School of Life Science and Technology
About us:
The school of life science and technology develops from the biology department which was established in 1984 and was renamed as the School of Life Sciences and Technology in 2014.
Now there are forty three teachers in the school, including thirty-eight full-time teachers. Among them, one teacher is awarded specially-subsidized expert by the state council and is also the national candidate of New Century Talents Project, another one is the doctoral advisor. There are twelve master tutors, eleven professors and fifteen associated professors in this teaching team, and twenty three of them have doctoral degrees, four of them have the oversea study experience. In recent years, twenty national projects have been approved to be taken by the school, including seventeen national natural science fund projects, and many other provincial projects. Now the school provides two undergraduate programs----biological science and biological engineering. The biological science is the national characteristic program and the biological engineering is the key undergraduate program. In 2012, the school was approved to have the right to provide graduate program in the field of biological engineering. The biochemistry and molecular biology was approved to be the provincial key disciplines. In 2005, the school signed the contract with the Rothamsted research to set up the Sino-British joint Rothamsted laboratory in the university. At present there are three research institutions and one provincial science and technology innovation team in the school.
Teaching: undergraduate programs
Bachelor in Biological Science: This program aims to help students master basic knowledge in biology theory and experimental skills, make them have strong learning ability, innovative thinking ability and practical ability and prepare them to become teachers or researchers in high school and middle school.
Duration: four-year program
Core courses: Botany, Zoology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Genetics, Plant physiology, Biochemistry, Cell biology, Molecular biology, Ecology, Pedagogy, Psychology and modern education technology, Biological teaching theory.
Bachelor in Biological Engineering: This program aims to help students master basic knowledge in biotechnology, bio-engineering and experimental skills and prepare them to become senior applicable personnel in fermentation, food, medical, biochemical products, commodity inspection, health, plant protection and other related industries.
Core courses: General biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Principles of chemical engineering, Biological engineering equipment, Factory design, Downstream of biological engineering technology, Engineering drawing, Gene engineering, Cell engineering, Fermentation engineering, Enzyme engineering.
Faculty:
Professors:
Kan Yunchao: male, Doctor, professor, academic and technological leader ofHenanprovince.
Research Interests: Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Key Publications:
“Experimental RNomics and genomic comparative analysis reveal a large group of species-specific small non-message RNAs in the silkworm Bombyx mori”, Nucleic Acids Research, 2011, 39(9):3792-3805.
“A histone acetyltransferase regulates active DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis”, Science, 2012, 336 (6087) : 1445-1448.
“Differential Expression of miRNAs in Response to Topping in Flue-Cured Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Roots”, Plos one, 2011, 6(12) : e28565.
Professor Kan has undertaken two projects from National Natural Science Foundation and one program from Support Plan for Innovative Talents of Science and Technology of Henan province and one project from international science and technology cooperation projects supported by The Royal Society. Besides, he was granted two patents.
Hui Fengli : male, Doctor, professor
Research Interests：Yeast resources and molecular biosystematics, Screening of industrial strains and genetic modification.
Key Publications:
“Description of Scheffersomyces henanensis sp. nov., A New D-Xylose-Fermenting Yeast Species Isolated from Rotten Wood”, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2013 (4): 899-904.
“Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals the New Genus Hemisphaericaspora of the Family Debaryomycetaceae” Plos One, 2014(9):1-9
Yang Jianwei : female, professor, executive member of plant physiology society ofHenanprovince, academic and technological leader of provincial education office, an outstanding teacher ofHenanprovince.
Research Interests: Plant Physiological Ecology.
Main Achievements: Professor Yang has published many theses in the field of Plant Physiological Ecology, she has participated and accomplished one project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
Yao Lunguang: Post Doctor, academic and technological leader ofHenanprovincial. Wolong scholar.
Research Interests: Bioengineering, entomology and microbial immunology
Main achievements: He has published more than thirty papers and taken charge of three projects from Natural Science Foundation of China and many other projects. Besides, he has obtained three national patents. He is the compiler of the textbook Genetic Engineering, which is the nationally planned textbook for Tenth Five-year Plan.
Xia Min: male, professor, Master Tutor
Research Interests: Bio-energy, mycology,
Main achievements：He has published almost 10 papers on the national core periodicals and taken charge of several provincial science and technological programs.
Liang Zi’an: male, professor, Master Tutor
Research Interests: protection and utilization of wildlife resources, ecological protection.
