Areas of Focus
- Identification and regulation mechanism of neuropeptide precursor genes in locusts
Work Experience
- 2016.08 - Present: Assistant Researcher at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2012.06 - 2016.06: Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012.07 - 2016.06: Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2007.09 - 2012.07: Ph.D. from Shandong University
- 2003.09 - 2007.07: Bachelor's degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Publications
- DNA methyltransferase 3 participates in behavioral phase change in the migratory locust., Hou L, Wang XS, Yang PC, Li BB, Lin Z, Kang L*, Wang XH*, 2020
- CREB-B acts as a key mediator of NPF/NO pathway involved in phase-related locomotor plasticity in locusts., Hou L, Li BB, Ding D, Kang L, Wang XH., 2019
- The neuropeptide F/nitric oxide pathway is essential for shaping locomotor plasticity underlying locust phase transition., Hou L, Yang PC, Jiang F, Liu Q, Wang XH, Kang L., 2017
- Core transcriptional signatures of phase change in the migratory locust., Yang PC, Hou L, Wang XH, Kang L., 2019
- Genetic variation in PTPN1 contributes to metabolic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in Tibetan migratory locusts., Ding D, Liu G, Hou L, Gui WY, Chen B, Kang L., 2018
- CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing induces exon skipping by complete or stochastic altering splicing in the migratory locust., Chen DF, Tang JX, Li BB, Hou L, Wang, X.H.*, Kang, L.*, 2018
- Molecular characterization and expression profiles of neuropeptide precursors in the migratory locust., Wang XH, Jiang F, Yang PC and Kang L., 2015
- Small GTPase Rab4b participates in the gene transcription of 20-hydroxyecdysone and insulin pathways to regulate glycogen level and metamorphosis., Hou L, Cai MJ, Liu W, Song Q, Zhao XF., 2012
- Rab32 and the remodeling of the imaginal midgut in Helicoverpa armigera., Hou L, Wang JX, Zhao XF., 2011
- The apoptosis inhibitor survivin prevents insect midgut from cell death during postembryonic development., He HJ, Hou L, Wang JX, Zhao XF., 2012