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Weiwei Liu
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunnan
Language: Chinese, English
Social Insects
Caste Differentiation
Social Behavior
Developmental Mechanisms
Pharaoh Ant
Gene Regulatory Networks
Molecular Mechanisms
Cellular Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Single-Cell Sequencing
Areas of Focus
- Mechanisms of caste differentiation and social behavior development in social insects
Work Experience
- 2020-04~Present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2018-03~2020-04 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2013-05~2017-11 - University of California, Santa Barbara - Postdoc
- 2012-11~2013-04 - Johns Hopkins Medical Institute - Postdoc
- 2011-06~2012-11 - National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing - Research Assistant
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005-09--2011-06 PhD: Beijing Normal University
- 2001-09--2005-07 Bachelor's: Beijing Normal University
- Joint training at National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS) and Beijing Normal University, PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Publications
- A single-cell transcriptomic atlas tracking the neural basis of division of labour in an ant superorganism, 29th author, 2022
- Canalized gene expression during development mediates caste differentiation in ants, 18th author, 2022
- Validation of Potential Reference Genes for Real-Time qPCR Analysis in Pharaoh Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Corresponding author, 2022
- Chromatin accessibility and transcriptome landscapes of Monomorium pharaonis brain, 4th author, 2020
- Differential regulation of the Drosophila sleep homeostat by circadian and arousal inputs, 3rd author, 2019
- Neuropeptide F regulates courtship in Drosophila through a male-specific neuronal circuit, 1st author, 2019
- A new Drosophila octopamine receptor responds to serotonin, 6th author, 2017
- Neuromodulation of Courtship Drive through Tyramine-Responsive Neurons in the Drosophila Brain, 2nd author, 2016
- Social regulation of aggression by pheromonal activation of Or65a olfactory neurons in Drosophila, 1st author, 2011
- 紫花地丁开放花和闭锁花繁殖特征的研究, COMPARISON BETWEEN CLEISTOGAMY AND CHASMOGAMY IN PERENNIAL HERB VIOLA YEDOENSIS (VIOLACEAE), 3rd author, 2006
- Alleviation of thermal nociception depends on heat-sensitive neurons and a TRP channel in the brain, 2nd author
