Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Peng-Fei Ma

Peng-Fei Ma, co-first author of The Pharus latifolius Genome Bridges the Gap of Early Grass Evolution

Current Position: Associate Professor at Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Education: Ph. D. from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Non-scientific Interests: History

Brief bio: I started my academic career from studying the bamboos and received Ph. D. degree in Botany at 2012. Then I joined the Dr. De-Zhu Li’s lab at Kunming Institute of Botany. My research focused mainly on the origin and evolution of bamboos by firstly using plastid phylogenomics to build tree and then whole-genome sequencing to reveal the polyploidization history of woody bamboos. The basal grasses were previously placed in the bamboo subfamily and they hold key phylogenetic positions in the Tree of Life of grasses. Representing one of the basal grass lineages, the Pharus genome sheds light on the early evolution of grasses. Using basal grasses and bamboos as models, more insights into the origin and species diversification of grasses would be gained in future research.

 

姓名：马朋飞

当前职位：中国科学院昆明植物研究所中国西南野生生物种质资源库，副研究员

教育背景：中国科学院研究生院植物学博士（2012）

兴趣爱好：历史

个人简介：我在学生阶段的研究对象为竹类植物并在2012年获得植物学博士学位，之后便留在昆明植物研究所李德铢研究员的团队工作。主要从事竹类植物的起源与进化研究，从利用叶绿体系统发育基因组学构建该类群的演化关系到以全基因组解析竹类的多倍化历史。基部禾草原隶属于竹亚科，在禾本科的进化历史中占据关键的系统发育位置。作为基部禾草的支系之一，原禾属（Pharus）基因组的解析对于理解禾本科的早期演化具有重要意义。以关键系统发育位置的基部禾草和特殊的竹类植物为研究模式将进一步揭开禾本科的起源与多样性演化历史。