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Born 1984 in Xinxiang (Henan, China)
Nationality: Chinese
Married
Education
10.2009 – 12.2014
Ph.D., Evolutionary Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Project: Genetic and evolutionary consequences of Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis in the parasitoid wasp Asobara
10.2006 – 08.2009
M.Sc., Evolutionary Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing & Menglun, China.
Project: Coevolution and reproductive success between fig and fig wasps in three dioecious Ficus species
09.2002 – 07.2006
B.S., Biological Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China.
Academic Employment
08.2020 – Now
NIH Senior postdoctoral research associate, Department of Molecular and Biosciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Mentor: Robert Unckless
Project: Genetic basis and comparative genomics of sex chromosome meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis
06.2018 – 07.2020
NIH Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA.
Mentor: Michael Hood
Project: Evolution and comparative genomics of mating-type chromosomes in Microbotryum fungi
08.2018 – 10.2018
Visiting Scholar, Department Ecologie Systematics and Evolution,
Université of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Host: Tatiana Giraud
05.2018 – 03.2018
(informal) Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, Indiana University, IN, US
Host: Lynda Delph, Curt Lively
08.2014 – 02.2018
SNSF Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mentor: Nicolas Perrin, John Pannell
Project: Evolution and genomics of homomorphic sex chromosomes and sex determination in Ranidae frogs and Mercurialis annua plants
04.2014 – 01.2018
Teaching assistant, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Assistant in courses ‘Molecular Genetics’, ‘Zoology’, master thesis evaluation commitee
01.2010 – 01.2014
Graduate teaching assistant, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Assistant in courses ‘Evolutionary Genetics’, supervising students’ projects
07.2009 – 08.2009
Research associate, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China.
In charge of laboratory section and field work of Ecology and Evolution Group
09.2003 – 08.2005
Undergraduate teaching assistant, Nanyang Normal University, China.
Teaching assistant in courses ‘Cell Biology’, ‘Biochemistry’, ‘Zoology’, ‘Plant Biology’, in charge of practicals: preparing, illustration of experiments and evolution of exams.
Research Interests
Evolutionary genetics, Comparative and functional genomics, Sexual Selection and Sexual Conflict, especially on evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes, sex determination, asexuality
Article reviewing experience
I have reviewed papers for: (in total: 26)
PLoS Genetics (1), PLoS Biology (1), Evolution (1), Genome Biology and Evolution (1), Heredity (3), Journal of Evolutionary Biology (1), Sexual Development (1), PLoS ONE (3), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2), The Science of Nature (2), Axios (1), Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1), General and Comparative Endocrinology (1), International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3), Frontier in Zoology (1), Genes (3)
Grant reviewing experience
I have reviewed grant for Czech Science Foundation (GAČR, 2).
Personal Information
Born 1984 in Xinxiang (Henan, China)
Nationality: Chinese
Married
Education
10.2009 – 12.2014
Ph.D., Evolutionary Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Project: Genetic and evolutionary consequences of Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis in the parasitoid wasp Asobara
10.2006 – 08.2009
M.Sc., Evolutionary Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing & Menglun, China.
Project: Coevolution and reproductive success between fig and fig wasps in three dioecious Ficus species
09.2002 – 07.2006
B.S., Biological Science, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China.
Academic Employment
08.2020 – Now
NIH Senior postdoctoral research associate, Department of Molecular and Biosciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Mentor: Robert Unckless
Project: Genetic basis and comparative genomics of sex chromosome meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis
06.2018 – 07.2020
NIH Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA.
Mentor: Michael Hood
Project: Evolution and comparative genomics of mating-type chromosomes in Microbotryum fungi
08.2018 – 10.2018
Visiting Scholar, Department Ecologie Systematics and Evolution,
Université of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Host: Tatiana Giraud
05.2018 – 03.2018
(informal) Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, Indiana University, IN, US
Host: Lynda Delph, Curt Lively
08.2014 – 02.2018
SNSF Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mentor: Nicolas Perrin, John Pannell
Project: Evolution and genomics of homomorphic sex chromosomes and sex determination in Ranidae frogs and Mercurialis annua plants
04.2014 – 01.2018
Teaching assistant, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Assistant in courses ‘Molecular Genetics’, ‘Zoology’, master thesis evaluation commitee
01.2010 – 01.2014
Graduate teaching assistant, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Assistant in courses ‘Evolutionary Genetics’, supervising students’ projects
07.2009 – 08.2009
Research associate, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China.
