Post Doctoral Fellow
BS, Biotechnology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, 2006
PhD, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China 2011
Publications:
The Arabidopsis PHD-finger protein EDM2 has multiple roles in balancing NLR immune receptor gene expression.
Lai, Y, Lu, XM, Daron, J, Pan, S, Wang, J, Wang, W, Tsuchiya, T, Holub, E, McDowell, JM, Slotkin, RK, Le Roch, KG, Eulgem, T.
PLoS Genet.16,2020. PubMed PMID:32925902
A novel Arabidopsis pathosystem reveals cooperation of multiple hormonal response-pathways in host resistance against the global crop destroyer Macrophomina phaseolina.
Schroeder, MM, Lai, Y, Shirai, M, Alsalek, N, Tsuchiya, T, Roberts, P, Eulgem, T.
Sci Rep.9,2019. PubMed PMID:31882671
The Arabidopsis RRM domain protein EDM3 mediates race-specific disease resistance by controlling H3K9me2-dependent alternative polyadenylation of RPP7 immune receptor transcripts.
Lai, Y, Cuzick, A, Lu, XM, Wang, J, Katiyar, N, Tsuchiya, T, Le Roch, K, McDowell, JM, Holub, E, Eulgem, T.
Plant J.97,2019. PubMed PMID:30407670
Transcript-level expression control of plant NLR genes.
Lai, Y, Eulgem, T.
Mol Plant Pathol.19,2018. PubMed PMID:28834153
Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of calcium-dependent protein kinase and its closely related kinase genes in Capsicum annuum.
Cai, H, Cheng, J, Yan, Y, Xiao, Z, Li, J, Mou, S, Qiu, A, Lai, Y, Guan, D, He, S.
Front Plant Sci.6,2015. PubMed PMID:26442050
SRC2-1 is required in PcINF1-induced pepper immunity by acting as an interacting partner of PcINF1.
Liu, ZQ, Qiu, AL, Shi, LP, Cai, JS, Huang, XY, Yang, S, Wang, B, Shen, L, Huang, MK, Mou, SL, Ma, XL, Liu, YY, Lin, L, Wen, JY, Tang, Q, Shi, W, Guan, DY, Lai, Y, He, SL.
J Exp Bot.66,2015. PubMed PMID:25922484
CaWRKY6 transcriptionally activates CaWRKY40, regulates Ralstonia solanacearum resistance, and confers high-temperature and high-humidity tolerance in pepper.
Cai, H, Yang, S, Yan, Y, Xiao, Z, Cheng, J, Wu, J, Qiu, A, Lai, Y, Mou, S, Guan, D, Huang, R, He, S.
J Exp Bot.66,2015. PubMed PMID:25873659
Overexpression of a pepper CaERF5 gene in tobacco plants enhances resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection.
Lai, Y, Dang, F, Lin, J, Yu, L, Lin, J, Lei, Y, Chen, C, Liu, Z, Qiu, A, Mou, S, Guan, D, Wu, Y, He, S.
Funct Plant Biol.41,2014. PubMed PMID:32481030
Overexpression of CaWRKY27, a subgroup IIe WRKY transcription factor of Capsicum annuum, positively regulates tobacco resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection.
Dang, F, Wang, Y, She, J, Lei, Y, Liu, Z, Eulgem, T, Lai, Y, Lin, J, Yu, L, Lei, D, Guan, D, Li, X, Yuan, Q, He, S.
Physiol Plant.150,2014. PubMed PMID:24032447
Functional analysis and expressional characterization of rice ankyrin repeat-containing protein, OsPIANK1, in basal defense against Magnaporthe oryzae attack.
Mou, S, Liu, Z, Guan, D, Qiu, A, Lai, Y, He, S.
PLoS One.8,2013. PubMed PMID:23555750
Overexpression of a Chinese cabbage BrERF11 transcription factor enhances disease resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in tobacco.
Lai, Y, Dang, F, Lin, J, Yu, L, Shi, Y, Xiao, Y, Huang, M, Lin, J, Chen, C, Qi, A, Liu, Z, Guan, D, Mou, S, Qiu, A, He, S.
Plant Physiol Biochem.62,2013. PubMed PMID:23201563
CaWRKY58, encoding a group I WRKY transcription factor of Capsicum annuum, negatively regulates resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection.
Wang, Y, Dang, F, Liu, Z, Wang, X, Eulgem, T, Lai, Y, Yu, L, She, J, Shi, Y, Lin, J, Chen, C, Guan, D, Qiu, A, He, S.
Mol Plant Pathol.14,2013. PubMed PMID:23057972
CaWRKY40, a WRKY protein of pepper, plays an important role in the regulation of tolerance to heat stress and resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection.
Dang, FF, Wang, YN, Yu, L, Eulgem, T, Lai, Y, Liu, ZQ, Wang, X, Qiu, AL, Zhang, TX, Lin, J, Chen, YS, Guan, DY, Cai, HY, Mou, SL, He, SL.
Plant Cell Environ.36,2013. PubMed PMID:22994555
Differential gene expression in pepper (Capsicum annuum) exposed to UV-B.
Lai, Y, Xu, B, He, L, Lin, M, Cao, L, Mou, S, Wu, Y, He, S.
Indian J Exp Biol.49,2011. PubMed PMID:21702222