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- Shi M, Yu L, Shi J, Liu J* (2022) A conserved MYB transcription factor is involved in regulating lipid metabolic pathways for oil biosynthesis in green algae. New Phytologist, 235: 576-594.null
- Yang J#, Liu J#, Pan Y, Marechal E, Amato A, Liu M, Gong Y, Li Y, Hu H* (2022) PDAT regulates PE as transient carbon sink alternative to triacylglycerol in Nannochloropsis. Plant Physiology, 189: 1345–1362.null
- Bai F, Yu L, Shi J, Li-Beisson Y, Liu J* (2022) Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases activate fatty acids for lipid synthesis, remodeling and energy production in Chlamydomonas. New Phytologist, 233: 823-837.null
- Liu J*, Liu M, Pan Y, Shi Y, Hu H (2022) Metabolic engineering of the oleaginous alga Nannochloropsis for enriching eicosapentaenoic acid in triacylglycerol by combined pulling and pushing strategies. Metabolic Engineering, 69: 163-174.null
- Wu T, Yu L, Zhang Y, Liu J* (2021) Characterization of fatty acid desaturases reveals stress-induced synthesis of C18 unsaturated fatty acids enriched in triacylglycerol in the oleaginous alga Chromochloris zofingiensis. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14:184..null
- Shi Y, Liu M, Pan Y, Hu H, Liu J* (2021) Δ6 Fatty Acid Elongase is Involved in Eicosapentaenoic Acid Biosynthesis Via the ω6 Pathway in the Marine Alga Nannochloropsis oceanica. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 69:9837−9848..null
- Bai F, Zhang Y, Liu J* (2021) A bZIP transcription factor is involved in regulating lipid and pigment metabolisms in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Algal Research 59:102450..null
- Zhang Y, Ye Y, Bai F, Liu J* (2021) The oleaginous astaxanthin-producing alga Chromochloris zofingiensis: potential from production to an emerging model for studying lipid metabolism and carotenogenesis. Biotechnology for Biofuels 14: 119..null
- Zhang Y#, Pan Y#, Ding W, Hu H, Liu J* (2021) Lipid production is more than doubled by manipulating a diacylglycerol acyltransferase in algae. GCB Bioenergy, 13: 185–200.null
- Shi Y, Liu M, Ding W, Liu J* (2020) Novel insights into phosphorus deprivation-boosted lipid synthesis in the marine alga Nannochloropsis oceanica without compromising biomass production. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68: 11488–11502..null
- Zhang Y, Ye Y, Ding W, Mao X, Li Y, Gerken H, Liu J* (2020). Astaxanthin is ketolated from zeaxanthin independent of fatty acid synthesis in Chromochloris zofingiensis. Plant Physiology 183: 883-897.null
- Kou Y, Liu M, Sun P, Dong Z, Liu J* (2020) High light boosts salinity stress-induced biosynthesis of astaxanthin and lipids in the green alga Chromochloris zofingiensis. Algal Research 50: 101976.null
Research Projects
- Natural Science Foundation of China (32072183), 2021-2024, ￥580,000, PI: Jin Liu
- National Major Research and Development Program funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST) (2018YFA0902502), 2019-2023, ￥6,550,000, PI: Jin Liu
- Natural Science Foundation of China (31770048), 2018-2021, ￥650,000, PI: Jin Liu
- Natural Science Foundation of China (31571807), 2016-2019, ￥650,000, PI: Jin Liu
- Overseas High-Level Talent Recruitment Programs, 2016-2018, ￥3,000,000, PI: Jin Liu
- Peking University “985” Project, 2015-2017, ￥1,000,000, PI: Jin Liu
- Peking University Education Foundation supported by BHP, 2018-2020, $2,000,000, PI: Dongxiao Zhang (Peking University), Co-PI: Ruqiang Zou, Jin Liu ($380,000), Fanyang Mo
- National Major Research and Development Program funded by the MOST (2016YFD0400204), 2016-2020, ￥12,050,000, PI: Ka-Wing Cheng (Peking University), Co-I: Jin Liu (￥320,000)
- Singapore-Peking University Research Centre (SPURc): Biological Route for CO2 Capture, 2012-2016, SGD3,600,000, PI: Yuan Kun Lee (National University of Singapore), Co-PI: Jin Liu (2015-2016). All funds were in Singapore.
