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Kang Le
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Genomics
Transcriptomics
Epigenetics
Insect Adaptation
Phenotypic Plasticity
Locust Polymorphism
Ecological Immunity
Reproduction
Aging
Behavior
Areas of Focus
- Ecological Genomics
- Phenotypic Plasticity
- Neurobiology and Behavior
Work Experience
- Current - President of Hebei University
- Current - Director of Beijing Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Current - Dean of the School of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Current - Deputy Director of the Degree Committee, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
- Academician of the European Academy of Sciences
- Academician of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
- Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences
- Academician of the African Academy of Sciences
- Distinguished Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Published over 200 SCI papers
- Total citations over 6000
- Highly Cited Scientist in Agriculture and Biology by Elsevier (2014-2020)
Publications
- 4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation phenomone in locusts, Guo, X.J., Yu, Q.Q., Chen, D.F., Wei, J.N., Yang, P.C., Yu, J., Wang, X.H., Kang, L., 2020
- Piwi/piRNAs control food intake by promoting neuropeptide F expression in locusts, Wang, H.M., Jiang, F., Liu, X., Liu, Q., Fu, Y.Y., Li, R., Hou, L., Zhang, J., He, J., Kang, L., 2022
- Variation of TNF modulates cellular immunity of gregarious and solitary locusts against fungal pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae, Wang, Y.D., Tong, X.W., Yuan, S.L., Yang, P.C., Li, L., Zhao, Y., Kang, L., 2022
- Locust density shapes energy metabolism and oxidative stress resulting in divergence of flight traits, Du, B.Z., Ding, D., Ma, C., Guo, W., Kang, L., 2022
- Phenylacetonitrile in locusts facilitates an antipredator defense by acting as an olfactory aposematic signal and cyanide precursor, Wei, J.N., Shao, W.B., Cao, M.M., Ge, J., Yang, P.C., Chen, L., Wang, X.H., Kang, L., 2019
- A β-carotene-binding protein carrying a red pigment regulates body-color transition between green and black in locusts, Yang, M.L., Wang, Y.L., Liu, Q., Liu, Z.K., Jiang, F., Wang, H.M., Guo, X.J., Zhang, J.Z., Kang, L., 2019
- Dop1 enhances conspecific olfactory attraction by inhibiting miR-9a maturation in locusts, Guo, X.J., Ma, Z.Y., Du, B.Z., Li, T., Li, W.D., Xu, L.L., He, J., Kang, L., 2018
- Genetic variation in PTPN1 contributes to metabolic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in Tibetan migratory locusts, Ding, D., Liu, G.J., Hou, L., Gui, W.Y., Chen, B., Kang, L., 2018
- Transposable Element-Mediated Balancing Selection at Hsp90 Underlies Embryo Developmental Variation, Chen B., Zhang B., Xu L.L., Li Q., Jiang F., Yang P.C., Xu Y.N., Kang L., 2017
- MicroRNA-276 promotes egg hatching synchrony by upregulating brm in locusts, He, J., Chen, Q.Q., Wei, Y.Y., Jiang, F., Yang, M.L., Hao, S.G., Guo, X.J., Chen, D.F., Kang, L., 2016
- miR-71 and miR-263 Jointly Regulate Target Genes Chitin synthase and Chitinase to Control Locust Molting, Yang M.L., Wang Y.L., Jiang F., Song T.Q., Wang H.M., Liu Q, Zhang J., Zhang J.Z., Kang L., 2016
- Molecular mechanisms of phase change in locusts, Wang,X.H., Kang,L., 2014
- Locust genome sequence provides insight into swarm formation and long-distance flight, Wang, X.H., Fang, X.D., Yang, P.C., Jiang, X.T., Jiang, F., Zhao, D.J., Li B., Cui, F., Wei, J.N., Ma, C., Wang, Y.D., He, J., Luo Y., Wang, Z.F., Guo, X.J., Guo W., Wang X., Zhang Y., Yang M.L., Hao S.G., Chen B., Ma Z.Y., Yu D., Xiong Z., Zhu Y., Fan D., Han L., Wang B., Chen Y., Wang J., Yang L., Zhao W., Feng Y., Chen G., Lian J., Li Q., Huang Z., Yao X., Lv N., Zhang G., Li Y., Wang J., Wang, J., Zhu B. Kang, L., 2014
- MicroRNA-133 Inhibits Behavioral Aggregation by Controlling Dopamine Synthesis in Locusts, Yang, M.L., Wei, Y.Y., Jiang, F., Wang, Y.L., Guo, X.J., He, J., Kang, L., 2014
- Altered Immunity in Crowded Locust Reduced Fungal (Metarhizium anisopliae) Pathogenesis, Wang, Y.D., Yang, P.C., Cui, F., Kang, L., 2013
- Heavy livestock grazing promotes locust outbreaks by lowering plant nitrogen content, Cease, AJ, Elser, JJ, Ford, CF, Hao, S., Kang, L, Harrison, JF., 2012
- Metabolomic analysis reveals that carnitines are key regulatory metabolites in phase transition of the locusts, Wu, R., Wu, Z.M., Wang, X.H., Yang, P.C., Yu, D., Zhao, C.X., Xu, G.W., and Kang, L., 2012
- Modulation of behavioral phase changes of the migratory locust by the catecholamine metabolic pathway, Ma, ZY, Guo, XJ, Guo, W, Wang, XH, Kang, L., 2011
- CSP and takeout genes modulate the switch between attraction and repulsion during behavioral phase change in the migratory locust, Guo, W, Wang, XH, Ma, Z.Y., Xue, L., Han, J.Y., Yu, D., and Kang, L., 2011
- Ecological trade-offs between jasmonic acid-dependent direct and indirect plant defences in tritrophic interactions, Wei, J.N., Wang, L.Z., Zhao, J.H., Li, C.Y., Ge, F. and Kang, L., 2011
- A k-mer scheme to predict piRNAs and characterize locust piRNAs, Zhang, Y., Wang, X.H., and Kang, L., 2011
- Roles of Thermal Adaptation and Chemical Ecology in Liriomyza Distribution and Control, Kang, L., Chen, B., Wei, J.N. and Liu, T.X., 2009
- Characterization and transcriptomes of small RNAs in two phases of locust, Wei, Y.Y., Chen, S., Yang P.C., Kang, L., 2009
- Grassland ecosystems in China: Review of current knowledge and research advancement, Kang, L., Han, X.G., Zhang, Z.B. and Sun, O. J., 2007
- The analysis of large-scale gene expression correlated to the phase changes of the migratory locust, Kang, L., Chen, X.Y., Zhou, Y., Zheng, W., Li R.Q., Wang, J. and Yu, J., 2004
Awards
- 2009: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Nebraska
- 2011: Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award for Scientific and Technological Progress in Life Sciences
- 2013: Distinguished Scientist Award, Entomological Society of America
- 2015: Fellow of the Entomological Society of America
- 2015: Achievement Award, 8th Tan Jiazhen Life Science Award
- 2017: National Natural Science Award, Second Prize
- 2017: Outstanding Achievement Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2019: Vice President, International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
- 2019: Ma Shijun Ecological Science Achievement Award
- 2021: Silverstein-Simone Award, International Society of Chemical Ecology
