Areas of Focus
- Plant immune signal transduction and regulation
- Molecular basis of plant viral pathology
- Plant cell autophagy
- Plant functional genomics
Work Experience
- 1988-1998 Various roles from Intern to Researcher: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- 1995-1996 Visiting Scholar: Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK
- 1998-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Texas at Austin, USA
- 1999-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Scientist: Yale University, USA
- 2007-present Professor: Tsinghua University, China
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1984-1988 Bachelor in Biochemistry: Nankai University, Tianjin
- 1990-1992 Master in Microbiology: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- 1994-1997 Joint PhD in Microbiology: Chinese Academy of Sciences and Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK
- Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1997
- Part of Tsinghua University's 'Hundred Talents Program'
Publications
- Molecular basis of methyl-salicylate-mediated plant airborne defence, Liu Y*, 2023
- A viral protein disrupts vacuolar acidification to facilitate virus infection in plants, Liu Y*, 2022
- A calmodulin-binding transcription factor links calcium signaling to antiviral RNAi defense in plants, Liu Y*, 2021
- Efficient and high-throughput pseudorecombinant-chimeric Cucumber mosaic virus-based VIGS in maize, Liu Y*, 2021
- Plant NLR immune receptor Tm-22 activation requires NB-ARC domain-mediated self-association of CC domain, Liu Y*, 2020
- Cotton leaf curl Multan virus βC1 protein induces autophagy by disrupting the interaction of autophagy related protein 3 with Glyceraldehyde-3 Phosphate Dehydrogenases, Liu Y*, 2020
- Cotton Leaf Curl Multan virus C4 protein suppresses both transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene silencing by interacting with SAM synthetase, Liu Y*, 2018
- Autophagy functions as an antiviral mechanism against geminiviruses in plants, Liu Y*, 2017
- Plant Bax Inhibitor-1 interacts with ATG6 to regulate autophagy and programmed cell death, Liu Y*, 2017
- CLCuMuB βC1 Subverts Ubiquitination by Interacting with NbSKP1s to Enhance Geminivirus Infection in Nicotiana benthamiana, Liu Y*, 2016
- Disruption of microtubules in plants suppresses macroautophagy and triggers starchy chloroplast autophagy, Liu Y*, 2015
- Cytoplastic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases interact with ATG3 to negatively regulate autophagy and immunity in Nicotiana benthamiana, Liu Y*, 2015
- Type I J-domain NbMIP1 proteins are required for both Tobacco mosaic virus infection and plant innate immunity, Liu Y*, 2013
- Autophagy Contributes to the Leaf Starch Degradation, Liu Y*, 2013
- Autophagy regulates programmed cell death during the plant innate immune response, Liu Y*, 2005
Awards
- 1997: Young Scientist Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2007: Hundred Talents Program, Tsinghua University
