Principal Investigator

Dr. Jian Li

Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China

Email: jian.li@pku-iaas.edu.cn

Education

2002-2005, Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Hebei Normal University, China

1999-2002, M.S. in Cell Biology, Hebei Normal University, China

1994-1998, B.S. in Microbiology, Hebei University, China

Working Experience

Dec. 2020 – present, Research Fellow, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, China

Oct. 2017 –Nov. 2020, Research Fellow, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China

Jul. 2010 – Sep. 2017, Project Director, Frontier Laboratory of System Crop Design, Beijing, China

Jul. 2005 – Jun. 2010, Postdoctoral research, National Institutes of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Jul. 1998 – Aug. 1999,  Monitor, Environmental Monitoring Center of Shijiazhuang, China

Research Interests

l Mechanism of male sterility regulation and creation of male sterile lines in wheat

l Genetic transformation and gene editing in wheat

l The third-generation hybrid breeding technology of wheat

Selected Publications

Jian Li, Kuanji Zhou, Zheng Wang, Junli Zhou, Xing Wang Deng^*. Research progress, problems, and prospects in hybrid wheat seed production technology based on recessive nuclear genetic male sterile lines. 2022. Chin. Sci. Bull. 26: 3140-3151.

Jian Li^#, Zheng Wang^#, Zhenyi Chang, Hang He, Xiaoyan Tang, Ligeng Ma^*, Xing Wang Deng^*. 2021. A functional characterization of TaMs1 orthologs in Poaceae plants. Crop J9: 1291-1300.

Jian Li^#, Zheng Wang^#, Guangming He, Ligeng Ma^*, Xing Wang Deng^*. 2020. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption of TaNP1 genes results in complete male sterility in bread wheat. J Genet Genomics 47: 263-272.

Zheng Wang^#, Jian Li^#, Shaoxia Chen^#, Yanfang Heng^#, Zhuo Chen^#, Jing Yang, Kuanji Zhou, Jiawei Pei, Hang He^*, Xing Wang Deng^*, Ligeng Ma^*. 2017. Poaceae-specific MS1 encodes a phospholipid-binding protein for male fertility in bread wheat. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114: 12614-12619.

Jian Li^#, Zheng Wang^#, Yugang Hu, Ying Cao, Ligneg Ma^*. 2017. Polycomb group proteins RING1A and RING1B regulate the vegetative phase transition in Arabidopsis. Front in Plant Sci. 8: 867

Wei Li^#, Zheng Wang^#, Jian Li, Hongchun Yang, Sujuan Cui, Xiaoxue Wang, Ligneg Ma^*. 2011. Overexpression of AtBMI1C, a polycomb group protein gene, accelerates flowering in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE 6: e21364

Patents

Ligeng Ma, Zheng Wang, Jian Li, Hang He, Shaoxia Chen, Xing Wang Deng. 2021. The methods and applications of maintaining male fertility. ZL201710599348.0, China.

Jian Li, Zheng Wang, Ligeng Ma, Xing Wang Deng. 2020. A gene editing vector based on CRISPR-Cas9 system and its application. ZL201710396445.X, China.

Jian Li, Ligeng Ma, Xing Wang Deng. 2018. Identification and Application of a Plant Anther Specific Expression Promoter. ZL201510131702.8, China.

Ligeng Ma, Jian Li, Xing Wang Deng. 2015. A vector for Regulating Plant Pollen Fertility and Its Usage Method. ZL201280003773.4. China.