In charge of laboratory section and field work of Ecology and Evolution Group
09.2003 – 08.2005
Undergraduate teaching assistant, Nanyang Normal University, China.
Teaching assistant in courses ‘Cell Biology’, ‘Biochemistry’, ‘Zoology’, ‘Plant Biology’, in charge of practicals: preparing, illustration of experiments and evolution of exams.
Research Interests
Evolutionary genetics, Comparative and functional genomics, Sexual Selection and Sexual Conflict, especially on evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes, sex determination, asexuality
Article reviewing experience
I have reviewed papers for: (in total: 26)
PLoS Genetics (1), PLoS Biology (1), Evolution (1), Genome Biology and Evolution (1), Heredity (3), Journal of Evolutionary Biology (1), Sexual Development (1), PLoS ONE (3), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2), The Science of Nature (2), Axios (1), Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1), General and Comparative Endocrinology (1), International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3), Frontier in Zoology (1), Genes (3)
Grant reviewing experience
I have reviewed grant for Czech Science Foundation (GAČR, 2).
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Publications
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25). W-J Ma, P Veltsos, R Sermier, M Toups, N Rodrigues, N Perrin. Y chromosome differentiation masculinizes gene expression on sex chromosomes and correlates with faster male development. Target journal: Nature Ecology and Evolution (IF=10.969)
24). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, T Schwander, L van de Zande, LW Beukeboom. Single major QTL associates with decayed sexual traits in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Target journal: Molecular Ecology (IF=6.131)
23). W-J Ma*, RC Rodríguez de la Vega*, F Carpentier, ME Hood, FE Hartmann, T Giraud, ME Hood. Hemizygous genes in the non-recombining regions of sex-related chromosomes arose mostly by gene gains rather than allelic copy loss. Target journal:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (IF=9.580)
Publications
(total citations until 07.2020: 250, h-index: 10, i10-index: 10)
22). W-J Ma, F Carpentier, T Giraud, M Hood. (2020). Differential gene expression is associated with degeneration of mating-type chromosomes in the anther smut fungus. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:234-258 PDF [DOI] (IF=3.726, citations=1)
21). FE Hartmann*, W-J Ma*. (2020). Digest: Climate plays margical role for homomorphic sex chromosome differentiation in common frogs. *Equal contribution. Evolution 74: 690-693. PDF [DOI] (IF=4.201).
20). Veltsos, N Rodrigues, T Studer, W-J Ma, R Sermier, J Leuenberger, N Perrin. (2020). Y-chromosome haplotypes of varying differentiation to the X are not associated with male fitness in the common frogs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33: 401-409. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.792, citations=1)
19). FE Hartmann, RC Rodríguez de la Vega, P Gladieux, W-J Ma, ME Hood, T Giraud. (2019). Higher gene flow in sex-related chromosomes than in autosomes during fungal divergence. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz252 Molecular Biology and Evolution 37: 668-682. PDF [DOI] (IF=14.797, citations=3)
18). W-J Ma, L Santos del Blanco, JR Pannell. (2019).A new biological species in the Mercurialis annua polyploid complex: functional divergence inflorescence morphology and hybrid sterility. Annals of Botany 124: 165-178. PDF [DOI] (IF=4.041, citations=1)
17). W-J Ma, P Veltsos, R Sermier, D Parker, N Perrin. (2018). Evolutionary and developmental dynamics of sex-biased gene expressions in the common frogs with proto-Y chromosomes. Genome Biology 19: 156. (IF=13.214, citations=12) PDF [DOI]
