Areas of Focus
- Animal Genetics
- Myogenesis
- Pig Breeding
Work Experience
- 2009.06-present - Sun Yat-sen University - Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor
- 2014.02-2015.02 - Cornell University, USA - Visiting Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996.09-2000.06 Bachelor: Huazhong Agricultural University, Animal Science (A+)
- 2001.09-2006.06 Master-PhD: Huazhong Agricultural University, Animal Genetics and Breeding
- 2006.09-2009.06 Postdoc: Sun Yat-sen University
- Achievement: First proposed the key factors affecting animal meat production related to embryonic myogenic gene expression timing.
Publications
- KLF4 regulates skeletal muscle development and regeneration by directly targeting P57 and Myomixer., Shufang Cai, Xiaoyu Wang, Rong Xu, Ziyun Liang, Qi Zhu, Meilin Chen, Zhuhu Lin, Chenggan Li, Tianqi Duo, Xian Tong, Enru Li, Zuyong He, Xiaohong Liu, Yaosheng Chen and Delin Mo, 2023
- Integrative single-cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq analysis of myogenic differentiation in pig., Shufang Cai, Bin Hu, Xiaoyu Wang, Tongni Liu, Zhuhu Lin, Xian Tong, Rong Xu, Meilin Chen, Tianqi Duo, Qi Zhu, Ziyun Liang, Enru Li, Yaosheng Chen, Jianhao Li, Xiaohong Liu and Delin Mo, 2023
- E3 ligase Deltex2 accelerates myoblast proliferation and inhibits myoblast differentiation by targeting Pax7 and MyoD, respectively., Qi Zhu, Ziyun Liang, Shufang Cai, Xian Tong, Xiaoyu Wang, Enru Li, Yaosheng Chen, and Delin Mo, 2023
Awards
- 2016: Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize for Digital Pig Breeding Technology
- 2013: Guangdong Agricultural Technology Promotion First Prize for Modern Pig Molecular Breeding
- 2011: Guangdong Science and Technology Progress First Prize for National and Regional Pig Genetic Evaluation System
- 2015: Sun Yat-sen University-Wens Food Group Outstanding Industry Service Award
- 2017: Li Baojian Genetics Research Fund
- Sun Yat-sen University Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Supervisor