Dr Wei Liu

  • Research Fellow (Molecular Biosciences)

telephone: 01413306989
email: Wei.Liu.3@glasgow.ac.uk

Brian Lab 308, Bower building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429

Biography

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

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2025

Liu, Wei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429 and Jenkins, Gareth I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875 (2025) Recent advances in UV-B signalling: Interaction of proteins with the UVR8 photoreceptor. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(3), pp. 873-881. (doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae132) (PMID:38525857) (PMCID:PMC11805588)

2024

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)

2023

Sharma, Ashutosh, Pridgeon, Ashley J., Liu, Wei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429, Segers, Francisca, Sharma, Bhavana, Jenkins, Gareth I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875 and Franklin, Keara A. (2023) ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) and HY5 HOMOLOGUE (HYH) maintain shade avoidance suppression in UV-B. Plant Journal, 115(5), pp. 1394-1407. (doi: 10.1111/tpj.16328) (PMID:37243898) (PMCID:PMC10953383)

2020

Liao, Xinyang, Liu, Wei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429, Yang, Hong-Quan and Jenkins, Gareth I. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

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Articles

Liu, Wei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429 and Jenkins, Gareth I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875 (2025) Recent advances in UV-B signalling: Interaction of proteins with the UVR8 photoreceptor. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(3), pp. 873-881. (doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae132) (PMID:38525857) (PMCID:PMC11805588)

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)

Sharma, Ashutosh, Pridgeon, Ashley J., Liu, Wei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429, Segers, Francisca, Sharma, Bhavana, Jenkins, Gareth I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875 and Franklin, Keara A. (2023) ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) and HY5 HOMOLOGUE (HYH) maintain shade avoidance suppression in UV-B. Plant Journal, 115(5), pp. 1394-1407. (doi: 10.1111/tpj.16328) (PMID:37243898) (PMCID:PMC10953383)

Liao, Xinyang, Liu, Wei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-8429, Yang, Hong-Quan and Jenkins, Gareth I. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

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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
     

Supervision

PhD Project: The improvement of Brassica crops in the changing climate through UV-B signalling

https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/plantscience/#

  • Huang, Le
    The role of the UVR8 photoreceptor in plant responses to UV-B radiation