Yuting Liu: Plant Physiology First Author

Yuting Liu, first author of “DWARF53 interacts with transcription factors UB2/UB3/TSH4 to regulate maize tillering and tassel branching“

Current Position: Associate professor, South China Agricultural University, China

Education: B.S. in Bioinformatics at Shanxi Agricultural University; M.S. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and molecular Biology at South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Non-scientific Interests: hiking, movies, reading and yoga.

Brief bio: My interdisciplinary background starts with my B.S. in Bioinformatics and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and molecular biology. For my Ph.D., I worked on dissecting the interaction of ROP signaling network and phytohormone signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana, under the supervision of professor Li-Zhen Tao at South China Agricultural University (SCAU). I worked with professor Shuang Wu as a senior research associate at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University from 2015-2017, and joined Professor Haiyang Wang’s lab at SCAU in 2017 to study molecular and genetic control of maize development. We aim to dissect the molecular mechanisms of shade avoidance responses of maize under high planting density conditions, and help to develop strategies to breed high planting density-tolerant maize cultivars for increase yield per unit land area.

姓名：刘宇婷

目前所在职位：副教授（华南农业大学，SCAU）

教育经历：生物信息学，本科（山西农业大学）；生物化学与分子生物学专业，硕士和博士（华南农业大学，SCAU）

个人爱好：徒步，电影，阅读，瑜伽

个人简介：我的跨领域背景包括本科时期攻读生物信息学专业，毕业后转向生物化学与分子生物学专业。博士期间，我师从华南农业大学陶利珍教授，解析拟南芥ROP信号网络和植物激素信号的相互关系。我于2015至2017年在福建农林大学吴双教授课题组担任助理研究员。2017年底，我加入华南农业大学王海洋教授课题组开展玉米发育机制的研究，我们旨在通过解析玉米在高密植条件下产生避荫反应的分子机理，改良玉米株型，培育耐密高产的优质玉米新品种。