Name: Yu Pei

Gender: Female

Email: yupei@sdu.edu.cn

Current position: Associate professor、Supervisor of Master's Candidates

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pei-Yu-15

Fields/Keywords: Plant molecular biology; Abiotic stress responsiveness; Bioinformatics.

Education Background:

2017.09-2021.09:

The University of Tokyo, Agriculture and environmental biology, Ph.D.

2014.09-2017.06:

Shandong University, Marine College, Master.

Work experience:

2025.09-Now:

Shandong University, SDU-ANU Joint Science College, Associate Professor.

2021.09-2025.08:

Shandong University, SDU-ANU Joint Science College, Assistant Professor.

2022.08-2024.08：

Weihai Changqing Ocean Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Postdoctoral fellow

Projects:

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund Project, Study on the adaptation mechanism of wheat roots to Iron Deficiency in Martian regolith simulates, 32501846, 2026.01-2028.12, PI.

Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund Project, Species identification and quantification of mammalian mixed samples based on 12S/16S rRNA molecular markers, ZR2023QC278, 2024.01-2026.12, PI.

Publications: (*Correspondence, ^†Co-first authors):

1. Shuotong Liu, Pei Yu*. Large-Scale Plant Genomic Identification and Analysis Uncover ASMT/COMT Copy Number Variation Driving Melatonin Dosage Balance. Horticulture Research, 2025, uhaf348.https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhaf348

2. Xuqing Li, Shuotong Liu, Pei Yu*. Genome-wide identification of ATL gene family in wheat and their expression analysis in response to salt stress. Plants, 2025, 14(9), 1306.https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14091306

3. Yueduo Wang^#, Shuotong Liu^#, Taiyu lin, Shenglong Kan, Pei Yu*. The DUF506 gene family in Triticum aestivum: Genome-wide identification and expression profiling under salt stress. Agronomy, 2025, 15(2): 281.https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15020281

4. Wenchao Du, Qifan Sun, Sheng Hu, Pei Yu, Shenglong Kan, Weizhang*. Equus mitochondrial pangenome reveals independent domestication imprints in donkeys and horses, Scientific reports, 2025, 15, 6803.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91564-1

5. Zhaozhao Xue†, Haoze He†, Yangchun Han, Wen Tian, Shengjie Li, Jingfeng Guo, Pei Yu, Lina Qiao, Wei Zhang*. Relic DNA obscures bacterial diversity and interactions in ballast tank sediment. Environmental Research, 2025, 267:120715.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.120715

6. Pei Yu*, Harshraj Shinde, Ambika Dudhate, et al. A pearl millet plasma membrane protein, PgPM19, facilitates seed germination through the negative regulation of abscisic acid-associated genes under salinity stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta, 2024, 260:131.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-024-04564-2

7. Yueduo Wang, Shenghai Shen, Zhaoming Wu, Weiqi Tao, Wei Zhang, Pei Yu*. Genome-wide analysis of Triticum aestivum bromodomain gene family and expression analysis under salt stress. Planta, 2024, 260:117.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-024-04549-1

8. Ziyue Xu, Dun Liu, Jiadong Zhu, Jiayi Zhao, Shenghai Shen, Yueduo Wang, Pei Yu*. Catalysts for sulfur: Understanding the intricacies of enzymes orchestrating plant sulfur anabolism. Planta, 2024, 261:16.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-024-04594-w

9. Zhenxing Xu*, Shohei Hattori, Yoko Masuda*, Sakae Toyoda, Keisuke Koba, Pei Yu, Naohiro Yoshida, Zong-Jun Du, Keishi Senoo. Unprecedented N2O production by nitrate-ammonifying Geobacteraceae with distinctive N2O isotopocule signatures. mBio, 2024, 0:e02540-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02540-24

10. Zhaozhao Xue, Wen Tian, Yangchun Han, Shengjie Li, Jingfeng Guo, Haoze He, Pei Yu, Wei Zhang*. Environmental RNA metabarcoding for ballast water microbial diversity: Minimizing false positives. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 955:176902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176902

