Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Dr. Yuling Jiao
Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China
Email: yuling.jiao@pku-iaas.edu.cn
Education
2001 - 2006, M.S. & Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, USA
1997 - 2001, B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University, China
Working Experience
June 2021 - now, Boya Distinguished Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, China
2015 - 2021, Adjunct Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2010 - 2021, Investigator, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2006 - 2010, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, USA
Research Interests
l Plant development and organogenesis
l Wheat yield trait dissection for genetic improvement
l Synthetic genomics and agrobiotechnology
SelectedPublications
1. Yuange Wang#, Fei Du#, Jian Wang, Ke Wang, Caihuan Tian, Xiaoquan Qi, Fei Lu, Xigang Liu, Xingguo Ye, Yuling Jiao*. 2022. Improving bread wheat yield through modulating an unselected AP2/ERF gene. Nature Plants8: 930-939.
2. Ziyuan Peng#, Daniel Alique#, Yuanyuan Xiong#, Jinrong Hu, Xiuwei Cao, Shouqin Lü, Mian Long, Ying Wang*, Krzysztof Wabnik*,Yuling Jiao*. 2022. Differential growth dynamics control aerial organ geometry. Current Biology 32: 4854-4868.e5.
3. Chunmei Guan#, Lingxia Qiao#, Yuanyuan Xiong, Lei Zhang*, Yuling Jiao*. 2022. Coactivation of antagonistic genes stabilizes polarity patterning during shoot organogenesis. Science Advances 8: eabn0368.
4. Mengxue Xu#, Qingwei Du#, Caihuan Tian, Ying Wang*, Yuling Jiao*. 2021. Stochastic gene expression drives mesophyll protoplast regeneration. Science Advances 7: eabg8466.
5. Yao Zhou#, Xuebo Zhao#, Yiwen Li, Jun Xu, Aoyue Bi, Lipeng Kang Daxing Xu, Haofeng Chen, Ying Wang, Yuange Wang, Sanyang Liu, Chengzhi Jiao Hongfeng Lu, Jing Wang, Changbin Yin, Yuling Jiao*, Fei Lu*. 2020. Triticum population sequencing provides insights into wheat adaptation. Nature Genetics 52: 1412-1422.
6. Feng Zhao#, Fei Du#, Hadrien Oliveri#, Lüwen Zhou#, Olivier Ali#, Wenqian Chen, Shiliang Feng, Qingqing Wang, Shouqin Lü, Mian Long, René Schneider, Arun Sampathkumar, Christophe Godin, Jan Traas*, Yuling Jiao*. 2020. Microtubule-mediated wall anisotropy contributes to leaf blade flattening. Current Biology 30: 3972-3985.e6.
7. Yuange Wang#, Haopeng Yu#, Caihuan Tian, Muhammad Sajjad, Caixia Gao, Yiping Tong, Xiangfeng Wang*, Yuling Jiao*. 2017. Transcriptome association identifies regulators of wheat spike architecture. Plant Physiology 175:746-757.
Patents
1. Yuling Jiao, Mengxue Xu. Application of protein DRN and related biological material in plant somatic cell regeneration. ZL 2020 1 1088884.2, April 19, 2022, China
2. Yuling Jiao, Yuange Wang. Application of protein TaPAP2-5A in plant spike trait and flowering time control. ZL 2017 1 0152695.9, March 24, 2020, China
3. Yuling Jiao, Yuange Wang. Application of protein TaVRS1-2B and the coding gene. ZL 2017 1 0153220.1, August 30, 2019, China
4. Yuling Jiao, Yuange Wang. Application of protein TaTFL1-2D and the coding gene. ZL 2017 1 0152694.4, August 9, 2019, China
Honorables and Awards
l Science and Technology Award for Chinese Youth, China Association for Science and Technology, 2020
l Distinguished Young Scientist Award, Chinese Society for Plant Biologists, 2019
l Distinguished Young Scholar, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019
l VCANBIO Award for Innovations and Breakthroughs in Life Sciences and Medicine, 2018
l Newton Advanced Fellowship, Royal Society of the UK, 2018
l National High-level Personnel of Special Support Program, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2018
l Young and Middle-aged Leading Scientists, Engineers and Innovators, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2017
l CAS Distinguished Research Fellow, 2016
l National Program for Support of Top-Notch Young Professionals, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2015
l Excellence Award, CAS Hundred Talents Program, 2015
l Excellent Young Scientists Fund Scholar, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013
l SCOPUS Young Researcher Award in Life Sciences, 2012
l Hundred Talents Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011
l Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, 2005