LI Qingshun Quinn Professor

Academy: College of the Environment and Ecology

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Research Interests: Plant mRNA Polyadenylation; Molecular Ecology of Mangrove Adaption; Bioinformatics

Brief CV

  • 2012/09 - present  Dean, Professor, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.

  • 2010/07 - 2015/06, Professor, Botany Department (Department of Biology), Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

  • 2007/07 - 2010/06,Associate Professor, Botany Department, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

  • 2001/08 - 2007/06,Assistant Professor, Botany Department, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

  • 1996/09 - 2001/07,Staff Scientist III and Principal Investigator, Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

  • 1988/12 - 1991/09,Lecturer, Department of Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, P. R. China.

  • 1986/09 - 1988/11,Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, P. R. China.

  • 1995/10 - 1996/09,Postdoctoral Scholar, Plant Physiology/Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Program, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Advisor: Arthur G. Hunt

  • 1991/09 - 1995/09,Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Advisor: Arthur G. Hunt

  • 1983/09 - 1986/09,Master of Science, Biochemical Genetics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. Advisor:Huang Houzhe

  • 1979/09 - 1983/07,Bachelor of Science, Biology (Plant Science), Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.

Research Interests

  • Plant mRNA Polyadenylation

  • Molecular Ecology of Mangrove Adaption

  • Bioinformatics

Selected Publication

  • 1. Yuan-Ye Zhang*, Junjie Yin, Ming Zhou, Zeru Lin, Qingshun Q. Li. Adaptive transgenerational effects remain significant. Ecology Letter, in press, July 17, 2020. DOI:10.22541/au.159493093.33229248.

  • 2. Junjie Yin, Ming Zhou, Zeru Lin, Qingshun Q. Li, Yuan-Ye Zhang*. Transgenerational effects benefit offspring across diverse environments: a metaanalysis in plants and animals. Ecology Letter, 2019, 22: 1976–1986. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13373

  • 3. Hongmei Qiao#, Wenwen Liu#, Yihui Zhang*, Yuanye Zhang*, Qingshun Q. Li*. Genetic admixture accelerates invasion via provisioning rapid adaptive evolution, Molecular Ecology, 2019, 28:4012-4027. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15192

  • 4. Wenyue Su, Congting Ye, Yihui Zhang, Saiqi Hao, Qingshun Q. Li*. Identification of putative key genes for coastal environments and cold adaptation in mangrove Kandelia obovate through transcriptome analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 681:191–201. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.127

  • 5. Liwei Hong#, Liangjie Zhang#, Meiling Liu, Shengjie Wang, Linjun He, Wanyu Yang, Jingli Li, Qiaojie Yu, Qingshun Q. Li* & Kefu Zhou*. Heavy metal rich stone-processing wastewater inhibits the growth and development of plants. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 2019, 21: 479-486, DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2018.1537241

  • 6. Liwei Hong, Wenyue Su, Yuanye Zhang, Congting Ye, Yingjia Shen, Qingshun Q. Li*. Transcriptome profiling during mangrove viviparity in response to abscisic acid. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8:770. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-19236-x.

  • 7. Neza Repar, Hao Li, Jose S. Aguilar, Qingshun Q. Li, Drobne Damjana, and Yiling Hong*. Silver nanoparticles induce neurotoxicity in a human embryonic stem cell-derived neuron and astrocyte network. Nanotoxicology, 2018, 12:104-116. DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2018.1425497

  • 8. Luzhen Chen*, Wenqing Wang, Qingshun Q. Li, Yihui Zhang, Shengchang Yang, Michael J. Osland, Jinliang Huang, and Congjiao Peng. Mangrove species’ responses to winter air temperature extremes in China. Ecosphere, 2017, 8(6): e01865. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1865

  • 9. Xiaoxuan Zhou, Lingling Cai, Meiping Fu, Liwei Hong, Yingjia Shen, Qingshun Q. Li*. Progress in the Studies of Vivipary on Mangrove Plants. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 2016, 40(12):1328-1343. Doi:10.17521/cjpe.2016.0087.

