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Name:
 WANG Xianhui
Subject:
 Ecology
Tel/Fax:
 +86-10-64807220  /  +86-10-64807099
E-mail:
 wangxh@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
 The State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R.China
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 Group of Behavioral Genetics      
Resume:

Postdoc experience, 2005-2007,  Department of Biology, University of Maryland, USA.
Ph. D. in Molecular Ecology, 2001-2004, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Master in Insect Physiology, 1998-2001, Department of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Bachelor in Biology, 1994-1998, Department of Plant Protection, Laiyang Agricultural College, Laiyang, China.

Research Interests:

My research is aimed at understanding behavioral plasticity involved in group-living by using ‘-omics’ technologies in two study models, locusts and bumblebees. I am carrying out following research works: (1) genomic and epigenomic mechanisms underlying phase change of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria; (2) genomic mechanism underlying caste determination in bumblebees. (3) the whole genome sequencing for several locust and bumblebee species.

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Selected Publications:
  1. Cui WC, Ge J, Chen DF, Nie X, Dong LS, Wang XH*, Kang L*. 2024, Dibutyl phthalate released by solitary female locusts mediates sexual communication at low density. PNAS, 121 (30) e2401926121.
  2. Wu CS#, Ge J#*, Han B, Lan HJ, Zhou X, Ge ZX, Cui WC, Liu XF, Wang XH*. 2024, Escort: a system for rapid and long-term tracking of multiple insect objects. Insect Science, 0:1–7, DOI 10.1111/1744-7917.13407
  3. Hou L*, Guo SY, Wang YY, Liu SY, Wang XH*. 2024, Neuropeptide ACP is required for fat body lipid metabolism homeostasis in locusts. Insect Science, 0: 1–13, DOI 10.1111/1744-7917.13321
  4. Guo SY#, Hou L#, Dong LS, Nie X, Kang L*, Wang XH*. 2023, PLIN2-induced ectopic lipid accumulation promotes muscle aging in gregarious locusts. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(6):914-926.
  5. Ge J, Shalem Y, Ge ZX, Liu JP, Wang XH*, Bloch G*. 2023, Integration of information from multiple sources drives and maintains the division of labor in bumble bee colonies. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 60:101115.
  6. Hou L, Wang NY, Sun TL, Wang XH*. 2023, Neuropeptide regulations on behavioral plasticity insocial insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 60:101119.
  7. Chen DF#, Hou L#, Wei JN, Guo SY, Cui WC, Yang PC, Kang L*, Wang XH*. 2022, Aggregation pheromone 4-vinylanisole promotes the synchrony of sexual maturation in female locusts. eLife, 11:e74581. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.74581
  8. Hou L#, Guo SY#, Ding D, Du BZ, Wang XH*. 2022, Neuroendocrinal and molecular basis of flight performance in locusts. Cellular and molecular life sciences, 79(6):325. doi: 10.1007/s00018-022-04344-9.
  9. Hou L, Guo SY, Wang YY, Nie X, Yang PC, Ding D, Li BB, Kang L*, Wang XH*. 2021, Neuropeptide acp facilitates lipid oxidation and utilization during long-term flight in locusts. eLife, 10: DOI: ARTN e6527910.7554/eLife.65279
  10. Guo SY, Yang PC, Liang B, Zhou F, Hou L, Kang L*, Wang XH*. 2021, Aging features of the migratory locust at physiological and transcriptional levels. BMC Genomics, 22. DOI: ARTN 257 10.1186/s12864-021-07585-3
  11. Ge J, Zhou X, Ge ZX, Zhu D, Nie X, Wang XH*. 2021, Phased contests allow rapid hierarchy formation in paired bumble bee workers. Animal Behaviour, 179: 125-138.
  12. Zhu D, Ge J, Guo SY, Hou L, Shi RJ, Zhou X, Nie X, Wang XH*. 2021, Independent variations in genome-wide expression, alternative splicing, and DNA methylation in brain tissues among castes of the buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 48: 681-694.（Cover story）
  13. Guo XJ, Yu QQ, Chen DF, Wei JN, Yang PC, Yu J, Wang XH*, Kang L*. 2020, 4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation pheromone in locusts, Nature, 584:584–588. DOI： 10.1038/s41586-020-2610-4.
  14. Guo W, Song J, Yang PC, Chen XY, Chen Df, Ren DN, Kang L*, Wang XH*. 2020, Juvenile hormone suppresses aggregation behavior through influencing antennal gene expression in locusts. PLoS Genetics, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008762.
  15. Guo SY, Wang XH*, Kang L*. 2020, Special Significance of Non-Drosophila Insects in Aging, Front Cell Dev Biol, 8: 576-571, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.576571.
  16. Hou L, Wang XS, Yang PC, Li BB, Lin Z, Kang L*, Wang XH*. 2020, DNA methyltransferase 3 participates in behavioral phase change in the migratory locust. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 121: 103374. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103374.
  17. Yang PC, Hou L, Wang XH*, Kang L*. 2020, Core transcriptional signatures of phase change in the migratory locust, Protein Cell, 11(9): 696–697. DOI: 10.1007/s13238-019-00688-4.
  18. Ge J, Ge ZX, Zhu D, Wang XH*. 2020, Pheromonal Regulation of the Reproductive Division of Labor in Social Insects, Front Cell Dev Biol, 8: 837. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00837.