Professor
State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan
Beijing 100093, China
Tel: 86-10-62836077; Fax: 86-10-62836095
E-mail:jiaoyn@ibcas.ac.cn
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
Professor in Plant Biology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2015-present
Bioinformatics Research Scientist in St. Jude Children’s Research hospital 2014 - 2015
Clinical genomics and Translational genomics
Post doctoral fellowship in University of Georgia 2012 - 2014
Comprehensively evaluated SNPs among 71 Sorghum population Next-Gen sequences and identified number of loci associated with important agronomic traits
Demonstrated necessity of integrated syntenic and phylogenomic approach for paleopolyploidy, and successfully unraveled a previously unnoticed polyploidy event in early monocot evolution
Post doctoral fellowship in The Pennsylvania State University 2011 - 2012
Solved the timing of GAMMA triplication to ancestor of core-eudicots using NGS
Contributed to the sacred lotus and Amborella genome sequencing projects
Doctor of Philosophy in The Pennsylvania State University 2006 - 2011
Developed high-throughput phylogenomic approach to integrate NGS into global gene families
Unraveled pan-angiosperm and pan-seed plant wide genome duplication events
Improved the understanding of genome duplication associated plant innovations
Post Bachelor in Bioinformatics in China Agricultural University 2004-2006
Built a plant transcription factor database using PERL, PERL-DBI and PERL-CGI
Identified novel abiotic stress related gene families through data mining of Affymetrix arrays
Bachelor in Biological Sciences in China Agricultural University 2000 - 2004
Predicted Osmotic Stress Tolerance (OST) genes computationally in Arabidopsis
Performed gene cloning and generated transgenic plants for functional validation
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
PAG (Plant & Animal Genome Conference) 2014, San Diego, CA - Invited talk in Analysis of Complex Genomes workshop
PAG 2012, San Diego, CA - Invited talk in Plant Reproductive Genomics workshop
SMBE and Penn State Joint symposium 2011 – Poster session
26th Annual Graduate Exhibition of Penn State University 2011- Poster session
The 18th Penn State Plant Biology symposium 2011 – Poster session
PAG 2011, San Diego, CA - Invited talk in Polyploidy workshop
PAG 2010, San Diego, CA - Invited talk in Polyploidy workshop
ASPB (American Society of Plant Biologists) 2010 - Poster session
PAG 2009, San Diego, CA - Poster session
SMBE (Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution) Annual Meeting 2009, Selected Talk in Genome evolution after polyploidy Symposium
IMEG (Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics) seminar 2008 – Invited talk
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Shengdan Wu, Baocai Han, Yuannian Jiao* (2020) Genetic contribution of paleopolyploidy to adaptive evolution in angiosperms, Molecular Plant, 13, 59-71
Xiaoxia Zhang, Xiaoxia Li, Ran Zhao, Yun Zhou, Yuannian Jiao* (2020) Evolutionary strategies drive a balance of the interacting gene products for the CBL and CIPK gene families, New Phytologist, 226(5): 1506-1516
Jinghe Xie, Haifeng Zhao, Kunpeng Li, Rui Zhang, Yongchao Jiang, Meimei Wang, Xuelian Guo, Ben Yu, Hongzhi Kong*, Yuannian Jiao* and Guixia Xu* (2020) A chromosome-scale reference genome of Aquilegia oxysepala var. kansuensis. Horticulture Research, 7(1): 1-13 (* co-corresponding author).
