Self-introduction
Dr. Li Ruixi got her Ph.D degree in Peking University. She is the Assistant Professor in the South University of Science and Technology. Dr. Li is mainly engaged in studying the molecular mechanism of xk星空官方网站 cell biology and endomembrane trafficking. Her research focuses on studying how xk星空官方网站 cells adjust endomembrane trafficking in response to hormone activation and developmental signal as well as the molecular mechanism to establish and maintain the polarity of membrane proteins. Dr. Li’s research results have been published on PLOS Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, xk星空官方网站 Signal & Behavior and other international journals.

Research Interests：
◆Identify key regulators of xk星空官方网站 cell endomembrane trafficking through chemical genomic approach.
◆Explore the molecular machinery which selectively maintains the basal and apical polarity of plasma membrane proteins.
◆Investigate the function of the RabA GTPases in the regulation of endomembrane recycling.
◆Screen for compounds which promote root hair growth.

Professional Experience：
◆ 2011 to 2016, postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Botany and xk星空官方网站 Sciences in University of California, Riverside.

Educational Background：
◆ 2005 to 2011, Peking University, Ph.D.
◆ 2001 to 2005, China Agricultural University, Bachelor degree.

Honors & Awards：
◆ The CEPCEB Award for Best Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012
◆ The Second Class of National Academic Forum for Young Scholars, 2010
◆ The First Class of National Scholarship 2002, 2003, 2004
◆ DuPont Scholarship, 2003

Representative publications at SUSTech:

2026 

· Peng J, Agudo-Canalejo J, González-Fuente J*, Chodasiewicz M*, Van Damme D*, Daskalakis V*, González-Fuente m, Gao R, Filippidi E*, Gu Y, Guo H, He S*, Huang K*, Huang S*, Jang GJ*, Jia M*, Knorr R*, Lai X*, xk星空官方网站*, Liang Q, Liu C, Liu X, Miao Y*, Ouyang M, Quan X, Solis-Miranda J, Strader L, Üxk星空官方网站ün S*, Wang S, Wang W*, Wang Z*, Xiong Y, Xu C, Xu G, Ye H, Zhao C*, Zhu P*, Zhu Y, Gutierrez-Beltran B*, Moschou P*, Fang X*. (2026) A practical guide to investigating biomolecular condensates: a comment from the plant community. Science China Life Sciences, in revision.

· Yang L, Luo W, Huang T, Wang S, Cao Z, Jiang D, Pang L, Liu JX, He S, and xk星空官方网站*. (2026) The ARLA1A-NAC089 module controls ER-phagy and coordinates with the UPR to maintain cellular homeostasis in xk星空官方网站. Developmental Cell, accepted.

2025

· He Y, xk星空官方网站*. (2025) Interplay between membrane system and biomolecular condensates in xk星空官方网站. Journal of Experimental Botany, 77(1):5-15.

· Pang L, Huang Y, He Y, Jiang D, xk星空官方网站*. (2025) The adaptor protein AP-3β disassembles heat-induced stress granules via 19S regulatory particle (RP) in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 16(1):2039.

2024

· xk星空官方网站*, Pang L. (2024) An interplay between biomolecular condensates and SNARE proteins regulates xk星空官方网站 autophagy. Autophagy, 20 (12): 2833-2835.

· Jiang D#, He Y#, Li H, Dai L, Sun B, Yang L, Pang L, Cao Z, Liu Y, Gao J, Zhang Y, Jiang L, xk星空官方网站*. (2024) A condensates-to-VPS41-associated phagic vacuoles conversion pathway controls autophagy degradation in plants. Developmental Cell, 59(17):2287-2301. Highlighted by Developmental Cell (https://www.cell.com/developmental-cell/fulltext/S1534-5807(24)00488-X).

· He Y, xk星空官方网站*. (2024) Electron microscopy analysis of membraneless condensates in xk星空官方网站 cells. Methods in Molecular Biology (xk星空官方网站 Protein Secretion), 2481: 199-205.

· Zhuang X*, xk星空官方网站*, Jiang L*. (2024) A century journey of organelles research in the xk星空官方网站 endomembrane system. xk星空官方网站 Cell, 36(5):1312-1333.

2023

· xk星空官方网站*, Pang L. (2023) Comparing the effects of proteins with IDRs on membrane system in yeast, mammalian cells, and the model xk星空官方网站 Arabidopsis. Current Opinion in xk星空官方网站 Biology, 74:102375.

