Areas of Focus
- Maize biological breeding
- Transgenic and gene editing technologies in crop genetic improvement
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013-2019 PhD in Agronomy, Huazhong Agricultural University, Vegetable Science
- Published 4 papers as first author in major journals
Publications
- Tomato CYP94C1 inactivates bioactive JA-Ile to attenuate jasmonate-mediated defense during fruit ripening, Tianxia Yang, Lei Deng, Qinyang Wang, Chuanlong Sun, Muhammad Ali, Fangming Wu, Huawei Zhai, Qian Xu, Peiyong Xin, Shujing Cheng, Jinfang Chu, Tingting Huang, Chang-Bao Li, Chuanyou Li, 2024
- Tomato MED25 regulates fruit ripening by interacting with EIN3-like transcription factors, Lei Deng, Tianxia Yang, Qian Li, Zeqian Chang, Chuanlong Sun, Hongling Jiang, Xianwen Meng, Tingting Huang, Chang-Bao Li, Silin Zhong, Chuanyou Li, 2023
- Recoloring tomato fruit by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplex gene editing, Yang T., Ali M., Lin L., Li P., He H., Zhu Q., Sun C., Wu N., Zhang X., Huang T., Li C.B., Li C., Deng L., 2022
- Rapid breeding of pink-fruited tomato hybrids using the CRISPR/Cas9 system, Yang, T., Deng, L., Zhao, W., Zhang, R., Jiang, H., Ye, Z., Li, C.B., Li, C., 2019