一、基本信息和简介
廖毅，博士，华南农业大学（首聘）教授。2015年获中国科学院大学理学博士学位。随后分别在中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所、美国德州大学奥斯汀分校、加州大学尔湾分校和德州农工大学从事博士后与科研工作。在基因组生物学、群体遗传学和生物信息学等方面具有较好的积淀。近年来，以第一作者或通讯作者在Genome Research、The Plant Cell、Nature Communications以及Molecular Biology & Evolution等期刊上发表了多篇学术论文。同期，10余篇重要合作论文发表于Science、Cell、Nature genetics以及PNAS等权威期刊上。2023年3月入职华南农业大学园艺学院，研究方向包括：1）蔬菜品质、抗逆和抗病性状形成的分子基础；2）蔬菜种质资源开发利用和种质创新；3）蔬菜分子聚合育种技术的开发。
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二、学习与工作经历
2003 -- 2007 湖南农业大学 园艺学 （农学）学士
2007 -- 2009 华南农业大学 园艺学 （农学）硕士
2009 -- 2015 中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所 遗传学 （理学）博士
2015 -- 2017 中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所 科研助理
2017 -- 2018 美国德州大学奥斯汀分校 博士后
2018 -- 2022 美国加州大学尔湾分校 博士后、岗位科学家
2022 -- 2023 美国德州农工大学 岗位科学家
2023 -- 现在 华南农业大学园艺学院 （首聘）教授
三、研究领域
主要方向：茄果类蔬菜近缘、野生以及群体种质资源的系统发育、组学评价和生物育种应用；利用进化、群体基因组学和网络生物学解析蔬菜重要品质和抗逆性状形成的遗传和基因组学基础；分子聚合育种。基础理论方向：1）植物进化与群体基因组学、计算生物学以及生物信息学技术；2）植物三维基因组结构的形成机理、功能、计算建模及工程；3) 植物基因组复杂结构变异的形成机制和检测算法开发；4）网络生物学理论和技术研究。
四、科研项目
华南农业大学人才引进项目 2023--2027（主持）
广东省自然科学基金面上项目 2024--2026（主持）
五、部分学术论文 ( *代表同等贡献，† 代表通讯作者)
Yi Liao† et al., 2024. SVGAPS: an accurate and versatile workflow for genomic variant calling and genotyping with a population dataset of highly contiguous genome assemblies. (In preparation).
Jinfeng Chen, Yang Liu, Minxuan Liu, Wenlei Guo, Yongqiang Wang, Qiang He, Weiyao Chen, Yi Liao, Wei Zhang, Yuanzhu Gao, Kongjun Dong, Ruiyu Ren, Tianyu Yang, Liyuan Zhang, Mingyu Qi, Zhiguang Li, Min Zhao, Haigang Wang, Junjie Wang, Zhijun Qiao, Haiquan Li, Yanmiao Jiang, Guoqing Liu, Xiaoqiang Song, Yarui Deng, Hai Li, Feng Yan, Yang Dong, Qingquan Li, Tao Li, Wenyao Yang, Jianghui Cui, Hongru Wang, Yongfeng Zhou, Xiaoming Zhang, Guanqing Jia, Ping Lu, Hui Zhi, Sha Tang, Xianmin Diao 2023. Pangenome analysis reveals genomic variations associated with domestication traits in broomcorn millet. Nature Genetics 55, 2243–2254.
3. Yi Liao*, Juntao Wang*, Zhangsheng Zhu, Yuanlong Liu, Jinfeng Chen, Yongfeng Zhou, Feng Liu, Jianjun Lei, Brandon S. Gaut, Bihao Cao†, J.J. Emerson†, and Changming Chen† 2022. The 3D architecture of the pepper genome and its relationship to function and evolution. Nature communications 13, 3479.
4. Yi Liao†, Xinwen Zhang, Mahul Chakraborty, JJ Emerson† 2021. Topologically associating domains and their role in the evolution of genome structure and function in Drosophila. Genome Research 31, 397-410.
5. Mahul Chakraborty, Ching-Ho Chang, Danielle Khost, Jeffrey Vedanayagam, Jeffrey R Adrion, Yi Liao, Kristi L Montooth, Colin D Meiklejohn, Amanda M Larracuente†, and JJ Emerson† 2021. Evolution of genome structure in the Drosophila simulans species complex. Genome Research 31, 380-396.
6. Peng Qin†, Hongwei Lu, Huilong Du, Hao Wang, Weilan Chen, Zhuo Chen, Qiang He, Shujun Ou, Hongyu Zhang, Xuanzhao Li, Xiuxiu Li, Yan Li, Yi Liao, Qiang Gao, Bin Tu, Hua Yuan, Bingtian Ma, Yuping Wang, Yangwen Qian, Shijun Fan, Weitao Li, Jing Wang, Min He, Junjie Yin, Ting Li, Ning Jiang, Xuewei Chen, Chengzhi Liang†, Shigui Li† 2021. Pan-genome analysis of 33 genetically diverse rice accessions reveals hidden genomic variations. Cell 184, 3542–3558.
