Du Yu-Su (Susie)

Ph.D. candidate of State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany,

Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Lab: http://evolution.ibcas.ac.cn/index.htm

Email: [email protected]

Education

Ph.D., candidate, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 2011 to present

B.A., Beijing Forestry University, from 2007 to 2011

Research Interests

1. Molecular Phylogenetic Systematic

2. Evolution of Gene Family

3. Population Genetics and Speciation of Wild Rice

4. Molecular Evolution and Functional Divergence of Flowering Genes in Rice and Wild Rice

Publications

1. Huang L, Du YS, Zheng XM, Liu R, Zhou HF, Ge S. 2013. Nucleotide diversity of 11 S seed storage protein gene and its

implications for ecological adaptation of Oryza nivara. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 51: 641-651.

2. Guo J, Liu R, Huang L, Zheng XM, Liu PL, Du YS, Cai Z, Zhou L, Wei XH, Zhang FM, Ge S. 2015. Widespread and

adaptive alterations in genome-wide gene expression associated with ecological divergence of two Oryza species.

Molecular Biology and evolution, 33:62-78.

3. Zou XH, Du YS, Tang L, Xu XW, Doyle JJ, Sang T, Ge S. 2015. Multiple origins of BBCC allopolyploid species in the rice

genus (Oryza). Scientific Reports, 5: 14876.

Honors and Awards

Merit Student of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Excellent Student Cadre of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Social Activity

Volunteer of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Member of the students' association union at Beijing Forestry University

Hobbies and Interests

Swimming. Music. Playing ocarina.