Curriculum vitae:
09/2015 – 07/2020 Ph.D. in Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
09/2012 – 06/2015 MS in College of life sciences, Shihezi University
09/2008 – 06/2012 BS in College of life sciences, Shihezi University
07/2020- Present Professor in College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University
Research direction and interest:
List of published articles:
1. Zhu, H.†, Li, C.†, and Gao, C. (2020) Applications of CRISPR–Cas in agriculture and plant biotechnology. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 21, 661-677. (†co-first authors) (5 Year Impact Factor: 53.949)
2. Li, C., Zong, Y., Jin, S., Zhu, H., Lin, D., Li, S., Qiu, JL., Wang, Y., Gao, C. (2020) SWISS: multiplexed orthogonal genome editing in plants with a Cas9 nickase and engineered CRISPR RNA scaffolds. Genome Biology, 21, 141. (5 Year Impact Factor: 18.358)
3. Li, C.†, Zhang, R.†, Meng, X.†, Chen, S., Zong, Y., Lu, C., Qiu, JL., Chen, YH., Li, J., Gao, C. (2020) Targeted, random mutagenesis of plant genes with dual cytosine and adenine base editors. Nature Biotechnology, 38, 875-882. (†co-first authors) (Recommended in F1000Prime) (5 Year Impact Factor: 45.117)
4. Li, C.†, Zong, Y.†, Wang, Y.†, Jin, S., Zhang, D., Song, Q., Zhang, R., Gao, C. (2018) Expanded base editing in crop plants using a Cas9-adenosine deaminase fusion. Genome Biology, 19, 59. (†co-first authors) (5 Year Impact Factor: 18.358)
5. Zong, Y., Song, Q., Li, C., Jin, S., Zhang, D., Wang, Y., Qiu, JL., Gao, C. (2018) Efficient C-to-T base editing in plants using a fusion of nCas9 and human APOBEC3A. Nature Biotechnology, 36, 950-953. (5 Year Impact Factor: 45.117)
6. Zong, Y., Wang, Y., Li, C., Zhang, R., Chen, K., Ran, Y., Qiu, JL., Wang, D., Gao, C. (2017) Precise base editing in rice, wheat and maize with a Cas9-cytidine deaminase fusion. Nature Biotechnology, 35, 438-440. (5 Year Impact Factor: 43.271)
