Yuanxue LIANG

Personal information

PhD, Professor (Jiangsu Distinguished)

PhD Supervisor

E-mail : yuanxue@ujs.edu.cn

School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang

Education

2015.03-2019.01 Aix-Marseille University , France , PhD

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

2014.07-2014.08 Shanghai International Studies University, French language training

2011.09-2014.06 Hainan University, Master

2007.09-2011.06 Hainan University, Bachelor

Work Experience

2024.09- Present Jiangsu University, Jinshan Youth Distinguished Professor

2024.03-2024.08 Jiangsu University, pre-employment internship

2019.03-2024.02 Brookhaven National Laboratory ( BNL ) , USA , Postdoctoral Fellow

Honorary Title

Jiangsu Distinguished Professor

Academic Affiliations

Plant communications, Reviewer

Plant cell reports, Reviewer

Research Interests

1. High-throughput Mining and Functional Identification of Valuable Genes in Plants  

2. Research on Lipid Metabolism in Plants and Microalgae  

3. Synthetic Biology Research in Microalgae  

Funding

Jiangsu Distinguished Professor Program, 1 million RMB, PI

Startup Fund for High-level Talents at Jiangsu University, 0.4 million RMB, PI

Publications

1. Yuanxue Liang, Xiao-Hong Yu, Sanket Anaokar, Hai Shi, William B. Dahl, Yingqi Cai, Guangbin Luo, Jin Chai, Yuanheng Cai, Almudena Mollá-Morales, Fredy Altpeter, Evan Ernst, Jorg Schwender, Robert A. Martienssen, John Shanklin. Engineering Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Duckweed (Lemna japonica). Plant Biotechnology Journal (2023). (Cover Article) IF=13.8

2. Yuanheng Cai*, Yuanxue Liang*(共一), Hai Shi, Jodie Cui, Shreyas Prakash, Jianhui Zhang, Sanket Anaokar, Jin Chai, Jorg Schwender, Chaofu Lu, Xiao-Hong Yu and John Shanklin. Creating yellow-seed Camelina sativa with enhanced oil accumulation by CRISPR-mediated disruption of Transparent Testa 8. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2024). IF=13.8

3. Yuanxue Liang, Fantao Kong, Ismael Torres-Romero, Adrien Burlacot, Stéphan Cuine, Bertrand Légeret, Emmanuelle Billon, Yariv Brotman, Saleh Alseekh, Alisdair R Fernie, Fred Beisson, Gilles Peltier, Yonghua Li-Beisson. Branched Chain Amino Acid Catabolism Impacts Triacylglycerol Metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant physiology 179, no. 4 (2019), 1502-1514. IF=7.4

4. Yuanxue Liang, Yijun Yuan, Tao Liu, Wei Mao, Yusheng Zheng, Dongdong Li. Identification and computational annotation of genes differentially expressed in pulp development of Cocos nucifera L. by suppression subtractive hybridization. BMC Plant Biology, 2014, 14:205. IF=5.3

5. Sanket Anaokar, Yuanxue Liang, Xiao-Hong Yu, Yingqi Cai, Yuanheng Cai and John Shanklin. The expression of genes encoding novel Sesame oleosin variants facilitates enhanced triacylglycerol accumulation in Arabidopsis leaves and seeds. New phytologist. 2024 Feb 8. doi: 10.1111/nph.19548. IF= 9.4

6. Cao, Viet Dang, Guangbin Luo, Shelby Korynta, Hui Liu, Yuanxue Liang, John Shanklin, and Fredy Altpeter. Intron-mediated enhancement of DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE1 expression in energycane promotes a step change for lipid accumulation in vegetative tissues. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 2023 Dec;16(1):1-15. IF= 6.3

7. Buntora Pasaribu, Kenneth Acosta, Anthony Aylward, Yuanxue Liang, Bradley W. Abramson, Kelly Colt, T. Hartwick Nolan, John Shanklin, Todd P. Michael, Eric Lam. Genomics of turions from the Greater Duckweed reveal its pathways for dormancy and reemergence strategy. New phytologist (2023). IF= 9.4

8. Fantao Kong, Yuanxue Liang, Bertrand Légeret, Audrey Beyly‐Adriano, Stéphanie Blangy, Richard P. Haslam, Johnathan A. Napier, Fred Beisson, Gilles Peltier, and Yonghua Li‐Beisson. Chlamydomonas carries out fatty acid β‐oxidation in ancestral peroxisomes using a bona fide acyl‐CoA oxidase. The Plant Journal 90, no. 2 (2017): 358-371. IF=7.2

