脂质既是植物细胞的基本结构物质，又是植物繁殖和种子萌发的能量来源，既参与植物的生存、适应、演化过程，又为人类提供特殊的营养，少数植物油脂具有特殊的保健和药用价值。云南及周边地区立体气候特点显著，气候类型多样、干湿季节分明。孕育了丰富的对不同气候类型具有广泛适应性的植物物种，蕴藏着丰富的油脂类资源植物和药用植物，为揭示特殊代谢物的代谢途径并运用分子生物学方法开展植物适应性研究和开发特殊药用资源提供了天然的实验室。研究组聚焦于脂类物质的代谢机制及在植物响应逆境胁迫中的作用机制研究，以及具有特殊药用和保健价值的药用成份的代谢机理与资源开发利用研究。

研究方向：

植物脂质代谢与药用植物种质资源创新

研究内容：

1、植物脂质的生物学意义研究

细胞膜脂和细胞外脂质在植物的整个生活史过程中均具有重要作用。以自然界中存在的特殊生命现象和特殊物种为研究对象，运用生物化学、生态学、进化生物学、分子生物学的原理与方法，揭示脂类在植物响应外界生态环境变化和物种分布中的变化规律，解析植物通过调节脂质组成和脂质信号适应逆境胁迫的机制，为植物资源的快速驯化和新品种创制提供理论依据；

2、特殊功能脂肪酸的代谢机制研究

特殊的种子储藏油脂对人类和少数植物具有特殊的作用，以富集特殊脂肪酸的野生植物为研究材料，运用植物学、多组学、分子生物学、生物化学、微生物学等学科的理论与方法，揭示特殊脂肪酸合成与累积的分子机制，挖掘特殊的功能基因，为分子辅助育种和生物工程育种提供理论依据；

3、药用植物鸡血藤基原植物密花豆种质创新研究

“鸡血藤”是中国传统中药材，具有活血补血，调经止痛，舒筋活络的功效，市场需求大，原料短缺问题严重。其基原植物密花豆在云南资源丰富，对其开展资源调查、评价、代谢机制、优良种质筛选、繁殖与栽培技术研究。

Research Group Introduction

Lipids serve as both fundamental structural components of plant cells and a vital energy source for plant reproduction and seed germination. They play a crucial role in plant survival, adaptation, and evolution, while also providing unique nutritional, health, and medicinal benefits to humans. Yunnan and its surrounding regions exhibit a remarkable three-dimensional climate characterized by diverse climatic types and distinct dry-wet seasons. This environment has fostered a rich diversity of plant species with broad adaptability to various climatic conditions, harboring abundant lipid-rich and medicinal plant resources. These natural assets create an ideal laboratory for unraveling the metabolic pathways of specialized metabolites and employing molecular biology methods to study plant adaptation and develop unique medicinal resources. Our research group focuses on elucidating the metabolic mechanisms of lipids and their roles in plant responses to environmental stress, as well as investigating the metabolic pathways and resource utilization of bioactive compounds with medicinal and health-promoting properties.

Research Focus:

Plant Lipid Metabolism and Innovation in Medicinal Plant Germplasm Resources

Research Areas:

1.Biological Significance of Plant Lipids

Membrane lipids and extracellular lipids play essential roles throughout the life cycle of plants. By studying unique biological phenomena and species in nature, we employ principles and methodologies from biochemistry, ecology, evolutionary biology, and molecular biology to uncover the regulatory patterns of lipids in plant responses to environmental changes and species distribution. We aim to decipher the mechanisms by which plants adapt to stress through lipid composition and signaling, providing a theoretical foundation for rapid domestication and breeding of novel plant varieties.

2.Metabolic Mechanisms of Specialized Functional Fatty Acids

Certain seed storage lipids possess unique functions for humans and specific plants. Using wild plant species enriched with specialized fatty acids as research materials, we integrate botany, multi-omics, molecular biology, biochemistry, and microbiology to reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying the synthesis and accumulation of these fatty acids. Our goal is to identify functional genes to support molecular-assisted breeding and bioengineering strategies.

3.Germplasm Innovation of Spatholobus suberectus (Jixueteng), the Source Plant of the Traditional Chinese Medicine "Jixueteng"

"Jixueteng"(Spatholobus suberectus Dunn) is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb renowned for its blood-activating, tonifying, menstrual-regulating, pain-relieving, and muscle-relaxing properties. Despite high market demand, raw material shortages persist. The source plant, Spatholobus suberectus, is abundant in Yunnan. Our research encompasses resource surveys, metabolic mechanism studies, evaluation, screening of elite germplasm, and the development of propagation and cultivation techniques to address these challenges.