Professors
Li,Meiru
Professor
Post：
Tel：
020-37252750
Add：
No.723, Xingke Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Education：
Ph.D
Email：
limr@scbg.ac.cn
Zip Code：
510650
Academic Education & Work Career：
(1) 2009 to present South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor
(2) Oct 2004-Dec 2008 South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Associate Professor
(3) Oct 2003-Sep 2004 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences Visiting Scholar
(4) Nov 2002-Sep 2003 South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Associate Professor
(5) Nov 2000-Oct 2002 South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Assistant Professor
(6) Jul 1994-Aug 1999, South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Assistant Professor
(7) Jul 1991-Jun 1994 South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Assistant
Research Interest：
(1) Molecular breeding of rice for high yield
(2) Molecular breeding of characteristic plants for improvement of ornamental traits
Supported Projects:
(1) National Science Foundation of China (Grant No 31571759; 2016/01-2019/12), Research on Gene Regulatory Network of 4 Rice Yield-Related Genes and Optimized Molecular Breeding Strategies for Rice Grain Yield
(2) Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (Grant No 2016A030313150; 2016/06-2019/05), Molecular Breeding of Saussurea involucrate Kar. et Kir. ex Maxim
Awards and Honors：
Publication：
(1) Maichun Fang#, Zejiao Zhou#, Xusheng Zhou, Huiyong Yang, Meiru Li*, Hongqing Li*, Overexpression of OsFTL10 induces early flowering and improves drought tolerance in Oryza sativa L. Peer J,2019,7:e6422 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6422
(2) Qiupeng Lin, Zejiao Zhou, Wanbin Luo, Maichun Fang, Meiru Li*, Hongqing Li*, Screening of Proximal and Interacting Proteins in Rice Protoplasts by Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation, Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:749, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00749
(3) Meiru Li #, Xiaoxia Li #, Zejiao Zhou, Pingzhi Wu, Maichun Fang, Xiaoping Pan, Qiupeng Lin, Wanbin Luo, Guojiang Wu*, Hongqing Li *, Reassessment of the Four Yield-related Genes Gn1a, DEP1, GS3, and IPA1 in Rice Using a CRISPR/Cas9 System. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, Mar 30; 7:377. doi:0.3389/fpls.2016.00377
(4) Jie Xu #, Li Meiru#, Lei Chen, Guojiang Wu, Hongqing Li*, Rapid generation of rice mutant via the dominant negative suppression of the mismatch repair protein OsPMS1, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2012, 125:975-986
(5) Meiru Li, Yan Li, Hongqing Li, Guojiang Wu*, Improvement of paper mulberry tolerance to abiotic stresses by ectopic expression of tall fescue FaDREB1, Tree Physiology, 2012, 32,104-113