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Name	Weiwei Liu
Contact Information	liuweiwei@mail.kiz.ac.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Yunnan

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Name

Weiwei Liu

Contact Information

liuweiwei@mail.kiz.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Yunnan

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
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
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

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

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

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

Areas of Focus	Mechanisms of caste differentiation and social behavior development in social insects
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

Areas of Focus

Mechanisms of caste differentiation and social behavior development in social insects

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

Social Insects Caste Differentiation Social Behavior Developmental Mechanisms Pharaoh Ant Gene Regulatory Networks Molecular Mechanisms Cellular Mechanisms Neural Mechanisms Single-Cell Sequencing

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