilic, alkaline-tolerant, oligotrophic, etc.)
- Classification, system evolution, and species formation of plant pathogenic fungi
- Development of fungal molecular detection, identification, and screening technologies for biosecurity, food safety, biodiversity conservation, and customs quarantine
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002-10 to 2006-06 PhD in Microbiology: University of Hong Kong
- 2000-09 to 2002-07 Master's in Microbiology: Yunnan University
- 1993-09 to 1998-07 Bachelor's: Tsinghua University
Publications
- Nanopora sequencing of full rRNA operon improves resolution in mycobiome analysis and reveals high diversity in both human gut and environments, Lu Jingjing, Chen Liang, Cai Lei, Wang Jun, 2023
- Metatranscriptomics and metabarcoding reveal spatiotemporal shifts in fungal communities and their activities in Chinese coastal waters, Wang MM, Mara P, Burgard G, Yang HP, Edgcomb V, Cai Lei, Li W, 2023
- Redisposition of acremonium-like fungi in Hypocreales, Hou, L W, Giraldo, A, Groenewald, J Z, Raemae, T, Summerbell, R C, Huang, G Z, Cai Lei, Crous, P W, 2023
- Fusarium diversity associated with diseased cereals in China, with an updated phylogenomic assessment of the genus, SL Han, MM Wang, ZY Ma, M Raza, P Zhao, JM Liang, M Gao, YJ Li, JW Wang, DM Hu, 蔡磊, 2023
- Haplotype-phased and chromosome-level assembly of Puccinia polysora, a giga-scale fungal pathogen causing southern corn rust, Junmin Liang, Yuanjie Li, Peter N. Dodds, Melania Figueroa, Jana Sperchneider, Shiling Han, Keyu Zhang, Leifu Li, Zhanhong Ma, Lei Cai, 2023
- Applying early divergent characters in higher rank taxonomy of Melampsorineae (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales), Peng Zhao, Yan Li, Yuanjie Li, Fang Liu, Junmin Liang, Xin Zhou, Cai Lei, 2023
- Cross-kingdom synthetic microbiota supports tomato suppression of Fusarium wilt disease, Xin Zhou, Jinting Wang, Fang Liu, Junmin Liang, Peng Zhao, Clement K M Tsui, Lei Cai, 2022
- Fungal names: a comprehensive nomenclatural repository and knowledge base for fungal taxonomy, Wang, Fang, Wang, Ke, Cai, Lei, Zhao, Mingjun, Kirk, Paul M, Fan, Guomei, Sun, Qinglan, Li, Bo, Wang, Shuai, Yu, Zhengfei, Han, Dong, Ma, Juncai, Wu, Linhuan, Yao, Yijian, 2022
- Cronartium rust (Pucciniales, Cronartiaceae): species delineation, diversity and host alternation, Zhao, P, Liu, F, Huang, J E, Zhou, X, Qi, X H, Duan, W J, Cai, L, 2022
- Distribution of mycotoxin-producing fungi across major rice production areas of China, Qi, Zhihui, Zhou, Xin, Tian, Lin, Zhang, Haiyang, Cai, Lei, Tang, Fang, 2022
- Applying meta-data of soybean grain in origin trace and quarantine inspection, Zhou, Xin, Zhang, HuiLi, Lu, XiaoWei, Zhao, Peng, Liu, Fang, Qi, ZhiHui, Tang, Fang, Duan, WeiJun, Cai, Lei, 2022
- Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 4, Q Chen, M Bakhshi, Y Balci, KD Broders, R Cheewangkoon, SF Chen, XL Fan, D Gramaje, F Halleen, M Horta Jung, N Jiang, T Jung, T Mjek, S Marincowitz, I Milenkovi, L Mostert, C Nakashima, I Nurul Faziha, M Pan, M Raza, B Scanu, CFJ Spies, L Suhaizan, H Suzuki, CM Tian, M Tomovsk, JR rbezTorres, W Wang, BD Wingfield, MJ Wingfield, Q Yang, X Yang, R Zare, P Zhao, JZ Groenewald, 蔡磊, PW Crous, 2022
- The numbers of fungi: contributions from traditional taxonomic studies and challenges of metabarcoding, Phukhamsakda, Chayanard, Nilsson, Rolf Henrik, Bhunjun, Chitrabhanu S, de Farias, Antonio Roberto Gomes, Sun, YaRu, Wijesinghe, Subodini N, Raza, Mubashar, Bao, DanFeng, Lu, Li, Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Dong, Wei, Tennakoon, Danushka S, Tian, XingGuo, Xiong, YinRu, Karunarathna, Samantha C, Cai, Lei, Luo, ZongLong, Wang, Yong, Manawasinghe, Ishara S, Camporesi, Erio, Kirk, Paul M, Promputtha, Itthayakorn, Kuo, ChangHsin, Su, HongYan, Doilom, Mingkwan, Li, Yu, Fu, YongPing, Hyde, Kevin D, 2022
- Fusarium and allied genera from China: species diversity and distribution, Wang, M M, Crous, P W, SandovalDenis, M, Han, S L, Liu, F, Liang, J M, Duan, W J, Cai, L, 2022
- Updating species diversity of Colletotrichum, with a phylogenomic overview, Fang Liu, Ziying Ma, Lingwei Hou, 刁永朝, Wenping Wu, Damm, U, Shuang Song, 蔡磊, 2022
Awards
- Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology Award (2018): First Prize, Provincial Level
- China Mycological Society - Dai Fanglan Outstanding Youth Award (2015): Other
- China Association for Science and Technology - National Outstanding Scientific Worker (2012): Ministerial Level
- International Mycological Association - Outstanding Young Mycologist Award (2011): Other
- Asian Mycological Association - Outstanding Young Mycologist Award (2011): Other
- National Science and Technology Progress Award (2004): Second Prize, National Level
- Yunnan Province Technology Invention Award (2002): Third Prize, Provincial Level
- Yunnan Province Science and Technology Progress Award (2001): First Prize, Provincial Level
