Name: Li, Yuhua

Degree: Ph.D.

Title: Professor

Position: Director of Key Laboratory of Saline alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration, Ministry of Education

Phone number: 86-451-82191733

E-mail: lyhshen@126.com

Address: Northeast Forestry University, Shaw (Yifu) Teaching Building, Room 234

Education and Training:

1979.9-1983.7 Bachelor, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Major: Pomology

1989.9-1994.4 Master and Ph.D., Shenyang Agricultural University, Major: Pomology

Employment:

1986.6-1994.4: Assistant and Lecturer of Pomology, Agricultural college of Yanbian University

1994.6- 2000.7: Postdoctoral fellow of Horticulture, The University of Tokyo

2000.7-2003.9: Professor of Horticulture, College of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University

2003.7-present: Professor, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University

Honors and Awards:

National Award for Science and Technology Progress in Higher Education

Northeast Forestry University academic teacher Subsidy Scheme

Fellow of "Longjiang Scholar" Professor

Provincial Institute of Higher education of outstanding scientific achievement award

Third award of the Sixth China Flower Exposition technological achievements

Research Specialty:

Plant Developmental Biology

Molecular Biology

Synthetic Biology

Courses to Teach:

Molecular Biology, Advances in Modern Biological Science and Developmental Biology

Extramural Appointments and Service:

2005-2023: Scientific Reviewer of National Natural Science Foundation of China

Daqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Editorial Boards:

Member of the Editorial Board of “Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science”

Member of the Editorial Board of “Plant Physiology Journal (in Chinese)”

Member of Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Member of Chinese Society for Horticultural Science

Research Interest:

1. plant natural product biosynthesis, with the focuses on triterpene pathway discovery, elucidation and engineering in Araliacee medicinal plants.

2. UV-A Light signal transduction to enhance anthocyanin accumulation in plant.

3. Selection of cold-tolerant ornamental plants and research of its mechanism

Funding:

1.National Natural Science Foundation of China, Regional Innovation and Development Joint Fund Key Support Project (U21A20243), 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2025, (P.I.) Title: Molecular regulation mechanism of triterpene saponins biosynthesis during in vitro reproduction of Araliacee forest medicinal plants

2.National Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang, Research Team Project (TD2022C001), 07/01/2022 – 07/31/2025, (P.I.) Title: Biosynthesis Regulation and Efficient Production Technology Development of Rare Saponins in Northeast Forest Medicinal Plants

3.National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFD1001501), 05/01/2019 – 12/31/2022, (P.I.) Title: Selection of Cold-Resistant, Drought-Resistant, and Early-Flowering Varieties Suitable for Northern Regions

4.National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFD1000405), 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2022, (P.I.) Title: Study on the Epigenetic Mechanism of Chrysanthemum Flower Color Formation

Publications: (1.黑体自己的名字；2.建议提供DOI link)

1.Yu Wang^#, He Zhang^#, Hyok Chol Ri^#, Zeyu An^#, Xin Wang, Jia-Nan Zhou, Dongran Zheng, Hao Wu, Pengchao Wang, Jianfei Yang, Ding-Kun Liu, Di-Yang Zhang, Wen-Chieh Tsai, Zheyong Xue, Zhichao Xu, Peng Zhang^*, Zhong-Jian Liu^*, Hailong Shen^*, andYuhua Li^*. Deletion and tandem duplications of biosynthetic genes drive the diversity of triterpenoids inAralia elata.Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 2224, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29908-y.

2.Ming Wei, Mengqiu Zhang, Jiali Sun, Ying Zhao, Solme Pak, Miaomiao Ma, Yingxi Chen, Han Lu, Jingli Yang, Hairong Wei,Yuhua Li^*, Chenghao Li^*. PuHox52 promotes coordinated uptake of nitrate, phosphate, and iron under nitrogen deficiency inPopulus ussuriensis.Journal of integrative plant biology, 2023, 65(3): 791-809.

3.Xue Yin, Jia Liu, Chengxi Kou, Jiaojiao Lu, He Zhang, Wei Song^*,Yuhua Li^*, Zheyong Xue^*, Xin Hua^*. Deciphering the network of cholesterol biosynthesis inParis polyphyllalaid a base for efficient diosgenin production in plant chassis[J].Metabolic Engineering, 2023, 76: 232-246.

4.Yunzhu Chen^#, Pyol Kim^#, Lingzhe Kong, Xin Wang, Wei Tan, Xin Liu, Yuansen Chen, Jianfei Yang, Bowei Chen, Yuxin Song, Zeyu An, Jong Min Phyon, Yang Zhang, Bing Ding, Saneyuki Kawabata^*,Yuhua Li^*, and Yu Wang^*. A dual-function transcription factor SlJAF13 promotes anthocyanin biosynthesis in tomato.Journal of Experimental Botany, 2022, 73, 16, 5559–5580, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac209.

5.He Zhang^#, Xin Hua^#, Dongran Zheng, Hao Wu, Chuanwang Li, Pan Rao, Mengliang Wen, Yong-Eui Choi, Zheyong Xue^*, Yu Wang^*,Yuhua Li^*.De NovoBiosynthesis of Oleanane-Type Ginsenosides inSaccharomyces cerevisiaeUsing Two Types of Glycosyltransferases fromPanax ginseng.Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022, 70, 7, 2231–2240. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c07526

6.Jianfei Yang^#, Yunzhu Chen^#, Zhihong Xiao, Hailong Shen,Yuhua Li^*, Yu Wang^*. Multi-level regulation of anthocyanin-promoting R2R3-MYB transcription factors in plants.Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, 13:1008829. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1008829

7.Mingwei Tang^#, Wanjie Xue^#, Xueqi Li^#, Lishan Wang, Min Wang, Wanpeng Wang, Xue Yin, Bowei Chen, Xueting Qu, Jingyao Li, Yi Wu, Xinyu Gao, Xiaofeng Wei, Fanqi Bu, Lingyu Zhang, Zhuoran Sui, Bing Ding, Yu Wang, Qingzhu Zhang^*,Yuhua Li^*, Yang Zhang^*. Mitotically heritable epigenetic modifications of CmMYB6 control anthocyanin biosynthesis in Chrysanthemum.New Phytologist. 2022, 236(3): 1075-1088. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18389

8.Yiheng Lan, Ruikun Sun, Jian Ouyang, Wubing Ding, Min-Jun Kim, Jun Wu^*,Yuhua Li^*, Tieliu Shi^*. AtMAD: Arabidopsis thaliana multi-omics association database.Nucleic Acids Research, 2021, 49(D1): D1445-D1451.

9.Pyol Kim, Cai Yun Xue, Hyon Dok Song, Yue Gao, Lu Feng,Yuhua Li^*, Yuan Hu Xuan^*. Tissue‐specific activation of DOF11 promotes rice resistance to sheath blight disease and increases grain weight via activation of SWEET14.Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19(3): 409. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13489