Hui Guo#, Yuannian Jiao#, Xu Tan, Xiyin Wang, Xianzhong Huang, Huizhe Jin, Andrew H. Paterson* (2019) Gene duplication and genetic innovation in cereal genomes, Genome Research, 29: 261-269 (# equal contribution)
Yiheng Hu#, Ran Zhao#, Peng Xu, Yuannian Jiao* (2018) The genome of opium poppy reveals evolutionary history of morphinan pathway, Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics, pii: S1672-0229, 30333-30334
Yuannian Jiao* (2018) Double the genome, double the fun: genome duplications in angiosperms, Molecular Plant, 11: 357-358
Guangyao Zhao#, Cheng Zou#, Kui Li#, Kai Wang, Tianbao Li, Lifeng Gao, Xiaoxia Zhang, Hongjin Wang, Zujun Yang, Xu Liu, Wenkai Jiang?*, Long Mao?*, Xiuying Kong?*, Yuannian Jiao?* and Jizeng Jia?* (2017) The Aegilops tauschii genome reveals multiple impacts of transposons, Nature Plants, 12: 946-955 (* co-corresponding author)
Yuannian Jiao#, Jingping Li#, Haibao Tang#, Andrew H. Paterson (2014) Integrated Syntenic and Phylogenomic Analyses Reveal an Ancient Genome Duplication in Monocots. Plant Cell. tpc.114.127597 (# equal contribution)
Yuannian Jiao and Andrew H. Paterson (2014) Polyploidy-associated genome modifications during land plant evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 369(1648)
Yuannian Jiao* and Hui Guo (2014) Prehistory of the angiosperms: characterization of the ancient genomes. Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 69, ISSN 0065-2296
Yuannian Jiao, Jim Leebens-Mack, Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam, John Bowers, Michael McKain, Joel McNeal, et al. (2012) A genome triplication associated with early diversification of the core eudicots. Genome Biology. 13(1):R3
Yuannian Jiao, Norman J. Wickett, Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam, André S. Chanderbali, Lena Landherr, Paula E. Ralph, Lynn P. Tomsho, Yi Hu, Haiying Liang, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Sandra W. Clifton, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Stephan C. Schuster, Hong Ma, Jim Leebens-Mack, Claude W. dePamphilis. (2011) Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms. Nature. 473(7345):97-100
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Liangsheng Zhang, Fei Chen, Xingtan Zhang, Zhen Li, Yiyong Zhao, Rolf Lohaus, Xiaojun Chang, Wei Dong, Simon YW Ho, Xing Liu, Aixia Song, Junhao Chen, Wenlei Guo, Zhengjia Wang, Yingyu Zhuang, Haifeng Wang, Xuequn Chen, Juan Hu, Yanhui Liu, Yuan Qin, Kai Wang, Shanshan Dong, Yang Liu, Shouzhou Zhang, Xianxian Yu, Qian Wu, Liangsheng Wang, Xueqing Yan, Yuannian Jiao, Hongzhi Kong, Xiaofan Zhou, Cuiwei Yu, Yuchu Chen, Fan Li, Jihua Wang, Wei Chen, Xinlu Chen, Qidong Jia, Chi Zhang, Yifan Jiang, Wanbo Zhang, Guanhua Liu, Jianyu Fu, Feng Chen, Hong Ma, Yves Van de Peer, Haibao Tang, The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants. Nature, 2020, 577(7788): 79-84.
Jian Zhang, Xinxing Fu, Ruiqi Li, Xiang Zhao, Yang Liu, Minghe Li, Arthur Zwaenepoel, Hong Ma, Bernard Goffinet, Yanlong Guan, Jiayu Xue, Yiying Liao, Qingfeng Wang, Qinghua Wang, Jieyu Wang, Guoqiang Zhang, Zhiwen Wang, Yu Jia, Meizhi Wang, Shanshan Dong, Jianfen Yang, Yuannian Jiao, Yalong Guo, Hongzhi Kong, Anming Lu, Huanming Yang, Shouzhou Zhang, Yves Van de Peer, Zhongjian Liu, Zhiduan Chen, The hornwort genome and early land plant evolution. Nature Plants, 2020, 6(2): 107-118.
Jin Liu, Cong Shi, Chengcheng Shi, Wei Li, Qunjie Zhang, Yun Zhang, Kui Li, Huifang Lu, Chao Shi, Sitao Zhu, Zaiyun Xiao, Hong Nan, Yao Yue, Xunge Zhu, Yu Wu, Xiaoning Hong, Guangyi Fan, Yan Tong, Dan Zhang, Changli Mao, Yunlong Liu, Shijie Hao, Weiqing Liu, Meiqi Lv, Haibin Zhang, Yuan Liu, Geran Hutang, Jinpeng Wang, Jiahao Wang, Yinghuai Sun, Shubang Ni, Wenbin Chen, Xingcai Zhang, Yuannian Jiao, Evan E Eichler, Guohua Li, Xin Liu, Lizhi Gao, The chromosome-based rubber tree genome provides new insights into spurge genome evolution and rubber biosynthesis. Molecular Plant, 2020, 13(2): 336-350.