  • 10. Juncheng Lin#, Fu-Yu Hung#, Congting Ye, Liwei Hong, Yuan-Hsin Shih, Keqiang Wu*, Qingshun Q. Li*. HDA6 dependent chromatin deacetylation orchestrates mRNA polyadenylation. Genome Research, 2020, online. DOI:10.1101/gr.255232.119.

  • 11. Xuan Wu#, Jie Wang#, Xiaohui Wu, Qingshun Q. Li*. Heat shock responsive gene expression modulated by mRNA poly(A) tail length. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020, 11:1255. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01255.

  • 12. Congting Ye, Juncheng Lin, Qingshun Q. Li*. Discovery of alternative polyadenylation dynamics in single cell types. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18:1012-1019. DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.04.009.

  • 13. Zhibo Yu, Juncheng Lin, Qingshun Q. Li*. Transcriptome analyses of FY mutants reveal its role in mRNA alternative polyadenylation. Plant Cell, 2019, 31(10):2332-2352. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00545

  • 14. Haihui Fu, Peng Wang, Xiaohui Wu, Xiaoxuan Zhou, Guoli Ji, Yingjia Shen, Yahui Gao, Qingshun Q. Li*, Junrong Liang*. Distinct genomewide alternative polyadenylation during the response to silicon availability in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Plant Journal, 2019, 99(1):67-80. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14309

  • 15. Congting Ye#, Qian Zhou#, Xiaohui Wu, Guoli Ji, Qingshun Q. Li*. Genome-wide alternative polyadenylation dynamics in response to biotic and abiotic stresses in rice. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2019, 183:109485. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109485.

  • 16. Congting Ye*#, Qian Zhou#, Xiaohui Wu, Chen Yu, Guoli Ji, Daniel R Saban, Qingshun Q. Li. scDAPA: detection and visualization of dynamic alternative polyadenylation from single cell RNA-seq data. Bioinformatics, 2019, 36(4):1262-1264. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz701.

  • 17. Congting Ye*#, Qian Zhou#, Yiling Hong, Qingshun Q. Li*. Role of alternative polyadenylation dynamics in acute myeloid leukaemia at single-cell resolution. RNA Biology, 2019, 16:6, 785-797. DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2019.1586139

  • 18. Qian Zhou#, Haihui Fu#, Dewei Yang, Congting Ye, Sheng Zhu, Juncheng Lin, Wenbin Ye, Guoli Ji, Xinfu Ye, Xiaohui Wu*, Qingshun Q. Li*. Differential alternative polyadenylation contributes to the developmental divergence between two rice subspecies, japonica and indica. Plant Journal, 2019, 98(2):260-276. DOI:10.1111/tpj.14209.

  • 19. Jingyi Cao, Congting Ye, Guijie Hao, Carole Dabney-Smith, Arthur G. Hunt, Qingshun Q. Li*. Root hair single cell type specific profiles of gene expression and alternative polyadenylation under cadmium stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019, 10:589. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2019.00589.

  • 20. Zhixin Zhao, Xiaohui Wu, Guoli Ji, Chun Liang, Qingshun Q. Li*. Genome-wide comparative analyses of polyadenylation signals in eukaryotes suggest a possible origin of the AAUAAA signal. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019, 20(4): 958. Doi: 10.3390/ijms20040958.

  • 21. Congting Ye, Yuqi Long, Guoli Ji, Qingshun Q. Li*, Xiaohui Wu*. APAtrap: identification and quantification of alternative polyadenylation sites from RNA-seq data. Bioinformatics, 2018, 34:1841-1849. DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/bty029

  • 22. Liwei Hong, Congting Ye, Juncheng Lin, Haihui Fu, Xiaohui Wu and Qingshun Q. Li*. Alternative polyadenylation is involved in auxin-based plant growth and development. Plant Journal, 2018, 93:246-258. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13771.

