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

Zhao, M., Yang, S., Chen, C.Y., Li, C., Shan, W., Lu, W., Cui, Y., Liu, X., Wu, K. (2015). Arabidopsis BREVIPEDICELLUS Interacts with the SWI2/SNF2 Chromatin Remodeling ATPase BRAHMA to Regulate KNAT2 and KNAT6 Expression in Control of Inflorescence Architecture. PLoS Genetics, [online] 11(3), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005125
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Li, C., Chen, C., Gao, L., Yang, S., Nguyen, V., Shi, X., Siminovitch, K., Kohalmi, S.E., Huang, S., Wu, K., Chen, X., Cui, Y. (2015). The Arabidopsis SWI2/SNF2 Chromatin Remodeler BRAHMA Regulates Polycomb Function during Vegetative Development and Directly Activates the Flowering Repressor Gene SVP. PLoS Genetics, [online] 11(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004944
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Li, C.L. and Cui, Y. (2014). Arabidopsis Chromatin Remodeler Brahma: Its Functional Interplay with Polycomb Proteins and The REF6 Histone Demethylase. University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. Paper 2540. http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2540; Degree: Doctor of Philosophy; Program: Biology; Supervisor: Dr. Yuhai Cui. (Report)
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Li, X., Hou, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, W., Quan, C., Cui, Y., Bian, S. (2014). Computational identification of conserved microRNAs and their targets from expression sequence tags of blueberry (Vaccinium corybosum). Plant Signaling & Behavior, [online] 9(JUN), http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/psb.29462
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Zou, X., Shi, C., Austin, R.S., Merico, D., Munholland, S., Marsolais, F., Navabi, A., Crosby, W.L., Pauls, K.P., Yu, K., Cui, Y. (2014). Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism and Insertion-Deletion discovery through next-generation sequencing of reduced representation libraries in common bean. Molecular Breeding, [online] 33(4), 769-778. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11032-013-9997-7
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Feeney, M., Frigerio, L., Kohalmi, S.E., Cui, Y., Menassa, R. (2013). Reprogramming cells to study vacuolar development. Frontiers in Plant Science, [online] 4(DEC), http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2013.00493
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Liu, X., Chen, C.Y., Wang, K.C., Luo, M., Tai, R., Yuan, L., Zhao, M., Yang, S., Tian, G., Cui, Y., Hsieh, H.L., Wu, K. (2013). PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR3 associates with the histone deacetylase HDA15 in repression of chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosynthesis in etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings. Plant Cell, [online] 25(4), 1258-1273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.113.109710
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Zhou, Y., Tan, B., Luo, M., Li, Y., Liu, C., Chen, C., Yu, C.W., Yang, S., Dong, S., Ruan, J., Yuan, L., Zhang, Z., Zhao, L., Li, C., Chen, H., Cui, Y., Wu, K., Huang, S. (2013). HISTONE DEACETYLASE19 interacts with HSL1 and participates in the repression of seed maturation genes in Arabidopsis seedlings. Plant Cell, [online] 25(1), 134-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.096313
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Feeney, M., Frigerio, L., Cui, Y., Menassa, R. (2013). Following vegetative to embryonic cellular changes in leaves of Arabidopsis overexpressing LEAFY COTYLEDON2. Plant Physiology, [online] 162(4), 1881-1896. http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.113.220996
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Tian, G. and Cui, Y. (2012). "Identification and characterization of the Arabidopsis homolog of the yeast TREX-2 complex (University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. Paper 581. http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/581).", Ph.D. Thesis.
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Zou, X., Shi, C., Austin, R.S., Navabi, A., Yu, K., and Cui, Y. (2012). "Genome Wide SNP discovery and transcriptional profiling of CBB resistance in common bean.", 9th Canadian Pulse Research Workshop, Niagara Falls Marriott Gateway, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, November 6-12, 2012. (Poster)
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Luo, M., Yu, C.W., Chen, F.F., Zhao, L., Tian, G., Liu, X., Cui, Y., Yang, J.Y., Wu, K. (2012). Histone Deacetylase HDA6 Is Functionally Associated with AS1 in Repression of KNOX Genes in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics, [online] 8(12), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003114
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Tang, X., Bian, S., Tang, M., Lu, Q., Li, S., Liu, X., Tian, G., Nguyen, V., Tsang, E.W.T., Wang, A., Rothstein, S.J., Chen, X., Cui, Y. (2012). MicroRNA-Mediated Repression of the Seed Maturation Program during Vegetative Development in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics, [online] 8(11), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003091
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Gao, P., Kolenovsky, A., Cui, Y., Cutler, A.J., Tsang, E.W.T. (2012). Expression, purification and analysis of an Arabidopsis recombinant CBL-interacting protein kinase3 (CIPK3) and its constitutively active form. Protein Expression and Purification, [online] 86(1), 45-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2012.08.013
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Tian, G., Lu, Q.S., Kohalmi, S.E., Rothstein, S.J., and Cui, Y. (2012). "Evidence that the Arabidopsis Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolases 1 and 2 associate with the 26S proteasome and the TREX-2 complex.", Plant Signaling & Behavior, 7(11), pp. 1415-1419. doi : 10.4161/psb.21899
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Gao, Y., Yang, S., Yuan, L., Cui, Y., Wu, K. (2012). Comparative analysis of SWIRM domain-containing proteins in plants. Comparative and Functional Genomics, [online] 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/310402
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Liu, Y., Ye, W., Li, B., Zhou, X., Cui, Y., Running, M.P., Liu, K. (2012). CCS52A2/FZR1, a cell cycle regulator, is an essential factor for shoot apical meristem maintenance in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biology, [online] 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-12-135
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Ouyang, B., Fei, Z., Joung, J.G., Kolenovsky, A., Koh, C., Nowak, J., Caplan, A., Keller, W.A., Cui, Y., Cutler, A.J., Tsang, E.W.T. (2012). Transcriptome profiling and methyl homeostasis of an Arabidopsis mutant deficient in S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase1 (SAHH1). Plant Molecular Biology, [online] 79(4-5), 315-331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11103-012-9914-1
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Luo, M., Wang, Y.Y., Liu, X., Yang, S., Lu, Q., Cui, Y., Wu, K. (2012). HD2C interacts with HDA6 and is involved in ABA and salt stress response in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, [online] 63(8), 3297-3306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ers059
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Wang, F., Liu, C., Wei, C., Cui, Y., Zheng, Q., Zhang, J., Wu, J., Liu, K. (2012). AtRabD2b, a Functional Ortholog of the Yeast Ypt1, Controls Various Growth and Developmental Processes in Arabidopsis. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, [online] 30(2), 275-285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11105-011-0336-z
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