Curriculum vitae:
Postdoc: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Texas A&M University. December 2019 - present
Postdoc: Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, UC-Davis. July. 2016 - November 2019.
Ph.D.: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Beijing. P.R. China June 2016. Genetics.
M.S.: State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement (CGGE), Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU). Nanjing. P.R. China. July 2011. Plant Nutrition.
B.S.: Qufu Normal University, Qufu. Shandong P.R. China. July 2008. Life Science.
Research direction and interest:
List of published articles:
Yan Yan*, Byung-Kook Ham* (2022). The Mobile Small RNAs: Important Messengers for Long-Distance Communication in Plants. Front. Plant Sci. 13:928729.
Yan Yan, Byung-Kook Ham, Yee Hang Chong, Shyi-Dong Yeh, William J. Lucas (2020). A Plant SMALL RNA-BINDING PROTEIN 1 Family Mediates Cell-to-Cell Trafficking of RNAi Signals. Molecular Plant 13, 321-335.
Yue Cao, Yan Yan, Fang Zhang, Huadun Wang, Mian Gu, Shubin Sun, and Guohua Xu (2014). Fine characterization of OsPHO2 knockout mutants reveals its key role in Pi utilization in rice. Journal of Plant Physiology 171, 340-348 (co-first author).
Liang Kong, Baomin Feng, Yan Yan, Junhyeok Kim, Johannes Gregor Matthias Rack, Ying Wang, Jyan-Chyun Jang, Ivan Ahel, Libo Shan, and Ping He (2021). Noncanonical mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation counteracts ubiquitination for protein homeostasis in plant immunity. Molecular cell, 81, 4591–4604.
Xiu-Li Liu, Lan Wang, Xiao-Wen Wang, Yan Yan, Xiao-Li Yang, Meng-Yang Xie, Zhi Hu, Xing Shen, Hao Ai, Hong-Hui Lin, Guo-Hua Xu, Jian Yang, Shu-Bin Sun (2020). Mutation of the chloroplast-localized phosphate transporter OsPHT2;1 reduces flavonoid accumulation and UV tolerance in rice. Plant Journal 102, 53-67.
Hao Ai, Yue Cao, Ajay Jain, Xiaowen Wang, Zhi Hu, Gengmao Zhao, Siwen Hu, Xing Shen, Yan Yan, Xiuli Liu, Yafei Sun, Xiaoxia Lan, Guohua Xu, and Shubin Sun (2020). The ferroxidase LPR5 functions in the maintenance of phosphate homeostasis and is required for normal growth and development of rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71, 4828–4843.
Liang Zhen, Chen Kunling, Yan Yan, Zhang Yi and Gao Caixia (2018). Genotyping genome-edited mutations in plants using CRISPR ribonucleoprotein complexes. Plant Biotechnol Journal 16, 2053-2062.
Byung-Kook Ham, Jieyu Chen, Yan Yan and William J. Lucas (2017). Insights into plant phosphate sensing and signaling. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 49, 1-9.
Wang, H., Makeen, K., Yan, Yan, Cao, Y., Sun, S., and Xu, G. (2010). OsSIZ1 Regulates the vegetative growth and reproductive development in rice. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 29, 411-417. 10. Shi, S.L., Wang, D.F., Yan, Yan, Zhang, F., Wang, H.D., Gu, M., Sun, S.B., Xu, G.H. (2013). Function of phosphate transporter OsPHT2;1 in improving phosphate utilization in rice. Chinese J Rice Sci. 27, 457-465.