  • 23. Juncheng Lin#, Ruqiang Xu#, Xiaohui Wu, Yingjia Shen and Qingshun Q. Li*. Role of cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor 100: anchoring poly(A) sites and modulating transcription termination. Plant Journal, 2017, 91:829–839. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13611

  • 24. Cheng Guo, Matthew Spinelli, Congting Ye, Qingshun Q. Li* and Chun Liang*. Genome-Wide Comparative Analysis of Miniature Inverted Repeat Transposable Element in 19 Arabidopsis thaliana Accessions. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7:2634. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02855-1.

  • 25. Qingshun Q. Li*, Zhaoyang Liu, Wenjia Lu and Man Liu. Interplay between Alternative Splicing and Alternative Polyadenylation Defines the Expression Outcome of the Plant Unique OXIDATIVE TOLERANT-6 Gene. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7:2052. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02215-z

  • 26. Haihui Fu#, Dewei Yang#, Wenyue Su, Liuyin Ma, Yingjia Shen, Guoli Ji, Xinfu Ye*, Xiaohui Wu*, Qingshun Q. Li*. Genome-wide Dynamics of Alternative Polyadenylation in Rice. Genome Research, 2016, 26: 1753-1760. Doi:10.1101/gr.210757.116

  • 27. Xiaohui Wu*, Yumin Zhang, Qingshun Q. Li *. PlantAPA: a portal for visualization and analysis of alternative polyadenylation in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, 7:889. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00889.

  • 28. Cheng Guo, Matthew Spinelli, Man Liu, Qingshun Q. Li* and Chun Liang*. A Genome-wide Study of "Non-3UTR" Polyadenylation Sites in Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Report, 2016, 6:28060; doi: 10.1038/srep28060 (2016).

  • 29. Xiaohui Wu*, Yong Zeng, Jinting Guan, Guoli, Ji, Rongting Huang, Qingshun Q. Li*. Genome-wide Characterization of Intergenic Polyadenylation Sites Redefines Gene Spaces in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Genomics, 2015, 16:511. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1691-1

  • 30. Guoli Ji, Jinting Guan, Yong Zeng, Qingshun Q. Li and Xiaohui Wu*. Genome-wide identification and predictive modeling of polyadenylation sites in eukaryotes. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2015, 16(2): 304-313. DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbu011

  • 31. Guoli Ji, Lei Li, Qingshun Q. Li, Xiangdong Wu, Jingyi Fu, Xiaohui Wu*. PASPA: a web server for mRNA poly(A) site predictions in plants and algae. Bioinformatics, 2015, 31(10): 1671-3. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btv004.

  • 32. Jinting Guan, Jingyi Fu, Mingcheng Wu, Longteng Chen, Guoli Ji, Qingshun Q. Li, Xiaohui Wu*. VAAPA: A web platform for visualization and analysis of alternative polyadenylation. Comput Biol Med, 2015, 57:20-25. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2014.11.010

  • 33. Man Liu, Ruqiang Xu, Carrie Merrill, Liwei Hong, Carol Von Lanken, Arthur G. Hunt* and Qingshun Q. Li*. Integration of developmental and environmental signals via a polyadenylation factor in plants. PloS One, 2014, 9: e115779. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115779.

  • 34. Xiaohui Wu, Bobby Gaffney, Arthur G. Hunt*, and Qingshun Q. Li*. Genome-wide determination of poly(A) sites in Medicago truncatula: evolutionary conservation of alternative poly(A) site choice. BMC Genomics, 2014, 15:615. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-615.

  • 35. Zhixin Zhao, Xiaohui Wu, Praveen Kumar Raj Kumar, Min Dong, Guoli Ji, Qingshun Q. Li* and Chun Liang*. Bioinformatics analysis of alternative polyadenylation in green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using transcriptome sequences from three different sequencing platforms. Genes Genomics Genetics (G3), 2014, 4:871-883. DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.010249

  • 36. Liuyin Ma, Pratap Kumar Pati, Man Liu, Qingshun Q. Li* and Arthur G. Hunt*. High throughput characterizations of poly(A) site choice in plants. Methods, 2014, 67:74-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.06.037

  • 37. Liuyin Ma, Cheng Guo and Qingsun Q. Li*. Role of alternative polyadenylation in epigenetic silencing and antisilencing. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2014, 111:9-10. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321025111

  • 38. William C Ray*, Samuel L Wolock, Nicholas W Callahan, Min Dong, Qingshun Q. Li, Chun Liang, Thomas J. Magliery and Christopher W. Bartlett. Addressing the unmet need for visualizing Conditional Random Fields in Biological Data. BMC Bioinformatics, 2014, 15:202.

