Name：Chunyue Chai
Gender: Female
Title: Professor
Email: ccyuer1019@126.com
Talent title: Wolong Scholar
1. Education
2010.9-2013.7, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ph.D. in Plant Pathology
2003.9-2006.7, Henan Agricultural University，Master in Plant Pathology
1999.9-2003.7, Henan Agricultural University，Bachelor in plant protection
2. Academic appointments
2009.07-2020.06, College of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Lecturer
2014.07-2017.08, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Post-doctoral
2020.04---Present, College of Life Science, Nanyang Normal University, Associate Professor
3. Courses
Undergraduate student: Teaching work for courses such as Microbiology, Microbiology experiment, Genetic engineering, Fermentation engineering, and Microbial physiology.
Graduate students: Teaching work for courses such as Microbiology and Energy microorganism
4. Research Interest
Interaction between plants and pathogenic microorganisms, Diversity of yeast resources, Breeding and modification of functional microbial strains
5. Funding
(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Project, 31501626, Screening and functional verification of key transcription factors against Phytophthora in soybean and tobacco, from January 2016 to December 2018, presided over;
(2) National Natural Science Foundation of China, 31171831, The role of soybean amino acid metabolism in disease resistance mechanism analysis and its application, from January 2012 to December 2015, participator
(3) Science and technology in Henan Province, Cloning of resistance-related genes of a new strain of yeast 8-249 based on whole genome fine mapping and discovery of novel antimicrobial substancesm, from January 2021 to July 2022, presided over;
(4) Henan Province key research and development project, 23A210018, Artificial design and application of RNASEQ-based specific inducible promoter of wheat Scab, from January 2022 to July 2024, presided over;
6. Selected Publications
[1] Chai CY, Ke T, Niu QH, Hui FL. Diversity of Wickerhamomyces (Wickerhamomycetaceae, Saccharomycetales) in China with the description of four new species. Front Microbiol. 2024 Feb 8;15: 1338231. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1338231. PMID: 38389540; PMCID: PMC10881795.
[2] Chai C, Zhu L, Liu J, Han X, Nutaratat P, Khuuamwong P, Hui F. Spencerozyma pingqiaoensis sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from the external surface of rice leaves in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2023 Apr;73(4). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005820. PMID: 37022743.
[3] Chai CY, Lei T, Chu XY, Hui FL. Multi-gene phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Bannoa with the addition of three new species from central China. Front Microbiol. 2023, 14:1143156. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1143156. PMID: 36998405; PMCID: PMC10043259.
[4] Chun-Yue Chai, Ying Li, Zhen-Li Yan, Feng-Li Hui. Phylogenetic and genomic analyses of two new species of Clavispora (Metschnikowiaceae, Saccharomycetales) from Central China. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022,12. 13:1093453.
[5] Chun-Yue Chai, Wan-Li Gao，Ying Li, Zhen-Li Yan, Feng-Li Hui. Kodamaea hongheensis f.a., sp. nov., Kodamaea ovata f.a., sp. nov. and Kodamaea yamadae f.a., sp. nov., three new yeast species of Kodamaea (Saccharomycetales, Debaryomycetacae) from China. MycoKeys, 2022, 89: 121-137.
[6] Chun-Yue Chai, Wan-Li Gao, Zhen-Li Yan, Feng-Li Hui. Four new species of Trichomonascaceae (Saccharomycetales, Saccharomycetes) from Central China. MycoKeys, 2022, 90: 1–18.
[7] Chunyue Chai, Chongyi Chen, Lulu Zhu, Jinli Liu, and Fengli Hui. Genome Sequence Resource of Albifimbria verrucaria Causing the Leaf Spot Disease of the Spinach Plant Spinacia oleracea. Plant Disease, 2022,106(9), 2511-2513.
[8] Chai, Chun-Yue; Jia, Ran-Ran; Chen, Chong-Yi; Hui, Feng-Li. Blastobotrys baotianmanensis sp. nov. and Blastobotrys xishuangbannaensis f.a., sp. nov., two novel yeast species associated with insects and rotting wood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2020; 70: 4217-4223.
[9] Chunyue Chai, Han Cheng, Wenjing Liu, Chongyi Chen, Fengli Hui. First Report of Pythium ultimum Associated with Peony Root Rot in China. Plant Disease. 2020; 104 (12): 3268-3268.
[10] Chunyue chai, Wengjing Liu, Han Cheng, Fengli Hui. Mucor chuxiongensis sp. nov., a novel fungal species isolated from rotten wood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2019; 69: 1881-1889.
[11] Chunyue Chai, Linna Huang, Han Cheng, Wenjing Liu, Fengli Hui. Wickerhamomyces menglaensis f.a., sp. nov., A yeast species isolated from rotten wood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2019; 69: 1509-1514.
[12] Chunyue Chai, Linna Huang, Han Cheng, Wenjing Liu, Fengli Hui. Metschnikowia baotianmanensis f.a., sp. nov., A new yeast species isolated from the gut of the rhinoceros beetle Allomyrina dichotoma. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2019; 69: 1001-1009.
[13] Chunyue Chai; Yanling Lin; Danyu Shen; Yuren Wu; Hongjuan Li; Daolong Dou. Identification and Functional Characterization of the Soybean GmaPPO12 Promoter Conferring Phytophthora sojae Induced Expression. PLoS One. 2013, 8 (6): 1-6.
[14] Chunyue Chai, Wentao Zeng, Yanling Lin, Danyu Shen, Meixiang Zhang, Daolong Dou. Synthetic tetramer of a Phytophthora sojae-inducible fragment from soybean GmaSKTI36 promoter improves its pathogen induction activities. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 2016, 93: 49-57.