Areas of Focus
- Lotus
- Alkaloids
- Anthocyanins
- Secondary Metabolites
- Synthesis Regulation
Work Experience
- 2023-05-01 - Present - Vegetable Research - Deputy Editor
- 2022-01-01 - Present - Wuhan University of Technology - Master's Supervisor
- 2002-05 - 2003-12 - Beijing Hezhong Liyuan Agricultural High-Tech Co., Ltd. - Deputy General Manager
- 1999-08 - 2002-04 - Beijing Qinglonghu Agricultural High-Tech Co., Ltd. - Technician, Assistant to General Manager, Executive Deputy General Manager
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-01--2013-11 PhD in Plant Breeding: University of Helsinki
- 2004-09--2007-12 Master's in Horticulture: University of Helsinki
- 1995-09--1999-06 Bachelor's in Horticulture: China Agricultural University
Publications
- Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) benzylisoquinoline alkaloids: advances in chemical profiling, extraction methods, pharmacological activities, and biosynthetic elucidation, Vegetable Research, 2024
- Research progress on the identification, function and application of flavonoids in lotus, Journal of Plant Science, 2023
- Transcription factor NnMYB5 controls petal color by regulating GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE2 in Nelumbo nucifera, Plant Physiology, 2023
- New variety of ornamental lotus 'Autumn Peony', Rural Baishitong, 2023
- Transcription factor NnMYB5 controls petal color by regulating GLUTATHIONES-TRANSFERASE2 in Nelumbo nucifera., Plant Physiology, 2023
- Metabolite profiling and screening of callus browning-related genes in lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Physiologia Plantarum, 2023
- Transcriptiome-wide characterization of alkaloids and chlorophyll biosynthesis in lotus plumule., Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
- Time-course analysis and transcriptomic identification of key response strategies to complete submergence in Nelumbo nucifera, Horticulture Research, 2022
- Comparative analyses of American and Asian lotus genomes reveal insights into petal color, carpel thermogenesis and domestication., Plant Journal, 2022
- Identification of QTLs and a putative candidate gene involved in rhizome enlargement of Asian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)., Plant Molecular Biology, 2022
- Short-term exposure to silver nano-particles alters the physiology and induces stress-related gene expression in Nelumbo nucifera., Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022
- Color fading in lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) petal is manipulated both by anthocyanin biosynthesis reduction and active degradation., Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022
- Transcriptome analysis provides strategies for postharvest lotus seeds preservation, Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2021
- The Establishment of an Efficient Callus Induction System for Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Plants-Basel, 2020
- Comprehensive analysis of AGPase genes uncovers their potential roles in starch biosynthesis in lotus seed, BMC Plant Biology, 2020
- Application Advance of Molecular Markers in Lotus, Journal of Botany, 2020
- Analysis and assessment of yield and nutritional quality of two new seed lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) cultivars 'WBG_S1' and 'WBG_S2', Journal of Plant Science, 2019
- Comprehensive Analysis and Functional Studies of WRKY Transcription Factors in Nelumbo nucifera, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019
- Investigation of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic pathway and its transcriptional regulation in lotus, Horticulture Research, 2018
- Isolation and Purity Assessment of Membranes from Norway Spruce., Methods in Molecular Biology, 2018
- Assessment of calcium and zinc accumulation in cultivated and wild apples, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2017
- Functional characterization and expression of GASCL1 and GASCL2, two anther-specific chalcone synthase like enzymes from Gerbera hybrida, Phytochemistry, 2017
- Multiple R2R3-MYB Transcription Factors Involved in the Regulation of Anthocyanin Accumulation in Peach Flower, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
- Analysis of Isoquinoline Alkaloid Composition and Wound-Induced Variation in Nelumbo Using HPLC-MS/MS., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2016
- Evolutionary origin of the NCSI gene subfamily encoding norcoclaurine synthase is associated with the biosynthesis of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in plants, Scientific Reports, 2016
- Two polyketide synthases are necessary for 4-hydroxy-5-methylcoumarin biosynthesis in Gerbera hybrida, Plant Journal, 2016
- Characterization and utilization of microsatellites in the Coffea canephora genome to assess genetic association between wild species in Kenya and cultivated coffee, Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2016
- Multiple R2R3-MYB transcription factors involved in the regulation of anthocyanin accumulation in peach flower., Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
- Constitutive Activation of an Anthocyanin Regulatory Gene PcMYB10.6 Is Related to Red Coloration in Purple-Foliage Plum, PLOS ONE, 2015
- Functional diversification of duplicated chalcone synthase genes in anthocyanin biosynthesis of Gerbera hybrida., New Phytologist, 2014
- Modification of Tobacco rattle virus RNA1 to serve as a VIGS vector reveals that the 29K movement protein is an RNA silencing suppressor of the virus., Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2013
- Virus-induced gene silencing for Asteraceae--a reverse genetics approach for functional genomics in Gerbera hybrida., Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2012
Awards
- 2019: Third Prize, Provincial Level, Evaluation and Breeding of Excellent Lotus Germplasm and Application of New Varieties of Long-flowering Autumn Lotus
- 2013: National Outstanding Self-financed International Student Scholarship, National Level