Recognizing The Plant Cell author Ying Ju Li

Ying Ju Li, co-first author of The Arabidopsis MATERNAL EFFECT EMBRYO ARREST45 Protein Modulates Maternal Auxin Biosynthesis and Controls Seed Size by Inducing AINTEGUMENTA

Current Position: In the job

Education: BE in college of life sciences, Shangdong Agricultural University, Shangdong, China; PhD in collage of life sciences Shangdong Agricultural University

Non-scientific Interests:  Travelling, yoga and dancing

Brief bio: I have always beening a strong interest in Life Sciences. Since 2014, I have been lucky enough to join the Professor Xian Sheng Zhang’s Lab of Shandong Agricultural University and spent 6 years on fulfilling my unforgettable postgraduate career. I completed my two major works and successfully obtained my PhD with the Professor Xian Sheng Zhang and Ying Hua Su’s help. During this time, my research “Integration of pluripotency pathways regulates stem cell maintenance in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem” was published in the PNAS. The other my research is  about the mechanisms of MEE45 regulating seed size. We found that the auxin biosynthesis capacity of maternal cells—as represented by the expression levels of the auxin biosynthesis enzyme YUC4—is regulated by a MEE45-ANT pathway to support maternally-controlled embryo development and seed size determination.

姓名：李英菊

目前职位：求职中

教育背景：山东农业大学生命科学学院，本科；山东农业大学生命科学学院，博士

兴趣爱好：喜欢旅行、瑜伽和跳舞

科研经历简介：一直对生命科学有着浓厚的兴趣。从2014年开始，我很幸运的加入了山东农业大学张宪省教授的科研团队，并很充实的度过了6年难忘的研究生生涯。在张宪省教授和苏英华教授的悉心指导下我完成了我的两项主要课题，顺利取得了博士学位。在这段时间里，在两位导师的悉心指导下，我们研究的关于“植物干细胞发育调控关键机制”的课题发表在国际知名学术期刊《美国科学院院报》（PNAS）上。我的另一主要课题是关于转录因子MEE45调控种子大小的分子机理研究，我们的研究揭示了MEE45是通过影响母体组织中ANT基因和生长素合成基因YUC4来调控拟南芥种子大小的。