Prof. Yuxia Mei received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University in 2011. She is now an Associate Professor for the State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology at Huazhong Agricultural University. She worked as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California-Davis from 2017 to 2018. Her research focuses on the development of microbial resources, including functional saccharides and active compounds from edible and medicinal fungi. Additionally, she is also interested in the genetic regulation of synthetic approaches, screening strains, and the optimization of fermentation technologies.