2022

· Pang L, Ma Z, Zhang X, Huang Y,xk星空官方网站, Miao Y, xk星空官方网站*. (2022) The small GTPase RABA2a recruits SNARE proteins to regulate the secretory pathway in parallel with the exocyst complex in Arabidopsis. Molecular xk星空官方网站, 15(3):398-418. Highlighted by Molecular Plant (https://www.cell.com/molecular-plant/fulltext/S1674-2052(22)00051-X) and xk星空官方网站 1000 Prime (https://facultyopinions.com/prime/ 741197076).

· Jiang D, He Y, Zhou X, Cao Z, Pang L, Zhong S, Jiang L and xk星空官方网站*. (2022) Arabidopsis HOPS subunit VPS41 carries out xk星空官方网站-specific roles in vacuolar transport and vegetative growth. xk星空官方网站 Physiology, 189(3):1416-1434. Highlighted by xk星空官方网站 Physiology (https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/189/3/1186/6572818).

· Jin Z, Li T, Zhou Y, Huang Y, Ning C, Xu J, Hicks G, Raikhel N, Xiang Y and xk星空官方网站*. (2022) The small molecule RHP1 promotes root hair tip growth by acting upstream of the RHD6-RSL4-dependent transcriptional pathway and ROP signaling in plants. The xk星空官方网站 Journal, 110(6):1636-1650.

· xk星空官方网站*, Drakakaki G, Miao Y, Fu Y and Li X. (2022) Editorial: Coordination of xk星空官方网站 endomembrane system with developmental signals and environmental stimuli. Frontiers in xk星空官方网站 Science, 13:977333.

· Liu Y, Mu C, Du D, Yang Y, Li L, Xuan W, Kircher S, Palme K, Li X*, xk星空官方网站*. (2022) Alkaline stress reduces root waving by regulating PIN7 vacuolar translocation. Frontiers in xk星空官方网站 Science, 13:1049144.

2017

· xk星空官方网站, Rodriguez Furlan C, Wang J, Van de Ven W, Gao T, Raikhel N and Hicks G. (2017) Different endomembrane trafficking pathways exist to establish apical and basal polarities. The xk星空官方网站 Cell, 29(1):90-108. Highlighted by The xk星空官方网站 Cell (https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/29/1/1/6099028).

Co-authored papers at SUSTech:

· Liao Y, Li X, Ma W, Lin X, Kuang J, Zheng X, Li Z, Qiao F, Liu C, Zhou J, Li F, xk星空官方网站, Kang BH, Li H, Gao C. (2025) The xk星空官方网站 retromer components SNXs bind to ATG8 and CLASP to mediate autophagosome movement along microtubules. Molecular xk星空官方网站, 18(3):416-436.

· Huang J, Du J, Liu Y, Lu L, Xu Y, Shi J, Liu Q, Li Q, Liu Y, Chen Y, Du M, Zhao Y, Huo L, Wang W, Ding C, Wei L, Wu J, Yuan YW, Chen J, xk星空官方网站, Cui F, Zhang X. (2025) RH3 enhances antiviral defense by facilitating small RNA loading into Argonaute 2 at endoplasmic reticulum-chloroplast membrane contact sites. Nature Communications, 16(1):1953.

· Chen C, Zhang Y, Cai J, Qiu Y, Li L, Gao C, Gao Y, Ke M, Wu S, Wei C, Chen J, Xu T, Friml J, Wang J, xk星空官方网站, Chao D, Zhang B, Chen X, Gao Z. (2023) Multi-copper oxidases SKU5 and SKS1 coordinate cell wall formation using apoplastic redox-based reactions in roots. xk星空官方网站 Physiology, 192(3):2243–2260.

· Ke M, Ma Z, Wang D, Sun Y, Wen C, Huang D, Chen Z, Yang L, Tan S, xk星空官方网站, Friml J, Miao Y and Chen X. (2020) Salicylic acid regulates PIN2 auxin transporter hyperclustering and root gravitropic growth via Remorin-dependent lipid nanodomain organization in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, 229(2):963-978.

· Jin H, Pang L, Fang S, xk星空官方网站, Zhu ZQ. (2018) High ambient temperature antagonizes ethylene-induced exaggerated apical hook formation in etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings. xk星空官方网站 Cell & Environment, 41(12):2858-2868.