Recognizing Plant Direct first authors: Wei Xu

Wei Xu, first author of Genomic analysis reveals rich genetic variation and potential targets of selection during domestication of castor bean from perennial woody tree to annual semi-woody crop

Current Position: Associate Professor of plant molecular biology at Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Chinese Academy of Science, China (CAS)

 Education: 2019-present, associate Professor in KIB, CAS; 2017-2018, postdoctoral fellowship at KIB; 2013-2016, Ph.D in Botany, co-cultivate postgraduate of Yunnan University and CAS; 2009-2012, M.Sc in Botany, Yangzhou University; 2005-2009, B.Sc in Biology, Hebei Normal University

Non-scientific Interests: reading books, hill-climbing

Brief bio: I received my PhD in botany at Yunnan University in 2016, and did postdoctoral research at Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS during 2017-2018, where my interests in population genetics, evolution and genome-wide associated study of castor bean were kindled. Now I joined Prof. Aizhong Liu’s Lab as a associate professor in KIB. My present research focuses on the regulatory mechanisms of seed/endosperm development and storage materials accumulation, particularly with regard to the epigenetic regulation on them, such as DNA methylation, histone modifications and genomic imprinting.

 

姓名：徐伟

当前职位：中国科学院昆明植物研究所副研究员

教育和工作经历：

2019-现在，中国科学院昆明植物研究所副研究员

2017-2018，在中国科学院昆明植物研究所做博士后研究

2013-2016，博士就读于中国科学院昆明植物研究所和云南大学（作为联合培养博士研究生）

2009-2012，硕士就读于扬州大学生物科学与技术学院

2005-2009，本科就读于河北师范大学生命科学学院

兴趣爱好：阅读，爬山

个人简介：2016年在云南大学获得博士学位后，在中国科学院昆明植物研究所继续做了两年的博士后工作。在博士后期间主要从事蓖麻群体遗传，起源与进化以及GWAS研究。2019年作为副研究员在刘爱忠研究员实验室工作，研究主要围绕种子发育和储藏物质累积的调控机制，特别是解析表观因子，如DNA甲基化，组蛋白修饰和基因组印迹对其的调控。