主要以松蒿（Phtheirospermum japonicum, 列当科根部半寄生植物）为模式材料，通过细胞分子生物学和多种组学手段，研究决定植物寄生性的关键基因和功能，以了解寄生植物如何感知并侵染寄主。同时，通过功能基因组、单细胞分析等多学科手段，探究列当科（Orobanchaceae)中驱动植物寄生性起源与进化的遗传基础。此外，通过挖掘植物中的易感与抗性基因，探索快速提高作物抗寄生能力的育种方案。

招生专业：生物化学与分子生物学，细胞生物学，生物信息学

招生方向：植物器官，发生发育，信号传导，细胞分化，系统进化

2007-10--2013-03   日本综合研究大学院大学国立基础生物学研究所   博士
2003-09--2007-07   哈尔滨工业大学   学士学位

2025-10~现在, 植物多样性与特色经济作物全国重点实验室, 副主任

2022-10~现在, 中国科学院昆明植物研究所, 研究员

2021-01~2022-09,日本奈良先端科学技术大学院大学, 助教

2019-04~2020-12,日本奈良先端科学技术大学院大学, 特任助教

2016-04~2019-03,日本奈良先端科学技术大学院大学, 博士后

2013-08~2016-03,日本理化学研究所, 博士后

2013-04~2013-07,日本综合研究大学院大学国立基础生物学研究所, 实习研究员

2025-2020年

Cui S^#, Takeda-Kimura Y, Wakatake T, Luo J, Tobimatsu Y, Yoshida S^# (2025) Striga hermonthica induces lignin deposition at the root tip to facilitate prehaustorium formation and obligate parasitism. Plant Communications 6: 101294

Xiang L, Cui S, Saucet SB, Takahashi M, Inaba S, Xie B, Schilder M, Shimada S, Cui M, Li Y, Watanabe M, Tobimatsu Y, Bouwmeester HJ, Tohge T, Shirasu K, Yoshida S (2025) Glucosylation of endogenous haustorium-inducing factors underpins kin avoidance in parasitic plants. Science 390: 405-410

Zhang J, Shen G, Cui S, Wang W, Wu J (2025) Interplant signal transduction between dodder (Cuscuta) and their hosts. Plant and Cell Physiology DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaf117

Cui S, Inaba S, Suzaki T, Yoshida S (2023) Developing for nutrient uptake: Induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 76: 102473

Aoki N^#, Cui S^#, Ito C, Kumaishi K, Kobori S, Ichihashi Y, Yoshida S (2022) Phenolic signals for prehaustorium formation in Striga hermonthica. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 13: 1077996

Aoki N, Cui S, Yoshida S (2022) Cytokinins induce prehaustoria coordinately with quinone signals in the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica. Plant and Cell Physiology 63: 1446-1456.

Ogawa S, Cui S, White ARF, Nelson DC, Yoshida S, Shirasu K (2022) Strigolactones are chemoattractants for host tropism in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants. Nature Communations 13: 4653

Kokla A, Leso M, Zhang X, Simura J, Serivichyaswat PT, Cui S, Ljung K, Yoshida S, Melnyk CW (2022) Nitrogen represses haustoria formation through abscisic acid in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum. Nature Communations 13: 2976.

Furuta KM, Xiang L, Cui S, Yoshida S (2021) Molecular dissection of haustorium development in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants. Plant Physiology 186: 1424-1434

Masumoto N, Suzuki Y, Cui S^#, Wakazaki M, Sato M, Kumaishi K, Shibata A, Furuta KM, Ichihashi Y, Shirasu K, Toyooka K, Sato Y, Yoshida S^# (2021) Three-dimensional reconstructions of haustoria in two parasitic plant species in the Orobanchaceae. Plant Physiology 185: 1429-1442

Mutuku JM, Cui S, Yoshida S, Shirasu K (2021) Orobanchaceae parasite-host interactions. New Phytologist 230: 46-59

Cui S, Yoshida S (2021) Roles of ethylene in parasitic plant haustorium formation and host invasion. BSJ-Review 102-111

Cui S, Kubota T, Nishiyama T, Ishida JK, Shigenobu S, Shibata TF, Toyoda A, Hasebe M, Shirasu K, Yoshida S (2020) Ethylene signaling mediates host invasion by parasitic plants. Science Advances 6: eabc2385

