Assistant Research Fellow | Plant Epigenetics, Single-Cell Omics and Bioinformatics
中文

Yupeng Zhang

张宇鹏

Weifang, Shandong, China

I am currently an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University. My research focuses on plant epigenetics, DNA methylation, transcriptomics, GWAS/EWAS, single-cell and single-nucleus omics, and multi-omics analysis in agricultural and horticultural systems. I am particularly interested in epigenetic memory, climatic adaptation, defense priming, nitrogen use efficiency, and computational methods for plant genomics.

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Research Areas

  • Plant epigenetics and epigenetic memory
  • DNA methylation, methylomes and WGBS analysis
  • Single-cell and single-nucleus omics
  • GWAS, EWAS and statistical genomics
  • Transcriptomics and multi-omics integration

Current Focus

Plant epigenetics, single-cell omics, climatic adaptation, defense priming, and nitrogen use efficiency in agricultural and horticultural systems.

Technical Strengths

Bioinformatics workflow development, methylome and transcriptome analysis, single-cell data analysis, statistical genomics, and scientific data visualization.

Experience

Assistant Research Fellow

Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University

February 2026 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Umea Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

September 2023 - January 2026

Ph.D. Researcher

University of Oslo / Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

May 2018 - May 2023

Research Assistant

Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

July 2014 - July 2016

Education

Ph.D. in Plant Epigenetics

University of Oslo / Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Oslo / Aas, Norway

May 2018 - December 2022

M.Sc. in Genetics

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences / Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology

Beijing / Harbin, China

September 2013 - July 2016

B.Sc. in Bioengineering

Huazhong Agricultural University

Wuhan, China

September 2009 - June 2013

Selected Publications

Unraveling Nitrogen Uptake and Metabolism: Gene Families, Expression Dynamics, and Functional Insights in Aspen (Populus tremula)

Tree Physiology · 2025

DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaf099

Warmer temperature during asexual reproduction induce methylome, transcriptomic and lasting phenotypic changes in Fragaria vesca ecotypes

Horticulture Research · 2023

DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhad156

Methylome, transcriptome, and phenotype changes induced by temperature during sexual reproduction in Fragaria vesca

Physiologia Plantarum · 2023

DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13963

Major transcriptomic differences are induced by warmer temperature conditions experienced during asexual and sexual reproduction in Fragaria vesca ecotypes

Frontiers in Plant Science · 2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1213311

Functional Conservation and Diversification of the Soybean Maturity Gene E1 and its Homologs in Legumes

Scientific Reports · 2016

DOI: 10.1038/srep29548

Diurnal Expression Pattern, Allelic Variation, and Association Analysis Reveal Functional Features of the E1 Gene in Control of Photoperiodic Flowering in Soybean

PLOS ONE · 2015

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135909

Core Skills

Bioinformatics

  • GWAS and EWAS workflows
  • RNA-seq, scRNA-seq and snRNA-seq analysis
  • DNA methylation, WGBS and DMR analysis
  • Multi-omics integration
  • Population genetics and statistical genomics

Tools

  • PLINK
  • QTLtools
  • GEMMA
  • GAPIT
  • GCTA
  • OSCA
  • Bismark
  • methylpy
  • DSS
  • scanpy
  • Seurat

Programming

  • R (tidyverse, lme4, qqman, GAPIT, ggplot2, ComplexHeatmap)
  • Python (pandas, scanpy, anndata, statsmodels)
  • Bash and Slurm/HPC workflows
  • Circos
  • CMplot