{"id":6,"date":"2012-07-09T18:43:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T18:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aylsa-song\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-12-26T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T14:43:11","slug":"sample-page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SONGLAB.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SONGLAB-1024x271.jpg?resize=1024%2C271&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SONGLAB.jpg?resize=1024%2C271&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SONGLAB.jpg?resize=300%2C79&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SONGLAB.jpg?resize=768%2C203&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SONGLAB.jpg?resize=1536%2C406&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SONGLAB.jpg?w=1716&amp;ssl=1 1716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Song_Lab_Pic_2025Spring-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Song_Lab_Pic_2025Spring-1024x417.jpg?resize=1024%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Song_Lab_Pic_2025Spring-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C417&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Song_Lab_Pic_2025Spring-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Song_Lab_Pic_2025Spring-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C312&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Song_Lab_Pic_2025Spring-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C625&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Song_Lab_Pic_2025Spring-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C833&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Song Lab Research Interest<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ecological, Phytochemical &amp; Agricultural Genomics (EPAG): <\/strong>The Song Lab investigates the chemical, genomic, and ecological mechanisms that shape complex trait variation in crop wild relatives. We uncover the molecular and evolutionary foundations of plant defense, stress tolerance, and climate adaptation, traits with significant implications for agriculture and human well-being. Our research integrates single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, multi-omics, molecular genetics, biochemistry, and evolutionary biology to understand how wild plants defend, adapt, and thrive in changing environments. By translating these insights, we aim to advance resilient agricultural systems that support food security and health-relevant phytochemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/positions\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">New Postdoctoral Position Available<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Funding Support<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NSF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NIH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Carolina Biotechnology Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Carolina Research Campus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Carolina Soybean Producers Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of North Carolina at Charlotte<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Interdisciplinary Plant Science Consortium.&nbsp;2023.&nbsp;Inclusive collaboration across plant physiology and genomics: Now is the time!.&nbsp;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Plant Direct<\/span><\/em>,&nbsp;7(&nbsp;5), e493.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pld3.493\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pld3.493<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goettel W, Zhang H, Li Y, ZQiao Z, Jiang H, Hou D, Song Q, Pantalone VR, Song B-H, Yu D, An Y-Q. 2022. POWR1, a Key Domestication Gene Pleiotropically Regulating Seed Quality and Yield in Soybean.&nbsp;<u><em>Nature Communication<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/u>13, 3051.&nbsp; https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-022-30314-7 (<em>Selected for Editors\u2019 Highlights by the editors at Nature Communications, shown at https:\/\/www.nature.com\/ncomms\/editorshighlights<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yates PS<strong><sup>#<\/sup><\/strong>, Roberson J, Ramsue, L and Song, B-H*. 2021: Bridging the gaps between plant and human health- A systematic review of Soyasaponins. <em><u>Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry<\/u><\/em>. 69(48):14387-14401. doi: 10.1021\/acs.jafc.1c04819. PMID: 34843230&nbsp;(<strong>#Graduate Student<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anderson J* and Song B-H*., Plant Climate Change Adaptation-where are we? <em><u>Journal of Systematics and Evolution<\/u><\/em>. 2020. 58: 533-545. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jse.12649\">10.1111\/jse.12649<\/a>&nbsp; (<em><u>Selected as one of two outstanding papers of the year<\/u><\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhang H, Yasmin F#,&nbsp;&nbsp;Song B-H*.&nbsp;Neglected treasure in the wild &#8211; Legume wild relatives in food security and human health.&nbsp;<em style=\"font-size: 1em\"><u><em>Current Opinion in Plant Biology<\/em><\/u><\/em>. 2019. 49: 17-26&nbsp; https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pbi.2019.04.004.&nbsp;(<strong style=\"font-size: 1em\">#Graduate Student<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sanserif;font-size: 1em\">)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Kofsky J#, Zhang H,&nbsp;Song B-H*.&nbsp;The untapped genetic reservoir: The past, current, and future applications of the wild soybean (<em>Glycine<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span>soja<span style=\"color: #000000\">).&nbsp;&nbsp;<em><u><em>Frontiers in Plant Science<\/em><\/u><\/em>. 2018. 9, 949.