李峰，中共党员，博士，教授，博士生导师，生于1979年7月。2001年7月毕业于清华大学获学士学位；2006年9月毕业于美国加州大学河滨分校获博士学位；2006年10月至2013年2月在加州大学伯克利分校从事与小分子RNA相关的基因组学研究。2013年1月至今任华中农业大学园艺林学学院蔬菜系教授，博士生导师。

主讲课程：本科生《生物信息学》；研究生《植物生物技术》（英文），《园艺植物与微生物互作》（理论+实验）

科研项目：先后主持国家自然科学基金面上项目，重大研究计划培育项目，湖北省对外科技合作项目等国家和省部级科研项目。

研究方向：1，茄科植物（包括辣椒、番茄、烟草等）基因组学，生物信息学和基因编辑技术等基础性研究；2，植物小分子RNA（包括siRNA和miRNA）的生物学合成机制及功能研究；3，植物抗病基因的表达调控及功能研究；4，辣椒的发育及抗病抗逆机制研究。

代表性论文：

1，茄科植物基础研究方面

• Wang, J., Zhang, Q., Tung, J., Zhang, X., Liu, D., Deng, Y., Tian, Z., Chen, H., Wang, T., Yin, W., et al., Baker, B.* and Li, F.* (2024). High-quality assembled and annotated genomes of Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana benthamiana reveal chromosome evolution and changes in defense arsenals. Molecular plant 17, 423-437. 10.1016/j.molp.2024.01.008.

• Wang, Y., Li, X., Liu, M., Zhou, Y., and Li, F*. (2024). Guide RNA scaffold variants enabled easy cloning of large gRNA cluster for multiplexed gene editing. Plant Biotechnology Journal 22, 460-471. 10.1111/pbi.14198.

• Wang, J., Deng, Y., Zhou, Y., Liu, D., Yu, H., Zhou, Y., Lv, J., Ou, L., Lie, X., Ma, Y., et al., Liu, F.*, Zou, X.*, Ouyang, B.* and Li, F.* (2019). Full-length mRNA sequencing and gene expression profiling reveal broad involvement of natural antisense transcript gene pairs in pepper development and response to stresses. Plant Journal 99, 763-783. 10.1111/tpj.14351.

• Liu, F.#, Yu, H.#, Deng, Y.#, Zheng, J., Liu, M., Ou, L., Yang, B., Dai, X., Ma, Y., Feng, S., et al., Li, F.*, Ouyang, B.* and Zou, X.* (2017). PepperHub, an Informatics Hub for the Chili Pepper Research Community. Molecular Plant 10, 1129-1132. 10.1016/j.molp.2017.03.005.

• Li F.*, Orban R., and Baker B*. 2012. SoMART, a webserver for miRNA, tasiRNA and target gene analysis in Solanaceae plants. The Plant Journal 70:891-901

2，植物小分子RNA方向

• Zhu, Q.#, Ahmad, A.#, Shi, C., Tang, Q., Liu, C., Ouyang, B., Deng, Y., Li, F.*, Cao X*. (2024). Protein arginine methyltransferase 6 mediates antiviral immunity in plants. Cell Host & Microbe 32, 1566-1578. 10.1016/j.chom.2024.07.014.

• Sun, X.#, Xiang, Y.#, Dou, N.#, Zhang, H.#, Pei, S., Franco, A.V., Menon, M., Monier, B., Ferebee, T., Liu, T., et al., Li, L.*, Li, F.* and Dai, M.* (2023). The role of transposon inverted repeats in balancing drought tolerance and yield-related traits in maize. Nature Biotechnology 41, 120-127. 10.1038/s41587-022-01470-4.

• Ma, L.#, Zhang, X.#, Deng, Z., Zhang, P., Wang, T., Li, R., Li, J., Cheng, K., Wang, J., Ma, N., et al.，Li, F.* and Zhu H.L.* (2023). Dicer-like2b suppresses the wiry leaf phenotype in tomato induced by tobacco mosaic virus. Plant Journal 116, 1737-1747. 10.1111/tpj.16462.

• Lu, X., and Li, F.* (2021). Heterologous viral suppressor of RNA silencing breaks protein-based viral immunity in mixed viral infection. Science China-Life Sciences 64, 1788-1791.   10.1007/s11427-020-1873-1.

3，植物抗病基因方向

• Zhang, Q.#, Wang, J.#, Li, Y., Tung, J., Deng, Y., Baker, B., Dinesh-Kumar, S.P.*, and Li, F*. (2024). Conserved transcription factors NRZ1 and NRM1 regulate NLR receptor-mediated immunity. Plant Physiology. 10.1093/plphys/kiae054.

• Li, F.*, Brunkard, J.O.*, and Baker, B.* (2022). LncRNA gets into the balancing act. Cell Host & Microbe 30, 1061-1063. 10.1016/j.chom.2022.07.004.

• Deng, Y., Wang, J., Tung, J., Liu, D., Zhou, Y., He, S., Du, Y., Baker, B., and Li, F.* (2018). A role for small RNA in regulating innate immunity during plant growth. Plos Pathogens 14, e1006756. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006756.

• Deng, Y., Liu, M., Li, X., and Li, F.* (2018). microRNA-mediated R gene regulation: molecular scabbards for double-edged swords. Science China-Life Sciences 61, 138-147. 10.1007/s11427-017-9237-4.

4，辣椒发育和抗逆方向

• Wang, H., Yu, R., Zhu, Q., Tian, Z., and Li, F.* (2024). A highly sensitive biotin-based probe for small RNA northern blot and its application in dissecting miRNA function in pepper. Plant Journal. 118, 263-276. 10.1111/tpj.16585..

• Zhou, Y., Deng, Y., Liu, D., Wang, H., Zhang, X., Liu, T., Wang, J., Li, Y., Ou, L., Liu, F., Zou, X., Ouyang, B. and Li, F.* (2021). Promoting virus-induced gene silencing of pepper genes by a heterologous viral silencing suppressor. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19, 2398-2400. 10.1111/pbi.13724..