  • 39. Guoli Ji*, Yong Zeng, Jinting Guan, Qingshun Q. Li, Congting Ye, Yunlong Liu. Recent advances in mathematical modeling and simulation of DNA replication process. Current Bioinformatics, 2013, 8:591-602. DOI: 10.2174/15748936113088880005

  • 40. Denghui Xing, Yajun Wang, Ruqiang Xu, Xinfu Ye, Dewei Yang, Qingshun Q. Li*. The Regulatory Role of Pcf11-Similar-4 (PCFS4) in Arabidopsis Development by Genome-Wide Physical Interactions with Target Loci. BMC Genomics, 2013, 14:598. DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-14-598

  • 41. Patrick E. Thomas, Xiaohui Wu, Man Liu, Bobby Gaffney, Guoli Ji, Qingshun Q. Li and Arthur G. Hunt*. Genome-wide control of poly(A) site choice by CPSF30 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2012, 24: 4376-4388. DOI:10.1105/tpc.112.096107

  • 42. Arthur G. Hunt, Denghui Xing*, Qingshun Q. Li*. Plant polyadenylation factors: conservation and variety. BMC Genomics, 2012, 13:641. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-641

  • 43. Xiaohui Wu, Guoli Ji*, Qingshun Q. Li and Sun Zhou. Comprehensive recognition of messenger RNA polyadenylation patterns in plants. Afr. J. Biotech, 2012, 11:3215-3234. DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2539

  • 40. Hongwei Zhao, Jun Zheng, Qingshun Q. Li*. A novel plantin vitro assay system for pre-mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation. Plant Physiology, 2011, 157:1546-1554. DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.179465

  • 44. Yingjia Shen, R. C. Venu, Kan Nobuta, Xiaohui Wu, Varun Notibula, Caghan Demirci, Blake C Meyers, Guo-Liang Wang, Guoli Ji, Qingshun Q. Li*. Transcriptome Dynamics Through Alternative Polyadenylation in Developmental and Environmental Responses in Plants Revealed by Deep Sequencing. Genome Research, 2011, 21:1478-1486. DOI: 10.1101/gr.114744.110

  • 45. Xiaohui Wu, Man Liu, Bruce Downie, Chun Liang, Guoli Ji, Qingshun Q. Li*, Arthur Hunt*. The genome-wide landscape of polyadenylation in Arabidopsis provides evidence for extensive alternative polyadenylation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2011, 108:12533–12538. doi/10.1073/pnas.1019732108

  • 46. Jianti Zheng, Denghui Xing, Xiaohui Wu, Diana Kroll, Yingjia Shen, Guoli Ji, Qingshun Q. Li*. Ratio-based analysis of differential mRNA processing and expression of a polyadenylation factor mutant pcfs4using Arabidopsis tiling microarray. PLoS One, 2011, 6:e14719. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014719

  • 47. Denghui Xing, Qingshun Q. Li*. Alternative polyadenylation and gene expression regulation in plants. WIREs (Willey Interdisciplinary Reviews) RNA, 2011, 2:445-458. (Invited review) DOI: 10.1002/wrna.59

  • 48. Guoli Ji, Xiaohui Wu, Yingjia Shen, Jiangyin Huang and Qingshun Q. Li*. A Classification-Based Prediction Models of Messenger RNA Polyadenylation Sites.  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2010, 265:287-296. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.05.015

