Areas of Focus
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Seed Biology
- Cryobiology
Work Experience
- 2021-02~2022-06 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2010-07~2021-02 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2006-01~2007-07 - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007-09--2010-07 PhD in Science: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2001-09--2004-07 MSc in Science: Wuhan University
Publications
- Intra-Specific Variation in Desiccation Tolerance of Citrus sinensis ‘bingtangcheng’ (L.) Seeds under Different Environmental Conditions in China, Hongying Chen, Anne M Visscher, Qin Ai, Lan Yang, Hugh W Pritchard, Weiqi Li, 2023
- Establishing Tetraploid Embryogenic Cell Lines of Magnolia officinalis to Facilitate Tetraploid Plantlet Production and Phenotyping, Gao, Yanfen, Ma, Junchao, Chen, Jiaqi, Xu, Qian, Jia, Yanxia, Chen, Hongying, Li, Weiqi, Lin, Liang, 2022
- Lipid Remodeling Confers Osmotic Stress Tolerance to Embryogenic Cells during Cryopreservation, Lin, Liang, Ma, Junchao, Ai, Qin, Pritchard, Hugh W, Li, Weiqi, Chen, Hongying, 2021
- Turnover of Glycerolipid Metabolite Pool and Seed Viability, Hu, XiaoLong, Yu, XiaoMei, Chen, HongYing, Li, WeiQi, 2018
- Phospolipase Dα1-mediated phosphatidic acid change is a key determinant of desiccation-induced viability loss in seeds, Chen, Hongying, Yu, Xiaomei, Zhang, Xudong, Yang, Lan, Huang, Xing, Zhang, Jie, Pritchard, Hugh W., Li, Weiqi, 2018
- Transcriptome-Wide Mapping of Pea Seed Ageing Reveals a Pivotal Role for Genes Related to Oxidative Stress and Programmed Cell Death, Hongying Chen, Daniel Osuna, Louise Colville, Oscar Lorenzo, Kai Graeber, Helge Kster, Gerhard LeubnerMetzger, Ilse Kranner, 2013
- Post desiccation germination of mature seeds of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) can be enhanced by pro-oxidant treatment, but partial desiccation tolerance does not ensure survival at −20 °C, Hongying Chen, Hugh W. Pritchard, Charlotte E. Seal, Jayanthi Nadarajan, Weiqi Li, Shixiong Yang, Ilse Kranner, 2012
- Seed storage behavior of Formanodendron doichangensis (Fagaceae), a rare and endangered plant in southwest China, Chen,Hongying, Sun, Weibang, Li, Weiqi, 2011
- Inter-nucleosomal DNA fragmentation and loss of RNA integrity during seed ageing, Kranner, Ilse, Chen, Hongying, Pritchard, Hugh W, Pearce, Stephen R, Birtic, Simona, 2011
- Extracellular superoxide production, viability and redox poise in response to desiccation in recalcitrant Castanea sativa seeds, Roach, Thomas, Beckett, Richard P, Minibayeva, Farida V, Colville, Louise, Whitaker, Claire, Chen, Hongying, Bailly, Christophe, Kranner, Ilse, 2010