Title: Professor, Deputy Dean, College   of Agriculture, Guangxi University. Member of the sugar Expert Steering   Group, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Email: yaowei@gxu.edu.cn

Telephone: +86 17776269

STUDY WORK HISTORY

--Jan.2017   - Present: Associate Professor,Professor. Principal Investigator, Key Lab of   Sugarcane Biology in Guangxi, State Key Lab of Conservation and Utilization   of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi University, China.

--From   Jan.2019- Jan.2020: Indian River Research & Education Center, University   of Florida.Fort Pierce, FL, US.

--Feb.2014–Dec.2016:   Associate Professor. Biotechnology Research Center, Department of Biology,   China Three Gorges University, China.

--Feb.2009–Jan.   2014: Postdoctoral Fellow,Department of Plant Science, University of   Connecticut, Storrs, CT, US.

--Sept.2006–Jan.2009:   Associate Professor. Biotechnology Research Center, Department of Biology,   China Three Gorges University, China.

--Jul.2004   - Sept.2006: Lecturer. Biotechnology Research Center, Department of Biology,   China Three Gorges University, China.

--Ph.D.   2004. Agriculturar Biology. Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,   China.

--B.S.1999.   Biology. Yantai University, China.

TEACHING AREA

Molecular   Mechanisms and Genetic Breeding for Disease Resistance in Sugarcane

RESEARCH INTEREST:

Molecular   Biology & Biochemistry; Structural Biology; Neuroscience.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

Yao   lab's research mainly focuses on the key common technologies in sugarcane   production in China and conducted fundamental and applied research on high   sucrose yield, high productivity, and disease resistance in sugarcane. The   research has been carried out at different levels, including the   identification of important functional genes in sugarcane, analysis of   disease resistance mechanisms, breeding of disease-resistant varieties, and   propagation of virus-free healthy seedlings. Significant scientific   achievements have been obtained in sugarcane breeding for disease resistance   through the systematic analysis of pathogenic molecular mechanisms of viral   and fungal diseases in sugarcane.

HONORARY AWARD

[1]    In   2022, the first prize of the 2022 Guangxi   Science and Technology Progress Award, "Breeding and application of a   new sugarcane variety, Guiliu 05136" .

[2]    In   2022, the second prize of the 2022 China Industry-Education-Research   Collaboration Innovation Achievement Award. "Innovation and industrial   application of high-sugar parent lines in sugarcane" .

PUBLICATIONS

[1]    Zhen   Huang, Yuming Zhou, Huixue Li, Yixue Bao, Zhenzhen Duan, Caixia Wang,Charles   A Powell, Kai Wang, Qin Hu, Baoshan Chen, Jisen Zhang, Muqing Zhang, Wei   Yao*. Identification of Common Fungal Extracellular Membrane (CFEM) proteins   in Fusarium sacchari that inhibit plant immunity and contribute to virulence.   Microbiology Spectrum, 2023, 16 (9).

[2]    Caixia   Wang#, Zhen Huang#, Zhenzhen Duan#, Lixiang Zhu, Ruolin Di,Yixue Bao, Charles   A Powell, Qin Hu, Baoshan Chen,Muqing Zhang, Wei Yao*. Pectate Lyase from   Fusarium sacchari Induces Plant Immune Responses and Contributes to   Virulence. Microbiology Spectrum, 2023, 11 (3).

[3]    Tianyou   Wang#, Baiyu Wang#, Xiuting Hua#, Haibao Tang#, Zeyu Zhang, Ruiting Gao,   Yiying Qi, Qing Zhang, Gang Wang, Zehuai Yu, Yongji Huang, Zhe Zhang, Jing   Mei, YuhaoWang, Yixing Zhang, Yihan Li, Xue Meng, Yongjun Wang, Haoran Pan,   Shuqi Chen, Zhen Li, Huihong Shi, Xinlong Liu, Zuhu Deng, Baoshan Chen,   Muqing Zhang, Lianfeng Gu, Jianping Wang, Ray Ming, Wei Yao*, Jisen Zhang*. A   complete gap-free diploid genome in Saccharum complex and the genomic   footprints of evolution in the highly polyploid Saccharum genus. Nature   Plants,2023,9:554–571.

[4]    Zhe   Chai#, Jinlan Fang#, Cuilin Huang, Run Huang, Xuan Tan, Baoshan Chen, Wei   Yao*, Muqing Zhang*. A novel transcription factor, ScAIL1, modulates plant   defense responses by targeting DELLA and regulating gibberellin and jasmonic   acid signaling in sugarcane.Journal of Experimental Botany. 2022,73（19）:6727-6743.

[5]    Zhen   Huang, Huixue Li, Yuming Zhou, Yixue Bao, Zhenzhen Duan, Caixia Wang, Charles   A. Powell, Baoshan Chen, Muqing Zhang, Wei Yao*. Predication of the effector   proteins secreted by Fusarium sacchari using genomic analysis and   heterogenous expression. Journal of Fungi. 2022, 8(1):59.