Areas of Focus
- Chloroplast development and plastid gene expression regulation in higher plants
Work Experience
- 2022/9 - Present, Shanghai Normal University, School of Life Sciences, Professor
- 2014/9 - 2022/8, Shanghai Normal University, School of Life Sciences, Associate Professor
- 2009/9 - 2014/12, Shanghai Normal University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005/09 - 2009/06 PhD: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Plant Research Institute
- 2002/09 - 2005/06 Master's: Shanghai Normal University
- 1998/09 - 2002/06 Bachelor's: Huaibei Normal University
Publications
- AtNusG, a chloroplast nucleoid protein of bacterial origin linking chloroplast transcriptional and translational machineries, is required for proper chloroplast gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana, Yu Qingbo*, 2022
- mTERF8, a Member of the Mitochondrial Transcription Termination Factor Family, Is Involved in the Transcription Termination of Chloroplast Gene psbJ, Yu Qingbo*, 2020
- pTAC10, an S1-domain-containing component of the transcriptionally active chromosome complex, is essential for plastid gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana and is phosphorylated by chloroplast-targeted casein kinase II, Yu Qingbo*, 2018
- Porphobilinogen deaminase HEMC interacts with the PPR-protein AtECB2 for chloroplast RNA editing, Yu Qingbo*, 2017
- EMB2738, which encodes a putative plastid-targeted GTP-binding protein, is essential for embryogenesis and chloroplast development in higher plants, Yu Qingbo*, 2017
Awards
- 2019: Third Prize, Shanghai Science and Technology Award (Natural Science category), ranked second
