Xiaobo Li

The paper reports the structure of the PSI-SOD supercomplex from Chromera velia, showing how energy conversion and oxidative stress protection are directly coupled.

The paper identifies a dsRNA Totiviridae virus in two diatom strains, shows it can be removed to create virus-free lines, and suggests it causes latent infection rather than lytic infection.

The paper systematically characterizes gene function in a photosynthetic organism by analyzing mutant phenotypes across diverse conditions and linking them to functional pathways.

The paper creates a genome-wide mutant library for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to identify genes essential for photosynthesis, finding 303 candidate genes, including 21 novel ones.