Hong Liao: The Plant Cell First Author

Hong Liao, co-first author of “Delphinieae flowers originated from the rewiring of interactions between duplicated and diversified floral organ identity and symmetry genes”

Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, China

Education: Ph.D. at Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Non-scientific Interests: Mountaineering, jogging, and travelling

Brief bio: My interest in the diversity of angiosperms began since I was a graduate student, when I worked on the evaluation of genetic diversity of potato varieties. In 2012, I became a Ph.D. candidate of Prof. Hongzhi Kong. My research was mainly focused on the morphology, molecular development and ecological function of pseudonectaries on Nigella damascena petals. After receiving my Ph.D. in 2018, I started my postdoctoral research in Prof. Kong’s lab. I extended my study to the nectaries on N. damascena petals, and found that the STYLISH gene family members might play key roles in nectary development of N. damascena. In 2020, I moved to Yunnan University as an associate professor. Currently, I am using Roscoea as a model system to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying the development and evolution of the highly specialized flowers in Zingiberaceae.

 

共同第一作者：廖虹

发表论文：Delphinieae flowers originated from the rewiring of interactions between duplicated and diversified floral organ identity and symmetry genes

现在职位：云南大学生态与环境学院，副研究员

教育经历：中国科学院植物研究所，博士

兴趣爱好：登山、跑步、旅游

个人简介：我是从研究生的时候开始对被子植物的多样性产生兴趣的，那时我从事马铃薯不同品种遗传多样性的评价工作。2012年，我成为孔宏智研究员的博士研究生。我的研究主要聚焦于大马士革黑种草花瓣上假蜜腺的形态、分子发育和生态功能。2018年，在获得博士学位后，我继续跟随孔宏智研究员从事博士后研究。我将研究扩展至大马士革黑种草花瓣上的蜜腺，发现STYLISH家族的成员可能是蜜腺发育的关键基因。2020年，我作为副研究员进入云南大学工作。目前，我正在以象牙参属植物为模式体系解析姜科植物高度特化的花发育和进化的分子机制。