EDUCATION
2006-2009 Ph.D. in Plant Genetics, Shandong University
2002-2005 M.Sc. in Plant Molecular Genetics, Shandong University
1998-2002 B.Sc. in Biology, Shandong University
WORK EXPERIENCE
2011-present Shandong University
2017-2018 Visitor Scholar, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
2009-2011 Research Assistant, School of Life Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong
RESEARCH INTERSTS
1. Environmental adaption of soybean
2. The effect of environmental stress on plant development
PUBLICATIONS
1.Dajian Zhang1, Xutong Wang1, Shuo Li1 (co-first author), Chaofan Wang, Michael J.Gosney, Michael V. Mickelbart, Jianxin Ma. A post-domestication mutation Dt2 trigers systemic modification of divergent and convergent pathways modulating multiple agronomic traits in soybean. Mol Plant. 2019 online. (SCI, five year impact factor 7.9)
2.Shuo Li1, Nan Wang1, Dandan Ji1, Zheyong Xue, Yanchong Yu, Yupei Jiang, Jinglin Liu, Zhenhua Liu, Fengning Xiang*. Evolutionary and Functional Analysis of Membrane-Bound NAC Transcription Factor Genes in Soybean. Plang Physiol. Plant Physiol. 2016 Nov;172(3):1804-1820. (SCI, five year impact factor 7.428)
3.Shuo Li1, Chunhui Xu 1, Yanan Yang, Guangmin Xia*. Functional analysis of TaDi19A, a salt-responsive gene in wheat. Plant Cell Environ. 2010. 33 (1):117-29. SCI (SCI, five year impact factor 5.748)
5.Chun Liu 1, Shuo Li 1 (co-first author), Mengcheng Wang 1, Guangmin Xia*. A transcriptomic analysis reveals the nature of salinity tolerance of a wheat introgression line, Plant Mol Biol. 2012. 78 (1-2):159-69. (SCI, five year impact factor 4.226)
6.Nan Wang, Fengning Xiang, Shuo Li*. Advance in plant membrane-bound transcription factors and plant stress response. Chinese Bulletin of Life Sciences. 2016，28（7）：1~8. (Chinese Core Journals)
7.Nan Wang, Shizhen Zhao, Menghua Lyu, Fengning Xiang, Shuo Li*. Research progress on identification of QTLs and functional genes involved in salt tolerance in soybean. Hereditas (Beijing). 2016，38 (11) :992~1003. (Chinese Core Journals)
8.Dexin Wang, Yanchong Yu, Zhenhua Liu, Shuo Li, Zeli Wang, Fengning Xiang*. Membrane-bound NAC transcription factors in maize and their contribution to the oxidative stress response. Plant Sci. 2016 250:30-9. (SCI, five year impact factor 4.148)
9.Qian-Feng Li, Chunming Wang, Lei Jiang, Shuo Li, Samuel S. M. Sun*, Jun-Xian He*. An Interaction Between BZR1 and DELLAs Mediates Direct Signaling Crosstalk Between Brassinosteroids and Gibberellins in Arabidopsis. Science Signaling. 2012. 5 (244): ra72 (SCI, five year impact factor 7.143)
10.Meng Qiao, Zhongjuan Zhao, Yuguang Song, Zhenhua Liu, Lingxue Cao, Yanchong Yu, Shuo Li, Fengning Xiang*. Proper regeneration from in vitro cultured Arabidopsis thaliana requires the miRNA directed action of an auxin response factor, The Plant Journal. 2012. 71(1):14-22. (SCI, five year impact factor 7.121)
11.Yuguang Song, Dandan Ji, Shuo Li, Peng Wang, Qiang Li, Fengning Xiang*. The Dynamic Changes of DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications of Salt Responsive Transcription Factor Genes in Soybean. PLoS ONE 7(7): e41274. (SCI, five year impact factor 4.537)
PATENTS
1.Fengning Xiang, Dan Yang, Xianwei Song, Shuo Li, Zhenhua Liu, A salt-inducible promoter of GmNAC4 in soybean cultivar Shendou No.9，2016.12.7，China，CN104342442B
2.Fengning Xiang, Dandan Ji, Shuo Li, The NAC transcription factor gene GmST2 in soybean cultivar Shendou No.9 and its utility, 2013.12.25, China, CN102676541B
3.Fengning Xiang, Dandan Ji, Shuo Li, The NAC transcription factor gene GmST1 in soybean cultivar Shendou No.9 and its utility, 2012.09.12, China, CN102660554A
4.Guangmin Xia, Shuo Li, Chunhui Xu, Mengcheng Wang, Yanan Yang, Salt sensitive gene TaDi19A and its utility, 2011.03.09, China, CN101508997B