  • 49. Guoli Ji*, Xiaohui Wu, Jiangyin Huang, Qingshun Q. Li. Implementation of a Classification-Based Prediction Model for Plant mRNA Poly(A) Sites. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2010, 7(5):927-932. DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2010.1440

  • 50. Hongwei Zhao, Denghui Xing, Qingshun Q. Li*. Unique features of plant cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor revealed by proteomic studies. Plant Physiology, 2009, 151:1546-1556. DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.142729

  • 51. Denghui Xing, Hongwei Zhao and Qingshun Q. Li*. Arabidopsis CLP1-Similar Protein3, an ortholog of human polyadenylation factor CLP1, functions in gametophyte, embryo and post-embryonic development. Plant Physiology, 2008, 148:2059-2069. doi/10.1104/pp.108.129817

  • 52. Yingjia Shen, Yuansheng Liu, Lin Liu, Chun Liang, and Qingshun Q. Li*. Unique features of nuclear mRNA poly(A) signals and alternative polyadenylation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Genetics, 2008, 179:167-176. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.088971

  • 53. Denghui Xing, Hongwei Zhao, Ruqiang Xu and Qingshun Q. Li*. Arabidopsis PCFS4, a homologue of yeast polyadenylation factor Pcf11p, regulates FCA alternative processing and promotes flowering time. Plant Journal, 2008, 54:899-910. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03455.x

  • 54. Arthur G. Hunt*, Ruqiang Xu, Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli, Suryadevara Rao, Kevin P. Forbes, Lisa R. Meeks, Denghui Xing, Min Mo, Hongwei Zhao, Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Lavanya Dampanaboina, Amanda Marion, Carol Von Lanken, and Qingshun Q. Li*. Arabidopsis mRNA polyadenylation machinery: comprehensive analysis of protein-protein interactions and gene expression profiling. BMC Genomics, 2008, 9:220. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-220

  • 55. Yingjia Shen, Guoli Ji, Brian J. Haas, Xiaohui Wu, Jianti Zheng, Greg J. Reese, and Qingshun Q. Li*. Genome level analysis of rice mRNA 3’-end processing signals and alternative polyadenylation. Nucleic Acids Research, 2008, 36:3150-3161. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn158

  • 56. Jingxian Zhang, Kil-Young Yun, Ruqiang Xu, Arthur G. Hunt, Irina Artiushin, Kim Delaney, Qingshun Q. Li and Deane L. Falcone*. A Polyadenylation Factor Subunit Implicated in Regulating Oxidative Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One, 2008, 3:e2410. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002410

  • 57. Chun Liang*, Yuansheng Liu, Lin Liu, Adam C. Davis, Yingjia Shen, and Qingshun Q. Li. Expressed sequence tags with cDNA termini – previously overlooked resources for gene annotation and transcriptome exploration in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Genetics, 2008, 179:83-93. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.085605

  • 58. Guoli Ji, Jianti Zheng, Yingjia Shen, Xiaohui Wu, Ronghan Jiang, Yun Lin, Johnny C. Loke, Kimberly M. Davis, Greg J. Reese and Qingshun Q. Li*. Predictive modeling of plant messenger RNA polyadenylation sites. BMC Bioinformatics, 2007, 8:43. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-8-43

  • 59. Guoli Ji, Xiaohui Wu, Jianti Zheng, Yingjia Shen and Qingshun Q. Li*. Modeling Plant mRNA Poly(A) sites: Software Design and Implementation. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2007, 4:1365-1368. DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2007.025

  • 60. Kim Delaney, Ruqiang Xu, Jingxian Zhang, Qingshun Q. Li, Kil-Young Yun, Deane L. Falcone and Arthur G. Hunt*. Calmodulin interacts with and regulates the RNA-binding activity of an Arabidopsispolyadenylation factor subunit. Plant Physiology, 2006, 140:1507-1521. DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.070672

  • 61. Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli, Ruqiang Xu, Tomal Dattaroy, Baochun Li, W. Troy Bass, Qingshun Q. Li and Arthur G. Hunt*. Disease resistance in plants that carry a feedback-regulated yeast poly(A) binding protein gene. Plant Molecular Biology, 2006, 61:383-397. DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-0019-6

