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Name	Youguo Li
Contact Information	youguoli@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Hubei

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Youguo Li

Contact Information

youguoli@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Hubei

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Huazhong Agricultural University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1984-1988 Bachelor: Wuhan University, Biology 1988-1991 Master: Wuhan University, Cell Biology 1997-2000 PhD: Huazhong Agricultural University, Life Sciences
Work Experience	1991-1994 - Huazhong Agricultural University - Teaching in Microbiology 1994-2001 - Huazhong Agricultural University - Teaching in Microbiology, promoted to Associate Professor in 2000 2001-2001 - Wageningen University, Netherlands - Visiting Scholar in Microbial Molecular Ecology 2002-2005 - University of East Anglia, UK - Postdoctoral Research in Life Sciences 2005-present - National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology - Principal Investigator, promoted to Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in 2007

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Huazhong Agricultural University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1984-1988 Bachelor: Wuhan University, Biology
1988-1991 Master: Wuhan University, Cell Biology
1997-2000 PhD: Huazhong Agricultural University, Life Sciences

Work Experience

1991-1994 - Huazhong Agricultural University - Teaching in Microbiology
1994-2001 - Huazhong Agricultural University - Teaching in Microbiology, promoted to Associate Professor in 2000
2001-2001 - Wageningen University, Netherlands - Visiting Scholar in Microbial Molecular Ecology
2002-2005 - University of East Anglia, UK - Postdoctoral Research in Life Sciences
2005-present - National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology - Principal Investigator, promoted to Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in 2007

Areas of Focus	Molecular mechanisms and applications of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in rhizobia Interaction mechanisms in Astragalus sinicus symbiosis Research on soybean rhizobia nitrogen fixation and plant-microbe interactions Genetic improvement of soybean and Astragalus sinicus rhizobia
Publications	A purple acid phosphatase plays a role in nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Astragalus sinicus., Jianyun Wang, Zaiyong Si, Fang Li, Xiaobo Xiong, Lei Lei, Fuli Xie, Dasong Chen, Yixing Li, Youguo Li, 2015 A nodule-specific lipid transfer protein AsE246 participates in transport of plant-synthesized lipids to symbiosome membrane and is essential for nodule organogenesis in Chinese milk vetch., Lei, L., L. Chen, X. Shi, Y. Li, J. Wang, D. Chen, F. Xie, Y. Li, 2014 Whole-genome sequencing of Mesorhizobium huakuii 7653R provides molecular insights into host specificity and symbiosis island dynamics., Shanming Wang, Baohai Hao, Jiarui Li, Jieli Peng, Fuli Xie, Xinyin Zhao, Christian Frech, Nansheng Chen, Binguang Ma, Youguo Li, 2014 RNA-Seq and Microarrays Analyses Reveal Global Differential Transcriptomes of Mesorhizobium huakuii 7653R between Bacteroids and Free-Living Cells., Peng, J., B. Hao, L. Liu, S. Wang, B. Ma, Y. Yang, F. Xie, Y. Li, 2014 A nodule-specific plant cysteine proteinase, AsNODF32, is involved in nodule senescence and nitrogen fixation activity of the green manure legume Astragalus sinicus., Yixing Li, Lei Zhou, Youguo Li, Dasong Chen, Xuejuan Tan, Lei Lei, Junchu Zhou, 2008 Polyphasic characterization of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) rhizobia from different geographical regions of China., Jiang Ke Yang, Tian Ying Yuan, Wei Tao Zhang, Jun Chu Zhou, You Guo Li, 2008 Structural and Regulatory Genes Required to Make the Gas Dimethyl Sulfide in Bacteria., Jonathan D. Todd, Rachel Rogers, You Guo Li, Margaret Wexler, Philip L. Bond, Lei Sun, Andrew R. J. Curson, Gill Malin, Michael Steinke, Andrew W. B. Johnston, 2007 Screening a Wide Host-range, Waste-water Metagenomic Library in Tryptophan Auxotrophs of Rhizobium leguminosarum and of Escherichia coli Reveals Different Classes of Cloned trp Genes., Y. Li, M. Wexler, D. J. Richardson, P. L. Bond, A. W. B. Johnston, 2005 Metagenomic Marine Nitrogen Fixation - Feast or Famine?, A.W.B.Johnston, Youguo Li, Lesley Ogilvie, 2005

Areas of Focus

Molecular mechanisms and applications of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in rhizobia
Interaction mechanisms in Astragalus sinicus symbiosis
Research on soybean rhizobia nitrogen fixation and plant-microbe interactions
Genetic improvement of soybean and Astragalus sinicus rhizobia

Publications

A purple acid phosphatase plays a role in nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Astragalus sinicus., Jianyun Wang, Zaiyong Si, Fang Li, Xiaobo Xiong, Lei Lei, Fuli Xie, Dasong Chen, Yixing Li, Youguo Li, 2015
A nodule-specific lipid transfer protein AsE246 participates in transport of plant-synthesized lipids to symbiosome membrane and is essential for nodule organogenesis in Chinese milk vetch., Lei, L., L. Chen, X. Shi, Y. Li, J. Wang, D. Chen, F. Xie, Y. Li, 2014
Whole-genome sequencing of Mesorhizobium huakuii 7653R provides molecular insights into host specificity and symbiosis island dynamics., Shanming Wang, Baohai Hao, Jiarui Li, Jieli Peng, Fuli Xie, Xinyin Zhao, Christian Frech, Nansheng Chen, Binguang Ma, Youguo Li, 2014
RNA-Seq and Microarrays Analyses Reveal Global Differential Transcriptomes of Mesorhizobium huakuii 7653R between Bacteroids and Free-Living Cells., Peng, J., B. Hao, L. Liu, S. Wang, B. Ma, Y. Yang, F. Xie, Y. Li, 2014
A nodule-specific plant cysteine proteinase, AsNODF32, is involved in nodule senescence and nitrogen fixation activity of the green manure legume Astragalus sinicus., Yixing Li, Lei Zhou, Youguo Li, Dasong Chen, Xuejuan Tan, Lei Lei, Junchu Zhou, 2008
Polyphasic characterization of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) rhizobia from different geographical regions of China., Jiang Ke Yang, Tian Ying Yuan, Wei Tao Zhang, Jun Chu Zhou, You Guo Li, 2008
Structural and Regulatory Genes Required to Make the Gas Dimethyl Sulfide in Bacteria., Jonathan D. Todd, Rachel Rogers, You Guo Li, Margaret Wexler, Philip L. Bond, Lei Sun, Andrew R. J. Curson, Gill Malin, Michael Steinke, Andrew W. B. Johnston, 2007
Screening a Wide Host-range, Waste-water Metagenomic Library in Tryptophan Auxotrophs of Rhizobium leguminosarum and of Escherichia coli Reveals Different Classes of Cloned trp Genes., Y. Li, M. Wexler, D. J. Richardson, P. L. Bond, A. W. B. Johnston, 2005
Metagenomic Marine Nitrogen Fixation - Feast or Famine?, A.W.B.Johnston, Youguo Li, Lesley Ogilvie, 2005

Symbiosis Nitrogen Fixation Rhizobia Molecular Mechanisms Soybean Genetic Improvement Plant-Microbe Interactions Astragalus Sinicus Pgpr Symbiotic Efficiency

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