Dr Xiujuan Yang

ARC Grant-Funded Researcher (A)

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Dr Yang received her PhD from the University of Adelaide in 2018 and is in her early career as a postdoc investigating plant reproduction and seeds development.

1) The female germ cell is differentiated from a group of somatic cells called nucellus in the ovule. What are the cues to determine the fate of the selected one and how the germline communicate with adjacent cells?

2) Cereal crops like rice, barley, and wheat have a significantly large volume of nucellus cells in the ovule than Arabidopsis. How does the nucellus perform its maternal control to grain development and what genetic regulators are involved?

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2021 - ongoing	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Adelaide
2020 - 2018	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Adelaide
2011 - 2014	Assistant Researcher of cereal breeding	Beijing Genomics Institute

Language Competencies

Language Competency
Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Language	Competency
Chinese (Mandarin)	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2015 - 2018	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2008 - 2011	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	Master of Molecular Biology
2004 - 2008	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	Bachelor of Biotechnology

Journals

Year	Citation
2024	Shen, C., Zhang, Y., Li, G., Shi, J., Wang, D., Zhu, W., . . . Zhang, D. (2024). MADS8 is indispensable for female reproductive development at high ambient temperatures in cereal crops. Plant Cell, 36(1), 65-84. DOI
2023	Yang, X., Wilkinson, L. G., Aubert, M. K., Houston, K., Shirley, N. J., & Tucker, M. R. (2023). Ovule cell wall composition is a maternal determinant of grain size in barley. New Phytologist, 237(6), 2136-2147. DOI Scopus5 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2023	Dong, Y., Xia, X., Ahmad, D., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., Wu, L., . . . He, Y. (2023). Investigating the Resistance Mechanism of Wheat Varieties to Fusarium Head Blight Using Comparative Metabolomics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(4), 17 pages. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2023	Selva, C., Yang, X., Shirley, N. J., Whitford, R., Baumann, U., & Tucker, M. R. (2023). HvSL1 and HvMADS16 promote stamen identity to restrict multiple ovary formation in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(17), 5039-5056. DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC2
2022	Lou, H., Tucker, M. R., Shirley, N. J., Lahnstein, J., Yang, X., Ma, C., . . . Bulone, V. (2022). The cellulose synthase-like F3 (CslF3) gene mediates cell wall polysaccharide synthesis and affects root growth and differentiation in barley. The Plant Journal, 110(6), 1681-1699. DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC2
2022	Wang, C., Yang, X., Zhang, Y., Shen, C., Shi, J., Xia, C., . . . Li, G. (2022). Barley FASCIATED EAR genes determine inflorescence meristem size and yield traits. Crop Journal, 11(3), 679-691. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2021	Shoesmith, J. R., Solomon, C. U., Yang, X., Wilkinson, L. G., Sheldrick, S., van Eijden, E., . . . McKim, S. M. (2021). APETALA2 functions as a temporal factor together with BLADE-ON-PETIOLE2 and MADS29 to control flower and grain development in barley. Development, 148(5), 1-16. DOI Scopus15 WoS9 Europe PMC5
2021	Wang, C., Yang, X., & Li, G. (2021). Molecular insights into inflorescence meristem specification for yield potential in cereal crops. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(7), 1-21. DOI Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC14
2021	Li, G., Kuijer, H. N. J., Yang, X., Liu, H., Shen, C., Shi, J., . . . Zhang, D. (2021). MADS1 maintains barley spike morphology at high ambient temperatures. Nat Plants, 7(8), 1-31. DOI Scopus29 WoS23 Europe PMC15
2021	Yang, X., & Tucker, M. R. (2021). Establishing a regulatory blueprint for ovule number and function during plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 63, 1-10. DOI Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2020	Liu, H., Li, G., Yang, X., Kuijer, H. N. J., Liang, W., & Zhang, D. (2020). Transcriptome profiling reveals phase-specific gene expression in the developing barley inflorescence. Crop Journal, 8(1), 71-86. DOI Scopus18 WoS17
2019	Song, Y., Li, G., Nowak, J., Zhang, X., Xu, D. -B., Yang, X., . . . Zhang, D. (2019). The rice actin-binding protein RMD regulates light-dependent shoot gravitropism. Plant Physiology, 181(2), 630-644. DOI Scopus20 WoS16 Europe PMC16
2019	Wilkinson, L. G., Yang, X., Burton, R. A., Würschum, T., & Tucker, M. R. (2019). Natural variation in ovule morphology is influenced by multiple tissues and impacts downstream grain development in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).. Front Plant Sci, 10, 1374. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2019	Shirley, N. J., Aubert, M. K., Wilkinson, L. G., Bird, D. C., Lora, J., Yang, X., & Tucker, M. R. (2019). Translating auxin responses into ovules, seeds and yield: insight from Arabidopsis and the cereals. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 61(3), 310-336. DOI Scopus40 WoS36 Europe PMC24
2019	Lora, J., Yang, X., & Tucker, M. R. (2019). Establishing a framework for female germline initiation in the plant ovule. Journal of experimental botany, 70(11), 2937-2949. DOI Scopus24 WoS22 Europe PMC12
2018	Li, G., Yang, X., Zhang, X., Song, Y., Liang, W., & Zhang, D. (2018). Rice Morphology Determinant-Mediated Actin Filament Organization Contributes to Pollen Tube Growth. Plant physiology, 177(1), 255-270. DOI Scopus18 WoS15 Europe PMC10
2018	Yang, X., Li, G., Tian, Y., Song, Y., Liang, W., & Zhang, D. (2018). A rice glutamyl-tRNA synthetase modulates early anther cell division and patterning. Plant physiology, 177(2), 728-744. DOI Scopus25 WoS22 Europe PMC15
2017	Liu, Z., Lin, S., Shi, J., Yu, J., Zhu, L., Yang, X., . . . Liang, W. (2017). Rice No Pollen 1 (NP1) is required for anther cuticle formation and pollen exine patterning. Plant Journal, 91(2), 263-277. DOI Scopus49 WoS44 Europe PMC27

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023	Co-Supervisor	MADS-box gene function and conservation in barley and arabidopsis	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Dominic James Lyford
2023	Co-Supervisor	Dissecting the MADS-box interactome during barley ovule and seed development	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Ling Xu
2021	Co-Supervisor	Molecular components of grain fill and quality in cereals	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Juhiana Abdul Abbass Hantush Al-Jabiry

Position: ARC Grant-Funded Researcher (A)
Email: xiujuan.yang@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83137102
Campus: Waite
Building: Plant Research Centre, floor Level Two
Room: 2.39
Org Unit: Agricultural Science

Dr Xiujuan Yang

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