Yi Li

Assistant Professor

Email Contact: liyi062@yzu.edu.cn

Affiliation: College of Food Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University

Research Interests

Current research in the lab is focused on edible and medicinal fungi including several projects: 1) taxonomy and phylogenetics of species that collected from Tibetan Plateau; 2) a population genomic study of the important Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ophiocordyceps sinensis; 3) isolation and identification of functional oligosaccharides and secondary metabolites.

Professional experiences:

2018–now, College of Food Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Assistant Professor

2014–2017, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2013–2014, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Researcher

Education:

Ph.D., 2006–2013, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

B.S., 2002–2006, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University

Selected Publications:

1.Li Y#, Yang R-H, Jiang L, Hu X-D, Wu Z-J*, Yao Y-J*. 2017. rRNA pseudogenes in filamentous ascomycetes as revealed by genome data. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7: 2695–2703.

2.Yan Y-J#, Li Y#, Wang W-J, He J-S, Yang R-H, Wu H-J, Wang X-L, Jiao L, Tang Z-Y*, Yao Y-J*. 2017. Range shifts in response to climate change of Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a fungus endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. Biological Conservation 206: 143–150.

3.Li Y#, Hsiang T, Yang R-H, Hu X-D, Wang K, Wang W-J. Wang X-L, Jiao L, Yao Y-J*. 2016. Comparison of different sequencing and assembly strategies for a repeat-rich fungal genome, Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Journal of Microbiological Methods 128: 1–6.

4.Li Y#, Hu X-D, Yang R-H, Hsiang T, Wang K, Liang D-Q, Liang F, Cao D-M, Zhou F, Wen G, Yao Y-J*. 2015. Complete mitochondrial genome of the medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Scientific Reports 5: 13892.

5.Li Y#, Jiao L, Yao Y-J*. 2013. Non-concerted ITS evolution in fungi, as revealed from the important medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 373–379.

6.Li Y#, Wang X-L, Jiao L, Jiang Y, Li H, Jiang S-P, NgarongLhosumtseiring, Fu S-Z,  Dong C-H, Zhan Y, Yao Y-J*. 2011. A survey of the geographic distribution of Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Journal of Microbiology 49: 913–919.