LIIL LILU ILRUC
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Yong-Fang Li, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
246 Noble Research Center
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
Tel: 405-744-6193; Fax: 405-744-7799
Email: yongfang.li@okstate.edu or li_yongfang@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
2002-2007
Ph.D, Department of Life Sciences.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Israel
Supervisors: Dr. Yaron Sitrit, Dr. Amnon Bustan
& Dr. Michele Zaccai
Dissertation: Isolation and Characterization of the Genes Encoding for
Na+/H+ Antiporter on the Plasma Membrane of the Halophyte Saltgrass
(Distichlis spicata)
1988-1991
M.Sc. in Microbiology
Henan Normal University & Zhenzhou institute of Technology, China
Supervisors: Prof. Fangshu He & Prof. Weishen Yin
Thesis: Preliminary Studies on Preparation, Regeneration and UVmutagenesis of Protoplast of Baker’s Yeast
1984-1988
B.Sc. in Biology. College of Life Science, Henan Normal University,
China.
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
2008.4-2011. 4
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Oklahoma State University. USA
Advisor: Dr. Ramanjulu Sunkar
Research area: Novel microRNA identification and transcriptome-wide
identification of small RNA targets in plants using high-throuput
sequencing technologies.
VISITING SCHOLAR
2001.6-2002.12
The Institutes for Applied Research
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Israel.
Supported by Israeli foreign ministry
Advisor: Prof. Varda Kagan-Zur
Research work: Monokaryotic and heterokaryotic hyphae in Terfezia
1998.9 -1999.1
College of Life Science
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Advisor: Prof. Daxin Song
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EMPLOYMENT
2011.4 -
1991-2001
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Oklahoma State University. USA
Research area: Comparison of expression and translation profile
between salt sensitive and salt resistant rice species using mRNA-SEQ
technique & identification of RNA target of RNA binding protein
RBP45B using RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) and RNA-SEQ
analysis
Lecturer, Assistant professor. College of Life Science
Henan Normal University. Henan, China
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Papers
Li YF, Zheng Y, Jagadeeswaran G & Sunkar R (2013). Characterization of small RNAs and
their target genes in wheat seedlings using sequencing-based approaches. Plant Science. 203204: 17-24.
Sunkar R, Li YF, Jagadeeswaran G (2012). Functions of microRNAs in plant stress
responses. Trends Plant Sci. 17(4):196-203. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
Zheng Y, Li YF*, Sunkar R & Zhang W (2012). SeqTar: An Effective Method for Identifying
MicroRNA Guided Cleavage Sites from Degradome of Polyadenylated Transcripts in Plants.
Nucleic Acids Research. 40(4):e28. Epub 2011 Dec 2 (*: co-first author).
Zhang L, Zheng Y, Jagadeeswaran G, Li YF, Gowdu K, Sunkar R (2011) Identification and
temporal expression analysis of conserved and novel microRNAs in Sorghum. Genomics.
98(6):460-8. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
Li YF, Zheng Y, Addo-Quaye C, Zhang L, Saini A, Jagadeeswaran G, Axtell MJ, Zhang W
and Sunkar R (2010) Transcriptome-wide identification of microRNA targets in rice. Plant J.
62(5): 742-759. Epub 2010 Feb 26.
Addo-Quaye C, Snyder JA, Park YB, Li YF, Sunkar R, Axtell MJ (2009) Sliced microRNA
targets and precise loop-first processing of MIR319 hairpins revealed by analysis of the
Physcomitrella patens degradome. RNA 15(12):2112-21. Epub 2009 Oct 22.
Jagadeeswaran G, Zheng Y, Li YF, Shukla LI, Matts J, Hoyt P, Macmil SL, Wiley GB, Roe
BA, Zhang W, Sunkar R (2009) Cloning and characterization of small RNAs from Medicago
truncatula reveals four novel legume-specific microRNA families. New Phytol. 184(1):85-98.
Ferdman Y, Sitrit Y, Li YF, Roth-Bejerano N, Kagan-Zur V (2009). Cryptic species in the
Terfezia boudieri complex. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 95(4):351-62.
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Roth-Bejerano N, Li YF and Kagan-Zur,V (2004). Monokaryotic and heterokaryotic hyphae
in Terfezia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 85(2):165-168
Book chapters
Li, YF. & Sunkar, R (2013). Global identification of small RNA targets by sequencing sliced
ends of messenger RNAs. In Yang Y ed. Rice protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology,
Humana press. 956:119-29. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-194-3_10.
Sinai A, Li YF & Sunkar R (2012). Role of microRNAs in plant adaptation to environment
stress. In Sunkar R ed. MicroRNAs in Plant Development and Stress Responses (Signaling
and Communication in Plants). pp 219-232
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BMC Genomics
BMC plant biology
Plant signaling and behavior
China Biotechnology
PloS ONE
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