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Name	Minglei Yang
Contact Information	mlyangrna@ustc.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Anhui

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Name

Minglei Yang

Contact Information

mlyangrna@ustc.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Anhui

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Science and Technology of China
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2015 - PhD in Biophysics: University of Science and Technology of China Developed new methods for RNA structure analysis including CAP-STRUCTURE-seq, smStructure-seq, and DaVinci Published research in journals like Nature, Nucleic Acids Research, and Current Biology Granted 3 domestic invention patents and applied for 1 international patent (EU)
Work Experience	2015-2019 - Postdoctoral Research: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and John Innes Centre, UK 2019-present - Senior Scientist and Collaborative Researcher: John Innes Centre
Awards	Recipient of the National Overseas High-Level Youth Talent Program

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Science and Technology of China

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2015 - PhD in Biophysics: University of Science and Technology of China
Developed new methods for RNA structure analysis including CAP-STRUCTURE-seq, smStructure-seq, and DaVinci
Published research in journals like Nature, Nucleic Acids Research, and Current Biology
Granted 3 domestic invention patents and applied for 1 international patent (EU)

Work Experience

2015-2019 - Postdoctoral Research: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and John Innes Centre, UK
2019-present - Senior Scientist and Collaborative Researcher: John Innes Centre

Awards

Recipient of the National Overseas High-Level Youth Talent Program

Areas of Focus	RNA structure and function analysis Plant adaptation to extreme environments
Publications	In vivo single-molecule analysis reveals COOLAIR RNA structural diversity, Yang, M., Zhu, P., Cheema, J., Bloomer, R., Mikulski, P., Liu, Q., Zhang, Y., Dean, C. and Ding, Y., 2022 Intact RNA structurome reveals mRNA structure-mediated regulation of miRNA cleavage in vivo, Yang, M., Woolfenden, H.C., Zhang, Y., Fang, X., Liu, Q., Vigh, M.L., Cheema, J., Yang, X., Norris, M., Yu, S., et al., 2020 G-quadruplex structures trigger RNA phase separation, Zhang, Y., Yang, M., Duncan, S., Yang, X., Abdelhamid, M.A.S., Huang, L., Zhang, H., Benfey, P.N., Waller, Z.A.E. and Ding, Y., 2019 Composite of functional mesoporous silica and DNA: An enzyme-responsive controlled release drug carrier system, Zhang, G., Yang, M., Cai, D., Zheng, K., Zhang, X., Wu, L. and Wu, Z., 2014 A self-activation loop maintains meristematic cell fate for branching, Cao, X., Wang, J., Xiong, Y., Yang, H., Yang, M., Ye, P., Bencivenga, S., Sablowski, R. and Jiao, Y., 2020 New era of studying RNA secondary structure and its influence on gene regulation in plants, Yang, X., Yang, M., Deng, H. and Ding, Y., 2018 Rice in vivo RNA structurome reveals RNA secondary structure conservation and divergence in plants, Deng, H., Cheema, J., Zhang, H., Woolfenden, H., Norris, M., Liu, Z., Liu, Q., Yang, X., Yang, M., Deng, X., et al., 2018 Regulation of axillary meristem initiation by transcription factors and plant hormones, Yang, M. and Jiao, Y., 2016 Seasonal variation and gender pattern of phenolic and flavonoid contents in Pistacia chinensis Bunge inflorescences and leaves, Zhang, L., Yang, M., Gao, J., Jin, S., Wu, Z., Wu, L. and Zhang, X., 2016

Areas of Focus

RNA structure and function analysis
Plant adaptation to extreme environments

Publications

In vivo single-molecule analysis reveals COOLAIR RNA structural diversity, Yang, M., Zhu, P., Cheema, J., Bloomer, R., Mikulski, P., Liu, Q., Zhang, Y., Dean, C. and Ding, Y., 2022
Intact RNA structurome reveals mRNA structure-mediated regulation of miRNA cleavage in vivo, Yang, M., Woolfenden, H.C., Zhang, Y., Fang, X., Liu, Q., Vigh, M.L., Cheema, J., Yang, X., Norris, M., Yu, S., et al., 2020
G-quadruplex structures trigger RNA phase separation, Zhang, Y., Yang, M., Duncan, S., Yang, X., Abdelhamid, M.A.S., Huang, L., Zhang, H., Benfey, P.N., Waller, Z.A.E. and Ding, Y., 2019
Composite of functional mesoporous silica and DNA: An enzyme-responsive controlled release drug carrier system, Zhang, G., Yang, M., Cai, D., Zheng, K., Zhang, X., Wu, L. and Wu, Z., 2014
A self-activation loop maintains meristematic cell fate for branching, Cao, X., Wang, J., Xiong, Y., Yang, H., Yang, M., Ye, P., Bencivenga, S., Sablowski, R. and Jiao, Y., 2020
New era of studying RNA secondary structure and its influence on gene regulation in plants, Yang, X., Yang, M., Deng, H. and Ding, Y., 2018
Rice in vivo RNA structurome reveals RNA secondary structure conservation and divergence in plants, Deng, H., Cheema, J., Zhang, H., Woolfenden, H., Norris, M., Liu, Z., Liu, Q., Yang, X., Yang, M., Deng, X., et al., 2018
Regulation of axillary meristem initiation by transcription factors and plant hormones, Yang, M. and Jiao, Y., 2016
Seasonal variation and gender pattern of phenolic and flavonoid contents in Pistacia chinensis Bunge inflorescences and leaves, Zhang, L., Yang, M., Gao, J., Jin, S., Wu, Z., Wu, L. and Zhang, X., 2016

Rna Structure Rna Function Rna Analysis Plant Adaptation Extreme Environments Genetic Regulation Epigenetics Rna Processing Chromatin Plasticity Synthetic Epigenetics

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