Zilong Wang (1979.3-), Ph.D, Hannationality, born in Yichang, Hubei.He is aresearch fellow andmaster/doctor supervisor.He was awarded the high level and highly skilled leading talents in Jiangxi Province, and is thecommunication review expert of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, visiting scholar at Michigan State University and "Future Star" of Jiangxi Agricultural University.He is mainly engaged in molecular biology research onhoneybees. He has presided over 10 projects, including 4 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.He received one second prize in natural science from Jiangxi Province and one first prize in scientific and technological achievements from universities in Jiangxi Province. He has published over 30 SCI papers in journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, BMC Genomics, Insect Molecular Biology, Frontiers in Genetics, and Scientific Reports.
Education
09/2006 to 12/2009:State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology Southwest University, Doctor.
09/2003 to 07/2006:State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Master.
09/1999 to 07/2003:College ofSericulture and Silk, Southwest Agricultural University, Bachelor.
Professional Experience
12/2020 to present:Research Fellow,Jiangxi Agricultural University
11/2015 to 06/2016: Visiting Scholar,Michigan State University
01/2013 to 11/2020:Associate Research Fellow, Jiangxi Agricultural University
05/2010 to 12/2012: Research Assistant, Jiangxi Agricultural University
Publications
1. Meng Jie Jin,Zi Long Wang (Co-first author), Zhi Hao Wu, Xu Jiang He, Yong Zhang, Qiang Huang, Li Zhen Zhang, Xiao Bo Wu, Wei Yu Yan, Zhi Jiang Zeng. Phenotypic dimorphism between honeybee queen and worker is regulated by complicated epigenetic modifications. iScience, 2023, 26(4):106308.
2. Fu-Ping Cheng, Xiao-Fen Hu, Lu-Xia Pan, Zhi-Xian Gong, Kai-Xin Qin, Zhen Li,Zi-Long Wang*. Transcriptome changes of Apis mellifera female embryos with fem gene knockout by CRISPR/Cas9. Int J Biol Macromol. 2023, 229:260-267.
3.Zhi-Xian Gong, Fu-Ping Cheng, Jia-Ning Xu, Wei-Yu Yan, Zi-Long Wang*. The Juvenile-Hormone-Responsive Factor AmKr-h1 Regulates Caste Differentiation in Honey Bees. Biomolecules, 2023, 13(11):1657.
4. Kaixin Qin, Fuping Cheng, Luxia Pan, Zilong Wang*. Expression Profile of microRNAs during Development of the Hypopharyngeal Gland in Honey Bee, Apis mellifera. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(21):12970.
5. Lu-Xia PAN, Wan-Wan HU, Fu-Ping CHENG, Xiao-Fen HU, and Zi-Long WANG*. Transcriptome analysis reveals differentially expressed genes between the ovary and testis of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Apidologie, 2022, 53:15.
6. Lu-Xia Pan, Mnag Li, Fang-Yuan Zhao, Fu-Ping Cheng, Zi-Long Wang*. Amsp3 may act upstream of Amdnmt3 in female caste differentiation in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Insect molecular biology, 2021, 30(5):532-540.
7. Lu-Xia Pan, Fu-Ping Cheng, Zi-Long Wang*. Caste-biased Expression of fem and Amdsx Genes in Apis mellifera ligustica (Hymenoptera:Apidae). Sociobiology, 2021, 68(2): e5654.
8. Zi-Long Wang, Yong-Qiang Zhu, Qing Yan, Wei-Yu Yan, Hua-Jun Zheng, Zhi-Jiang Zeng*. A Chromosome-Scale Assembly of the Asian Honeybee Apis cerana Genome. Frontiers in Genetics, 2020, 11:279.
9. You Li, Li-Zhen Zhang, Yao Yi, Wan-Wan Hu, Ya-Hui Guo, Zhi-Jiang Zeng, Zachary-Y. Huang, and Zi-Long Wang*. Genome-wide DNA methylation changes associated with olfactory learning and memory in Apis mellifera. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1):17017.
