People

Dr. Mingyue Li is an associate professor at Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology. Her research focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying plant development and stress adaptation, with particular interests in membrane protein dynamics and cAMP signaling. She has authored multiple papers as first author (including co-first authors) in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Current Biology, and Nature Communications.

1. Mechanisms underlying plant adaptability.

2. cAMP signaling in plant acclimation.

Education Background

2009.09-2013.06 China Pharmaceutical University, Bachelor’s Degree

2013.09-2020.07 CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science, Ph.D.

Professional Experience

2026.09–Present: Associate Professor, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology

2020.11–2025.11: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Scientific research projects

Austrian Science Fund, ESPRIT, 294,016 EUR, 2022.12-2025.11

Representative Publications

1. Li M, Rydza N, Mazur E, Molnár G, Nodzyński T, Friml J^#. Receptor-like-kinase-interacting protein TOW stabilizes PIN transporters for auxin canalization. Current Biology (2026)

2. Li M*, Chodasiewicz M*^#, Muraleedharan M, Lopez I.M, Gorka M, Kerber O, Alotaibi S, Nelson A, Lenobel R, Friedecká J, Skirycz A^#, Friml J^#. Biogenesis and downstream effects of 3′,5′ and 2′,3′ cAMP isomers in plants. Science Advances (2026)

3. Dogra V*, Rahul S*, Li M, Li M, Singh S, Kim C^#, EXECUTER2 modulates the EXECUTER1 signalosome through its singlet oxygen-dependent oxidation. Molecular Plant (2022)

4. Li Z*, Dogra V*, Lee KP, Li R, Li M, Li M, Kim C^# (2020) N-terminal acetylation stabilizes SIGMA FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1 involved in salicylic acid-primed cell death. Plant Physiology (2020)

5. Dogra V*, Li M*, Singh S, Li M., Kim C^#. Oxidative post-translational modification of EXECUTER1 is required for singlet oxygen sensing in plastids. Nature Communications (2019)

6. Kang Y*, Li M*, Sinharoy S, Verdier J^#. A Snapshot of Functional Genetic Studies in Medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Plant Science (2016)

(* Co-first author, ^# Corresponding author)