Areas of Focus
- Metabolic disorder diseases in model organisms like Drosophila
- Immune mechanisms and pathogen infection in vector insects
- Developing new technologies for metabolic disease intervention and mosquito vector control
Work Experience
- 2023-Present, Shanghai Normal University, College of Life Sciences, Associate Professor
- 2016-2023, ShanghaiTech University, School of Life Science and Technology, Associate Researcher
- 2013-2016, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Researcher
- 2010-2013, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2008-2009, University of Maryland, Department of Entomology, Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2000-2007, Anhui University, College of Life Sciences, Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002 – 2006 PhD, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1997 – 2000 Master, Anhui Agricultural University, China Center for Research on Entomogenous Fungi
- 1993 – 1997 Bachelor, Dalian University of Technology
- Published as first author or corresponding author in journals like Science, Cell Reports, PNAS, Cell Death & Disease
Publications
- Anopheles swarming and mating are coordinately governed by clock genes, light and temperature, Wang GD*, Joel Vega-Rodriguez*, Abdoulaye Diabate*, Liu JN* (Co-first author), Cui CL, Charles Nignan, Dong L, Li F, Cheick Oumar Ouedrago, Abdoul Malik Bandaogo, Péguédwindé Simon Sawadogo, Hamidou Maiga,Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva, Tales Vicari Pascini, Wang SB, Jacobs-Lorena M., 2021
- Expression of mosquito miRNAs in an entomopathogenic fungus induces pathogen-mediated host RNA interference and increases fungal efficacy, Cui CL, Wang Y, Li YF, Sun PL, Jiang JY, Zhou HN, Liu JN#(Co-corresponding author), Wang, SB#, 2022
- Cytoophidia coupling adipose architecture and metabolism, Liu JN*, ZhangYB*, Zhou YF, Wang Q-Q, Ding K, Zhao SY, Lu P, and Liu J-L, 2022
- AMPK signaling mediates synphilin-1-induced hyperphagia and obesity in Drosophila, Liu JN, Wang X, Ma R, Li TX, Guo G, Ning B, Moran TH, and Smith W. W., 2021
- IRE1 promotes neurodegeneration through autophagy-dependent neuron death in the Drosophila model of Parkinson’s disease, Yan C, Liu JJ, Gao J, Sun Y, Zhang L, Song HY, Xue L, Zhan LX, Gao GJ, Ke ZJ, Liu Y#and Liu JN#, 2019
- Drosophila intestinal homeostasis requires CTP synthase, Zhou YF*, Liu JN*(Co-first author), Zhang YB, Liu J-L, 2021
- Deletion of Drosophila insulin-like peptides causes growth defects and metabolic abnormalities, Zhang H*, Liu JN* (Co-first author), Li R C, Woman B, Kohanski RA, and Pick L, 2009
- Synphilin-1 attenuates mutant LRRK2-induced neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease models, Liu JN, Li TX, Thomas JM, Pei Z, Jiang H, Engelender S, Ross CA and Smith WW, 2016
- Synphilin-1 alters metabolic homeostasis in a novel Drosophila obesity model, Liu JN, Li TX, Yang DJ, Ma R, Moran TH, and Smith WW, 2012
- Fat body Ire1 regulates lipid homeostasis through the Xbp1s-FoxO axis in Drosophila, Zhao P, Huang P,Xu TF, Xiang XX, Sun Y, Liu JN, Song W, Liu Y, 2021
- A fungal pathogen deploys a small silencing RNA that attenuates mosquito immunity and facilitates infection, Cui CL, Wang Y, Liu JN, Zhao J, Sun PL, Wang SB, 2019
- Role for the endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor IRE1α in liver regenerative responses, Liu Y, Shao ML, Wu Y, Yan C, Jiang S, Liu JN, Dai JL, Yang L, Li J, Jia WP, Rui L, and Y, 2015
