National Key
Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement
Huazhong
Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Tel: +86 137-2031-4134
CURRENT
POSITION
Huazhong
Agricultural University Wuhan,
China
Postdoctoral
Fellow
2017-Present
EDUCATION
Huazhong
Agricultural University
PhD, Genetics
2011-2017
Dissertation:
Genetic architecture of maize kernel size and weight
Huazhong
Agricultural University
BS, Bioengineering 2007-2011
SELECTED
AWARDS
National
Scholarship for Master's Degree
2012
The
Dupont Pioneer Scholarship
2015
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Liu J#, Huang
J, Guo H, Raihan S, Yan J*. Dissection the genetic basis of maize
kernel weight and kernel size and positional clone of a major QTL. 56th Annual Maize
Genetics Conference, Beijing, China, March 13-16, 2014 (Poster presentation).
Liu J#, Li Q*,
Yan J*. The
conserved and unique genetic architecture of kernel size and weight in maize
and rice. 60th
Annual Maize Genetics Conference, Saint-Malo, France, March 22-25, 2018 (Oral
presentation).
SKILLS
GWAS
and candidate gene association analysis
QTL
mapping and positional cloning
Next-generation
sequencing analysis
Bio-sequence
and phylogenetic analysis
Data
visualization with R language
PUBLICATIONS
1. Yang N#,
Liu J#, Gao Q#,
Gui S, Chen L, Yang L, Huang J, Deng T, Luo J, He L, Wang Y, Xu P, Peng Y, Shi
Z, Lan L, Ma Z, Yang X, Zhang Q, Bai M, Li S, Li W, Liu L, Jackson D, Yan J*.
Genome assembly of a tropical maize inbred line provides insights into
structural variation and crop improvement. Nat
Genet, 2019 (Accepted).
2. Li K#,
Wen W#, Alseekh S, Yang X, Guo H, Li W, Wang L, Pan Q, Zhan W, Liu J, Li Y, Wu X, Brotman Y,
Willmitzer L, Li J, Fernie AR, Yan J*. Large-scale metabolite QTL
analysis provides new insights for high-quality maize improvement. Plant J, 2019, doi: 10.1111/tpj.14317.
3. Wang H#,
Xu S, Fan Y, Liu N, Zhan W, Liu H, Xiao Y, Li K, Pan Q, Li W, Deng M, Liu J, Jin M, Yang X, Li J, Li Q*,
Yan J*. Beyond pathways: genetic dissection of tocopherol content in
maize kernels by combining linkage and association analyses. Plant Biotechnol J, 2018, 16: 1464-1475.
4. Liu N#,
Liu J, Li W, Pan Q, Liu J,
Yang X, Yan J, Xiao Y*. Intraspecific variation of residual
heterozygosity and its utility for quantitative genetic studies in maize. BMC Plant Biol, 2018, 18: 66.
5. Liu J#, Huang
J, Guo H, Lan L, Wang H, Xu Y, Yang X, Li W, Tong H, Xiao Y, Pan Q, Qiao F,
Raihan MS, Liu H, Zhang X, Yang N, Wang X, Deng M, Jin M, Zhao L, Luo X, Zhou
Y, Li X, Zhan W, Liu N, Wang H, Chen G, Li Q*, Yan J*. The conserved and unique
genetic architecture of kernel size and weight in maize and rice. Plant Physiol, 2017, 175: 774-785.
6. Xiao Y#,
Tong H#, Yang X, Xu S, Pan Q, Qiao F, Raihan MS, Luo Y, Liu H, Zhang
X, Yang N, Wang X, Deng M, Jin M, Zhao L, Luo X, Zhou Y, Li X, Liu J, Zhan W, Liu N, Wang H,
Chen G, Cai Y, Xu G, Wang W, Zheng D, Yan J*. Genome-wide dissection
of the maize ear genetic architecture using multiple populations. New Phytol, 2016, 210: 1095-1106.
7. Raihan
MS#, Liu J, Huang
J, Guo H, Pan Q, Yan J*. Multi-environment QTL analysis of grain
morphology traits and fine mapping of a kernel-width QTL in Zheng58 × SK maize
population. Theor Appl Genet, 2016,
129: 1465-1477.
8. Liu H#,
Luo X#, Niu L, Xiao Y, Chen L, Liu
J, Wang X, Jin M, Li W, Zhang Q, Yan J*. Distant eQTLs and non-coding
sequences play critical roles in regulating gene expression and quantitative trait
variation in maize. Mol Plant, 2017, 10:
414-426.
9. Liu H#,
Wang F, Xiao Y, Tian Z, Wen W, Zhang X, Chen X, Liu N, Li W, Liu L, Liu J, Yan J, Liu J*.
MODEM: multi-omics data envelopment and mining in maize. Database, 2016.
10. Liu H#,
Wang X#, Warburton ML, Wen W, Jin M, Deng M, Liu J, Tong H, Pan Q, Yang X, Yan J*. Genomic, transcriptomic,
and phenomic variation reveals the complex adaptation of modern maize breeding.
Mol Plant, 2015, 8: 871-884.
11. Liu J#, Deng
M, Guo H, Raihan S, Luo J, Xu Y, Dong X, Yan J*. Maize orthologs of rice GS5 and their trans-regulator are
associated with kernel development. J
Integr Plant Biol, 2015, 57: 943-953.
12. Wen W#,
Li D#, Li X, Gao Y, Li W, Li H, Liu
J, Liu H, Chen W, Luo J*, Yan J*. Metabolome-based
genome-wide association study of maize kernel leads to novel biochemical
insights. Nat Commun, 2014, 5: 3438.
13. Yang N#,
Lu Y#, Yang X, Huang J, Zhou Y, Ali F, Wen W, Liu J, Li J, Yan J*. Genome wide association
studies using a new nonparametric model reveal the genetic architecture of 17 agronomic
traits in an enlarged maize association panel. PLoS Genet, 2014, 10: e1004573.
14. Li H#,
Peng Z#, Yang X#, Wang W#, Fu J#,
Wang J#, Han Y, Chai Y, Guo T, Yang N, Liu J, Warburton ML, Cheng Y, Hao X, Zhang P, Zhao J, Liu Y,
Wang G*, Li J*, Yan J*. Genome-wide
association study dissects the genetic architecture of oil biosynthesis in
maize kernels. Nat Genet, 2013, 45: 43-50.