Main achievements: Professor Liang has taken charge of two projects from Science and Technology Agency of Henan province, participated in the study of the biological diversity supported by Ministry of Environmental Protection, and now is investigating the terrestrial vertebrate animals in Funiu mountains.
Key Publications:
“Efficient screening and breeding of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp.kurstaki for high toxicity against Spodoptera exigua and Heliothis armigera”, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology,2009(36):815-820
“The porcine ANG , RNASE1 and RNASE6 genes: molecular cloning, polymorphism detection and the association with haematological parameters”, Molecular Biology Reports, 2009, 36(8):2405-11
Zhang Naiqun: male, professor, Master Tutor
Research Interests: plant resources protection and utilization, bio-energy
Main achievements: Professor Zhang has written many academic papers on plant resources protection, some of them were published on the core Journals. He has taken charge of the project on protection and utilization of wild plant resources from Science and Technology Agency of Henan province. Besides, he has participated in the research of a project from national special projects.
Li Yuying : female, post-doctor, professor, Master tutor, academic and technological leader of Nanyang city,
Research Interests: bio-gas energy, aquatic ecology, ecological restoration
Main Achievements: Professor Li has won four patents and many other rewards, she has written a textbook Fermentation Engineering published by China Agricultural University Press.
Key Publications:
“Intercropping alleviates the inhibitory effect of N fertilization on nodulation and symbiotic N2 fixation of faba bean”, Plant & Soil,2009(323):295-380.
“Effect of Pretreatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine Residue on the Biogas Productivity”, Advanced Materials Research, 2012, 335-336:1499-1502
“Planktonic algae and epilithic algae in typical rivers of Danjingkou reservoir”, Advanced Materials Research, 2012, 356-360:59-62
Associate professors:
Du Li : female, Ph.D., Associated professor, Master tutor.
She is an academic and technological leader ofHenanprovince, Wolong scholar. She has published dozens of academic papers on famous journals and taken over the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project and Provincial high school youth backbone teachers fund project.
Research Interests: Application of Landscape Plants.
Key Publications:
“Plant regeneration from protoplasts isolated from embryogenic suspension cultured cells of Cinnamomum camphora L”, Plant Cell Reports, 2005, 24(8):462-467
“Effect of plant growth regulators on direct somatic embryogenesis in camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora L.) from immature zygotic embryos and induction embryogenic calli” Forestry Studies inChina, 2007, 9(4):267-271
Niu Qiuhong: female, Ph.D., associated professor, master tutor, academic and technological leader ofHenanprovince, member of plant protection society ofHenanprovince, Wolong scholar.
Research Interests: Biological control, bio-energy, cellulase
Main achievements: professor Niu has published more than twenty academic papers in famous journals and taken over one project of National Natural Science Foundation of China and several other important projects. Besides, she has obtained two national patents.
Key Publications:
“Overexpression of the key virulence proteases Bace16 and Bae16 inBacillus nematocida B16 to improve its nematocidal activity”, Journal of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnol, 2011, 21(3-4):130-137.
“Functional identification of the gene bace16 from nematophagous bacterium Bacillus nematocida”, Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2007, 75(1):141-8.
“Bacillus sp. B16 kills nematodes with a serine protease identified as a pathogenic factor”, Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2006, 69(6):722-30.
Ke Tao: female, Ph.D., associated professor, master tutor, academic and technological leader of Nanyang city. She has published over thirty academic papers in the domestic core journals and taken over several projects from national key laboratories.
Research Interests: Microbe Molecule Biology, bio-energy
Key Publications:
“EST-based in silico identification and in vitro test of antimicrobial peptides in Brassica napus”, BMC Genomics,2015(16):1-9
“Analysis of expression sequence tags from a full-length-enriched cDNA library of developing sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum)”, Bmc Plant Biology, 2011, 11(1):1-12
“A novel PCR-based method for high throughput prokaryotic expression of antimicrobial peptide genes”, Bmc Biotechnology, 2012, 12(11):1-7
“Construction of a Normalized Full-Length cDNA Library of Sesame Developing Seed by DSN and SMART~(TM)”, Agricultural Sciences inChina, 2011, 10(7):1004-1009
Li Dandan: female, Ph.D., associated professor, master tutor, Wolong scholar. She has published a lot of academic papers in the domestic core journals and taken over several projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Research Interests: Insect physiological, molecular biology
Key Publications:
“Experimental RNomics and genomic comparative analysis reveal a large group of species-specific small non-message RNAs in the silkworm Bombyx mori”, Nucleic Acids Research, 2011, 39(9):3792-3805.
