Dr Wei Liu
- Research Associate (Molecular Biosciences)
telephone:
01413306989
email:
Wei.Liu.3@glasgow.ac.uk
Brian Lab 308, Bower building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429Biography
Wei’s interest in food security was initiated when she was studying a Bachelor of Agriculture in Jilin University, China. This was followed by a Master of Plant Nutrition research project, when her plant photobiology journey started. She managed to show the newly identified Blue-light Inhibitors of Cryptochromes (BICs) could inhibit the photobody formation of blue light photoreceptor Crytochrome2 (Science 2016). She was then awarded the CSC-University of Glasgow joint scholarship for her PhD and was the researcher Co-Investigator of a BBSRC grant for her Postdoctoral research, where she was the first to report the mechanism of phosphorylation of plant UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 (Nature Communications 2024). Wei currently holds a prestigious BBSRC Fellowship to lead her independent research program, aiming to apply UV-B signalling in Brassica crop improvement.
Research interests
As an intrinsic component of sunlight, UV-B has pivotal impacts on plant growth and development. The research focus is to investigate the mechanisms of the regulation of UV-B signalling and the application of UV-B signalling in Brassica crop improvement to provide novel solutions for food security in the changing climate.
Research groups
Publications
2024
Liu, Wei 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429 and Jenkins, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875
(2024)
Recent advances in UV-B signalling: Interaction of proteins with the UVR8 photoreceptor.
Journal of Experimental Botany,
(doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae132)
(Early Online Publication)
Liu, W. et al. (2024) Phosphorylation of Arabidopsis UVR8 photoreceptor modulates protein interactions and responses to UV-B radiation. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1221. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45575-7) (PMID:38336824) (PMCID:PMC10858049)
2020
Liao, Xinyang, Liu, Wei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429, Yang, Hong-Quan and Jenkins, Gareth I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875
(2020)
A dynamic model of UVR8 photoreceptor signaling in UV-B acclimated Arabidopsis.
New Phytologist, 227(3),
pp. 857-866.
(doi: 10.1111/nph.16581)
(PMID:32255498)
2016
Wang, Q. et al. (2016) Photoactivation and inactivation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2. Science, 354(6310), pp. 343-347. (doi: 10.1126/science.aaf9030) (PMID:27846570) (PMCID:PMC6180212)
Articles
Liu, Wei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429 and Jenkins, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875
(2024)
Recent advances in UV-B signalling: Interaction of proteins with the UVR8 photoreceptor.
Journal of Experimental Botany,
(doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae132)
(Early Online Publication)
Liu, W. et al. (2024) Phosphorylation of Arabidopsis UVR8 photoreceptor modulates protein interactions and responses to UV-B radiation. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1221. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45575-7) (PMID:38336824) (PMCID:PMC10858049)
Liao, Xinyang, Liu, Wei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429, Yang, Hong-Quan and Jenkins, Gareth I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875
(2020)
A dynamic model of UVR8 photoreceptor signaling in UV-B acclimated Arabidopsis.
New Phytologist, 227(3),
pp. 857-866.
(doi: 10.1111/nph.16581)
(PMID:32255498)
Wang, Q. et al. (2016) Photoactivation and inactivation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2. Science, 354(6310), pp. 343-347. (doi: 10.1126/science.aaf9030) (PMID:27846570) (PMCID:PMC6180212)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Can knowledge of UV-B signalling help improve Brassica crops?
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2025 - 2028