16). DL Jeffries, G Lavanchy, R Sermier, MJ. Sredl, I Miura, A Borzée, LN Barrow, D Canestrelli, P-A Crochet, C Dufresnes, J Fu, W-J Ma, C Macías Garcia, K Ghali, AG Nicieza, RP O’Donnell, N Rodrigues, A Romano, Í Martínez-Solano, I Stepanyan, S Zumbach, A Bresfold, N Perrin. (2018). An unprecedented rate of sex-chromosome turnover and non-random transitions in true frogs. Nature Communications 9: 4088. (IF=11.880, citations=35) PDF [DOI]
15). W-J Ma*, P Veltsos*, M Toups*, R Sermier, DL Jeffries, N Perrin. (2018). Tissue specificity and dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in a common frog population with differentiated sex chromosomes. Genes 9: 294. (* co-first authors). (IF=3.600, citations=10) PDF [PubMed] [DOI]
14). N Rodrigues, T Studer, C Dufresnes, W-J Ma, P Veltsos, N Perrin. (2017). Dmrt1 polymorphism and sex chromosome differentiation in Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology 26: 4897-4905. PDF [PubMed] [DOI](IF=6.131, citations=19)
13). W-J Ma, T Schwander. (2017). Mechanisms and consequences in instances of endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 868-888. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.792, citations=39)
12). W-J Ma, N Rodrigues, R Sermier,A Brelsford, N Perrin. (2016). Dmrt1polymorphism covaries with sex-determination patterns in Rana temporaria. Ecology and Evolution 30: 5107-5117. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.537, citation=14)
11). W-J Ma, JR Pannell. (2016). Separate sexes are a double turnoff in melons. Current Biology 26: R171-174. PDF [PubMed] [DOI](IF=9.193, citation=5)
10). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, L van de Zande, T Schwander, B Wertheim, LW Beukeboom. (2015). Diploid males support a two-step mechanism for endosymbiont-induced thelytoky in a parasitoid wasp. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 84. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=3.027, citation=26)
9). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, LW Beukeboom, T Schwander, L van de Zande. (2014).Genetics of decayed sexual traits in a parasitoid wasp with endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis. Heredity 113: 424-431. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=3.801, citation=11)
8). W-J Ma, B Kuijper, JG de Boer, L van de Zande, LW Beukeboom, B Wertheim, BA Pannebakker. (2013). Absence of complementary sex determination in the parasitoid wasp genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 8: e60458. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.776, citation=16)
7). W-J Ma, F Vavre, LW Beukeboom. (2013). Manipulation of arthropod sex determination by endosymbionts: diversity and molecular mechanisms. Sexual Development 8: 59-73. DOI:10.1159/000357024. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.250, citation=38)
6). W-J Ma, D-R Yang, Y-Q Peng. (2009). Disturbance effects on community structure of fig wasp in Ficus tinctoriain Xishuangbanna, China: implication for the fig/fig wasp mutualism. Insect Science 16: 417-424. PDF [WoS] [DOI] (IF=2.71, citation=7)
5). W-J Ma, F-P Zhang, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang (2009). Comparison of style length and reproduction success in Ficus of different breeding systems. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 33: 911-918. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.541, citation=3)
4). W-J Ma, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang, J-M Guan. (2009). Coevolution of reproductive characteristics in three dioecious fig species and their pollinator wasps. Symbiosis 49: 87-94. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.009, citation=8)
3). W-J Ma, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang. (2009). Variation of reproduction success in Ficus tinctoria and the implication in fig evolution. Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Yunnan Insect Society: 139-145. [DOI]
2). W-J Ma. (2014). Evolutionary Genetics of Wolbachia-induced Parthenogenesis in the Parasitoid Asobara japonica: Sex Determination and Sexual Decay. PhD thesis.University of Groningen. The Netherlands. PDF Part1 PDF Part2 [DOI]