10. Yu Guo, Zilong Wang (Co-first author), You Li, Guifeng Wei, JiaoYuan, Yu Sun, Huan Wang, Qiuhong Qin, Zhijiang Zeng*, Shaowu Zhang*, Runsheng Chen*. Lateralization of gene expression in the honeybee brain during olfactory learning. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6:34727.
11. You Li, Zhi Jiang Zeng, Zi Long Wang*. Phylogenetic analysis of the honey bee sacbrood virus. Journal of Apicultural Science, 2016, 60(1):31-38.
12. Xiaobo Wu, Zilong Wang(Co-first author), Fei Zhang, Yuanyuan Shi, Zhijiang Zeng*. Mating flight causes genome-wide transcriptional changes in sexually mature honeybee queens. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 2014, 17(1): 37-43.
13. Hao Liu, Zilong Wang (Co-first author), Liuqing Tian, Qiuhong Qin, Xiaobo Wu, Weiyu Yan, Zhijiang Zeng*. Transcriptome differences in the hypopharyngeal gland between western honeybees (Apis mellifera) and eastern honeybees (Apis cerana). BMC Genomics, 2014, 15:744.
14. Zilong Wang, Huan Wang, Qiuhong Qin, Zhijiang Zeng*. Gene expression analysis following olfactory learning in Apis mellifera. Molecular Biology Reports, 2013, 40(2):1631-1639.
15. Zilong Wang, Tingting Liu, Zachary Y. Huang, Xiaobo Wu, Weiyu Yan, Zhijiang Zeng*. Transcriptome analysis of the Asian honey bee Apis cerana cerana. Plos one, 2012, 7(10): e47954.
Awards
1. Zeng Zhijiang, Wang Zilong, Shi Yuanyuan, Qin Qiuhong, Research on Several Issues in Bee Biology Theory. Second prize of Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Award. Certificate number: Z-17-2-05-R022018.8.
2. Zeng Zhijiang, Liu Zhiyong, Wang Zilong, Yan Weiyu, Wu Xiaobo, Wang Huan. Study on the polymorphism of csd alleles in honeybee. First prize of Jiangxi Provincial Higher Education Science and Technology Achievement Award. Certificate number: J13-1-00132013.9.
Research projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Molecular Mechanism of fem Gene Regulating Ovarian Differentiation in Female Honeybees (32160134), 1/01/2022 to 12/31/2025.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Transcriptional Regulation Mechanism of mrjp1 Gene in Western Honeybees (31860686), 1/01/2019 to 12/31/2022.
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Promoter Analysis and Upstream Transcription Factor Identification of the Apis mellifera L. Dnmt3, a Key Gene for Honeybee Caste Differentiation (31402147), 1/01/2015 to 12/31/2017.
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Molecular Mechanism Research on the Determination of Honeybee Sex by CSD Gene (31260584), 1/01/2013 to 12/31/2016.
5. Jiangxi Outstanding Youth Fund Project: Regulation Mechanism of Gender Specific Selective Splicing of Honeybee fem Gene (2018ACB21028), 1/01/2019 to 12/31/2021.
6. Special Research Fund Project for Doctoral Discipline Points of the Ministry of Education: Molecular Basis Research on Asymmetry of Olfactory Learning and Memory Abilities between the Left and Right Brains of Honeybees (20123603120005), 1/01/2013 to 12/ 31/2015.
7. Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation: Study on the Self-interaction of Csd, a Complementary Sex Determining Factor in Honeybees (20114BAB214001), 1/01/2012 to 12/31/2013.
8. Jiangxi Provincial Science and Technology Support Program: Development of Colloidal Gold Rapid Detection Test Strip for Chinese Sacbrood virus (20122BBF60081), 1/01/2016 to 12/31/2012.
9. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: Identification and Functional Study of Proteins Interacting with Honeybee Sex Determining Genes csd and fem (20100481191), 12/13/2010 to 10/18/2012.
