My research is focused on crop genomics and bioinformatics. We aim to reveal the genomic evolution of polyploid B. napus during genetic breeding and identified the causal loci/genes regulating key traits for accelerating the breeding of elite cultivars. Based on multi-omics data and bioinformatics tools/skills, our recent work was focused on:

• The structure and evolution of polyploid B. napus genomes on species-level and population level based on comparative genomics and multi-omics data.
• The discovery of genetic loci or functional genes for important traits (e.g. disease resistance, flowering time, plant architecture, yield, oil content and quality, etc.) and based on GWAS and QTL analyses, and the following dissection of molecual mechanism for regulating key traits.
• The construction of genomic design breeding technology and platform aimed for accelerating the breeding of elite cultivars.

Funding

• The Young Top-notch Talent Cultivation Program of Hubei Province. 2022-2024.
• The titled project “Brassica genomics to support crop improvement targeting key agronomic traits” is supported by the National key research and development program. 2019-2022.
• The titled project “The genetics and evolution of the formation of elite Brassica napus germplasm and cultivars” is supported by the National key research and development program. 2016-2021.
• The titled project “The sRNA regulated subgenomic interaction in tetraploid Brassica napus” is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2018-2021.
• The titled project “The evolution of duplicated genes in allotetraploid Brassica napus” is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2014-2016.