Personal Profile
Yuqing Li, Ph.D., is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the West China School of Stomatology/National Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University. She has been a visiting scholar at the Forsyth Institute of Harvard University, the Pasteur Institute in France, and Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital in the United States, and is a high-level overseas returnee talent in Sichuan Province. She also serves as a director and member of the Organizational Work Committee of the Chinese Society for Microbiology, a member of the Intestinal Flora Branch of the Chinese Biophysical Society, a standing director and secretary-general of the Sichuan Provincial Society for Microbiology, a standing member of the Oral Biology Committee of the Sichuan Provincial Stomatological Association, and an editorial board member of journals such as J Dent Res, Mol Oral Microbiol, J Oral Microbiol. She was selected for the "Sino-French Distinguished Young Scientists Exchange Program" of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the specially-appointed expert of the "Overseas Wisdom Introduction Project" of the Sichuan Provincial Association for Science and Technology.
She has long been engaged in the research of oral microbial community structure, pathogenic mechanisms, and prevention and treatment of oral diseases. She has presided over more than 10 projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Key Research and Development Program of Sichuan Province, and the International Cooperation Project of Sichuan Province. She has published more than 80 academic papers in journals such as PLoS Pathog, mBio, J Dent Res, Int J Oral Sci, Environ Microbiol, mSystems, Antimicrob Agents Chemother, J Proteome Res, and Chinese Journal of Stomatology as the first author or corresponding author (including co-authors). She has obtained more than 10 national authorized invention patents. She has served as the chief editor of 4 monographs and textbooks and participated in the compilation of 5 books. The co-edited monograph "Atlas of Oral Microbiology" was selected into the "China Book International Promotion Plan" of the State Council Information Office and the General Administration of Press and Publication. As a major participant, she has won 1 first prize and 2 second prizes of provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards, and 2 Chinese Medical Science and Technology Awards.
Representative Works
1.Qizhao Ma, Yangyang Pan, Yang Chen, Shuxing Yu, Jun Huang, Yaqi Liu, Tao Gong, Qiong Zhang, Qun Sun, Jing Zou*, Yuqing Li*. Acetylation of lactate dehydrogenase negatively regulates the acidogenicity of Streptococcus mutans. mBio. 2022, 13(5):e0201322.
2.Qizhao Ma, Yangyang Pan, Yang Chen, Shuxing Yu, Jun Huang, Yaqi Liu, Tao Gong, Jing Zou*, Yuqing Li*. Acetylation of glucosyltransferases regulates Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation and virulence. PLoS Pathogens. 2021, 17(12):e1010134.
3.Jiamin Chen, Anqi Zhang, Zhenting Xiang, Miao Lu, Peiqing Huang, Tao Gong, Yangyang Pan, Yongwang Lin, Xuedong Zhou*, Yuqing Li*. EpsR negatively regulates Streptococcus mutans exopolysaccharide synthesis. Journal of Dental Research. 2021, 100(9):968-976.
4.Miao Lu, Zhenting Xiang, Tao Gong, Xuedong Zhou, Zhong Zhang, Boyu Tang, Jumei Zeng, Lingyun Wang, Tao Cui, Yuqing Li*. Intrinsic Fluoride Tolerance Regulated by a Transcription Factor. Journal of Dental Research. 2020, 99(11):1270-1278.
5.Boyu Tang, Tao Gong, Yujia Cui, Lingyun Wang, Chao He, Miao Lu, Jiamin Chen, Meiling Jing, Anqi Zhang, Yuqing Li*. Characteristics of Oral Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolated from Dental Plaque. International Journal of Oral Science. 2020, 12:15.
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