Areas of Focus
- 特殊生态类群真菌(水生、溶洞、耐热、耐碱、寡营养等)的生物多样性及资源应用
- 植物病原真菌的分类、系统演化及物种形成
- 服务于生物安全、食品安全、生物多样性保护、海关检疫等领域的真菌分子检测、鉴定、筛查技术研发
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002-10 至 2006-06 微生物学博士: 香港大学
- 2000-09 至 2002-07 微生物学硕士: 云南大学
- 1993-09 至 1998-07 学士: 清华大学
Publications
- Nanopora sequencing of full rRNA operon improves resolution in mycobiome analysis and reveals high diversity in both human gut and environments, Lu Jingjing, Chen Liang, Cai Lei, Wang Jun, 2023
- Metatranscriptomics and metabarcoding reveal spatiotemporal shifts in fungal communities and their activities in Chinese coastal waters, Wang MM, Mara P, Burgard G, Yang HP, Edgcomb V, Cai Lei, Li W, 2023
- Redisposition of acremonium-like fungi in Hypocreales, Hou, L W, Giraldo, A, Groenewald, J Z, Raemae, T, Summerbell, R C, Huang, G Z, Cai Lei, Crous, P W, 2023
- Fusarium diversity associated with diseased cereals in China, with an updated phylogenomic assessment of the genus, SL Han, MM Wang, ZY Ma, M Raza, P Zhao, JM Liang, M Gao, YJ Li, JW Wang, DM Hu, 蔡磊, 2023
- Haplotype-phased and chromosome-level assembly of Puccinia polysora, a giga-scale fungal pathogen causing southern corn rust, Junmin Liang, Yuanjie Li, Peter N. Dodds, Melania Figueroa, Jana Sperchneider, Shiling Han, Keyu Zhang, Leifu Li, Zhanhong Ma, Lei Cai, 2023
- Applying early divergent characters in higher rank taxonomy of Melampsorineae (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales), Peng Zhao, Yan Li, Yuanjie Li, Fang Liu, Junmin Liang, Xin Zhou, Cai Lei, 2023
- Cross-kingdom synthetic microbiota supports tomato suppression of Fusarium wilt disease, Xin Zhou, Jinting Wang, Fang Liu, Junmin Liang, Peng Zhao, Clement K M Tsui, Lei Cai, 2022
- Fungal names: a comprehensive nomenclatural repository and knowledge base for fungal taxonomy, Wang, Fang, Wang, Ke, Cai, Lei, Zhao, Mingjun, Kirk, Paul M, Fan, Guomei, Sun, Qinglan, Li, Bo, Wang, Shuai, Yu, Zhengfei, Han, Dong, Ma, Juncai, Wu, Linhuan, Yao, Yijian, 2022
- Cronartium rust (Pucciniales, Cronartiaceae): species delineation, diversity and host alternation, Zhao, P, Liu, F, Huang, J E, Zhou, X, Qi, X H, Duan, W J, Cai, L, 2022
- Distribution of mycotoxin-producing fungi across major rice production areas of China, Qi, Zhihui, Zhou, Xin, Tian, Lin, Zhang, Haiyang, Cai, Lei, Tang, Fang, 2022
- Applying meta-data of soybean grain in origin trace and quarantine inspection, Zhou, Xin, Zhang, HuiLi, Lu, XiaoWei, Zhao, Peng, Liu, Fang, Qi, ZhiHui, Tang, Fang, Duan, WeiJun, Cai, Lei, 2022
- Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 4, Q Chen, M Bakhshi, Y Balci, KD Broders, R Cheewangkoon, SF Chen, XL Fan, D Gramaje, F Halleen, M Horta Jung, N Jiang, T Jung, T Mjek, S Marincowitz, I Milenkovi, L Mostert, C Nak
Awards
- 西藏自治区科学技术奖 (2018): 一等奖, 省级
- 中国菌物学会-戴芳瀾优秀青年奖 (2015): 其他
- 中国科协-全国优秀科技工作者 (2012): 部委级
- 国际菌物学会-杰出青年菌物学家奖 (2011): 其他
- 亚洲菌物学会-杰出青年菌物学家奖 (2011): 其他
- 国家科技进步奖 (2004): 二等奖, 国家级
- 云南省技术发明奖 (2002): 三等奖, 省级
- 云南省科技进步奖 (2001): 一等奖, 省级