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刘元龙，副教授，硕士生导师。2015年12月毕业于华中农业大学果树学，获博士学位。2016年至2020年在华南农业大学园艺学院夏瑞教授课题组从事博士后研究，期间2016年12月至2018年1月在美国唐纳德·丹佛斯植物研究中心交流访问。2021年起在华南农业大学园艺学院工作，首聘副教授。2023年11月加入华中农业大学植物科学技术学院药用植物团队，在团队中负责开展植物源“十大楚药”、药用柑橘的有效成分合成通路及调控网络的鉴定、药用植物分子育种等研究。
研究领域：
药用植物基因组学与分子育种
药用植物药效成分合成通路与调控网络
科研项目：
中国博士后科学基金（2019-2021）
国家自然科学基金青年基金 （2021-2023）
广东省重点领域研发计划项目 （2022-2026）
广州市基础研究计划基础与应用基础研究 （2023-2025）
广东省粤北食药资源利用与保护重点实验室开放课题 （2023-2025）
湖北省自然科学基金计划一般面上项目（2024-2026）
湖北省种业高质量发展资金项目-地方特色经济作物新品种选育与推广（2023-2026）
发表论文:
Juan Zhu, Qingqing Li, Qingyuan Zhang, Luying Liu, Ruiheng Tang, Lin He, Shaofang He, Shengqiu Feng, Jianying Li, Shaohua Shu*, Hui Xiong*, Yuanlong Liu* and Zhinan Mei*. Characterisation of Early Biosynthetic Steps of Atractylon via an Integrative Strategy. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2025.
Xun Xu, Ruiheng Tang, Luying Liu, Qingyuan Zhang, Hui Xiong, Zhinan Mei* and Yuanlong Liu*.Comparative transcriptome-metabolome study reveals the functions of pentacyclic triterpene synthase and flavonoid glycosyltransferases in Entada phaseoloides. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2025, 145278.
Yurong Yang, Wang Chen, Zhinan Mei* and Yuanlong Liu*. The multifaceted role of microRNA in medicinal plants. Medicinal Plant Biology. 2025, 4: e009
Xing Huang, Hongsen Liu, Fengqi Wu, Wanchun Wei, Zaohai Zeng, Jing Xu, Chengjie Chen, Yanwei Hao*, Rui Xia* and Yuanlong Liu*. Diversification of FT‐like genes in the PEBP family contributes to the variation of flowering traits in Sapindaceae species. Molecular Horticulture. 2024, 4:28.
Yujia Liu† , Boting Liu† , Kefa Luo, Baiyin Yu*, Xiang Li, Jian Zeng, Jie Chen, Rui Xia, Jing Xu* and Yuanlong Liu*. Genomic identification and expression analysis of acid invertase (AINV) gene family in Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo. BMC Plant Biology. 2024, 24:396.
Bo Liu, Guanliang Li, Chengjie Chen, Zaohai Zeng, Jing Xu, Jisen Zhang, Rui Xia* and Yuanlong Liu*. Species-specific regulatory pathways of small RNAs play sophisticated roles in flower development in Dimocarpus longan Lour. Horticultural Plant Journal. 2023, 9 (2): 237-249.
Xing Huang, Rui Xia* and Yuanlong Liu*. microRNA-mediated regulation in fruit quality. Current Opinion in Food Science. 2022, 46: 100837.
Jingwen Chen†, Qian Yan†, Jiawei Li Lei Feng, Yi Zhang, Jing Xu，Rui Xia*, Zaohai Zeng* and Yuanlong Liu*. The GRAS gene family and its roles in seed development in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn). BMC Plant Biology. 2021, 21:423.
Yuanlong Liu, Chong Teng, Rui Xia* and Blake Meyers*. Phased Secondary Small Interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) in Plants: Their Biogenesis, Genic Sources, and Roles in Stress Responses, Development, and Reproduction. The Plant Cell. 2020, 32(10):3059-3080.
Lei Feng, Rui Xia* and Yuanlong Liu*. Comprehensive Characterization of miRNA and PHAS Loci in the Diploid Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Genome. Horticultural Plant Journal, 2019, 5(6):255-267
Chengjie Chen†, Yuanlong Liu† and Rui Xia*. Jack of many trades: The multifaceted role of miR528 in monocots. Molecular Plant, 2019, 12(8):1044-1046.
Yuanlong Liu, Lili Ke, Guizhi Wu, Yuantao Xu, Xiaomeng Wu, Rui Xia, Xiuxing Deng and Qiang Xu*. miR3954 is a trigger of phasiRNAs that affects flowering time in citrus. Plant Journal, 2017, 92(2):263-275.
