学习经历
2015-2019:南京大学, 生物学专业, 博士;
2012-2015:海南大学, 生物化学与分子生物学, 硕士;
2008-2012:安庆师范学院, 生命科学, 学士。
工作经历
2026.08-至今:深圳理工大学, 助理教授;
2024.11-2026.08:西湖大学, 副研究员;
2021.09-2024.11:西湖大学, 助理研究员;
2019.09-2021.09:西湖大学, 博士后。
科研项目:
1.国家自然科学基金委员会青年科学基金项目(C类), 2022-2025 ,结题,项目负责人;
2.中国博士后科学基金面上资助, 2021, 结题, 项目负责人;
3.中华人民共和国科技部国家重点研发计划, 2022-2027, 在研, 子课题负责人。
代表性成果:
1.Cao T*, Bai X, You T, Jiang Y, Lohr M, Li X*. An acetyltransferase family required for biosynthesis of diverse marine carotenoids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2026, 123(15): e2525772123.
2.Jiang Y#, Cao T#, Yang Y, Zhang H, Zhang J, Li X*. A chlorophyll c synthase widely co-opted by phytoplankton. Science, 2023, 382(6666): 92-98.
3.Cao T#, Bai Y#, Buschbeck P, Tan Q, Cantrell M, Chen Y, Jiang Y, Liu R, Ries N, Shi X, Sun Y, Ware M, Yang F, Zhang H, Han J, Zhang L, Huang J, Lohr M*, Peers G*, Li X*. An unexpected hydratase synthesizes the green light-absorbing pigment fucoxanthin. The Plant Cell, 2023, 35(8): 3053-3072.
4.Bai Y#, Cao T#, Dautermann O#, Buschbeck P, Cantrell M, Chen Y, Lein C, Shi X, Ware M, Yang F, Zhang H, Zhang L, Peers G*, Li X*, Lohr M*. Green diatom mutants reveal an intricate biosynthetic pathway of fucoxanthin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119(38):e2203708119.
5.Cao T, Wang L, Huang X, Deng Y, Yang L, Lu S*. Manipulation of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as a platform for functional identification of genes involved in carotenoid metabolism. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18(3): 605.
6.Li Y#, Cao T#, Guo Y, Grimm B, Li X*, Duanmu D*, Lin R*. Regulatory and retrograde signaling networks in the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2025. 67(4): 887-911.
7.You T#, Yang Y#, Cao T, Wang L, Li X*. Algal carbon concentrating drives fatty acid biosynthesis beyond photosynthesis. Cell Reports, 2025, 44(10): 116436.
8.Zhang J, Cao T, Jiang Y, Feng Y, Guo K, Yang, J, Zhang, H, Li X*. Decreasing protein biotinylation background in a diatom facilitates proximity labeling of the periplastidial compartment proteome. The Plant Journal, 2025, 122(5): e70259.
9.Zhang H, Xiong X, Guo K, Zheng M, Cao T, Yang Y, Song J, Cen J, Zhang, J, Jiang Y, Feng S, Tian L, Li X*. A rapid aureochrome opto-switch enables diatom acclimation to dynamic light. Nature Communications, 2024, 15(1), 5578.
Note: #:共同一作; *通讯作者(含共同)