11. Xianyan Wang†, Tongtong Wang†, Pei Yu, Yuchun Li, and Xinfang Lv*. NO enhances the adaptability to high-salt environments by regulating osmotic balance, antioxidant defense, and ion homeostasis in eelgrass based on transcriptome and metabolome analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2024, 15: 1343154.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1343154

12. Xinfang Lv, Pei Yu, Jie Pan, Xianyan Wang, Yuchun Li*. Role of nitric oxide in response to high salinity in eelgrass. Current Plant Biology, 2023, 33:100272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2023.100272

13. Wang Liu, Zhongchen Wu*, Wenxi Chen, Guobin Jin, Wei Zhang, Xinfang Lv, Pei Yu, Hong Zhao. A potential application for life-related organics detection on Mars by diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy. Heliyon, 2023, 9(2):e13560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13560

14. Zhaoming Wu, Shenghai Shen, Yueduo Wang, Weiqi Tao, Ziqi Zhao, Xiangli Hu, Pei Yu*. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the Zinc Finger Protein gene subfamilies under drought stress in Triticum aestivum. Plants, 2022, 11:2511.https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192511

15. Pei Yu, Harshraj Shinde, Ambika Dudhate, Daisuke Tsugama, Shashi Kumar Gupta, Shenkui Liu, Tetsuo Takano*. Genome-wide investigation of SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like transcription factor family in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.). Plant gene, 2021, 27:100313.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2021.100313

16. Ambika Dudhate, Harshraj Shinde, Pei Yu, Daisuke Tsugama, Shashi Kumar Gupta, Shenkui Liu, Tetsuo Takano*. Comprehensive analysis of NAC transcription factor family uncovers drought and salinity stress response in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum). BMC Genomics, 2021, 22: 70. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07382-y

17. Zhenxing Xu, Pei Yu, Qiyun Liang, Dashuai Mu, Zongjun Du*. Inducible expression of agar-degrading genes in a marine bacterium Catenovulum maritimus Q1T and characterization of a β-agarase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020, 104: 10541–10553.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10969-2

18. Xinfang Lv, Pei Yu, Xinlei Wang, Yuchun Li*. The influence of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) on the environmental factors and the microbial communities in sediment from Shuangdao bay of China. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 2019, 17(5):10767–10779.http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1705_1076710779

19. Xinfang Lv^†, Pei Yu^†, Weiteng Mao, Yuchun Li*. Vertical variations in bacterial community composition and environmental factors in the culture pond sediment of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicas. Journal of Coastal Research, 2018, 84:69-76.https://doi.org/10.2112/SI84-010.1

20. XinFang Lv, Pei Yu, WenHao Deng and Yuchun Li*. Transcriptomic analysis reveals the molecular adaptation to NaCl stress in Zostera marina L. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018, 130:61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.06.022

21. Xinfang Lv*, Wenhao Deng, Pei Yu, Zhaoyang Hua. Metallothionein cDNA cloning and metallothionein expression in sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus, Slenka) from the Weihai coast of China. Ocean Science Journal, 2018, 53 (4):719-726.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-018-0049-4

22. 吕新芳, 于培, 邓文浩, 颜莹, 段惠岚, 李玉春*.大叶藻基因组铵根转运蛋白AMT的生物信息学特征. 基因组学与应用生物学, 2017, 1-12.

23. Zhenxing Xu, Pei Yu, Dashuai Mu, Yan Liu, Zongjun Du*. Tenacibaculum agarivorans sp. nov., an agar-degrading bacterium isolated from marine alga Porphyra yezoensis Ueda. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 2017, 67:5139-5143. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002432

24. Weiteng Mao, Pei Yu, Xinfang Lv* , Yunchun Li*. The 2nd international conference on water resource and environment (WRE 2016): The vertical variation of microbial communities in the sediment of sea cucumber pond. BMC Ecology, 2016, 16 (Suppl 2):07.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-016-0095-7

25. Pei Yu, Lingming Kong, Yiqiao Li, Haiyan Cong, Yuchun Li*. Analysis of complete mitochondrial genome and its application to phylogeny of Caryomys inez (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Arvicolinae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 2016, 1(1):343–344. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2016.1172275