Bin Liu

Bin Liu

Head of the MOA Beijing Key Lab of Soybean Biology

Center of Crop Genes and Molecular Design

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel:86-10-82108435

Fax:86-10-82108435

Email: liubin05@caas.cn

Educations

l  4/2008 - 12/2010, NIH Postdoctoral fellow, Molecular Cell Biology, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, USA

l  7/2003 - 4/2008, Ph.D. Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, Beijing, China

l  7/2000 - 7/2003, M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, China

l  9/1996 - 7/2000, B.S. Plant Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, China

Working Experience

l  1/2014-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  12/2010 -12/2013, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research Interests

l  Genetic basis of soybean yield and quality traits

l  Key gene mining and validation

l  Multi-trait co-regulatory network analysis

l  Ideotype breeding for high-density planting and high yield

Academic Qualifications

l  Ph.D. in Crop Genetics; PI of the CAAS Innovation Team on Soybean High-Yield Trait Dissection & Application; Head of the MOA Beijing Key Lab of Soybean Biology; leads national programs (NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Fund, Key Project).

l  Clarified molecular networks governing soybean photomorphogenic plasticity and ideotype breeding for dense planting; published >50 first/corresponding-author papers in Nat Commun, Mol Plant, PNAS, Plant Cell etc.

l  National “Ten-Thousand Talents” Leading Scholar, MOA Shennong Young Elite Scientist, CAAS “Agricultural Science Elite” Category B; recipient of National Natural Science Award (2nd class), Beijing Science & Technology Award (2nd class), and young-scientist prizes in crop science.

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

l  Tian ZX*, Nepomuceno AL*, Song QX*, Stupar, RM*, Liu, B*, Kong, FJ*, Ma JX*, Lee SH*, and Jackson SA* (2025), Soybean2035: A decadal vision for soybean functional genomics and breeding. Molecular Plant 18:245-271.

l  Zhang LY, Liu J, Chen JQ, Zhang YY, Qin C, Lyu XG, Li Z, Ji RH, Liu B*, Li HY*, Zhao T* (2025). Regulation of Shade Avoidance Under Low-Blue-Light by MTA in Soybean. Advanced Science 1210.1002/advs.202410334.

l  Li Z, Lyu X, Li H, Tu Q, Zhao T, Liu J, and Liu B* (2024), The mechanism of low blue light-induced leaf senescence mediated by GmCRY1s in soybean. Nat Commun 15, 798.

l  Xu, Z., Zhang, L., Kong, K., Kong, J., Ji, R., Liu, Y., Liu, J., Li, H., Ren, Y., Zhou, W., and Liu B*. (2024). Creeping Stem 1 regulates directional auxin transport for lodging resistance in soybean. Plant Biotechnology Journal 23:377-394.

l  Li S, Sun Z, Sang Q, Qin C, Kong L, Huang X, Liu H, Su T, Li H, He M, Fang C, Wang L, Liu S, Liu B*, Fu X*, Kong F*, and Lu S* (2023a), Soybean reduced internode 1 determines internode length and improves grain yield at dense planting, Nat Commun 14 7939

l  Lyu X, Li YH, Li Y, Li D, Han C, Hong H, Tian Y, Han L, Liu B* and Qiu LJ* (2023b), The domestication-associated L1 gene encodes a eucomic acid synthase pleiotropically modulating pod pigmentation and shattering in soybean, Mol Plant 16 1178-1191

l  Qin C, Li H, Zhang S, Lin X, Jia Z, Zhao F, Wei X, Jiao Y, Li Z, Niu Z, Zhou Y, Li X, Li H, Zhao T, Liu J, Li H, Lu Y, Kong F * and Liu B* (2023a), GmEID1 modulates light signaling through the Evening Complex to control flowering time and yield in soybean, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120 e2212468120

l  Qin C, Li YH, Li D, Zhang X, Kong L, Zhou Y, Lyu X, Ji R, Wei X, Cheng Q, Jia Z, Li X, Wang Q, Wang Y, Huang W, Yang C, Liu L, Wang X, Xing G, Hu G, Shan Z, Wang R, Li H, Li H, Zhao T, Liu J, Lu Y, Hu X, Kong F * Qiu LJ * and Liu B* (2023b), PH13 improves soybean shade traits and enhances yield for high-density planting at high latitudes, Nat Commun 14 6813

l  Song Z, Zhao F, Chu L, Lin H, Xiao Y, Fang Z, Wang X, Dong J, Lyu X, Yu D, Liu B* and Gai J* (2023), The GmSTF1/2-GmBBX4 negative feedback loop acts downstream of blue-light photoreceptors to regulate isoflavonoid biosynthesis in soybean, Plant Commun 100730

l  Ji H, Xiao R, Lyu X, Chen J, Zhang X, Wang Z, Deng Z, Wang Y, Wang H, Li R, Chai Q, Hao Y, Xu Q, Liao J, Wang Q, Liu Y, Tang R, Liu B*, Li X* (2022a) Differential light-dependent regulation of soybean nodulation by papilionoid-specific HY5 homologs. Curr Biol 32:783-795 e785