Roshan Ali, Yuannian Jiao, P Kerr Wall, Simon G Patching, Irshad Ahmad, Ghosia Lutfulla, Claude W dePamphilis, In silico identification and structure function analysis of a putative coclaurine N-methyltransferase from Aristolochia fimbriata. Computational Biology and Chemistry, 2020, 85: 107201.
Satoko Yoshida, Seungill Kim, Eric K. Wafula, Jaakko Tanskanen, Yong-Min Kim, Loren Honaas, Zhenzhen Yang, Thomas Spallek, Caitlin E. Conn, Yasunori Ichihashi, Kyeongchae Cheong, Songkui Cui, Joshua P. Der, Heidrun Gundlach, Yuannian Jiao, Chiaki Hori, Juliane K. Ishida et al. Genome Sequence of Striga asiatica Provides Insight into the Evolution of Plant Parasitism, Current Biology, 2019, 29(18):3041-3052
Yue Liu#, Wenli Zhang#, Kang Zhang, Qi You, Hengyu Yan, Yuannian Jiao, Jiming Jiang, Wenying Xu, Zhen Su*, Genome-wide mapping of DNase I hypersensitive sites reveals chromatin accessibility changes in Arabidopsis euchromatin and heterochromatin regions under extended darkness, Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1): 4093
Chuan Xia#, Lichao Zhang#, Cheng Zou#, Yongqiang Gu, Jialei Duan, Guangyao Zhao, Jiajie Wu, Yue Liu, Xiaohua Fang, Lifeng Gao, Yuannian Jiao, Jiaqiang Sun, Yinghong Pan, Xu Liu, Jizeng Jia*, Xiuying Kong*, A TRIM insertion in the promoter of Ms2 causes male sterility in wheat, Nature Communications, 2017, 8: 15407
Uzay U Sezen, Jacob N Barney, Daniel Z Atwater, Gary A Pederson, Jeffrey F Pederson, Mike J Chandler, Stan T Cox, Sheila Cox, Peter Dotray, David Kopec, Steven E Smith, Jill Schroeder, Steven D Wright, Yuannian Jiao, Wenqian Kong, Valorie Goff, Susan Auckland, Lisa K Rainville, Gary J Pierce, Cornelia Lemke, Rosana Compton, Christine Phillips, Alexandra Kerr, Matthew Mettler, Andrew H Paterson*, Multi-Phase US spread and habitat switching of a post-columbian invasive, sorghum halepense, PLoS ONE, 2016. 11(10): e0164584
HueyTyng Lee, Agnieszka A Golicz, Philipp E Bayer, Yuannian Jiao, Haibao Tang, Andrew H Paterson, Gaurav Sablok, Rahul R Krishnaraj, Chon-Kit Kenneth Chan, Jacqueline Batley, Gary A Kendrick, Anthony W D Larkum, Peter J Ralph, David Edwards*, The genome of a southern hemisphere seagrass species (Zostera muelleri), Plant Physiology, 2016, 172(1): 272-283
Michael Rusch#, Joy Nakitandwe#, Sheila Shurtleff#, Scott Newman#, Zhaojie Zhang, Michael N. Edmonson, Matthew Parker, Yuannian Jiao, Xiaotu Ma, Yanling Liu, Jiali Gu, Michael F. Walsh, Jared Becksfort, Andrew Thrasher, Yongjin Li, James McMurry, Erin Hedlund, Aman Patel, John Easton, Donald Yergeau, Bhavin Vadodaria, Ruth G. Tatevossian, Susana Raimondi, Dale Hedges, Xiang Chen, Kohei Hagiwara, Rose McGee, Giles W. Robinson, Jeffery M. Klco, Tanja A. Gruber, David W. Ellison*, James R Downing* & Jinghui Zhang*, Clinical cancer genomic profiling by three-platform sequencing of whole genome, whole exome and transcriptome. Nature Communications, 2018, 9: 3962
Juan Pu, Shuoguo Wang, Yanbo Yin, Guozhong Zhang, Robert A Carter, Jinliang Wang, Guanlong Xu, Honglei Sun, Min Wang, Chu Wen, Yandi Wei, Dongdong Wang, Baoli Zhu, Gordon Lemmon, Yuannian Jiao, Susu Duan, Qian Wang, Qian Du, Meng Sun, Jinnan Bao, Yipeng Sun, Jixun Zhao, Hui Zhang, Gang Wu, Jinhua Liu, Robert G Webster (2015) Evolution of the H9N2 influenza genotype that facilitated the genesis of the novel H7N9 virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112(2):548-53