  • 62. Ruqiang Xu, Hongwei Zhao, Randy Dinkins, Xiaowen Cheng, George Carberry and Qingshun Q. Li*. The 73 kD subunit of the cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF) complex affects reproductive development in Arabidopsis.  Plant Molecular Biology, 2006, 61:799-815. DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-0051-6

  • 63. Johnny C. Loke, Eric Stahlberg, Dave Strenski, Brian J. Haas, P. Chris Wood and Qingshun Q. Li*. Compilation of mRNA Polyadenylation Signals in Arabidopsis Revealed a New Signal Element and Potential Secondary Structures. Plant Physiology, 2005, 138: 1457-1468. DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.060541

  • 64. Wenyue Su#, Qian Zhou#, Yubin Wang#, Athar Chishti, Qingshun Q. Li, Sujay Dayal, Shayan Shiehzadegan, Ariel Cheng, Clare Moore, Xiaoning Bi and Michel Baudry*. Deletion of the Capn1 gene results in alterations in several signaling pathways related to Alzheimer’s disease, protein quality control and synaptic plasticity in mouse brain. Frontiers in Genetics, 2020, 11:334. DOI:10.3389/fgene.2020.00334.

  • 65. Dewei Yang, Xinfu Ye*, Xianghua Zheng, Chaoping Cheng, Ning Ye, Libin Lu, Fenghuang Huang, Qingshun Q. Li*. Identification and fine mapping of LD1, a single recessive gene playing an essential role in the development of lemma in rice. J. Agricultural Science, 2016, 154(6)989-1001. DOI:10.1017/S0021859615000866

  • 66. David A. Francko*, Kenneth G. Wilson, Qingshun Q. Li and Alejandra Equiza. A topical spray to enhance plant resistance to cold injury and mortality. HortTechnology, 2011, 21:109-118.

  • 67. Denghui Xing, Shuisong Ni, Michael A. Kennedy, Qingshun Q. Li*. Identification of a plant-specific Zn-sensitive ribonuclease activity. Planta, 2009, 230:819-825. DOI 10.1007/s00425-009-0986-3

  • 68. Ruqiang Xu and Qingshun Q. Li*. Streamline cloning of genes into binary vectors in Agrobacterium via the Gateway® TOPO vector system. Plant Methods, 2008, 4:4. DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-4-4

  • 69. Hongyan Xing, Orlando Chambers, Chris B. Lawrence, H. Maelor Davies, Nicholas P. Everett and Qingshun Q. Li*. Increased pathogen resistance and yield in transgenic plants expressing combinations of the modified antimicrobial peptides based on indolicidin and magainin. Planta, 2006, 223:1024-1032. DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0143-6

Teaching Experience

  • Molecular Biology

  • Molecular Ecology

  • Genetic and Evolution

  • Beauty of Ecosystem

  • Omic Technologies in Environment and Ecology

Research Funding

  • Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, National Key Research Project US-Sino Program “Promotion of secondary growth by manipulation of a RNA processing factor”. No: 2016YFE0108800, 2016/12-2019/11, ¥2,064,500

  • Fujian Department of Scitech Foreign Collaboration Project “Mechanism of Mangrove Vivipary”. No: 2016I0013, 2016/04 - 2019/03, ¥150,000

  • Chinese National Bureau of Oceangraphy “Ocean Eco-civilization projects”.  2014/08 - 2015/08, ¥400,000

Awards and Honors

  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, 2014.

  • Xiamen Hundred Talents Plan Awardee, 2013.

  • Fujian Provincial Hundred Talents Plan Awardee, 2012 – 2015

  • Distinguished Scholar, Miami University, 2012.

  • Researcher of the Year Award, Sigma Xi – Scientific Research Society, 2011, Miami University Chapter.

  • Qingshun Q. Li has twice been invited to attend the 50th and 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Tian'an men Square as the representative of outstanding Overseas Chinese scholars, and received by the central leadership.