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Wanying Yang
Animal Science
South China Agricultural University
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Innate Immunity
Molecular Mechanisms
Evolutionary Research
Insects
Silkworm
Fruit Fly
Organ Tissue Reconstruction
Metamorphic Period
Epigenetic Regulation
Diapause
Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms and evolutionary research of innate immunity in insects (silkworm, fruit fly)
- Molecular mechanisms of organ tissue reconstruction during metamorphic period in insects (silkworm)
- Epigenetic regulation research of diapause in silkworm
Work Experience
- 2005/07 - 2005/09 Assistant, Department of Sericulture Science, South China Agricultural University
- 2005/10 - 2007/11 Lecturer, Department of Sericulture Science, South China Agricultural University
- 2007/12 - 2020/12 Associate Professor, Department of Sericulture Science, South China Agricultural University
- 2020/12 - Present Professor, Department of Sericulture Science, South China Agricultural University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000/09 - 2005/06 PhD in Agricultural Insect and Pest Control, South China Agricultural University
- 2005/07 - Present: Professor at South China Agricultural University
Publications
- Functional Divergence among Silkworm Antimicrobial Peptide Paralogs by the Activities of Recombinant Proteins and the Induced Expression Profiles, Yang Wanying, 2011
- Functional divergence of six isoforms of antifungal peptide Drosomycin in Drosophila melanogaster, Yang Wanying, 2006
Awards
- 2012 Pearl River Science and Technology Nova Award
- 2016 Outstanding Communist Party Member, South China Agricultural University
- 2021 Outstanding Communist Party Member, South China Agricultural University