7. John P Rippe, Groves Dixon, Zachary L Fuller, Yi Liao, Mikhail Matz 2021. Environmental specialization and cryptic genetic divergence in two massive coral species from the Florida Keys Reef Tract. Molecular Ecology30, 3468–3484.
8. Yixuan Kou*, Yi Liao*, Tuomas Toivainen, Yuanda Lv, Xinmin Tian, JJ Emerson, Brandon S Gaut†, Yongfeng Zhou† (2020). Evolutionary genomics of structural variation in Asian rice (Oryza sativa) and its wild progenitor (O. rufipogon). Molecular Biology and Evolution37, 3507-3524.
9. Zachary L Fuller, Veronique JL Mocellin, Luke Morris, Neal Cantin, Jihanne Shepherd, Luke Sarre, Julie Peng, Yi Liao, Joseph Pickrell, Peter L Andolfatto, Mikhail V Matz†, Line K Bay†, and Molly Przeworski† 2020. Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Towards a genomic predictor of bleaching. Science 369, eaba4674.
10. Shujun Ou, Weija Su, Yi Liao, Kapeel Chougule, Jireh RA Agda, Adam J Hellinga, Carlos Santiago Blanco Lugo, Tyler A Elliott, Doreen Ware, Thomas Peterson, Ning Jiang†, Candice N Hirsch†, and Matthew B Hufford† 2019. Benchmarking transposable element annotation methods for creation of a streamlined, comprehensive pipeline. Genome Biology 20, 275.
11.Yi Liao*, Xuemei Zhang*, Bo Li, Tieyan Liu, Jinfeng Chen, Zetao Bai, Meijiao Wang, Jinfeng Shi, Jason G Walling, Rod A Wing, Jiming Jiang, Mingsheng Chen† 2018. Comparison of Oryza sativa and Oryza brachyantha genomes reveals selection-driven gene escape from the centromeric regions. The Plant Cell 30 (8), 1729-1744.
12. Joshua C Stein, Yeisoo Yu, Dario Copetti, Derrick J Zwickl, Li Zhang, Chengjun Zhang, Kapeel Chougule, Dongying Gao, Aiko Iwata, Jose Luis Goicoechea, Sharon Wei, Jun Wang, Yi Liao, Muhua Wang, Julie Jacquemin, Claude Becker, Dave Kudrna, Jianwei Zhang, Carlos EM Londono, Xiang Song, Seunghee Lee, Paul Sanchez, Andrea Zuccolo, Jetty SS Ammiraju, Jayson Talag, Ann Danowitz, Luis F Rivera, Andrea R Gschwend, Christos Noutsos, Cheng-chieh Wu, Shu-min Kao, Jhih-wun Zeng, Fu-jin Wei, Qiang Zhao, Qi Feng, Moaine El Baidouri, Marie-Christine Carpentier, Eric Lasserre, Richard Cooke, Daniel da Rosa Farias, Luciano Carlos da Maia, Railson S dos Santos, Kevin G Nyberg, Kenneth L McNally, Ramil Mauleon, Nickolai Alexandrov, Jeremy Schmutz, Dave Flowers, Chuanzhu Fan, Detlef Weigel, Kshirod K Jena, Thomas Wicker, Mingsheng Chen, Bin Han, Robert Henry, C Hsing Yue-ie, Nori Kurata, Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Olivier Panaud, Scott A Jackson, Carlos A Machado, Michael J Sanderson, Manyuan Long, Doreen Ware, and Rod A Wing† 2018. Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza. Nature Genetics50 (2), 285-296.
Groves Dixon, Yi Liao, Line K. Bay, and Mikhail V. Matz† 2018. Role of gene body methylation in acclimatization and adaptation in a basal metazoan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115 (52), 13342-13346.
Yi Liao; Baojuan Sun; Guangwen Sun; Houcheng Liu; Zhiliang Li; Zhenxing Li; Guoping Wang; Riyuan Chen ; AFLP and SCAR markers associated with peel color in eggplant (Solanum melongena), Agricultural Sciences in China, 2009, 8(12): 1466-1474
廖毅, 孙保娟, 孙光闻, 刘厚诚, 李植良, 黎振兴, 汪国平, 陈日远. 与茄子果皮颜色相关联的AFLP及SCAR标记[J]. 中国农业科学. 2009(11)
廖毅, 孙保娟, 黎振兴, 罗少波, 陈日远, 孙光闻, 李植良. 茄子及其近缘野生种遗传多样性及亲缘关系的AFLP分析[J]. 热带作物学报. 2009(06)
廖毅, 孙保娟, 孙光闻, 刘厚诚, 陈日远. 集群分离分析法在作物分子标记研究中的应用及问题分析[J]. 分子植物育种. 2009(01)
