Wildlife Borne Diseases Group —— Principal Investigator
Name:
HE, Hong-Xuan
Subject:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Tel/Fax:
+86-10-64807118  / 
E-mail:
hehx@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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Resume:
EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. (1999 to 2002):  Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Changchun Agriculture and AnimalScienceUniversity, Changchun, P.R. China
  • M. Sc. (1996 - 1998):  Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Changchun Agriculture and AnimalScienceUniversity, Changchun, P.R. China
  • B. Sc. (1989-1993): Animal Science, Dept. of Animal Science and Veterinary, Henan Vocational-technical Teachers College, Xinxiang, Henan Province, P.R. China
EMPOLYMENT HISTORY
  • Professor (January, 2006-present): National Research Center for Wildlife Borne Diseases, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of  Sciences

Research Project:  Surveillance and control of wildlife borne diseases (bird flu).

  • Postdoctoral (Oct, 2004-July, 2005): Population Medicine and Diagnostic Science, VeterinaryCollege, Cornell University, USA.

Research Project:  Development of DNA vaccine and serologic test against leptospirosis.

  • Postdoctoral (January, 2003-October, 2004): Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, TsinghuaUniversity, Beijing, P.R. China.

Research Project:  DNA vaccines of AI, Cryptosporidiosis and SARS.

  • Professor and Associate Dean (2002-present). Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan Province, P.R. China.

Administrative responsibilities: Teaching, research and administrative activities of the department. Director of special research project in the animal vaccines and medications, swine and chicken farm.

  • Lecturer of Animal Microbiology (1999-2002).  Dept. of Animal Science and Veterinary,

HenanVocational-TechnicalTeachers College, Xinxiang, Henan province

Research Project:  DNA vaccines of AI, Cryptosporidiosis and SARS.

Teaching Responsibilities: Teaching courses in animal parasitology and mocrobiology.

  • Teaching Assistant (1993-1996), Dept. of Animal Science and Veterinary,

HenanVocational-technicalTeachers College, Xinxiang, Henan Province,China.

Responsibilities: Assisted in teaching and research in animal sciences.

Research Interests:

  Our current researches focus on wildlife-borne zoonosis and diseases harmful to endangered species caused by viruses, bacterium, and parasites, especially avian influenza. We mainly have done lots of work ininvestigating the mechanism of pathogen invasion and pathogenesis, elucidating the rules on diseases progress in organism and transmission among organisms, establishing monitoring system and platform with kinds of detecting methods to meet different demands, developing new control methods that are safer and more protective,conducting epidemiological investigation and tracing origin of diseases, andconstructing rapid and accurate early-warning and risk-assessment systems, and providing scientific basis for animal disease management and decision making. 

Professional Activities:
  • Executive Deputy Director, National Research Center For Wildlife Diseases, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and State Forestry Administration
  • Member of expert group in wild animal disease warning and prevention and control, the State Forestry Administration
  • head of China, cooperation network of Asia Pacific wildlifediseases
  • Member of International Association of Wildlife Diseases
  • Member of the Federation of Asian Biotech Associations
  • Member of International Association of Zoology
  • 《Chinese Journal of Vector Biology and Control》Editorial board member
  • 《Integrative Zoology》Editorial board member
  • 《ActaTheriologicaSinica》Editorial board member
  • 《Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases》Guest reviewers
  • 《American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene》Guest reviewers
  • 《Journal of Helminthology》Guest reviewers
  • 《PloSONE》Guest reviewers

Research Grants:
  • The ministry of science and technology, the science & technology support projectof the eleventh-five-year plan of China (2009BAI83B01).
  • The ministry of science and technology, the science & technology support projectof the twelfth-five-year plan of China (2013BAD12B04).
  • The national natural science fund committee, the national natural science fund projects (31072126).
  • Beijing Industrial Technology System,team of poultry science and technology innovation in Beijing

Selected Publications: Chick here