“The expression analysis of silk gland-enriched intermediate-size non-coding RNAs in silkworm Bombyx mori”, Insect Science, 2014, 21(4):429–438
Song Yuwei: male, Ph.D., associated professor, master tutor, he has published over twenty academic papers in the domestic core journals and taken over several projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Research interests: Plant stress physiology, Molecular Biology,
Key Publications:
“Behind the scenes: the roles of reactive oxygen species in guard cells”, New Phytologist, 2013, 201(4):1121-40.
“Seed vigor and plant competitiveness resulting from seeds of Eupatorium adenophorum in a persistent soil seed bank”, Fuel & Energy Abstracts, 2011, 206(11):935-942.
“Identification and primary genetic analysis of Arabidopsis stomatal mutants in response to multiple stresses”, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2006, 51(21):2586-2594.
Chen Jibao: male, Ph.D., associated professor, master tutor, he has published several influential academic papers in the domestic core journals, and has participated in accomplishment of three national patents.
Research Interests: Gene Engineering improvement
Key Publications:
“Cloning of PvP5CS gene from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and its response to abiotic stresses”, Journal of Plant Physiology, 2009, 166(1):12-19.
“Cloning and genetic diversity analysis of a new P5CS gene from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”, Tag.theoretical & Applied Genetics.theoretisch, 2010, 120(7):1393-1404
Lei Ting: male, Ph.D., associated professor, master tutor, he has published lots of influential academic papers in the international renowned journals, taken over one project of National Natural Science Foundation of China and several other important projects and obtained one national patent.
Research interests: Animal physiological and biochemical, Molecular Biology
Key Publications:
“Influences of extracellular matrix and of conditioned media on differentiation and invasiveness of trophoblast stem cells”, Placenta, 2007, 28(1):14–21.
“HES1 inhibits adipogenesis of porcine mesenchymal stem cells via transcriptional repression of FAD24”, Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 2013, 45(1):28-32.
Wang Yanhua: doctor, lecture, academic leader of Nanyang city
Research interests: biomass energy, Pathogenesis and pharmacological mechanism of CVD and tumour. He is taking over one project of national natural science foundation and one project of provincial natural science foundation.
Key Publications:
“Normal shear stress and vascular smooth muscle cells modulate migration of endothelial cells through histone deacetylase 6 activation and tubulin acetylation”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2010, 38(3):729-37
“Vascular smooth muscle cells promote endothelial cell adhesion via microtubule dynamics and activation of paxillin and the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway in a co-culture system”, European Journal of Cell Biology, 2009, 88(11):701-9
Tang Qinghai: doctor, Research associate. He is taking over one project of national natural science foundation and has taken charge of one of the provincial key scientific and technological projects, and has published more than twenty academic papers.
Research interests: vaccine, Diagnostics Kit
Key Publications:
“A new nanoPCR molecular assay for detection of porcine bocavirus”, J Virol Methods. 2014, 202:106-111.
“The correlation of cyclin A expression level with porcine circovirus type 2 propagation efficiency”,Archives of Virology, 2013. 158:2553–2560
“Pilot study on degradation of classical swine fever virus nonstructural 2 protein in cells”, Journal of animal and veterinary advances, 2013,12(2):234-241.
Qiao Huili: doctor, lecture, master tutor
Research interests: detection and prevention of agricultural and forest pests
Key Publications:
“Expression analysis and binding experiments of chemosensory proteins indicate multiple roles in Bombyx mori”, J Insect Physiol. 2013, 59（7）：667-675.
“Danuta Schymura, Liping Ban, Linda Field, Francesca Romana Dani, Elena Michelucci, Beniamino Caputo, Alessandra della Torre, Kostas Iatrou, Jing-Jiang Zhou, Jürgen Krieger, and Paolo Pelosi. Cooperative interactions between odorant-binding proteins of Anopheles gambiae”, Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 2011, 68(10):1799-1813.
“Discrimimation of alarm pheromone (E)-β-farnese by Aphid odorant-binding proteins”, Insect Biochem Mol Biol., 2009, 39(5-6):414-419.
Research:
In recent years, theSchoolofLife Scienceshas made tremendous success in research. This is embodied in both the quality of papers published and successful technology transfers.
The school has undertaken nearly one hundred projects in recent years, including seventeen projects from Ministry of Science and Technology, two National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Program) projects, one National Program on Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) project and two international cooperation Projects.
Contact us：
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E-mail: nynuyjsc@nynu.edu.cn
