Birth Date: Dec 24, 1988; Birth Place: Yunlong, Yunnan Province
Education:
Sep. 2010- July 2017, Ph.D. in Botany, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sep. 2006- July 2010, B.Sc. in Ecology, Yunnan University
Research interests:
1. Molecular mechanisms of nutrient sense and signaling (Fe, Zn)
2. Crosstalk between micronutrients
Direction: Plant Molecular Biology
Selected Publications:
Yang Li #, Rihua Lei #, Mengna Pu, Yuerong Cai, Chengkai Lu, Zhifang Li, Gang Liang*. bHLH11 inhibits bHLH IVc proteins by recruiting the TOPLESS/TOPLESS -RELATED corepressors in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 2022, 188:1335-1349.
Yang Li #, Chengkai Lu #, Chenyang Li #, Rihua Lei, Mengna Pu, Junhui Zhao, Feng Peng, Huaqian Ping, Dan Wang, Gang Liang*. IRON MAN interacts with BRUTUS to maintain iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2021, 118 (39) e2109063118.
Rihua Lei #, Yang Li #, Yuerong Cai, Chenyang Li, Mengna Pu, Chengkai Lu, Yujie Yang, Gang Liang*. bHLH121 Functions as a Direct Link that Facilitates the Activation of FIT by bHLH IVc Transcription Factors for Maintaining Fe Homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 2020, 13(4): 634-649.
Yuerong Cai, Yang Li, Gang Liang*. FIT and bHLH Ib transcription factors modulate iron and copper crosstalk in Arabidopsis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 2021, 44(5): 1679-1691.
Huimin Zhang, Yang Li, Mengna Pu, Peng Xu, Gang Liang*, Diqiu Yu*. Oryza sativa POSITIVE REGULATOR OF IRON DEFICIENCY RESPONSE 2 (OsPRI2) and OsPRI3 are involved in the maintenance of Fe homeostasis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 2020, 43(1): 261-274.
Gang Liang*, Huimin Zhang, Yang Li, Mengna Pu, Yujie Yang, Chenyang Li, Chengkai Lu, Peng Xu, Diqiu Yu*. Oryza sativa FER-LIKE FE DEFICIENCY-INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR (OsFIT/ OsbHLH156) interacts with OsIRO2 to regulate iron homeostasis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2020, 62(5): 668-689.
Huimin Zhang, Yang Li, Xiani Yao, Gang Liang*, Diqiu Yu*. POSITIVE REGULATOR OF IRON HOMEOSTASIS1, OsPRI1, Facilitates Iron Homeostasis. Plant Physiology, 2017, 175(1):543-554.
