Dr. Yuhai Cui

Research Scientist

Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor (Western University), Genomics and Biotechnology

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1391 Sanford Street, London, ON N5V 4T3

Current research and/or projects

soybean seed proteins;

soybean pathogens;

plant nitrogen use efficiency;

epigenetics;

seed development

Education and awards

PhD, Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Guelph

MSc and PhD, Microbiology, Chinese Academy of sciences

BSc, Microbiology, Shandong University, China

Additional links

Google scholar profile:

https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=en&q=yuhai+cui&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=

PubMed publication list:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=yuhai+cui&sort=pubdate

Key publications

Cui Y (2020) Towards improving soybean storage protein content. Ontario Soybean and Canola Crop Committee Research Meeting. London, January 22.
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Li, C., Nguyen, V., Liu, J., Fu, W., Chen, C., Yu, K., Cui, Y. (2019). Mutagenesis of seed storage protein genes in Soybean using CRISPR/Cas9. BMC Research Notes, [online] 12(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4207-2
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Hung, F.Y., Chen, F.F., Li, C., Chen, C., Chen, J.H., Cui, Y., Wu, K. (2019). The LDL1/2-HDA6 histone modification complex interacts with TOC1 and regulates the core circadian clock components in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, [online] 10 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00233
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Shu, J., Chen, C., Thapa, R.K., Bian, S., Nguyen, V., Yu, K., Yuan, Z.C., Liu, J., Kohalmi, S.E., Li, C., Cui, Y. (2019). Genome-wide occupancy of histone H3K27 methyltransferases CURLY LEAF and SWINGER in Arabidopsis seedlings. Plant Direct, [online] 3(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pld3.100
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Saatian, B., Austin, R.S., Tian, G., Chen, C., Nguyen, V., Kohalmi, S.E., Geelen, D., Cui, Y. (2018). Analysis of a novel mutant allele of GSL8 reveals its key roles in cytokinesis and symplastic trafficking in Arabidopsis. BMC Plant Biology, [online] 18(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1515-y
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Li, C., Chen, C., Chen, H., Wang, S., Chen, X., Cui, Y. (2018). Verification of DNA motifs in Arabidopsis using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis. Plant Biotechnology Journal, [online] 16(8), 1446-1451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12886
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Boehm, J.D., Nguyen, V., Tashiro, R.M., Anderson, D., Shi, C., Wu, X., Woodrow, L., Yu, K., Cui, Y., Li, Z. (2018). Genetic mapping and validation of the loci controlling 7S α′ and 11S A-type storage protein subunits in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), [online] 131(3), 659-671. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00122-017-3027-9
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Verification of DNA motifs in Arabidopsis using CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated mutagenesis

Chenlong LI, Chen Chen, Huhui Chen, Suikang Wang, Xuemei Chen, Yuhai Cui

First published: 13 January 2018|

https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12886|
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Hannam, C., Gidda, S.K., Humbert, S., Peng, M., Cui, Y., Dyer, J.M., Rothstein, S.J., Mullen, R.T. (2018). Distinct domains within the NITROGEN LIMITATION ADAPTATION protein mediate its subcellular localization and function in the nitrate-dependent phosphate homeostasis pathway. Botany, [online] 96(2), 79-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2017-0149
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Hou, Y., Zhai, L., Li, X., Xue, Y., Wang, J., Yang, P., Cao, C., Li, H., Cui, Y., Bian, S. (2017). Comparative analysis of fruit ripening-related miRNAs and their targets in blueberry using small RNA and degradome sequencing. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, [online] 18(12), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18122767
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Chen, C., Li, C., Wang, Y., Renaud, J., Tian, G., Kambhampati, S., Saatian, B., Nguyen, V., Hannoufa, A., Marsolais, F., Yuan, Z.C., Yu, K., Austin, R.S., Liu, J., Kohalmi, S.E., Wu, K., Huang, S., Cui, Y. (2017). Cytosolic acetyl-CoA promotes histone acetylation predominantly at H3K27 in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants, [online] 3(10), 814-824. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0023-7
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Li, X., Xie, X., Li, J., Cui, Y., Hou, Y., Zhai, L., Wang, X., Fu, Y., Liu, R., Bian, S. (2017). Conservation and diversification of the miR166 family in soybean and potential roles of newly identified miR166s. BMC Plant Biology, [online] 17(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-017-0983-9
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Saatian, B. and Cui, Y. (2016). GLUCAN SYNTHASE-LIKE 8: A Key Player in Early Seedling Development in Arabidopsis (A PhD thesis; ir.lib.uwo.ca).
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Li C, Cui Y. (2016) A DNA element that remembers winter. Nature Genetics 48(12):1451-1452. doi: 10.1038/ng.3727.
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Xu Y, Guo C, Zhou B, Li C, Wang H, Zheng B, Ding H, Zhu Z, Peragine A, Cui Y, Poethig S, Wu G. (2016) Regulation of Vegetative Phase Change by SWI2/SNF2 Chromatin Remodeling ATPase BRAHMA. Plant Physiology 172(4):2416-2428.
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Bian, S., Li, J., Tian, G., Cui, Y., Hou, Y., Qiu, W. (2016). Combinatorial regulation of CLF and SDG8 during Arabidopsis shoot branching. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, [online] 38(7), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11738-016-2188-5
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Li, C., Gu, L., Gao, L., Chen, C., Wei, C.Q., Qiu, Q., Chien, C.W., Wang, S., Jiang, L., Ai, L.F., Chen, C.Y., Yang, S., Nguyen, V., Qi, Y., Snyder, M.P., Burlingame, A.L., Kohalmi, S.E., Huang, S., Cao, X., Wang, Z.Y., Wu, K., Chen, X., Cui, Y. (2016). Concerted genomic targeting of H3K27 demethylase REF6 and chromatin-remodeling ATPase BRM in Arabidopsis. Nature Genetics, [online] 48(6), 687-693. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3555
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Xie, X., Li, X., Tian, Y., Su, M., Zhang, J., Han, X., Cui, Y., Bian, S. (2016). Identification and characterization of microRNAs and their targets from expression sequence tags of Ribes nigrum. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 96(6), 995-1001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2016-0013
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Hossan, M.J. and Cui, Y. (2015). Genetic Analysis of a Non-Germinating Mutant of Arabidopsis Thaliana (MSc thesis).
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Yang, S., Li, C., Zhao, L., Gao, S., Lu, J., Zhao, M., Chen, C.Y., Liu, X., Luo, M., Cui, Y., Yang, C., Wu, K. (2015). The arabidopsis SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling ATPase BRAHMA targets directly to PINs and is required for root stem cell niche maintenance. Plant Cell, [online] 27(6), 1670-1680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.15.00091
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