Name: Xin Li
Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Phone number: 19060505030
E-mail: xli@nefu.edu.cn
Address: Northeast Forestry University, Shaw (Yifu) Teaching Building, Room 228 and 224.
Education and Training:
2010 – 2017: Ph.D., Plant Biological Sciences Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2006 – 2010: BS., Biology Major (Honor Class), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Employment:
2024.07 till now: Northeast Forestry University, College of Life Sciences, Professor.
2020 – 2024: North Carolina State University, USA, Postdoc
2019 – 2020: University of California, Berkeley, USA, Postdoc
2018 – 2019: North Carolina State University, USA, Postdoc
Courses to Teach:
Academic Writing for Ph.D. Students in Biology Major.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Full English version)
Molecular Biology (Chinese version, for undergraduate students in Biology major).
Research Specialty:
Plant Molecular Biology, Functional Genomics, Plant Secondary Metabolites, Synthetic Biology.
Research Interest:
We are interested in the biosynthesis and regulation of lignin, a major component in plant secondary cell wall, and the application of reduced lignin contents in plants to improve the quality and production of crop species and trees. We use Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for research, and we translate the knowledge gained and techniques obtained from the basic research to improve oilseed crops (e.g. pennycress and camelina), forage crops (e.g. Alfalfa) and poplar trees.
Publications:
1) Li, X., Yell, V., and Li, X. Two Arabidopsis promoters drive seed coat-specific gene expression in pennycress and camelina. Plant Methods, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-023-01114-x
2) Bethke, G., Huang, Y., Hense, G., Heinen, S., Liu, C., Wyant, S., Li, X., Quin, M., McCormick, S., Morrell, P., Dong, Y., Kumlehn, J., Salvi, S., Berthiller, F., and Muehlbauer, G. HvUGT13248 Confers Type II Resistance to Fusarium graminearum in Barley. Plant Physiology, 2023. Doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad467.
3) Chen, H., Li, X., Chapple, C., Dilkes, B., and Li, X. UGT76F1 glycosylates an isomer of the C7-necic acid component of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 2023. Doi: 10.1111/tpj.16211.
4) Lu, Y., Li, X., Young, S., Li, X., Linder, E., and Schoff, D. Hyperspectral imaging with chemometrics for non-destructive determination of cannabinoids in floral and leaf materials of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.). Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2022.
5) Xu, F., Jia, M., Li, X., Tang, Y., Jiang, K., Bao, J., and Gu, Y. Exportin-4 coordinates nuclear shuttling of TOPLESS family transcription corepressors to regulate plant immunity. The Plant Cell. 2021. Doi: 10.1093/plcell/koaa047.
6) Li, X. and Gu, Y. Structural and functional insight into the nuclear pore complex and nuclear transport receptors in plant stress signaling. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 2020. Doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.10.006.
7) Panda, C., Li, X., Wager, A., Chen, H., Li, X. An importin beta like protein mediates lignin-modification-induced dwarfism in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 2020. Doi: 10.1111/tpj.14701.
8) Lei, L., M. Poets, A., Liu, C., Wyant, S., Hoffman, P., Carter, C., Trantow, R., Li, X., Muehlbauer, G, Katagiri, F., and Morrell, P. Environmental association identifies candidates for tolerance to low temperature and drought. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2019. Doi: 10.1534/g3.119.400401.
9) Li, X., Michlmayr, H., Schweiger, W., Malachova, A., Shin, S., Huang, Y., Dong, Y., Wiesenberger, G., McCormick, S., Lemmens, M., Fruhmann, P., Hametner, C., Berthiller, F., Adam, G., and Muehlbauer, G. A barley UDP-glucosyltransferase inactivates nivalenol and provides Fusarium Head Blight resistance in transgenic wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2017. Doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx109.
10) Li, X., Shin, S., Heinen, S., Dill-Macky, R., Berthiller, F., Nersesian, N., Clemente, T., McCormick, S., and Muehlbauer, G. Transgenic wheat expressing a barley UDP-glucosyltransferase detoxifies deoxynivalenol and provides high levels of resistance to Fusarium graminearum. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction. 2015. Doi: 10.1094/MPMI-03-15-0062-R.
11) Chen, C., Xiao, Y., Li, X. and Ni, M. Light-regulated stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 2012. Doi: 10.1093/mp/sss039.
12) Huang, Z., Li, S., Song, W., Li, X., Li, Q., Zhang, Z., Han, Y., Zhang, X., Miao, S., Du, R., and Wang, L. Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1/KDM1A) contributes to colorectal tumorigenesis via activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by down-regulating Dickkopf-1 (DKK1). PloS One. 2013. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070077.
