Zeng-Yan Xie, Ph.D.

Post-Doctor
Center for Bioinformatics
Life Science College
Peking University

Contact

E-mail: xiezy@mail.cbi.pku.edu.cn
Tel: +86 10 6275 1861
Fax: +86 10 6275 1861

Address

Room 601
New Life Science Building
Peking University
Beijing, P. R. China,
100871

Degrees, Qualifications:

• 09/2001-07/2007, Ph. D. in Botany, Peking University
• 09/1996-07/2000, Biochemistry B.S. , Yantai University

Working Experience

• July, 2007-now, Postdoctoral Researcher in Center for BioInformatics (CBI), School of Life Sciences, Peking University.
  Research topic: Study on Seed Development-Related Genes

Research Experience

• Molecular evolution of L1L (LEAFY COTYLEDON1) gene and its function in seed origin and development. (Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 30370092, 2004-2006)
• Microarray-based screening and evolutionary study of seed development-related genes. (Supported by the National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China, Grant No. 20080430004, 2008-2009)

Research Interests

• Molecular Evolution
• Seed Development and Evolution of Seed Genes
• Evo-Devo
• Comparative genomics

Awards

• Excellence Award for Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Peking University in Dec. 2008

Publications

• Xie Z, Li X, Glover BJ, Bai S, Rao GY, Luo J, Yang J. Duplication and functional diversification of HAP3 genes leading to the origin of the seed-developmental regulatory gene, LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1), in non-seed plant genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution (2008) 25(8): 1581-92.
• Yang J, Xie Z, Glover BJ. 2005. Asymmetric evolution of duplicate genes encoding the CCAAT-binding factor NF-Y in plant genomes. New Phytol. 165: 623-632.