2021-12至2026-11，十四五国家重点研发计划青年科学家项目“木材细胞壁形成的表观遗传调控分子机制”（主持）

2023-12至2027-11，中国林业科学研究院青年拔尖人才培养项目“DNA甲基化修饰调控木材形成的分子机制研究”（主持）

2019-01至2021-12，国家自然科学基金青年项目“拟南芥甲硫氨酸合酶ATMS1参与调控染色质沉默的功能机制研究”（主持）

代表性文章：

（1）Yuanyuan Hao, Fachuang Lu, Seung-Won Pyo, Min-Ha Kim, Jae-Heung Ko*, Xiaojing Yan*, John Ralph, Quanzi Li. PagMYB128 regulates secondary cell wall formation by direct activation of cell wall biosynthetic genes during wood formation in poplar. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2024, 66(8): 1658-1674

（2）Yanxia Cheng, Qiao Wang, Linxi Yang, Quanzi Li*, Xiaojing Yan*. MiR319a-mediated salt stress response in poplar. Horticulture Research, 2024, 11: uhae157.

（3）Yuanyuan Hao, Qiao Wang, Manzar Abbas, Yanhui Zhang, Quanzi Li, Xiaojing Yan. PagMYB128 regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis by directly activating PagMYB116 in Populus alba × Populus glandulosa. Industrial Crop & Products, 2024, 218: 119046.

（4）Yuanyuan Hao, Xiaojing Yan, Quanzi Li. Genome-Wide identification and expression profiling of velvet complex transcription factors in Populus alba × Populus glandulosa. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, 25: 3926.

（5）Xiaojing Yan, Liang Ma, Hongying Pang, Ping Wang, Lei Liu, Yanxia Cheng, Jinkui Cheng, Yan Guo, and Quanzi Li. METHIONINE SYNTHASE1 is involved in chromatin silencing by maintaining DNA and histone methylation. Plant Physiology, 2019, 181: 249-261.

（6）Xiaojing Yan^#, Jie Liu^#, Hoon Kim^#, Baoguang Liu^#, Xiong Huang, Zhichang Yang, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin, Hao Chen, Chenmin Yang, Jack P. Wang, David C. Muddiman, John Ralph, Ronald R. Sederoff, Quanzi Li* and Vincent L. Chiang*. CAD1 and CCR2 protein complex formation in monolignol biosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa. New Phytologist, 2019, 222: 244-260.

（7）Xiaojing Yan, Xiaomei Dong, Lei Liu, Yongqing Yang, Jinsheng Lai, and Yan Guo. DNA methylation signature of intergenic region involves in nucleosome remodeler DDM1-mediated repression of aberrant gene transcriptional read-through. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2016, 43: 513-523.