Ying is trying to find a way to genetically edit marine bacteria with CRISPR-Cas systems to be a novel environmentally and industrially relevant chassis.

Publications：

Ying Wei, Shu-Guang Wang, Peng-Fei Xia*. Blue valorization of lignin-derived monomers via reprogramming marine bacterium Roseovarius nubinhibens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2024. 90, 7, e00890-24  论文入选期刊Spotlight Selection精选论文 (Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue) ! 入选美国微生物协会(ASM)助力联合国可持续发展目标(SDG)精选论文 (ASM Journals SDG Spotlight Collection) ! 该精选集在ASM全部期刊中选取对SDG具有重要贡献的工作！

Ying Wei, Li-Juan Feng, Xian-Zheng Yuan, Shu-Guang Wang, Peng-Fei Xia*. Developing a base editing system for marine Roseobacter clade bacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology. 2023, 12, 7, 2178 – 2186.

Xin Li, Ying Wei, Shu-Yan Wang, Shu-Guang Wang, Peng-Fei Xia*. One-for-all gene inactivation via PAM-independent base editing in bacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2025. In Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.108113

Xiao-Yan Wang, Ying Wei, Li-Juan Feng, Xian-Zheng Yuan, Shu-Guang Wang, Peng-Fei Xia*. Marine Roseobacter clade bacteria decelerate the conversion of dimethylsulfoniopropionate under ocean acidification. ACS ES&T Water. 2024. 4, 7, 3068–3077