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Chen-Zhu Wang
Zoology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Neurobiology
Insects
Host Plant Selection
Mate Finding
Chemical Senses
Olfaction
Gustation
Pheromones
Neural Pathways
Evolution
Areas of Focus
- Neurobiological mechanisms of insect host plant selection and mate finding
Work Experience
- 1991-1993 - Postdoctoral Researcher: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1993-present - Associate Researcher, then Researcher: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Visiting Researcher: University of Arizona, Wageningen University, University of Cambridge
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1985 - Bachelor's Degree: Shanxi Agricultural University
- 1988 - Master's Degree: Beijing Agricultural University
- 1991 - Doctorate: Beijing Agricultural University
- 2009 - Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
Publications
- Interactions between Plants and Insects, Chen-Zhu Wang, Yonggen Lou, 2023
- Sucrose taste receptors differ in larval and adult stages of a moth, SS Zhang, PC Wang, C Ning, K Yang, GC Li, LL Cao, LQ Huang, CZ Wang, 2023
- Discovery of insect attractants based on the functional analyses of female-biased odorant receptors and their orthologs in two closely related species, BT Mo, H Guo, G-C Li, LL Cao, XL Gong, LQ Huang, CZ Wang, 2023
- Sensing of a spore surface protein by a Drosophila chemosensory protein induces behavioral defense against fungal parasitic infections, J Shang, G Tang, J Yang, M Lu, CZ Wang, C Wang, 2023
- Sex pheromone communication in an insect parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae Uchida, H Guo, BT Mo, G-C Li, ZL Li, LQ Huang, YL Sun, JF Dong, DP Smith, CZ Wang, 2022
- Functional analysis of a bitter gustatory receptor highly expressed in the larval maxillary galea of Helicoverpa armigera, Y Chen, PC Wang, SS Zhang, J Yang, GC Li, LQ Huang, CZ Wang, 2022
- Mutagenesis of the odorant receptor co-receptor (Orco) reveals severe olfactory defects in the crop pest moth Helicoverpa armigera, XB Fan, BT Mo, GC Li, LQ Huang, H Guo, XL Gong, CZ Wang, 2022
- Functional analysis of pheromone receptor repertoire in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, H Guo, XL Gong, GC Li, BT Mo, NJ Jiang, LQ Huang, CZ Wang, 2022
- Comparison of functions of pheromone receptor repertoires in Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta using a Drosophila expression system, H Guo, LQ Huang, XL Gong, CZ Wang, 2022
- Identification of a gustatory receptor tuned to sinigrin in the cabbage butterfly Pieris rapae, J Yang, H Guo, NJ Jiang, R Tang, GC Li, LQ Huang, JJA van Loon, CZ Wang, 2021
- A gustatory receptor tuned to the steroid plant hormone brassinolide in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), K Yang, XL Gong, GC Li, LQ Huang, C Ning, CZ Wang, 2020
- A moth odorant receptor highly expressed in the ovipositor is involved in detecting host-plant volatiles, RT Li, LQ Huang, JF Dong, CZ Wang, 2020
- The Molecular basis of host selection in a crucifer-specialized moth, XL Liu, J Zhang, Q Yan, CL Miao, WK Han, W Hou, K Yang, BS Hansson, YC Peng, JM Guo, H Xu, CZ Wang, SL Dong, M Knaden, 2020
- The olfactory reception of acetic acid and ionotropic receptors in the Oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata Walker, R Tang, NJ Jiang, C Ning, GC Li, LQ Huang, CZ Wang, 2020
- Dissecting sex pheromone communication of Mythimna separata (Walker) in North China from receptor molecules and antennal lobes to behavior, NJ Jiang, R Tang, H Wu, M Xu, C Ning, LQ Huang, CZ Wang, 2019
- An odorant receptor and glomerulus responding to farnesene in Helicoverpa assulta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), H Wu, RT Li, JF Dong, NJ Jiang, LQ Huang, CZ Wang, 2019
- A determining factor for insect feeding preference in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, ZJ Zhang, SS Zhang, BL Niu, DF Ji, XJ Liu, MW Li, H Bai, SR Palli, CZ Wang, AJ Tan, 2019
- Two single-point mutations shift the ligand selectivity of a pheromone receptor between two closely related moth species, K Yang, LQ Huang, C Ning, CZ Wang, 2017
- Expressional divergences of two desaturase genes determine the opposite ratios of two sex pheromone components in Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta, RT Li, C Ning, LQ Huang, JF Dong, X Li, CZ Wang, 2017
- Design of larval chemical attractants based on odorant response spectra of odorant receptors in the cotton bollworm, C Di, C Ning, LQ Huang, CZ Wang, 2017
Awards
- 2009: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
