Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Third Prize (2019)
Sanofi-Youth Talent Award, Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018)
Weizhiming Youth Innovation Award (2018)
Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018)
Humboldt Scholar (2015)
Research
Plant Evolutionary Biology Crop Genetics
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato., Mengxiao Yan, Ming Li, Yunze Wang, Xinyi Wang, MHossein Moeinzadeh, Dora G QuispeHuamanquispe, Weijuan Fan, Yijie Fang, Yuqin Wang, Haozhen Nie, Zhangying Wang, Aiko Tanaka, Bettina Heider, Jan F Kreuze, Godelieve Gheysen, Hongxia Wang, Martin Vingron, Ralph Bock, Jun Yang, 2024
Modulation of anthocyanin accumulation in storage roots of sweetpotato by transcription factor IbMYB1-2 through direct binding to anthocyanin biosynthetic gene promoters., Hou, Wenqian, Yan, Ping, Shi, Tianye, Lu, Pengzhou, Zhao, Weiwei, Yang, Huimin, Zeng, Liqian, Yang, Jun, Li, Zongyun, Fan, Weijuan, Zhang, Lei, 2023
The genomes of medicinal skullcaps reveal the polyphyletic origins of clerodane diterpene biosynthesis in the family Lamiaceae., Li, Haixiu, Wu, Song, Lin, Ruoxi, Xiao, Yiren, Morotti, Ana Luisa Malaco, Wang, Ya, Galilee, Meytal, Qin, Haowen, Huang, Tao, Zhao, Yong, Zhou, Xun, Yang, Jun, Zhao, Qing, Kanellis, Angelos K, Martin, Cathie, Tatsis, Evangelos C, 2023
Exploring and exploiting genetics and genomics for sweetpotato improvement: Status and perspectives., Mengxiao Yan, Haozhen Nie, Yunze Wang, Xinyi Wang, Robert Jarret, Jiamin Zhao, Hongxia Wang, Jun Yang, 2022
Two types of O-methyltransferase are involved in biosynthesis of anticancer methoxylated 4 '-deoxyflavones in Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi., Cui, MengYing, Lu, AnRui, Li, JianXu, Liu, Jie, Fang, YuMin, Pei, TianLin, Zhong, Xin, Wei, YuKun, Kong, Yu, Qiu, WenQing, Hu, YongHong, Yang, Jun, Chen, XiaoYa, Martin, Cathie, Zhao, Qing, 2022
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis uncovers the tetraploid progenitor of sweet potato., Mengxiao Yan, Ming Li, M-Hossein Moeinzadeh, Dora G. Quispe-Huamanquispe, Weijuan Fan, Haozhen Nie, Zhangying Wang, Bettina Heider, Robert Jarret, Jan Kreuze, Godelieve Gheysen, Hongxia Wang, Ralph Bock, Martin Vingron, Jun Yang, 2021
Genome-wide identification of agronomically important genes in outcrossing crops using OutcrossSeq., Mengjiao Chen, Weijuan Fan, Feiyang Ji, Hua Hua, Jie Liu, Mengxiao Yan, Qingguo Ma, Jiongjiong Fan, Qin Wang, Shufeng Zhang, Guiling Liu, Zhe Sun, Changgeng Tian, Fengling Zhao, Jianli Zheng, Qi Zhang, Jiaxin Chen, Jie Qiu, Xin Wei, Ziru Chen, Peng Zhang, Dong Pei, Jun Yang, Xuehui Huang, 2021
The genome of Tripterygium wilfordii and characterization of the celastrol biosynthesis pathway., Tianlin Pei, Mengxiao Yan, Yu Kong, Hang Fan, Jie Liu, Mengying Cui, Yumin Fang, Binjie Ge, Jun Yang, Qing Zhao, 2021
