李毅,男,1961年10月出生,理學(xué)博士,現(xiàn)為北京大學(xué)生命科學(xué)學(xué)院生物技術(shù)系副主任、教授、博士生導(dǎo)師。
  研究領(lǐng)域:(1)Focusing on the interactions bewteen rice dwarf virusmovement protein (MP) and cytoskeleton proteins (including actin andmicrotube proteins) and plasmodesmata in the aspects of molecular biology and cell biology; Functional mapping of RDV MP and studying the MP mutantson the effects on virus cell-to-cell movement and mediated resistance against virus infections in transgenic plants; Cloning the host factor(s)involving in virus cell-to-cell movement and virus replication. 
  (2)研究調(diào)節(jié)病毒復(fù)制的細(xì)胞調(diào)節(jié)因子。
  (3)植物基因工程
  科研課題:(1).轉(zhuǎn)基因植物外源和內(nèi)源基因共抑制(cosuppression)問題的研究,國家自然科學(xué)基金項目,1997.1-1999.12. 
  (2).TMV外殼蛋白突變體對病毒粒子組裝和突變體外殼蛋白介導(dǎo)抗性的研究,國家科委863項目,1996.1 - 2000.12.
  (3).花卉花色基因工程育種,北大-云南合作項目,1998-2000.
  (4).花卉花期基因調(diào)控研究,深圳市科技局資助項目,1996-2000.
  (5).水稻矮縮病毒(RDV)細(xì)胞間運(yùn)動蛋白的作用機(jī)理研究,國家自然科學(xué)基金項目,1998.1-2000.12,.
  (6).玉米矮縮病毒基因的克隆和轉(zhuǎn)化,科技部轉(zhuǎn)基因?qū)m椨媱潱?999-2001。
  (7).Molecular Biology and cell biology of rice dwarf virus movementprotein, Rockefeller Foundation grant. 1999-2001.
  代表性論文:迄今,已在國內(nèi)外專業(yè)學(xué)術(shù)刊物上發(fā)表論文60多篇,出版專著一本。近期發(fā)表文章:
  Xu, H., Li, Y. (1998): The rice dwarf phytoreovirus segment S11 encodes a nucleic acid-binding protein. Virology, 240: 267-272.Mao, Z., Li, Y. (1998): The 42K protein of rice dwarf phytoreovirus is a postcleavage product of the 46K outer capsid protein encoded by genome segment S8. Archives of Virology 143:1831-1838.
  Zhang, F., Li, Y. (1997): Molecular cloning and functional analysis of major core protein gene (S3) of rice dwarf virus Chinese isolate. Acta Virologica 41: 161-168.
  Zheng, H., Li, Y. (1997): Recovery of transgenic rice plants expressing rice dwarf virus outer coat protein gene (S8). 
  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 94: 522-527.
  Li, Y., Wei, C.H. (1996): Immunodetection of beet necrotic yellow vein virus RNA3 encoded protein in different host plants and tissues. Acta Virologica 40: 67-72.