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Maize Endosperm Development and Genetic Improvement Group  
  

 
 

Xiaoli Xiang

Position: Visiting Scholar
Place of birth: Chongqing, China
Languages: English, Chinese
Contact: 86-18828058529, xiaolixiang@aliyun.com
 Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, District Xuhui Shanghai, 200032

Education

2014 Ph.D. in Plant Genetics and Breeding, Maize Research Institute, SichuanAgricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China 611130

2011 to 2012, Joint Ph.D student, funded by CSC, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8520, USA

2008 B.A. in Cultivation and Identification  of Chinese  Herbal  Medicine, College  of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China 625000

09/2010 - 06/2013 Master, Major: Crop Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University.
09/2010 - 06/2013 Bachelor, Major: Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University.

  

Objectives

1. High methionine maize breeding by genetic engeering.

2. Identify maize gain filling related genes by Crispr/Cas 9 system.

3. Mazie sulfur metablism related genes clone and function verification.

Experience

03/2016 to date Visit Scholar, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, District Xuhui Shanghai, 200032, China

08/2014 to date Research Assistant, Institute of Biotechnology and Nuclear Tecohnology Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610061, China

09/2012 - 09/2013 Research Fellow, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8520, USA

03/2011 - 04/2011 Visiting Scholar, Bioforsk Plant Health and Plant Protection Division, Norwegian Institute  for Agricultural and Environmental Research, HØgskoleveien 7 N-1432 Ǻs Norway

Publication

Planta José, Xiang Xiaoli, Leustek Thomas, Messing Joachim. Engineering sulfur storage in maize seed proteins without yield loss. PNAS, in press.
Wei Sun, Xiaoli Xiang, Lihong Zhai, Dan Zhang, Zheng Cao, Lei Liu, Zuxin Zhang. AGO18b negatively regulates determinacy of spikelet meristems on the tassel central spike in maize
Qi Li, Jiechen Wang, Jianwei Ye, Xixi Zheng, Xiaoli Xiang, Changsheng Li, Miaomiao Fu, Qiong Wang, Zhiyong Zhang and Yongrui Wu*. The maize imprinted gene Floury3 encodes a PLATZ protein required for tRNAs and 5S rRNA transcription through interaction with RNA polymerase III. Plant Cell Advance Publication. Published on September 5, 2017, doi:10.1105/tpc.17.00576.
Qian Chen, Jun Song, Wenping Du, Liyuan Xu, Yun Jiang, Jie Zhang, Xiaoli Xiang and Gui-Rong Yu. Identification, Mapping, and Molecular Marker Development for Rgsr8.1: A New Quantitative Trait Locus Conferring Resistance to Gibberella Stalk Rot in Maize (Zea mays L.). Front. Plant Sci., 2017, Volume 8, Page 1-8.
Xiang Xiaoli, Pan Guangtang, Rong Tingzhao, Zheng Zhiliang, Leustek Thomas. A Luciferase-Based Method for Assay of 5'-Adenylylsulfate Reductase. Analytical Biochemistry. 2014, Volume 460, Page 22-28.
向小利，余桂容，宋军，蒲志刚，徐利远，杜文平，陈谦，赵成昊，潘光堂 拟南芥SAT1蛋白的原核表达及抗体制备，分子植物育种，2016年，第14卷，第6期，第1369-1375页

Patent

1. 向小利，巫永睿，潘光堂 一种提高植物甲硫氨酸含量的载体及其构建方法和用途，实质审查中，申请号或专利号：201610124998.5

2. 王兰英，黄文丽，杜文平，冯俊彦，向小利，董兆勇，蒲志刚 波棱瓜雌雄株性别比例调节剂，实质审查中，申请号或专利号：201610850529 .1

Awards and Prizes

四川省科技计划项目应用基础研究(2017-2020，2017JY0280)、主持人，高甲硫蛋氨酸玉米的培育初探

四川省财政基因工程青年基金项目（2015-2016，2015GXSC-004），主持人，利用CRISPR/Cas 9系统删除转基因番茄中卡那霉素抗性基因