Liu Man

Associate Professor

College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University

3 Taicheng Road,

Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China

E- mail: mliu@nwsuaf.edu.cn.

Education:

2003-2008 Ph.D. Developmental Cell Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Beijing, China

2000-2003  M.S. Cell Biology, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

1996-2000  B.S c., Biology Education, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Work Experience:

2018-Present Associate Professor – Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

2009-2018 Postdoctoral Fellow – Miami University, Oxford, OH USA

Research Interests:

Role of RNA ployadenylation in plant flower development and stress responses

Haploid induction system in floricultural plants

Courses:

Ornamental Plant Breeding

Floriculture

Selected Publications

1. Tian, S., Jiang, J., Xu, g., Wang, T., Liu, Q., Chen, X., Liu, M., Yuan, L. ^# （2021）Genome wide analysis of kinesin gene family in Citrullus lanatus reveals an essential role in early fruit development.  BMC Plant Biol （Accepted）

2. Liu M, Wu X, and Li QQ. DNA/RNA Hybrid Primer Mediated Poly(A) Tag Library Construction for Illumina Sequencing.  Methods in molecular bilology . 2015, 1255:175-84.

3. Liu M, Xu R, Merrill C, Hong L, Lanken CV, Hunt G.A, and Li QQ. Intergration of Developmental and Hormonal Signals via a Polyadenyolation Factor in Arabidopsis.  Plos ONE . 2014, 9:e115779.

4. Ma L, Pati PK, Liu M, Li QQ, and Hunt AG. High Throughput Characterizations of Poly(A) Site Choice in Plants.  Methods . 2014, 67:74-83.

5. Li X, L H, Yuan L, Liu M, Shi DQ, Liu J, and Yang WC. Arabidopsis DAYU/ABERRNT PEROXISOME MORPHOLOGY9 is a Key Regulator of Peroxisome Biogenesis and Plays Critical roles during Pollen Maturation and Germination in Planta.  Plant Cell . 2014, 26:619-635.

6. Thomas PE, Wu XH, Liu M, Gaffbey B, Ji G, Li QQ, and Hunt AG. Genome-wide Control of Polyadenylation Site Choice by CPSF30 in Arabidopsis.  Plant Cell . 2012, 24:4376-4388.

7. Wu XH, Liu M, Downie B, Liang C, Ji GL, Li QQ, Hunt AG. Genome-wide Landscape of Polyadenylation in Arabidopsis Provides Evidence for Extensive Alternative Polyadenylation.  PNAS . 2011, 108:12533-12538.

8. Liu M, Shi DQ, Yuan L, Liu J and Yang WC.  SLOW WALKER3 , Encoding a Putative DEAD-box RNA Helicase, is Essential for Female Gametogenesis in  Arabidopsis .  Journal of Integrative of Plant Biology . 2010, 52:817-828.

9. Liu M, Yuan L, Liu NY, Shi DQ, Liu J and Yang WC. GAMETOPHYTIC FACTOR 1, Involved in Pre-mRNA Splicing, is Essential for Megagametogenesis and Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis.  Journal of Integrative of Plant Biology . 2009, 51:261-271.

10. Liu M, Mao GH and Sun DY. Calmodulin Isoforms in Plants.  Plant Physiology Communications . 2005, 41:1-6.

11. Zhou HL, Ma LG, Liu M and Sun DY. Secretion of Calmodulin in transgenic SCaM-GFP Tobacco.  Journal of Integrative of Plant Biology . 2001, 43:1300-1302.