Academic Education & Work Career:
Dr. Li received her B.S. from Peking University and Ph.D. from Cornell University. After postdoctoral research at University of California at Berkeley, she joined SCBG as a Professor/researcher in 2011.
Research Interest:
Specialized metabolism and molecular regulation in plants; Molecular genetics of medicinal plants; Resource collection and breeding of medicinal plants.
Publication:
1.Yuping Li#, Xiaoju Liang#, Xuguo Zhou, Yu An, Ming Li, Ling Yuan, Yongqing Li*, Ying Wang*. Spatio‑temporal selection of reference genes in the two congeneric species of Glycyrrhiza. Scientific Reports. 2021, 11: 1122. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79298-8
2.Jiajia Cai#, Ting Liu, Yongqing Li, David Ow*. A C-terminal fragment of Arabidopsis OXIDATIVE STRESS 2 can play a positive role in salt tolerance. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2021, 556:23-30. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.127.
3.Lilong He#, Jingjuan Li, Lin Shi, Qianyu Zhao, Zhigeng Wu, Shaohua Zeng, Yongqing Li, Wei Zhang, Feng-De Wang, Shu Zhang and Jianwei Gao*. Exogenous metabolites spray, which identified from metabolomics analysis and transcriptomic analysis, can improve salt tolerance of Chinese cabbages (Brassica rapa L.ssp pekinensis)* Journal of Plant Interactions. 2021, 16:452-461. doi: 10.1080/17429145.2021.1969457
4.Yongliang Liu#, Barunava Patra, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Priyanka Paul, Yan Zhou, Yongqing Li, Ying Wang, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Ling Yuan* Terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus: effects and prospects of environmental factors in metabolic engineering. Biotechnology letters. 2021, 43(11):2085-2103.
5.Huanfang Liu#*, Honghua Yang, Tong Zhao, Canjia Lin, Yongqing Li, Xinhua Zhang, Yushi Ye, Jingping Liao. Combined metabolome and transcriptome analyses of young, mature, and old rhizome tissues of Zingiber officinale Roscoe Frontiers in Genetics 2021 Dec 8;12:795201. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.795201.
6.Xiaoling Ma#, Xing Huang, Zhengli Jiao, Lilong He, Yongqing Li, David W. Ow*, Overproduction of plant nuclear export signals enhances diamide tolerance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2020, 531(3):335-340. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.07.054.
7.Yuping Li, Xiaoju Liang, Xuguo Zhou, Zhigeng Wu, Ling Yuan, Ying Wang*, Yongqing Li*. Selection of reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis in medicinal plant Glycyrrhiza under abiotic stresses and hormonal treatments. Plants (Basel). 2020, 9, 1441; doi:10.3390/plants9111441
8.Lilong He, Ying Jing, Jianlin Shen, Xining Li, Huiping Liu, Zilong Geng, Mei Wang, Yongqing Li, Donghua Chen, Jianwei Gao, Wei Zhang*. Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carriers Prevent Cadmium Toxicity by Sustaining the TCA Cycle and Glutathione Synthesis. Plant Physiology. 2019, 180(1):198-211.
9.Johannes Liesche*, Marcelo R. Pace, Qiyu Xu, Yongqing Li and Shaolin Chen, Height-related scaling of phloem anatomy and the evolution of sieve element end wall types in woody plants. New Phytologist. 2017. 214(1):245-256.
10.Lilong He, Xiaoling Ma, Zhenzhen Li, Zhengli Jiao, Yongqing Li* and David W. Ow*, Maize OXIDATIVE STRESS 2 homologs enhance cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis through activation of a putative SAM-dependent methyltransferase gene Plant Physiology. 2016, 171(3):1675-1685.
11.Ying Zhou, Ling Zhang, Jiadong Gui, Fang Dong, Sihua Cheng, Xin Mei, Linyun Zhang, Yongqing Li, Xinguo Su, Susanne Baldermann, Naoharu Watanabe, Ziyin Yang*. Molecular cloning and characterization of a short chain dehydrogenase showing activity with volatile compounds isolated from Camellia sinensis. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 2015, 33(2):253-263
12.Heng Xu, Jian-Dong Bao, Ji-Song Dai, Yongqing Li, Ying Zhu*, Genome-Wide Identification of New Reference Genes for qRT-PCR Normalization under High Temperature Stress in Rice Endosperm. PLoS One. 2015, 10(11):e0142015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142015.
13.Yongqing Li#, Mingyue Gou#, Qi Sun, Jian Hua*. Requirement of calcium binding, myristoylation, and protein-protein interaction for the Copine BON1 function in Arabidopsis Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2010, 285(39):29884-91.
14.Yongqing Li, Britney Pennington, Jian Hua*. Multiple R-like genes are negatively regulated by BON1 and BON3 in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant Microbe Interaction. 2009, 22(7):840-848
15.Yongqing Li#, Shuhua Yang#, Huijun Yang and Jian Hua*. The TIR-NB-LRR gene SNC1 is regulated at the transcript level by multiple factors. Molecular Plant Microbe Interaction. 2007, 20(11):1449-1456
16.Huijun Yang, Shuhua Yang, Yongqing Li and Jian Hua*. The Arabidopsis BAP1 and BAP2 genes are general inhibitors of programmed cell death. Plant Physiology. 2007, 145(1):135-146
17.Huijun Yang, Yongqing Li and Jian Hua*. The C2 domain protein BAP1 negatively regulates defense responses in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal, 2006, 48(2):238-248.
18.Liangqi Wu, Zhanmin Fan, Lei Guo, Yongqing Li, Zhang-Liang Chen, Li-Jia Qu*. Over-expression of the bacterial nhaA gene in rice enhances salt and drought tolerance, Plant Science, 2005, 168(2):297-302.