学习经历

1980.09－1984.07，华中农学院园林系，学士

1988.09－1991.03，东北林业大学植物遗传育种专业，硕士

1994.09－1997.07，华中理工大学生物医学工程专业，博士

主要工作经历与任职情况

1991.03－1994.08 华中农业大学，讲师

1997.11－1999.11 中国科学院水生生物研究所，博士后

1999.11－现 在 UFC体育竞猜网|(中国)有限公司，副教授、教授，博士生导师

主要社会兼职

1. 中国植物生理与植物分子生物学学会教育科普工作委员会主任

2. 湖北省植物生理与分子生物学学会理事长

主要研究领域及兴趣

1.药用植物次生代谢

2.植物生理与分子生物学

承担课程（本科生、研究生）

1．主讲本科生《植物生理学》、《植物生理学实验》

2．主讲研究生《植物生理学进展》、《现代植物生理学实验技术原理与方法》

3．研究生招生专业及研究方向：植物学/植物生理与分子生物学

主持课题项目

1. 国家自然科学基金：盾叶薯蓣根状茎甾体皂苷转化分子机制研究

2. 国家自然科学基金：盾叶薯蓣质体薯蓣皂素的来源与形成机制研究

3. 国家自然科学基金：盾叶薯蓣中皂素的时空分布及其合成调控的生理生化基础研究

4. 国家自然科学基金：盾叶薯蓣皂素合成调控及其生理生化机理研究

5. 云南省省院省校科技合作计划：滇重楼速生、优质栽培调控技术研究（与云南白药集团合作）

代表性论文

1. Li, Y. †, Li, Z. †, Zhang, F., Li, S., Gu, Y., Tian, W., Tian, W., Wang, J. *, Wen, J. *and Li, J. *. Integrated evolutionary pattern analyses reveal multiple origins of steroidal saponins in plants. Plant J. 2023，https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16411

 
2. Wang, Weipeng, Lixiu Hou, Song Li, and Jiaru Li*. The Functional Characterization of DzCYP72A12-4 Related to Diosgenin Biosynthesis and Drought Adaptability in Dioscorea zingiberensis. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 8430. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24098430

3. Yi Li † , Huan Yang †, Zihao Li, Song Li and Jiaru Li*. Advances in the Biosynthesis and Molecular Evolution of Steroidal Saponins in Plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24, 2620. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032620

4. Yi Li, Jiali Xu, Furui Zhang, Yongbin Gu, Weijun Tian, Weirong Tian, Yuxin Tong, Jiaru Li, The combination of red and blue light increases the biomass and steroidal saponin contents of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis, Industrial Crops and Products 2023, 194, 116311, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.116311.

5. Lixiu Hou, Furui Zhang, Xincheng Yuan, Song Li, Weijun Tian, Weirong Tian, Jiaru Li*. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals key genes for polyphyllin difference in five Paris species, Physiologia Plantarum, 2022;174(6): e13810.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13810

6. Yi Li, Chao Tan, Zihao Li, Jingzhe Guo, Song Li, Xin Chen, Chen Wang, Xiaokang Dai, Huan Yang, Wei Song, Lixiu Hou, Jiali Xu, Ziyu Tong, Anran Xu, Xincheng Yuan, Weipeng Wang, Qingyong Yang, Lingling Chen, Zongyi Sun, Kai Wang, Bo Pan, Jianghua Chen, Yinghua Bao, Faguang Liu, Xiaoquan Qi, David R Gang, Jun Wen, Jiaru Li*. The genome of Dioscorea zingiberensis sheds light on the biosynthesis, origin and evolution of the medicinally important diosgenin saponins, Horticulture Research, 2022, uhac165,  https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac165

7. Lixiu Hou, Song Li, Furui Zhang, Yongbin Gu, Jiaru Li*. Effect of exogenous jasmonic acid on physiology and steroidal saponin accumulation in Dioscorea zingiberensis, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022, 186: 1-10.  
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.06.025

8. Hou, Lixiu, Xincheng Yuan, Song Li, Yi Li, Zihao Li, and Jiaru Li*. Genome-Wide Identification of CYP72A Gene Family and Expression Patterns Related to Jasmonic Acid Treatment and Steroidal Saponin Accumulation in Dioscorea zingiberensis, International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(20):10953. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222010953

9. Lixiu Hou, Song Li, Ziyu Tong, Xincheng Yuan, Jiali Xu, Jiaru Li*. Geographical variations in fatty acid and steroid saponin biosynthesis in Dioscorea zingiberensis rhizomes, Industrial Crops and Products 2021, 170: 113779.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.113779

10. Wei Song, Shan Yan, Yi Li, Shan Feng, Jia-jiao Zhang, Jia-ru Li*. Functional characterization of squalene epoxidase and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase in Dioscorea zingiberensis, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2019, 509 (3): 822-827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.01.010

11. Shan Feng, Wei Song, Ruirui Fu, Hong Zhang, Anran Xu, Jiaru Li*. Application of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in Dioscorea zingiberensis. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 2018, 135(1): 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-018-1450-5

12. Jiajiao Zhang, Yi Li, Jianping Guo, Bo Du, Guangcun He, Yingjun Zhang*, Rongzhi Chen*, Jiaru Li*. Lipid profiles reveal different responses to brown planthopper infestation for pest susceptible and resistant rice plants. Metabolomics 2018, 14(9): 120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-018-1422-0

13. Shan Y, Peng-cheng Wei, Qiao Chen, Xin Chen, Shi-cheng Wang, Jia-ru Li*, Chuan Gao*. Functional and structural characterization of a β-glucosidase involved in saponin metabolism from intestinal bacteria. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2018, 496(4): 1349-1356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.018

14. Ting Ye, Wei Song, Jia-Jiao Zhang, Mei An, Shan Feng, Shan Yan, Jiaru Li*. Identification and functional characterization of DzS3GT, a cytoplasmic glycosyltransferase catalyzing biosynthesis of diosgenin 3-O-glucoside in Dioscorea zingiberensis. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 2017, 129(3): 399-410. doi:10.1007/s11240-017-1187-6

15. DIARRA, S.T.; HE, J.; WANG, J. and LI, J. Ethylene treatment improves diosgenin accumulation in in vitro cultures of Dioscorea zingiberensisvia up-regulation of CAS and HMGR gene expression. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 2013, vol. 16, no. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.2225/vol16-issue5-fulltext-9

16. Yu Kun, Fan Qilong, Wang Yan, Wei Jianrong, Ma Qing, Yu Dan, Li Jiaru*. Function of leafy sepals in Paris polyphylla: photosynthate allocation and partitioning to the fruit and rhizome. Functional Plant Biology 2013, 40(4): 393-399.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/FP12257