Personal information

Education

  • 2015/09-2019/07: Bachelor, supervised by Dr. Shengcai Han, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University

    • Project:
    1. Construction of bacterial consortium for cornstalk degradation in soil.

  • 2020/09-2023/07: Master, supervised by Dr. Ke Yu, Henan University

    • Projects:
    1. Mining BA2H (benzoic acid 2 hydroxylase) for SA biosynthesis in Physcomitrella patens.
    2. Dissecting the role of an F-box protein in salicylic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    3. Identify novel components in the signaling pathway of systemic acquired resistance.

Research skills

Technical

During my master, I have built up a wealth of techniques including:

  • Molecular/Cell Biology: Highly experiments literate able to RNA and DNA extraction, PCR, CRISPR/Cas9, western blotting, Arabidopsis transformation, confocal microscopy, disease resistance assay.
  • Bioinformatics techniques: Familiar with R and python, able to RNA-seq data analysis, untargeted metabolism data analysis, genome-wide association analysis(GWAS), and genome population analysis.
  • Analytical techniques: Quantify the endogenous level of SA by LC-MS.

Supervision

  • Supervised 5 undergraduate students who participated in the Henan province College Student Life Science Competition (2021), during my 2nd year. Organised and planned their work; managed them on a day-to-day basis and explained scientific facts to them.

Publications

  1. K. Yu#, W. Yang#, B. Zhao#, L. Wang#, P. Zhang, Y. Ouyang, Y. Chang, G. Chen, J. Zhang, S. Wang, X. Wang, P. Wang, W. Wang, J. A. Roberts, K. Jiang, L. A. J. Mur*, X. Zhang*, The Kelch-F-box protein SMALL AND GLOSSY LEAVES 1 (SAGL1) negatively influences salicylic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by promoting the turn-over of transcription factor SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE DEFICIENT 1 (SARD1). New Phytologist. 235, 885–897 (2022).
  2. H. Qin#, W. Yang#, Z. Liu#, Y. Ouyang, X. Wang, H. Duan, B. Zhao, S. Wang, J. Zhang, Y. Chang, K. Jiang, K. Yu*, X. Zhang*, Arabidopsis mitochondrial protein VDAC3 ensures redundant control of stomatal closure by abscisic acid signaling components. Under review
  3. S. Han, X. Yu, S. Zhang, Y. Ouyang, S. Hu, Q. Borjigin, J. Bai, J. Guo, J. Gao, Construction of Bacterial Consortium for Cornstalk Degradation in Soil (2022). In preprint (SSRN)

Patent

  • 2020 A straw-degrading bacteria and a separation and screening method (Patent number: ZL 2020 1 1054122.0)

Awards

  • 2021 The First Prize of Undergraduate Scholarship (Awarded by Henan University)
  • 2022 The First Prize of Undergraduate Scholarship (Awarded by Henan University)

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