教育经历

2011年，河北大学获理学学士学位；

2018年，中国农业大学获理学博士学位；

工作经历

2018年至今，在中国科学院植物研究所任助理研究员。

    长期从事植物关键性状起源与演化方面的研究。主要包括1）通过整合植物多组学数据和分子生物学手段，揭示植物花形态建成的进化规律和分子机制；2）通过比较基因组学和转录组学，揭示重要基因家族的进化历史和调控网络的进化机制。研究在Nature Plants、The ISME Journal、Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics、BMC Plant Biology等期刊发表论文9篇。同时主持国家自然基金委青年基金项目一项，并于2022年成为中国科学院青年创新促进会会员。

2025

Run-Xian Yu, Lu-Mei Liu, Matthias Jost, Ran Zhao, Stefan Wanke, Yuan-Nian Jiao*. 2025. Evolution of mitochondrial RNA editing sites and stop codon-lacking transcripts in angiosperms. Communications Biology, 8(1): 977.

Ming-Zhao Zhu#, Ran Zhao#, Han-Ying Wu, Bao-Hai Zhang, Bin Zhang, Xiang-Yang Han*. 2025. Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis provides insights into anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cichorium intybus L. BMC Plant Biology, 25(1): 409.

2024及以前代表性成果

Run-Xian Yu, Xu-Dong Chen, Ling-Jie Long, Matthias Jost,Ran Zhao, Lu-Mei Liu, Jeffrey Mower, Claude dePamphilis, Stefan Wanke, Yuan-Nian Jiao*. 2023. De novo Assembly and Comparative Analyses of Mitochondrial Genomes in Piperales. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15(3): evad041.

Tao Yu#, Yi-Heng Hu#, Yu-Yang Zhang, Ran Zhao, Xue-Qing Yan, Buddhi Dayananda, Jin-Peng Wang, Yuan-Nian Jiao, Jun-Qing Li*, Xin Yi*. 2021. Whole-Genome Sequencing of Acer catalpifolium Reveals Evolutionary History of Endangered Species. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(12): evab271.

Liu-Yu Qin#, Yi-Heng Hu#, Jin-Peng Wang#, Xiao-Liang Wang#, Ran Zhao#, Hong-Yan Shan, Kun-Peng Li, Peng Xu, Han-Ying Wu, Xue-Qing Yan, Lu-Mei Liu, Xin Yi, Stefan Wanke, John Bowers, James Leebens-Mack, Claude dePamphilis, Pamela Soltis, Douglas Soltis, Hong-Zhi Kong, Yuan-Nian Jiao*. 2021. Insights into angiosperm evolution, floral development and chemical biosynthesis from the Aristolochia fimbriata genome. Nature Plants, 7(9): 1239-1253.

Wen-Jing Cui#, Bi-Liang Zhang#, Ran Zhao, Li-Xue Liu, Jian Jiao, Zi-Ding Zhang*, Chang-Fu Tian*. 2021. Lineage-specific rewiring of core pathways predating innovation of legume nodules shapes symbiotic efficiency. mSystems, 6(2): e01299-20.

Xiao-Xia Zhang, Xiao-Xia Li, Ran Zhao, Yun Zhou, Yuan-Nian Jiao*. 2020. Evolutionary strategies drive a balance of the interacting gene products for the CBL and CIPK gene families. New Phytologist, 226(5): 1506-1516.

Yi-Heng Hu#, Ran Zhao#, Peng Xu, Yuan-Nian Jiao*. 2018. The genome of opium poppy reveals evolutionary history of morphinan pathway. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics, 16(6): 460-462.

Ran Zhao#, Li-Xue Liu#, Yun-Zeng Zhang, Jian Jiao, Wen-Jing Cui, Bi-Liang Zhang, Xiao-Lin Wang, Meng-Lin Li, Yi Chen, Zhu-Qing Xiong, Wen-Xin Chen, Chang-Fu Tian*. 2018. Adaptive evolution of rhizobial symbiotic compatibility mediated by co-evolved insertion sequences. The ISME Journal, 12(1): 101-111.