Yuling JIAO

Yuling JIAO is a Professor at Peking University, affiliated with the School of Life Sciences. Her research focuses on the mechanisms of morphogenesis during plant development and the applications of synthetic biotechnology. Specific areas include the emergence of form and plant synthetic biotechnology. She is also associated with the Center for Quantitative Biology and the Peking University-Tsinghua University Center for Life Sciences. Her work integrates mathematical modeling and quantitative experiments to study how genes and proteins determine plant morphology. Additionally, she is involved in genome and chromosome engineering, as well as the development of synthetic biotechnologies for plants.

Yuling Jiao's research focuses on plant developmental biology and systems biology, with an emphasis on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying plant growth and stress responses. Her work explores light-regulated transcriptional networks, the role of hormones like cytokinin and auxin in meristem development, and the genetic basis of leaf morphogenesis. She has investigated the molecular pathways involved in plant regeneration, shoot and root development, and the regulation of gene expression in response to environmental stresses such as drought and high salinity. Her studies also include transcriptome analysis of rice and Arabidopsis to uncover cellular and developmental hierarchies, as well as the interplay between alternative splicing and circadian rhythms in plant biology.