Yu-Ting Li: Plant Physiology First Author

Yu-Ting Li, first author of “C4 species utilize fluctuating light less efficiently than C3 species”

Current Position：Post-doctoral in Agronomy College of Shandong Agricultural University, China

Education: BS in biotechnology, Taishan University, MS and DS in botany, Shandong Agricultural University, China

Non-scientific Interests: Drawing; Watching movies; Traveling with friends

Brief Bio:

Photosynthesis is the most mysterious and fascinating metabolic process in plant. My research goals are to understand how photosynthesis works, how it is regulated, and how it might be improved. I used focused on the PSI and PSII photoprotection under stress and have obtained my PhD degree at the Gao Huiyuan research group in Shandong Agricultural University. At present, I am a postdoctoral in Liu Peng research group. Recently, my research focuses on the difference between species that operate C3 or C4 photosynthesis in their response to fluctuating environment. It was observed that C4 photosynthesis was more sensitive to fluctuating environment than C3 photosynthesis. This result provides an opportunity to improve C4 photosynthesis on the basis of its particular metabolism, instead of using methods that rely on improving C3 photosynthesis. Furthermore, this study prompted us to redesign the C4 pathway while introducing C4 photosynthesis into C3 crops.

 

姓名：李玉婷

现在职位：山东农业大学农学院博士后

教育经历：本科：泰山学院生物技术专业; 硕士博士：山东农业大学植物学专业

兴趣爱好：绘画，看电影，和朋友一起旅游

个人简介：

 

光合作用是植物中最迷人最神秘的代谢过程。我的研究目的是揭示光合作用如何工作，如何被调控以及如何改进它。博士期间我就读于山东农业大学高辉远课题组，主要从事逆境条件下PSI和PSII光保护相关的研究。目前我在刘鹏课题组在站博士后。主要从事C3和C4光合途径对动态环境适应性的比较工作。我们观察到，C4光合比C3光合对波动环境的适应性更差。这个结果为我们提供了优化C4光合的机会，也提醒我们应该在将C4光合引入C3作物的过程中对C4光合进行重新设计。