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Haixia Institute of Science and Technology School of Future Technology

Qin Lab

Leadership

Qin Yuan, female, Ph.D., doctoral supervisor, Deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, Dean of the College of Life Sciences at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Distinguished Professor of the Chang Jiang Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education, recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, recipient of the Newton Advanced Fellowship of the China-UK Talent Programme, Category A High-Level Talent of Fujian Province, Fujian "Hundred Talents Program", Fujian University Young Top Talent, Distinguished Professor of Fujian "Minjiang Scholar Program", Distinguished Expert of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, recipient of the Second Prize of Fujian Provincial Natural Science Award (Ranked 1st), Fujian Youth Science and Technology Award, Fujian Yunsheng Youth Science and Technology Award, Fujian Youth May Fourth Medal, Fujian Provincial March 8th Red Banner Holder, Fujian Most Beautiful Female Science and Technology Worker, Wei Zhiming Youth Innovation Award of the Chinese Society of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Fujian "Upward and Kind Education Project Fund" Teaching Award.

Center Introduction

The Center for Genomics and Biotechnology (hereinafter referred to as "the Genomics Center") was established in 2013 and is one of the six high-level innovative research platforms of the Haixia Institute of Science and Technology at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. In addition to the general molecular biology platform, the Genomics Center has established five major research platforms: the genomics platform, the bioinformatics analysis platform, the cell biology platform, the plant genetic transformation platform, and the plant growth phytotron platform. The center mainly focuses on tropical and subtropical crops such as sugarcane, papaya, and pineapple, as well as regional characteristic crops. Its research directions include biomass of bioenergy plants, genome structure and function of tropical and subtropical plants, dosage effects and heterosis in polyploid plants, sex chromosomes and sex determination in angiosperms, genetic regulation of plant reproductive systems, gene networks and interactions, and crop resistance to pests, diseases, and abiotic stresses. The Genomics Center currently has a total of 45 staff members, including 8 professors, 7 associate professors, 9 assistant researchers, and 3 postdoctoral fellows; it has 3 recipients of the Fujian "Dual Innovation Talents Hundred Talents Program"; 2 Distinguished Professors of Fujian "Minjiang Scholar Program"; 1 recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars; 1 recipient of the "Fujian Yunsheng Youth Science and Technology Award"; 1 "New Century Talent" of the Ministry of Education; and 2 recipients of the "Fujian Youth Science and Technology Award".

Academic achievements

Since its establishment, the Genomics Center has published more than 260 articles, among which, over 140 SCI papers have been published in international high-level academic journals such as 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 as the first author affiliation or first corresponding author affiliation; more than 120 papers have been published in journals such as Science, PNAS, and The Plant Cell, with the university as a participating affiliation.

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

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References

  1. Cheng Y, Wang Y, Sun J, Liao Z, Ye K, Hu B, Dong C, Li Z, Deng F, Wang L, Cao S, Pan C, Zheng P, Cai L, Cao L, Wang S, Aslam M, Wang H, Qin Y*. (2023). Unveiling the genomic blueprint of salt stress: insights from Ipomoea pes-caprae L. Seed Biology. doi: 10.48130/SeedBio-2023-0021.
  2. Ye K, Dong C, Hu B, Yuan J, Sun J, Li Z, Deng F, Fakher B, Wang L, Pan C, Aslam M, Qin Y*, Cheng Y*. (2023). The genome size, chromosome number and the seed adaption to long-distance dispersal of Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023, 14. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1074935.
  3. Cheng Y, Zhou Q, Li W, Cheng H, Mohammadi MA, Liu Y, Deng F, Priyadarshani S, Sun J, Ye L, He X, Cao L, Cao S, Zheng P, Aslam M, Zhao H, Qin Y*. (2021). De novo transcriptome assembly and gene expression profiling of Ipomoea pes-caprae L. under heat and cold stresses. Scientia Horticulturae, 289, 110379. doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110379.

How to cite

  1. Cai J, Chen X, Li X, Zhang M, Lin X, Hu Y, Feng H, Li X, Hu J, Yang S, Wang L, Niu X, Wang G, Tang B, Wang S, Qin Y*, Cheng Y*. (2026). IGD: a multi-omics database for Ipomoea pes-caprae genomic and biological research. BMC Plant Biology, 26, 342. doi: 10.1186/s12870-026-08161-1.