Kurotani K, Wakatake T, Ichihashi Y, Okayasu K, Sawai Y, Ogawa S, Cui S, Suzuki T, Shirasu K, Notaguchi M (2020) Host-parasite tissue adhesion by a secreted type of β-1,4-glucanase in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum. Communications Biology 3: 407

2020年前

Yoshida, S., Kim, S., Wafula, E. K., Tanskanen, J., Kim, Y. M., Honaas, L., Yang, Z., Spallek, T., Conn, C. E., Ichihashi, Y., Cheong, K., Cui, S., Der, J. P., Gundlach, H., Jiao, Y., Hori, C., Ishida, J. K., Kasahara, H., Kiba, T., Kim, M. S., Koo, N., Laohavisit, A., Lee, Y. H., Lumba, S., McCourt, P., Mortimer, J. C., Mutuku, J. M., Nomura, T., Sasaki-Sekimoto, Y., Seto, Y., Wang, Y., Wakatake, T., Sakakibara, H., Demura, T., Yamaguchi, S., Yoneyama, K., Manabe, R. I., Nelson, D. C., Schulman, A. H., Timko, M. P., dePamphilis, C. W., Choi, D., and Shirasu, K. (2019) Genome sequence of Striga asiatica provides insight into the evolution of plant parasitism. Current Biology 29: 3041-3052 e3044

Goyet, V., Wada, S., Cui, S., Wakatake, T., Shirasu, K., Montiel, G., Simier, P., Yoshida, S. (2019) Haustorium inducing factors for parasitic Orobanchaceae. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 10: 1056

Wada, S., Cui, S., and Yoshida, S. (2019) Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation is indispensable for haustorium formation of the root parasitic plant Striga hermonthica. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 10: 328

Mutuku, J.M.^#, Cui, S^#., Hori, C., Takeda, Y., Tobimatsu, Y., Nakabayashi R., Mori, T., Saito, K., Demura, T., Umezawa, T., Yoshida, S. and Shirasu, K. (2019). The structural integrity of lignin is crucial for resistance against Striga hermonthica parasitism in rice. Plant Physiology 179: 1796-1809

Cui, S., Suzaki, T., Tominaga-Wada, R., and Yoshida, S. (2018) Regulation and functional diversification of root hairs. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 83: 115-122

Cui, S., Wada, S., Tobimatsu, Y., Takeda, Y., Saucet, S, S., Takano, T., Umezawa, T., Shirasu, K., Yoshida, S. (2018). Host lignin composition affects haustorium induction in the parasitic plants Phtheirospermum japonicum and Striga hermonthica. New Phytologist 218: 710-723.

Cui, S., Wakatake, T., Hashimoto, K., Saucet, S.B., Toyooka, K., Yoshida, S., and Shirasu, K. (2016). Haustorial hairs are specialized root hairs that support parasitism in the facultative parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum. Plant Physiology 170: 1492-1503. (Research paper) 

Yoshida, S., Cui, S., Ichihashi, Y., and Shirasu, K. (2016). The haustorium, a specialized invasive organ in parasitic plants. Annual Review of Plant Biology 67: 643-667. 

Cui, S., Hayashi, Y., Otomo, M., Mano, S., Oikawa, K., Hayashi, M., and Nishimura, M. (2016). Sucrose production mediated by lipid metabolism suppresses physical interaction of peroxisomes and oil bodies during germination of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry 291: 9734-9745.

Cui, S., Fukao, Y., Mano, S., Yamada, K., Hayashi, M., and Nishimura, M. (2013). Proteomic analysis reveals that the Rab GTPase RabE1c is involved in the degradation of the peroxisomal protein receptor PEX7 (peroxin 7). Journal of Biological Chemistry 288: 6014-6023.

Cui, S., Mano, S., Yamada, K., Hayashi, M., and Nishimura, M. (2013). Novel proteins interacting with peroxisomal protein receptor PEX7 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signaling & Behavior 8: e26829.

（1） Histological Analysis of Striga Infected Plants. In: Ghanim, A.M.A., Sivasankar, S., Rich, P.J. (eds) Mutation Breeding and Efficiency Enhancing Technologies for Resistance to Striga in Cereals, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2024-02, 第 2 作者
（2） Identification of Closely Related Polymorphisms with Striga Resistance Using Next Generation Sequencing. In: Ghanim, A.M.A., Sivasankar, S., Rich, P.J. (eds) Mutation Breeding and Efficiency Enhancing Technologies for Resistance to Striga in Cereals, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2024-02, 第 1 作者