WANG Xianhui

WANG Xianhui

  • Subject： Ecology
  • Tel/Fax: +86-10-64807220  /  +86-10-64807099
  • Email： 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
  • More： 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.

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.