Affiliation: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology

Dr. Yu received his PhD at the Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2014, and continued his training as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania from 2014 August to 2021 January. Now he is a group leader at the School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The Yu lab focuses on studying the molecular mechanism of RNA transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation and their contribution to the plant adaption to multiple environmental stresses, using molecular biology, omics-technology, and bioinformatics.