代表项目：

1. 主持内蒙古大学高层次人才（学术骨干）科研启动经费；

2. 主持2017年度内蒙古自治区本级引进高层次人才科研支持项目；

3. 主持国家自然科学基金青年科学基金（2019.01-2021.12）；

4. 主持国家自然科学基金地区科学基金（2022.01-2025.12）；

5. 主持国家自然科学基金面上项目（2024.01-2027.12）；

6. 主持内蒙古自治区自然科学基金面上项目（2020.01-2022.12）；

7. 内蒙古高等学校“青年科技英才”基金

第一作者及通讯作者科研论文：

1. Bai, S., Cao, X., Hu, L., Hu, D., Li, D., & Sun, Y. (2025). Engineering an optimized hypercompact CRISPR/Cas12j‐8 system for efficient genome editing in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal.

2. Hu, D., Hu, L., Lu, Y., Dong, X., Cao, X., Bai, S., ... & Sun, Y. (2025). Intein-mediated split Sa Cas9 for genome editing in plants. Frontiers in Genome Editing, 6, 1506468.

3. Li J, Sun Y, Du J, et al. Generation of targeted point mutations in rice by a modified CRISPR/Cas9 system[J]. Molecular plant, 2017, 10(3): 526-529.

Sun Y, Zhang X, Wu C, et al. Engineering herbicide-resistant rice plants through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated homologous recombination of acetolactate synthase[J]. Molecular plant, 2016, 9(4): 628-631.

4. Sun Y, Jiao G, Liu Z, et al. Generation of high-amylose rice through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of starch branching enzymes[J]. Frontiers in plant science, 2017, 8: 298.

5. Li J, Jiao G, Sun Y, et al. Modification of starch composition, structure and properties through editing of TaSBEIIa in both winter and spring wheat varieties by CRISPR/Cas9[J]. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19(5): 937-951.

6. Sun Y, Li J, Xia L. Precise genome modification via sequence-specific nucleases-mediated gene targeting for crop improvement[J]. Frontiers in plant science, 2016, 7: 1928.

7. Sun Y, Sparks C, Jones H, et al. Silencing an essential gene involved in infestation and digestion in grain aphid through plant‐mediated RNA interference generates aphid‐resistant wheat plants[J]. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2019, 17(5): 852.

8. Yang J, Zhang T, Mao H, et al. A Leymus chinensis histidine-rich Ca2+-binding protein binds Ca2+/Zn2+ and suppresses abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis[J]. Journal of Plant Physiology, 2020, 252: 153209.

9. Bi H H, Sun Y W, Xiao Y G, et al. Characterization of DFR allelic variations and their associations with pre-harvest sprouting resistance in a set of red-grained Chinese wheat germplasm[J]. Euphytica, 2014, 195(2): 197-207.

10. Sun Y W, Yang Y, Shewry P R, et al. Isolation and characterization of Viviparous-1 haplotypes in wheat related species[J]. Euphytica, 2012, 188(1): 71-84.

11. Sun Y W, Jones H D, Yang Y, et al. Haplotype analysis of Viviparous-1 gene in CIMMYT elite bread wheat germplasm[J]. Euphytica, 2012, 186(1): 25-43.