Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms and evolutionary studies of innate immunity in insects (silkworms, fruit flies)
- Molecular mechanisms of organ tissue reconstruction during metamorphic periods in insects (silkworms)
- Epigenetic regulation of diapause in silkworms
Work Experience
- 2005/07~2005/09 South China Agricultural University, Assistant
- 2005/10~2007/11 South China Agricultural University, Lecturer
- 2007/12~2020/12 South China Agricultural University, Associate Professor
- 2020/12~Present South China Agricultural University, Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1995/09~1999/06 Bachelor in Sericulture: Shandong Agricultural University
- 2000/09~2005/06 PhD in Agricultural Insect and Pest Control: South China Agricultural University
- Hosted multiple national and provincial research projects
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 Rising Star
- 2016 Outstanding Communist Party Member at South China Agricultural University
- 2021 Outstanding Communist Party Member at South China Agricultural University
