2002 - Bachelor's Degree from Henan Agricultural University
2005 - PhD from Nanjing Agricultural University
Published over 100 SCI-indexed papers
Authored 8 books
Holds more than 10 national invention patents
2008 - Present: Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University
2010 - 2016: Associate Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University
2014 - 2015: Visiting Scholar at Aarhus University, Denmark
2023 - National First-Class Undergraduate Course Award
2023 - Third Prize in Teaching Innovation Competition, College of Veterinary Medicine
2022 - Third Prize in Teaching Innovation Competition, College of Veterinary Medicine
2016 - Excellent Personal Assessment Award
2015 - First Prize for Excellent Report at the Veterinary Parasitology Conference of the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Research
Parasite Molecular and Immunology Veterinary Parasitic Diseases and Immunology Veterinary Public Health
Protective Efficacy Induced by the Common Eimeria Antigen Elongation Factor 2 against Challenge with Three Eimeria Species in Chickens, Mi Y, Ding W, Xu L, Lu M, Yan R, Li X, Song X*, 2024
IFN-γ inhibitory molecules derived from Eimeria maxima inhibit IL-12 secretion by modulating MAPK pathways in chicken macrophages, Chen Chen, Yufeng Chen, Mingmin Lu, Lixin Xu, Ruofeng Yan, Xiangrui Li, Xiaokai Song*, 2024
Protective efficacy of multiepitope vaccines constructed from common antigens of Eimeria species in chickens, Chen C, Su J, Lu M, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, Song X*, 2023
Inhibitory effect of Eimeria maxima IFN-γ inhibitory molecules on the immune function of T cell subsets in chickens, Pu X, Pan Y, Xiang Q, Lu M, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, Song X*, 2023
Protective efficacy induced by Eimeria maxima rhomboid-like protein 1 against homologous infection, Wang M, Tian D, Xu L, Lu M, Yan R, Li X, Song X*, 2023
An Eimeria maxima Antigen: Its Functions on Stimulating Th1 Cytokines and Protective Efficacy Against Coccidiosis, Chen C, Zhang Y, Liu J, Wang M, Lu M, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, Song X*, 2022
Eimeria maxima rhomboid‐like protein 5 provided protection against homologous challenge in forms of recombinant protein and DNA plasmid in chickens, Tian, D.; Liu, X.; Li, X.; Xu, L.; Yan, R.; Song, X*, 2022
Protective efficacy of rhomboid-like protein 3 as a candidate antigen against Eimeria maxima in chickens, Chen C, Tian D, Su J, Liu X, Shah MAA, Li X, Xu L, Yan R, Song X *, 2021
Rhomboid protein 2 of Eimeria maxima provided partial protection against infection by homologous species, Chen Y, Tian D, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, Shah MAA, Song X*, 2021
EtMIC3 and its receptors BAG1 and ENDOUL are essential for site-specific invasion of Eimeria tenella in chickens, Li W, Wang M, Chen Y, Chen C, Liu X, Sun X, Jing C, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, Song X*, 2020
Protective immunity induced by Eimeria common antigen 14-3-3 against Eimeria tenella, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria maxima, Liu J, Liu L, Li L, Tian D, Li W, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, Song X*, 2018
Protective Efficacy of Coccidial Common Antigen Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH) against Challenge with Three Eimeria Species, Tian L, Li W, Huang X, Tian D, Liu J, Yang X, Liu L, Yan R, Xu L, Li X, Song X*, 2017
Identification of common immunodominant antigens of Eimeria tenella, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria maxima by immunoproteomic analysis, Liu L, Huang X, Liu J, Li W, Ji Y, Tian D, Tian L, Yang X, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, Song X*, 2017
Identification of immune protective genes of Eimeria maxima through cDNA expression library screening, Yang X, Li M, Liu J, Ji Y, Li X, Xu L, Yan R, Song X*, 2017
Immune protection duration and efficacy stability of DNA vaccine encoding Eimeria tenella TA4 and chicken IL-2 against coccidiosis, Song X, Zhao X, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, 2017
Evaluation of the persistence, integration, histopathology and environmental release of DNA vaccine encoding Eimeria tenella TA4 and chicken IL-2, Song X, Zhang Z, Liu C, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, 2016
Partial protection against four species of chicken coccidia induced by multivalent subunit vaccine, Song X, Gao Y, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, 2015
Chimeric DNA vaccines encoding Eimeria acervulina macrophage migration inhibitory factor (E.MIF) induce partial protection against experimental Eimeria infection, Song X, Zhang R, Xu L, Yan R, Li X, 2015
Construction of Eimeria tenella multi-epitope DNA vaccines and their protective efficacies against experimental infection, Song X, Huang X, Yan R, Xu L, Li X, 2015
Efficacy of chimeric DNA vaccines encoding Eimeria tenella 5401 and chicken IFN-γ or IL-2 against coccidiosis in chickens, Song X, Ren Z, Yan R, Xu L, Li X, 2015
Induction of protective immunity against Eimeria tenella, Eimeria necatrix, Eimeria maxima and Eimeria acervulina infections using multivalent epitope DNA vaccines, Song X, Ren Z, Yan R, Xu L, Li X, 2015
The optimal immunization procedure of DNA vaccine pcDNA-TA4-IL-2 of Eimeria tenella, its cross immunity to Eimeria necatrix and Eimeria acervulina, Xiaokai Song, Lixin Xu, Ruofeng Yan, Xinmei Huang, Mohammed Ali A. Shah, Xiangrui Li*, 2009
Vaccination of chickens with a chimeric DNA vaccine encoding Eimeria tenella TA4 and chicken IL-2 induces protective immunity against coccidiosis, Qianming Xu, Xiaokai Song(并列第一作者), Lixin Xu, Ruofeng Yan, Mohammed Ali A. Shah, Xiangrui Li, 2008
Area of Focus
Parasitology | Immunology | Molecular Biology | Veterinary Medicine | Public Health | Disease Prevention | Vaccine Development | Diagnostic Techniques | Epidemiology | Pathogen Research