Yuan Li

Professor

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China

E- mail: lyuan@nwafu.edu.cn

Education:

l 2003-2008 Ph.D. Developmental Cell Biology Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Beijing, China

l 2000-2003  M.S. Vegetable Breeding College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

l 1996-2000  B.S c.(Agr.) Vegetable College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Work Experience:

2018-Present: Professor – Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

2016-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow – DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA

2012-2016: Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Venkatesan Sundaresan's Lab, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA

2008-2012: Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Christopher Makaroff's Lab, Miami University, Oxford, OH USA

Research Interests:

Mechanism of parthenogenesis in Cucurbits crops

Haploid induction system

Plant reproduction in Cucurbits crops

Genome editing techniques in Cucurbits crops

Courses:

Molecular Biology of Horticulture plants

Biotechnology of Horticultural Plants

Selected Publications

1. Yuan, L.^*, Liu, Z. ^*, Song, X., Jernstedt, J., and Sundaresan, V. (2018). The gymnosperm ortholog of the angiosperm central cell-specification gene CKI1 provides an essential clue to endosperm origin. New Phytol 218, 1685-1696.

2. Wang, J., Guo, X., Xiao, Q., Zhu, J., Cheung, A.Y., Yuan, L.^#, Vierling, E. ^#, and Xu, S^#. (2020). Auxin efflux controls orderly nucellar degeneration and expansion of the female gametophyte in Arabidopsis. New Phytol.

3. Tian, S., Jiang, J., Xu, g., Wang, T., Liu, Q., Chen, X., Liu, M., Yuan, L. ^# （2021）Genome wide analysis of kinesin gene family in Citrullus lanatus reveals an essential role in early fruit development. BMC Plant Biol（Accepted）

4. Tian, S., Ge, J., Jiang, J., Ai, G., Liu, Q., Chen, X., Liu, M., Yuan, L. ^# A 2.09Mb fragment translocation on chromosome 6 causes abnormality during meiosis and leads to seedless watermelon. （Submitted）

5. Yuan L., Liu Z, Song X, Jernstedt J, Sundaresan V, (2018). The gymnosperm ortholog of the angiosperm central cell-specification gene CKI1 provides an essential clue to endosperm origin. New Phytol 218, 1685-96

6. Liu Z., Yuan L., Song X., Yu X., Sundaresan V. (2017). AHP2, AHP3, and AHP5 act downstream of CKI1 in Arabidopsis female gametophyte development. J Exp Bot 68, 3365-3373.

7. Yuan, L., Liu, Z., Song, X., Johnson, C., Yu, X., and Sundaresan, V. (2016). The CKI1 Histidine Kinase Specifies the Female Gametic Precursor of the Endosperm. Dev. Cell 37, 34-46.

8. Yuan, L., and Sundaresan, V. (2015). Spore Formation in Plants: Sporocyteless and More. Cell Res. 25, 7–8.