2012-2016     香港中文大学     学士

2016-2020     牛津大学     博士

2020-2025     中国科学院动物研究所     博士后

2025-至今     复旦大学生命科学学院       青年研究员

脊椎动物器官的发育与演化：以胰腺内分泌细胞为例，探索新细胞类型、器官的演化形成机制。

通过跨物种、多组学手段研究脊椎动物演化的关键基因组基础。

脊椎动物环境适应特征与遗传学基础，野生遗传资源发掘与多样性保护。

Dai Y., Zhong Y., Pan R., Yuan L., Fu Y., Chen Y., Du J., Li M., Wang X., Liu H., Shi C., Liu G., Zhu P., Shimeld S.*, Zhou X.*, Li G.* (2024). Evolutionary origin of the chordate nervous system revealed by amphioxus developmental trajectories. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8, 1693-1710.

Dai Y., Pan R., Pan Q., Wu X., Cai Z., Fu Y., Shi C., Sheng Y., Li J., Lin Z., Liu G., Zhu P., Li M., Li G.*, Zhou X.* (2024) Single-cell profiling of the amphioxus digestive tract reveals conservation of endocrine cells in chordates. Science Advances, 10(51), eadq0702.

Dai Y. & Holland P.W.H.* (2019). The interaction of natural selection and GC skew may drive the fast evolution of a sand rat homeobox gene. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(7), 1473-1480.

Dai Y., Trigueros S. & Holland P.W.H.* (2021). Compromised function of the pancreatic transcription factor PDX1 in a lineage of desert rodents. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 28(1), 965-977.

Dai Y., Rodrigo P. & Holland P.W.H.* (2020). Divergent genes in gerbils: origin, evolution and phenotypic relevance. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 134.

Dai Y., Huang D., Wong F. & Lam H.* (2015). Recent developments of omics research in soybean salt tolerance. Soil and Crop, 4(1), 1-11. (In Chinese)

Du J.#, Liu W.#, Li M.#, Li Z., Li X., Dai Y., Liu G., Wang X., Zhu P., Gladyshev V., Zhou X.* (2024) Comparative time-series multi-omics analyses suggest H1.2 involvement in anoxic adaptation and cancer resistance. PLoS Biology, 22(8): e3002778.

Liu G.#, Pan Q., Dai Y., Wang X., Li M., Zhu P., Zhou X.* (2024) Phylogenomics of Afrotherian mammals and improved resolution of extant Paenungulata. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 195, 108047.

Li M.#, Du J.#, Liu W.#, Li Z., Lv F., Hu C., Dai Y., Zhang X., Zhang Z., Liu G., Pan Q., Yu Y., Wang X., Zhu P., Tan X., Garber P.A., Zhou X.* (2023). Comparative susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV across mammals. ISME Journal, 17(4), 549-560.

Liu G.#, Pan Q., Du J., Zhu P., Liu W., Li Z., Wang L., Hu C., Dai Y., Zhang X., Zhang Z., Yu Y., Li M., Wang P., Wang X., Li M., Zhou X.* (2023) Improved mammalian family phylogeny using gap-rare multiple sequence alignment: a timetree of extant placentals and marsupials. Zoological Research, 44(6), 1064-1079.

Barratt K.S., Dai Y., Miller D.R., Gunn T.M., Siracusa L.D.* (2023) 35th International Mammalian Genome Conference: meeting overview. Mammalian Genome, 34, 449-452.