Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor and Huan-Yong Chen Professor, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Visiting Scholar of National Museum of Natural History of Smithsonian Institution (USA) and Academic Visitor of University of Leicester (UK). Her research interests include genome resources and molecular cytogenetics of crop wild species. She has published 30 papers as corresponding author at national and international journals, including GigaScience, BMC Plant Biology, Scientific Reports, Chromosome Research, PLoS One, American Journal of Botany and Annals of Botany).
Education
2002.03–2005.03 South China Botanical Garden, CAS PhD 2005.03.26
1998.09–2001.06 South China Botanical Garden, CAS MAS 2001.6.27
1997.09–1997.07 Harbin Normal University BS 1997.7.2
Employments
1997.9–1998.8 The Six Middle School of Mudanjiang City Teacher
2001.7–2004.8 South China Botanical Garden, CAS Probationer investigator
2004.8–2005.11 South China Botanical Garden, CAS Assistant Investigator
2005.12–Present South China Botanical Garden, CAS Associated Professor
2015.9–2018.8 South China Botanical Garden, CAS Huan-Yong Chen Prof.
2006.6–2006.8 Smithsonian Institution Visiting Scholar
2009.7–2010.7 Smithsonian Institution Visiting Scholar
2012.8–2013.1 Smithsonian Institution Visiting Scholar
2016.11-2017.10 University of Leicester Academic Visitor
The research interests include genome resources and molecular cytogenetics of crop wild species, i.e. construction of the chromosomal scale of genome map of Avena longiglumis, publication of high quality genome sequence of Ensete glaucum, comparative chloroplast genome analyses of Avena, genome repetitive DNA sequence study, and the allopolyploid genomic origin studies.
Editorial Board member of Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany
2018 Outstanding Postgraduate Tutor of Guangzhou Education Base
2006 Short-term-visitor Award, Smithsonian Fellowship
(1) Wang Ziwei, Mathieu Rouard, Manosh Kumar Biswas, Gaetan Droc, Cui Dongli, Nicolas Roux, Franc-Christophe Baurens, Ge Xuejun, Trude Schwarzacher, Pat (J.S.) Heslop-Harrison*, Liu Qing*. A chromosome-level reference genome of Ensete glaucum gives insight into diversity and chromosomal and repetitive sequence evolution in the Musaceae. GigaScience, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.5524/102198.
(2) Liu Qing*, Li Xiaoyu, Li Mingzhi, Xu Wenkui, Trude Schwarzacher, John Seymour Heslop-Harrison*. Comparative chloroplast genome analyses of Avena: insights into evolutionary dynamics and phylogeny. BMC Plant Biology, 2020, 20: 406.
(3) Liu Qing*, Li Xiaoyu, Zhou XY, Li Mingzhi, Zhang Fengjiao, Trude Schwarzacher, John Seymour Heslop-Harrison*. 2019. The DNA landscape in Avena: chromosome and genome evolution defined by major repetitive DNA classes in whole-genome sequence reads. BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19: 226.
(4) Liu Qing*, Lin Lei, Zhou Xiangying, Paul M. Peterson, Jun Wen*. Unraveling the evolutionary dynamics of ancient and recent polyoidization events in Avena (Poaceae). Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 41944.
(5) Liu Qing*, Liu Huan, Wen Jun*. Relationships between Sorghum bicolor (Poaceae) and its close relatives based on genomic in situ hybridization evidence. Turkish Journal of Botany, 2017, 41(1): 11–24.