9. Fantao Kong, Adrien Burlacot, Yuanxue Liang, Bertrand Légeret, Saleh Alseekh, Yariv Brotman, Alisdair R. Fernie, Anja Krieger-Liszkay, Fred Beisson, Gilles Peltier, Yonghua Li-Beisson. Interorganelle Communication: Peroxisomal MALATE DEHYDROGENASE2 Connects Lipid Catabolism to Photosynthesis through Redox Coupling in Chlamydomonas. The Plant Cell 30, no. 8 (2018): 1824-1847. IF=12.085

10. Yusheng Zheng, Chongjian Chen, Yuanxue Liang, Ruhao Sun, Lingchao Gao, Tao Liu, and Dongdong Li. Genome-wide association analysis of the lipid and fatty acid metabolism regulatory network in the mesocarp of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) based on small noncoding RNA sequencing. Tree physiology 39, no. 3 (2019): 356-371. IF=4.561

11. Hugh Douglas Goold, Stéphan Cuiné, Bertrand Legeret, Yuanxue Liang, Sabine Brugière, Pascaline Auroy, Helene Javot, Marianne Tardif, Brian J Jones, Fred Beisson, Gilles Peltier, Yonghua Li-Beisson. Saturating light induces sustained accumulation of oil in plastidal lipid droplets in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant physiology (2016): pp-00718. IF=8.005

12. Yijun Yuan, Yuanxue Liang, Linchao Gao, Ruhao Sun, Yusheng Zheng, and Dongdong Li. Functional heterologous expression of a lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase from coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) endosperm in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Nicotiana tabacum. Scientia Horticulturae 192 (2015): 224-230. IF=4.342

13. Yijun Yuan, Yuanxue Liang, Yusheng Zheng, Dongdong Li. Cloning, characterization and expression analysis of a 7S globulin gene in mesocarp of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis jacq.). Scientia Horticulturae, 2012, 143:167-175.   IF=4.342

14. Yijun Yuan, Lingchao Gao, Ruhao Sun, Tian Yu, Yuanxue Liang, Dongdong Li, and Yusheng Zheng. Seed-specific expression of an acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase CnFatB3 from coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) increases the accumulation of medium-chain fatty acids in transgenic Arabidopsis seeds. Scientia Horticulturae 223 (2017): 5-9. IF=4.342

15. Lingchao Gao, Ruhao Sun, Yuanxue Liang, Mengdan Zhang, Yusheng Zheng, Dongdong Li. Cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding stearoyl-ACP Δ9-desaturase from the endosperm of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.). Gene, 2014. IF=3.913

16. Yijun Yuan, Yinhua Chen, Shan Yan, Yuanxue Liang, Yusheng Zheng, Dongdong Li. Molecular cloning and characterization of an ACP thioesterase gene (CocoFatB1) expressed in the endosperm of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) and its heterologous expression in Nicotiana tabacum to engineer the accumulation of different fatty acids. Functional Plant Biology, 2014, 41:80-86.  IF=3

17. Yijun Yuan, Yuanxue Liang, Baozhu Li, Yusheng Zheng, Xianqun Luo, and Li Dongdong. Cloning and Function Characterization of a β-Ketoacyl-acyl-ACP Synthase I from Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) Endosperm. Plant molecular biology reporter 33, no. 4 (2015): 1131-1140. IF=2.1

18. Yuanxue Liang, Yijun Yuan, Yujia Bao, Dongdong Li. Dynamic expression of oil palm P450 genes during pericarp development. Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University, 31, no. 4 (2012): 419-422.

19. Xiaoli Li, Yuanxue Liang, Lingchao Gao, Dongdong Li, Yusheng Zheng. Changes in carotenoid content in oil palm fruits at different developmental stages. Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University, 34, no. 1 (2015): 23-27.

20. Liang Fang, Yuanxue Liang, Dongdong Li, Xianying Cao, Yusheng Zheng. Dynamic Expression Analysis of miRNAs during the Development Process of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Mesocarp. Plant Science Journal, 31, no. 3 (2013): 304-312.

21. Junfeng Zhang, Zhifeng Dou, Yang Bai, Yuanxue Liang, Gangcheng Zuo, Youquan Lin. Chemical Constituents in the Roots of Evodia lepta (Spreng.) Merr.. Natural Product Research and Development, 23, no. 6 (2011): 1061-1063.

22. Junfeng Zhang, Mingnan Zhang, Yuanxue Liang, Gangcheng Zuo, Youquan Lin. Chemical Constituents in the Roots of Evodia lepta (Spreng.) Merr. (Ⅱ). Journal of Hainan University: Natural Science Edition, 29, no. 1 (2011): 39-41.

Ø Our research group is actively recruiting postdoctoral fellows and assistant researchers. Master's and doctoral students are also welcome to join us.