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研究领域：   

        水稻作为占世界人口近一半人的主食，对其研究具有重要意义！课题组从穗发育、种子大小、分蘖数和品质出发，挖掘影响水稻产量与品质基因，利用各种生化与遗传手段，对候选基因的生理机制进行深入解析, 并利用染色体单片段代换系聚合优势等位基因，进而培育新品种。

教育经历：

        2007年 - 2011年 兰州大学 学士

        2011年 - 2014年  兰州大学 硕士

        2016年 - 2019年  中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所 博士

工作经历：

        2020年 -               澳门十大正规娱乐平台APP植物遗传育种系 首聘副教授

论文著作：

        目前部分成果在Nature Communications、Plant Cell、PLoS Genetics和Frontiers in Plant Science等国际著名期刊发表。此外，以第一发明人获得受理专利4项。

1.Liu, Z., Li, N., Zhang, Y. and Li, Y. (2020). Transcriptional repression of GIF1 by the KIX-PPD-MYC repressor complex controls seed size in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 11, 1846, IF5 year=13.610. 

2. Liu, Z.#, Chen, G.#, Gao, F., Xu, R., Li, N., Zhang, Y. and Li, Y. (2019). Transcriptional repression of the APC/C activators CCS52A1/A2 by the Mediator complex subunit MED16 controls endoreduplication and cell growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 31(8), 1899-1912, IF5 year=10.144. (# co-first authors).

3. Li, N.#, Liu, Z.#, Wang, Z., Ru, L., Gonzalez, N., Baekelandt, A., Pauwels, L., Goossens, A., Xu, R., Zhu, Z., et al. (2018). STERILE APETALA modulates the stability of a repressor protein complex to control organ size in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics 14, e1007218, IF5 year=6.283. (# co-first authors).

4. Sun, Y.#, Jiao, G.#, Liu, Z.#, Zhang, X., Li, J., Guo, X., Du, W., Du, J., Francis, F., Zhao, Y., et al. (2017). Generation of High-Amylose Rice through CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis of Starch Branching Enzymes.  Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 298, IF5 year=4.353. (# co-first authors).

5. Lv, J.#, Lu, S.#, Liu, Z.#, Zhang, J., Gao, B., Yao, Z., Wu, Y., Potempa, L.A., Ji, S., Long, M., et al. (2018). Conformational folding and disulfide bonding drive distinct stages of protein structure formation. Scientific Reports, 8, 1494, IF5 year=4.525. (# co-first authors).

6. Peng, Y., Chen, L., Li, S., Zhang, Y., Xu, R., Liu, Z., Liu, W., Kong, J., Huang, X., Wang, Y., et al. (2018). BRI1 and BAK1 interact with G proteins and regulate sugar-responsive growth and development in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 9, 1522, IF5 year=13.811. 

7. Li, H., Wang, J., Wu, Y., Zhang, L., Liu, Z., Filep, J.G., Potempa, L.A., Wu, Y., et al. (2014). Topological localization of monomeric C-reactive protein determines proinflammatory endothelial cell responses. Journal of biological Chemistry, 289, 14283-14290, IF5 year=4.693.