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Name:
 Xue-Ying Zhang
Subject:
 Physiological ecology and behavioral neuroendocrinology
Tel/Fax:
 +86-10-64807100  / 
E-mail:
 zhangxy@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100101
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 Group of Behavioral Physiology and Neurogenetics      
Resume:

Xue-Ying Zhang received her Ph. D. degree in Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007. She worked at Institute of Zoology, CAS as an associate professor. She had visiting research experiences in Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in University of Aberdeen, in Institute of Ecology & Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, and in the Department of Psychology & Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University.

Research Interests:

Outbreaks of rodents seriously endanger agricultural and animal husbandry and human health. In the study of the important harm rodents in our country, combining the laboratory and field research and using the technical means of physiology, behavioral neuroendocrinology, molecular biology, neurobiology and microecology, she focuses on the following scientific questions: (1) how do the gut microbiota interact with the host to regulate the metabolism and thermogenesis of the rodents? (2) what is the neuroendocrine basis of seasonal reproduction? (3) how does the early environmental stress program the physiological and behavioral phenotypes of offspring? Through the answer to these questions, it reveals the adaptation mechanism of the rodents to the environments, and provides the theoretical basis for the ecological regulation of the rodent populations.

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Selected Publications:
  1. Zhang XY#*, Khakisahneh S#, Han SY, Song EJ, Nam YD* & Kim H* (2024) Ginseng extracts improve circadian clock gene expression and reduce inflammation directly and indirectly through gut microbiota and PI3K signaling pathway. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 10: 24.
  2. Zhang XY#*, Khakisahneh S#, Liu W, Zhang X, Zhai W, Cheng J, Speakman JR* & Wang DH* (2023) Phylogenetic signal in gut microbial community rather than in rodent metabolic traits. National Science Review 10(10): nwad209.
  3. Khakisahneh S#, Zhang XY#, Han SY, Song EJ, Nam YD* & Kim H* (2023) Yijung-tang improves thermogenesis and reduces inflammation associated with gut microbiota in hypothyroid rats. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 9: 32.
  4. Gao WT, Liu JX, Wang DH, Sun HJ* & Zhang XY* (2023) Melatonin reduced colon inflammation and had no effect on energy metabolism in ageing Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 273:109731.
  5. Zhang XY & Wang DH (2022) Gut microbial community and host thermoregulation in small mammals. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 888324.
  6. Nouri Z#, Zhang XY#*, Khakisahneh S, Degen AA & Wang DH* (2022) The microbiota-gut-kidney axis mediates host osmoregulation in a small desert mammal. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 8: 16.
  7. Khakisahneh S#, Zhang XY#*, Nouri Z & Wang DH* (2022) Caecal microbial transplantation attenuates hyperthyroid-induced thermogenesis in Mongolian gerbils. Microbial Biotechnology 15: 817-831.
  8. Bo TB#, Zhang XY#, Kohl KD, Wen J, Tian SJ & Wang DH* (2020) Coprophagy prevention alters microbiome, metabolism, neurochemistry and cognitive behavior in a small mammal. ISME Journal 14: 2625-2645.
  9. Khakisahneh S#, Zhang XY#, Nouri Z & Wang DH* (2020) Gut microbiota and host thermoregulation in response to ambient temperature fluctuations. mSystems 5: e00514-20.
  10. Bo TB#, Zhang XY#*, Wen Jing, Deng K, Qin XW & Wang DH* (2019) The microbiota-gut-brain interaction in regulating host metabolic adaptation to cold in male Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). ISME Journal 13: 3037-3053.
  11. Yao W, Liu W, Deng K, Wang Z, Wang DH* & Zhang XY* (2019) GnRH expression and cell proliferation are associated with seasonal breeding and food hoarding in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Hormones and Behavior 112: 42-53.
  12. Zhang XY, Sukhchuluun G, Bo TB, Chi QS, Yang JJ, Chen B, Zhang L & Wang DH* (2018) Huddling remodels gut microbiota to reduce energy requirements in a small mammal species during cold exposure. Microbiome 6:103.
  13. Zhang XY, Shen W, Liu DZ, Wang DH* (2018) Diversity of thermogenic capacity predicts divergent obesity susceptibility in a wild rodent. Obesity 26: 111-118.
  14. Yao W, Wang DH & Zhang XY* (2018) Photoperiodic refractoriness in energy balance: a specific pattern in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Science China: Life Sciences 61: 607-609.
  15. Zhang XY, Lou MF, Shen W, Fu RS & Wang DH* (2017) A maternal low-fiber diet predisposes offspring to improved metabolic phenotypes in adulthood in an herbivorous rodent. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 90: 75-84.

To candidates:

Scientific questions originate from nature, and in the process of enjoying nature, one is good at discovering interesting scientific questions and using physiological methods to solve ecological questions. Scientific research requires interest and passion, exploration and realism, persistence and resilience, questioning and innovation. Welcome students who love and aspire to engage in research on animal physiological ecology, behavioral neuroendocrinology, and gut microecology to join our team.