（五年内）科研项目
国家杰出青年科学基金：番茄质体分裂和品质发育的分子调控网络研究（30825030），2009-2012
转基因生物新品种培育重大专项重点课题：西南地区抗水稻胁迫因子基因克隆及功能验证（2009ZX08009-072B），2009-2013
国家自然基金面上项目：水稻Δ1-吡咯啉-5-羧酸腐胺代谢相关基因分离和功能分析（30970260），2009-2012
国家自然基金面上项目：番茄泛素连接酶CUL4-DDB1调控DNA甲基化的分子机理（31171179），2012-2015
国家基金面上项目：猕猴桃维生素C高效合成与积累的分子机理研究 （31471157）2015-2018
国家基金委中以国际合作项目：腐生病原真菌扩展青霉菌Penicillium expansum的效应蛋白挖掘及其功能鉴定（31461143008） 2014-2017

代表性论文、著作
Liu Y, Roof  S, Ye  Z, Barry  C, van Tuinen A, Vrebalov  J, Bowler C and Giovannoni J* (2004) Manipulation of light signal transduction as a means of modifying fruit nutritional quality in tomato.  Proceedings of National Academy of Science of the United States of America 101: 9897-9902
Fridman E, Carrari F, Liu Y, Fernie A and Zamir D* (2004). Zooming-in on a quantitative trait nucleotide (QTN) for tomato yield using wild species introgression lines. Science 305: 1786-1789
Wang SH, Liu JK, Feng YY, Niu XL, Giovannoni J, Liu Y* (2008) Altered plastid levels and potential for improved fruit nutrient content via down-regulation of the tomato DDB1 interacting protein CUL4. Plant Journal 55: 89-103
Tomato Genome Consortium (2012) The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution. Nature 485:635-641
Powell AT*, Nguyen CU, Hill T, Cheng KL, Figueroa-Balderas R, Aktas H, Ashrafi H, Pons C, Fernández-Muñoz R, Vicente A, Lopez-Baltazar J, Barry CS, Liu Y, Chetelat R, Granell-Richart A, Deynze AV, Giovannoni J*, Bennett AB (2012) Uniform ripening (U) encodes a Golden 2-like transcription factor regulating tomato fruit chloroplast development. Science 336:1711-1715
Huang W, Miao M, Kud J, Niu X, Ouyang B, Zhang J, Ye Z, Kuhl JC Liu Y*, Xiao F* (2013) SlNAC1, a stress-related transcription factor, is fine-tuned on both transcriptional and post-translational levels. New Phytologist 197:1214-24
Huang S, Ding J, Deng D, Tang W, Sun H, Liu D, Zhang L, Niu X, Zhang X, Meng M, Yu J, Liu J, Han Y, Shi W, Zhang D, Cao S, Wei Z, Cui Y, Xia Y, Zeng H, Bao K, Lin L, Min Y, Zhang H, Miao M, Tang X, Zhu Y, Sui Y, Li G, Sun H, Yue J, Sun J, Liu F, Zhou L, Lei L, Zheng X, Liu M, Huang L, Song J, Xu C, Li J, Ye K, Zhong S, Lu BR, He G, Xiao F, Wang HL, Zheng H*, Fei Z*, Liu Y*（2013）Draft genome of the kiwifruit Actinidia chinensis. Nature Communications 4:2640
Tang X, Miao M, Niu X, Zhang D, Cao X, Jin X, Zhu Y, Fan Y, Wang H, Liu Y, Sui Y, Wang W, Wang A, Xiao F, Giovannoni J  Liu Y* （2016） Ubiquitin-conjugated Degradation of Golden 2-Like Transcription Factor is mediated by CUL4-DDB1-based E3 Ligase Complex in Tomato. New Phytologist 209: 1028-1039
Li Y, Miao M, Deng H, Li H, Huang S, Wang S, Liu Y* (2016) Tomato MBD5, a methyl CpG binding domain protein, physically interacting with UV-damaged DNA binding protein-1, functions in multiple processes. New Phytologist 210:208-26
Miao M, Niu X, Kud J, Avila J, Devarenne T, Kuhl J, Liu Y* Xiao F* （2016） The ubiquitin ligase SEVEN IN ABSENTIA (SINA) ubiquitinates a defense-related NAC transcription factor and negatively regulates cell death signaling. New Phytologist 211:138-150
Yue J, Xu W, Ban R, Huang S, Miao M, Tang X, Liu G, Liu Y* (2016) PTIR: Predicted Tomato Interactome Resource. Scitific Reports 6:25047