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Name:
 Wang Xifeng
Subject:
 Molecular ecology
Tel/Fax:
 +86-10-64807075  /  +86-10-64807099
E-mail:
 wangxifeng@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
More:
 Group of Ecological adaptation and conservation biology      
Resume:

Dr. Wang Xifeng, as an assistant professor, worked in key laboratory of animal ecology and conservation biology of institute of zoology, Chinese academy of sciences since 2018.

Education&Work Experience:

2025.1– Current, Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2018.8– 2025.1, Assistant Professor, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2016.08 – 2018.06, Postdoc  Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health

2009.09 – 2016.06 , Ph.D. in Genetics, China Agricultural University

2003.09 – 2007.06, B.S. in Biological Science, Southwest University

Research Interests:

(1) Response and adaptation of reptiles to climate warming

(2) Molecular mechanism of temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles

Awards and Honors:

Professional Activities:

Research Grants:
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (32170528), 2022-2026, PI.
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFF1304800), 2023-2026, subproject PI.
  • The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (2019QZKK0501), 2019-2024, subproject PI.

Selected Publications:

(#Co-first author, * corresponding author)

  1. Wu, P.F.#, Wang, X.F.#, Ge, C.T.#, Jin, L., Ding, Z.H., Liu, F., Zhang, J., Gao, F., and Du, W.G*. (2024). pSTAT3 activation of Foxl2 initiates the female pathway underlying temperature-dependent sex determination. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 121, e2401752121.
  2. Ding, Z.H.#, Wang, X.F.#, Zou, T.T., Hao, X., Zhang, Q., Sun, B.J., and Du, W.G.* (2023). Climate warming has divergent physilolgical impacts on sympatric lizards. Sci Total Environ 2023 Dec 3, 168992.
  3. Zhang, J., Ding, Z.H., Du, W.G., Wang, X.F.*, and Guan, Y.Q*. (2023). Carotenoids act on coloration and increase immunity and antioxidant activity in the novel "Yongzhang Golden turtle" strain of. Aquaculture 563.
  4. Li, Q.Y., Zou, T.T., Tang, W.Q., Wang, Y., Du, W.G., and Wang, X.F.* (2022). Offspring sex is not determined by gestation temperature in a viviparous lizard (Eremias multiocellata) from the desert steppe of Inner Mongolia.Asian Herpetol Res 13, 23-33.
  5. Wu, P.F., Wang, X.F.*, Gao, F., and Du, W.G. (2022). Role of Cyp19a1 in the female pathway of a freshwater turtle species (Mauremys reevesii) with temperature-dependent sex determination. Zool Res 43, 81-84.
  6. Wang, X.F.#, Huang, J.W.#, Wang, P.#, Wang, R.P., Wang, C.L., Yu, D., Ke, C.C., Huang, T., Song, Y., Bai, J.H., Li, K.P., Ren, L.M., Miller, R.D., Han, H.T.*, Zhou, X.*, Zhao, Y.F.* (2020). Analysis of the Chinese alligator TCRα/δ loci reveals the evolutionary pattern of atypical TCRδ/TCRμ in tetrapods. J Immunol 205, 637-647.
  7. Wang, X.F.#, Wang, P.#, Wang, R.P., Wang, C.L., Bai, J.H., Ke, C.C., Yu, D., Li, K.P., Ma, Y.H., Han, H.T., Zhao, Y.F., Zhou,X.*, Ren, L.M*. (2018). Analysis of TCRβ and TCRγ genes in Chinese alligator provides insights into the evolution of TCR genes in jawed vertebrates. Dev Comp Immunol 85, 31-43.
  8. Wang, X.F.#, Cheng, G.#, Lug, Y., Zhang, C.L., Wu, X.B., Han, H.T., Zhao, Y.F., and Ren, L.M.* (2016). A comprehensive analysis of the phylogeny, genomic organization and expression of immunoglobulin light chain genes in Alligator sinensis, an endangered reptile species. Plos One 11, e0147704.