Liang Mei

I received my PhD at the Huazhong Agricultural University, WuHan, China in 2019. My PHD thesis worked on the self-incompatibility evolution of citrus. After that, I moved to US to join Yaowu Yuan’s lab and began my postdoctoral work on Mimulus. During that time, I studied the pigment diversity in Mimulus. In 2023, I returned to Huazhong Agricultural University and am setting my “ColorfuLab” aiming to analyze the floral color variation of ornamental plants, such as Rose, Lily.

[1] 2013.09 -2019. 06 Huazhong Agricultural University > PhD Pomology
[2] 2009.09 – 2013. 06 Nanjing Agricultural University > BS Horticulture

[1] 2023.03 – present Huazhong Agricultural University > Professor
[2] 2019.10 -2023.01 University of Connecticut > Postdoctor

1. Liang, M.*, Chen, W., LaFountain, A.M., Liu, Y., Peng, F., Xia, R., Bradshaw, H.D. and Yuan, Y.W.*, 2023. Taxon-specific, phased siRNAs underlie a speciation locus in monkeyflowers. Science, 379(6632): 576-582.
2. Liang, M.*, Foster, C.E. and Yuan, Y.W.*, 2022. Lost in translation: Molecular basis of reduced flower coloration in a self-pollinated monkeyflower (Mimulus) species. Science Advances, 8(37): eabo1113.
3. Liang, M., Cao, Z., Zhu, A., Liu, Y., Tao, M., Yang, H., Xu Jr, Q., Wang, S., Liu, J., Li, Y. and Chen, C., 2020. Evolution of self-compatibility by a mutant S m-RNase in citrus. Nature plants, 6(2): 131-142.
4. Zhang, S.#, Liang, M.#, Wang, N., Xu, Q., Deng, X. and Chai, L., 2018. Reproduction in woody perennial Citrus: an update on nucellar embryony and self-incompatibility. Plant Reproduction, 31: 43-57.
5. Liang, M., Yang, W., Su, S., Fu, L., Yi, H., Chen, C., Deng, X. and Chai, L., 2017. Genome-wide identification and functional analysis of S-RNase involved in the self-incompatibility of citrus. Molecular genetics and genomics, 292: 325-341.
6. Liang, M., Yang, X., Li, H., Su, S., Yi, H., Chai, L. and Deng, X., 2015. De novo transcriptome assembly of pummelo and molecular marker development. PLoS One, 10(3): e0120615.