&nbsp;https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpls.2018.00949<\/span>&nbsp;(<strong>#Graduate Student<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Zhang H, Kjemtrup-Lovelace S, Li C, Chen LP<strong><sup>#<\/sup><\/strong>, and Song B-H*. Comparative RNA-Seq Analysis Uncovers a Complex Regulatory Network for Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance in Wild Soybean. <em><u>Scientific reports<\/u><\/em>. Aug 29;7(1):9699. doi: 10.1038\/s41598-017-09945-0. PubMed PMID: 28852059; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5575055. .<\/span> (<strong># REU Student<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Leamy LJ, Zhang H, Li C, Chen CY, Song B-H*. A genome-wide association study of seed composition traits in wild soybean (<em>Glycine <\/em><\/span>soja<span style=\"color: #000000\">). <em><u>BMC Genomics<\/u><\/em>. 2017 Jan 5;18(1):18. doi: 10.1186\/s12864-016-3397-4. PubMed PMID: 28056769; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5217241.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Zhang H, Mittal N#, Leamy JL, Barazani O, and Song B-H*. Back into the Wild \u2013 Apply untapped genetic diversity of wild relatives for crop improvement. 2016 <em><u>Evolutionary Applications.<\/u><\/em> 1752-4571. DOI: 10.1111\/eva.12434&nbsp;<strong>(# Graduate student).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Zhang H, Li C, Davis EL, Wang J, Griffin JD. kofsky J#, and Song B-H*. &nbsp;Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (<em>Heterodera glycines<\/em>) HG Type 2.5.7 in Wild Soybean (<em>Glycine soja<\/em>).&nbsp;2016&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Frontiers in Plant Science<\/em><\/span>. 7: 1214.<span class=\"doi\">doi:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3389%2Ffpls.2016.01214\" target=\"pmc_ext\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10.3389\/fpls.2016.01214<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;<strong>(#<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Graduate Student<\/span>)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Leamy JL, Lee C-R, Song Q, Mujacic I#, Luo Y, Chen CY, Li C, Kjemtrup S, and Song B-H*. Environmental versus geographical effects on genomic variation in wild soybean (<em>Glycine soja<\/em>) across its native range in Northeast Asia. 2016. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Ecology and Evolution<\/em><\/span>. DOI: 10.1002\/ece3.2351. &nbsp;(<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"># undergraduate student<\/span>).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prasad, KVS&amp; ,<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Song <\/span>B-H&amp;&nbsp;,<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Olson-Manning C&amp;, Anderson JT, LeeC-R, &nbsp;Schranz ME, Windsor AJ, Clauss MJ, &nbsp;Manzaneda AJ, Naqvi I, Reichelt M, &nbsp;Gershenzon J, Rupasinghe SG, Schuler V, Mitchell-Olds T,&nbsp;A novel gain-of-function polymorphism controlling complex traits and fitness in nature.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Science<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">&nbsp;(&amp;&nbsp;Co-first Author). 2012, 337-1081-1084<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Gossmann TI,&nbsp;Song B-H, Windsor AJ, Mitchell-Olds T and Eyre-Walker, <\/span>Genome wide<span style=\"color: #000000\"> analyses reveal little evidence for adaptive evolution in plants.&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Molecular Biology and Evolution<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;2010, 27: 1822-1832<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Song B-H, Windsor A, Ramos-<\/span>Onsins<span style=\"color: #000000\"> S, Schmid KJ, Schranz ME, Heidel A, Mitchell-Olds T, Multilocus nucleotide diversity, population structure and linkage disequilibrium of a wild Arabidopsis relative \u2212&nbsp;<em>Boechera stricta<\/em>.&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Genetics<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;2009, 181: 1021\u20131033<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Song B-H&nbsp;and Mitchell-Olds T, High genetic diversity and population differentiation in&nbsp;<em>Boechera fecunda<\/em>, a rare relative of Arabidopsis.&nbsp;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Molecular Ecology<\/span>&nbsp;<\/em>2007, 16: 4079-4088<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Schranz ME,&nbsp;Song B-H, Winsor AJ and Mitchell-Olds T, Comparative genomics in the Brassicaceae: the need for family- a family-wide perspective.&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><i>Current Opinion in Plant Biology<\/i><\/span>&nbsp;2007, 10: 168-175<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Song B-H, Clauss M, Pepper A, Mitchell-Olds T, Spatial patterns of microsatellite variation in&nbsp;<em>Boechera stricta<\/em>, a close relative of Arabidopsis.&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Molecular Ecology<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;2006, 15:357\u2013369<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Song B-H, Wang X-Q, Wang X-R, Ding K-Y, Hong D-Y, Cytoplasmic composition of&nbsp;<i>Pinus densata<\/i>&nbsp;and population establishment of the diploid hybrid pine.&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><i>Molecular Ecology<\/i><\/span>&nbsp;2003, 12: 2995-3001<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Song B-H, Wang X-Q, Wang X-R, Sun L-J, Hong D-Y, Peng P-H, Maternal Lineage of&nbsp;<i>Pinus densata<\/i>, a diploid hybrid.&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><i>Molecular Ecology<\/i><\/span>&nbsp;2002, 11: 1057-1063<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Song Lab Research Interest Ecological, Phytochemical &amp; Agricultural Genomics (EPAG): The Song Lab investigates the chemical, genomic, and ecological mechanisms that shape complex trait variation in crop wild relatives. 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