Proximal and Distal Parts of Sweetpotato Adventitious Roots Display Differences in Root Architecture, Lignin, and Starch Metabolism and Their Developmental Fates., Singh, Vikram, Zemach, Hanita, Shabtai, Sara, Aloni, Roni, Yang, Jun, Zhang, Peng, Sergeeva, Lidiya, Ligterink, Wilco, Firon, Nurit, 2021
Engineering Properties of Sweet Potato Starch for Industrial Applications by Biotechnological Techniques including Genome Editing., Lyu, Ruiqing, Ahmed, Sulaiman, Fan, Weijuan, Yang, Jun, Wu, Xiaoyun, Zhou, Wenzhi, Zhang, Peng, Yuan, Ling, Wang, Hongxia, 2021
The H+-pyrophosphatase IbVP1 regulates carbon flux to influence the starch metabolism and yield of sweet potato., Fan, Weijuan, Zhang, Yandi, Wu, Yinliang, Zhou, Wenzhi, Yang, Jun, Yuan, Ling, Zhang, Peng, Wang, Hongxia, 2021
Proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea, nom. cons. (Convolvulaceae)., Eserman, Lauren A, Sosef, Marc S M, SimaoBianchini, Rosangela, Utteridge, Timothy M A, Barbosa, Juliana C J, Buril, Maria Teresa, Chatrou, Lars W, Clay, Keith, Delgado, Geadelande, Desquilbet, Thibaut E, Ferreira, Priscila P A, Grande Allende, Jose R, Hernandez, Alexis L, HuertaRamos, Guillermo, Jarret, Robert L, Kojima, Roberta K, Landrein, Sven, Lourenco, Juliana A A M, De Man, Ine, Miller, Richard E, More, Sushant, Moreira, Andre L C, MwangaMwanga, Ithe, Nhanala, Stella, Pastore, Mayara, Petrongari, Fernanda S, Pisuttimarn, Ponprom, Pornpongrungrueng, Pimwadee, Rifkin, Joanna, Santos, Francisco D S, Shimpale, Vinod B, Silva, Simone S, Stinchcombe, John R, Traiperm, Paweena, Vasconcelos, Liziane V, Wang, Ming Li, Villordon, Arthur, Yang, Jun, Yencho, G Craig, Heider, Bettina, Simoes, Ana Rita G, 2020
Ranbow: A fast and accurate method for polyploid haplotype reconstruction., Moeinzadeh, MHossein, Yang, Jun, Muzychenko, Evgeny, Gallone, Giuseppe, Heller, David, Reinert, Knut, Haas, Stefan, Vingron, Martin, 2020
Maize GOLDEN2-LIKE genes enhance biomass and grain yields in rice by improving photosynthesis and reducing photoinhibition., Li, Xia, Wang, Peng, Li, Jing, Wei, Shaobo, Yan, Yanyan, Yang, Jun, Zhao, Ming, Langdale, Jane A, Zhou, Wenbin, 2020
Production of very-high-amylose cassava by post-transcriptional silencing of branching enzyme genes., Zhou, Wenzhi, Zhao, Shanshan, He, Shutao, Ma, Qiuxiang, Lu, Xinlu, Hao, Xiaomeng, Wang, Hongxia, Yang, Jun, Zhang, Peng, 2020
CRISPR/Cas9-Based Mutagenesis of Starch Biosynthetic Genes in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas) for the Improvement of Starch Quality., Wang, Hongxia, Wu, Yinliang, Zhang, Yandi, Yang, Jun, Fan, Weijuan, Zhang, Hui, Zhao, Shanshan, Yuan, Ling, Zhang, Peng, 2019
Editorial: Genetics and Genomics of Polyploid Plants., Yang, Jun, Wang, Zhangying, Jiang, Yiwei, Fei, Shuizhang, 2019
The horizontal gene transfer of Agrobacterium T-DNAs into the series Batatas (Genus Ipomoea) genome is not confined to hexaploid sweetpotato., QuispeHuamanquispe, Dora G, Gheysen, Godelieve, Yang, Jun, Jarret, Robert, Rossel, Genoveva, Kreuze, Jan F, 2019
A new high-quality genome sequence in soybean., Jun Yang, Xuehui Huang, 2018