Areas of Focus
- Livestock Functional Genomics
- Bioinformatics
Work Experience
- 2017.7-Present: Associate Professor at South China Agricultural University
- 2019.11-2022.12: Postdoctoral Researcher at Guangdong Laboratory Animals Monitoring Institute/ Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2016.5–2017.5: Joint PhD training in Animal Epigenetics at University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2011.9–2017.9: Master-PhD program in Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction at South China Agricultural University
- 2007.9–2011.6: Bachelor in Animal Science at South China Agricultural University
Publications
- Pig-eRNAdb: a comprehensive enhancer and eRNA dataset of pigs, Wang, Y., Jin, W., Pan, X., Liao, W., Shen, Q., Cai, J., Gong, W., Tian, Y., Xu, D., Li, Y., Li, J., Gong, J., Zhang, Z., & Yuan, XL., 2024
- A novel trans-acting lncRNA of ACTG1 that induces the remodeling of ovarian follicles, Li, N., Zhou, Y., Cai, J., Wang, Y., Zhou, X., Hu, M., Li, Y., Zhang, H., Li, J., Cai, B., & Yuan, XL., 2023
- Single-cell multi-omics profiling reveals key regulatory mechanisms that poise germinal vesicle oocytes for maturation in pigs, Yuan, XL, Chen, N., Feng, Y., Li, N., Pan, X., Tian, Y., Wang, J., Jiang, Y., He, D., Li, J., & Gao, F., 2023
- DNMT1-mediated lncRNA IFFD controls the follicular development via targeting GLI1 by sponging miR-370, Zhou, X., He, Y., Pan, X., Quan, H., He, B., Li, Y., Bai, G., Li, N., Zhang, Z., Zhang, H., Li, J., & Yuan, XL., 2023
- Benchmarking DNA methylation analysis of 14 alignment algorithms for whole genome bisulfite sequencing in mammals, Gong, W., Pan, X., Xu, D., Ji, G., Wang, Y., Tian, Y., Cai, J., Li, J., Zhang, Z., & Yuan, XL., 2022
- DNA methylation mediated RSPO2 to promote follicular development in mammals, Zhou, X., He, Y., Li, N., Bai, G., Pan, X., Zhang, Z., Zhang, H., Li, J., & Yuan, XL., 2021
Awards
- Young Scientist Award from the Chinese Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences (2022)
- Wu Changxin Animal Genetics and Breeding Technology Achievement Award (December 2019)
- Carlsberg Foundation Award from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (April 2016)
- Wu Changxin Animal Genetics and Breeding Special Fund Award (November 2015)
