About our group
Haixia Institute of Science and Technology School of Future Technology
Qin Lab
Leadership
Qin Yuan, Ph.D., is a female Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. She serves as the Dean of the College of Life Sciences at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) and concurrently as the Dean of the Haixia Institute of Science and Technology School of Future Technology . She is a recipient of the prestigious Chang Jiang Scholar Award (Chair Professor) from the Ministry of Education, the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists, and the UK-China Newton Advanced Fellowship. She is also recognized as a Fujian Provincial High-Level Talent (Class A), selected under the Fujian Provincial "Hundred Talents Plan", named an Outstanding Young Top Talent in Fujian Provincial Universities, and appointed as a Minjiang Scholar Chair Professor in Fujian Province.
Center Introduction
The Center for Genomics and Biotechnology (Center for Genomics) was established in 2013 as one of the six high-level innovation research platforms within the Haixia Institute of Science at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU). Its laboratory facilities occupy a total building area of approximately 3,800 square meters. Beyond the standard molecular biology platform, the center has established five major research platforms: the Genomics Platform, Bioinformatics Analysis Platform, Cell Biology Platform, Plant Genetic Transformation Platform, and Plant Growth Controlled Environment Chamber Platform. The Genomics Center currently employs 45 staff members, including 8 Professors, 7 Associate Professors, 9 Assistant Research Fellows, and 3 Postdoctoral Researchers. Among its personnel are 3 recipients of Fujian Province's "Hundred Talents Plan for Innovation and Entrepreneurship", 2 Fujian "Minjiang Scholar" Chair Professors, 1 recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists, 1 recipient of the "Fujian Yunsheng Youth Science and Technology Award", 1 recipient of the "Ministry of Education's New Century Talent" award, and 2 recipients of the "Fujian Provincial Youth Science and Technology Award".
Academic achievements
Since its establishment, the Genomics Center has published over 260 research articles. Among these, more than 140 are SCI-indexed papers published in internationally renowned journals, including Nature, Cell, Nature Genetics, Genome Research, Genome Biology, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, PNAS, The Plant Cell, The Plant Journal, Molecular Plant, Current Biology, and New Phytologist, with the university listed as the first or corresponding author affiliation. An additional 120 papers were published in journals such as Science, PNAS, and The Plant Cell, with the university participating as a contributing institution.
Contact us
Address:
Building 1, Xia'an Experimental Building, No. 15 Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province
Office phone: 0591-88202367
website: https://genome.fafu.edu.cn/
References
- Cheng Y, Zhou Q, Li W, Cheng H, Mohammadi MA, Liu Y, et al.. De novo transcriptome assembly and gene expression profiling of Ipomoea pes-caprae L. under heat and cold stresses. Scientia Horticulturae.2021; doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110379.
- Cheng Y, Wang Y, Sun J, Liao Z, Ye K, Hu B, et al.. Unveiling the genomic blueprint of salt stress: insights fromIpomoea pes-capraeL. S. 2023; doi: 10.48130/SeedBio-2023-0021.