Amborella Genome Project (2013) The Amborella genome and the evolution of flowering plants. Science. 342 (6165) DOI: 10.1126/science.1241089 (Major contributor for Global Gene Family Analysis)
Ray Ming, Robert VanBuren, Yanling Liu, Mei Yang, Yuepeng Han, Lei-Ting Li, Qiong Zhang, Min-Jeong Kim, Michael C Schatz, Michael Campbell, Jingping Li, John E Bowers, Haibao Tang, Eric Lyons, Ann A Ferguson, Giuseppe Narzisi, David R Nelson, Crysten E Blaby-Haas, Andrea R Gschwend, Yuannian Jiao, Joshua P Der, Fanchang Zeng, Jennifer Han, Xiang Jia Min, Karen A Hudson, Ratnesh Singh, Aleel K Grennan, Steven J Karpowicz, Jennifer R Watling, Kikukatsu Ito et al. (2013) Genome of the long-living sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.). Genome Biology. 14:R41 doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-5-r41
Barbara J Bliss, Stefan Wanke, Abdelali Barakat, Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam, Norman Wickett, P Kerr Wall, Yuannian Jiao, Lena Landherr, Paula E Ralph, Yi Hu, Christoph Neinhuis, Jim Leebens-Mack, Kathiravetpilla Arumuganathan, Sandra W Clifton, Siela N Maximova, Hong Ma and Claude W dePamphilis (2013) Characterization of the basal angiosperm Aristolochia fimbriata: a potential experimental system for genetic studies. BMC Plant Biology. 13(1): 13
Yeting Zhang, Monica Fernandez-Aparicio, Eric K Wafula, Malay Das, Yuannian Jiao, Norman J Wickett, Loren A Honaas, Paula E Ralph, Martin F Wojciechowski, Michael P Timko, John I Yoder, James H Westwood and Claude W dePamphilis (2013) Evolution of a horizontally acquired legume gene, albumin 1, in the parasitic plant Phelipanche aegyptiaca and related species. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13:48
Joshua Adams, Ardeshir Adeli, Chuan-Yu Hsu, Richard Harkess, Grier PAGE, Claude dePamphilis, Yuannian Jiao, Emily Schultz, Cetin Yüceer. (2012) Characterization of Poplar ZIP Family Members ZIP1.2 and ZNT1. Journal of Plant Genetics and Transgenics. 3(1):1-13
Haiying Liang, Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam, Norman Wickett, Abdelali Barakat, Yi Xu, Lena Landherr, Paula E. Ralph, Yuannian Jiao, Tao Xu, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Hong Ma, James H. Leebens-Mack, Claude W. dePamphilis (2011) Generation of a large-scale genomic resource for functional and comparative genomics in Liriodendron tulipifera L.. Tree Genetics and Genomes 7(5):941-954
Andrea Zuccolo, John E. Bowers, James C. Estill, Zhiyong Xiong, Meizhong Luo, Aswathy Sebastian, Jose’ Luis Goicoechea, Kristi Collura, Yeisoo Yu, Yuannian Jiao, Haibao Tang, Steve Rounsley, Dave Kudrna, Andrew H. Paterson, J. Chris Pires, Doug Soltis, Srikar Chamala, Brad Barbazuk, Pam Soltis, Victor A Albert, Hong Ma, Claude dePamphilis, Rod A. Wing and Jim Leebens-Mack (2011) A Physical Map for the Amborella Genome Sheds Light on the Evolution of Angiosperm Genome Structure. Genome Biology. 12(5): R48
Huanjun Guo#, Yuannian Jiao#, Chao Di, Dongxia Yao, Gaihua Zhang, Xue Zheng, Lan Liu, Qunlian Zhang, Aiguang Guo, Zhen Su (2009) Discovery of Arabidopsis GRAS Family Genes Responded to Osmotic and Drought Stress. Chinese Bulletin of Botany. 44 (3): 290-299 (#contributed equally)