1). E Geuverink, M van Leussen, W-J Ma, LW Beukeboom, L van de Zande. (2017). Identification, sex-specific splicing and maternal provision of transformerand transformer-2 in arrhenotokous and Wolbachia-infected thelytokous Asobara japonica.Chapter 6. Parental and Endosymbiont Effects on Sex Determination in Haplodiploid Wasps-Who is in Control? PhD thesis (E. Geuverink). University of Groningen, The Netherlands. PDF [DOI]
25). W-J Ma, P Veltsos, R Sermier, M Toups, N Rodrigues, N Perrin. Y chromosome differentiation masculinizes gene expression on sex chromosomes and correlates with faster male development. Target journal: Nature Ecology and Evolution (IF=10.969)
24). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, T Schwander, L van de Zande, LW Beukeboom. Single major QTL associates with decayed sexual traits in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Target journal: Molecular Ecology (IF=6.131)
23). W-J Ma*, RC Rodríguez de la Vega*, F Carpentier, ME Hood, FE Hartmann, T Giraud, ME Hood. Hemizygous genes in the non-recombining regions of sex-related chromosomes arose mostly by gene gains rather than allelic copy loss. Target journal:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (IF=9.580)
Publications
(total citations until 07.2020: 250, h-index: 10, i10-index: 10)
22). W-J Ma, F Carpentier, T Giraud, M Hood. (2020). Differential gene expression is associated with degeneration of mating-type chromosomes in the anther smut fungus. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:234-258 PDF [DOI] (IF=3.726, citations=1)
21). FE Hartmann*, W-J Ma*. (2020). Digest: Climate plays margical role for homomorphic sex chromosome differentiation in common frogs. *Equal contribution. Evolution 74: 690-693. PDF [DOI] (IF=4.201).
20). Veltsos, N Rodrigues, T Studer, W-J Ma, R Sermier, J Leuenberger, N Perrin. (2020). Y-chromosome haplotypes of varying differentiation to the X are not associated with male fitness in the common frogs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33: 401-409. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.792, citations=1)
19). FE Hartmann, RC Rodríguez de la Vega, P Gladieux, W-J Ma, ME Hood, T Giraud. (2019). Higher gene flow in sex-related chromosomes than in autosomes during fungal divergence. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz252 Molecular Biology and Evolution 37: 668-682. PDF [DOI] (IF=14.797, citations=3)
18). W-J Ma, L Santos del Blanco, JR Pannell. (2019).A new biological species in the Mercurialis annua polyploid complex: functional divergence inflorescence morphology and hybrid sterility. Annals of Botany 124: 165-178. PDF [DOI] (IF=4.041, citations=1)
17). W-J Ma, P Veltsos, R Sermier, D Parker, N Perrin. (2018). Evolutionary and developmental dynamics of sex-biased gene expressions in the common frogs with proto-Y chromosomes. Genome Biology 19: 156. (IF=13.214, citations=12) PDF [DOI]
16). DL Jeffries, G Lavanchy, R Sermier, MJ. Sredl, I Miura, A Borzée, LN Barrow, D Canestrelli, P-A Crochet, C Dufresnes, J Fu, W-J Ma, C Macías Garcia, K Ghali, AG Nicieza, RP O’Donnell, N Rodrigues, A Romano, Í Martínez-Solano, I Stepanyan, S Zumbach, A Bresfold, N Perrin. (2018). An unprecedented rate of sex-chromosome turnover and non-random transitions in true frogs. Nature Communications 9: 4088. (IF=11.880, citations=35) PDF [DOI]
15). W-J Ma*, P Veltsos*, M Toups*, R Sermier, DL Jeffries, N Perrin. (2018). Tissue specificity and dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in a common frog population with differentiated sex chromosomes. Genes 9: 294. (* co-first authors). (IF=3.600, citations=10) PDF [PubMed] [DOI]
14). N Rodrigues, T Studer, C Dufresnes, W-J Ma, P Veltsos, N Perrin. (2017). Dmrt1 polymorphism and sex chromosome differentiation in Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology 26: 4897-4905. PDF [PubMed] [DOI](IF=6.131, citations=19)
13). W-J Ma, T Schwander. (2017). Mechanisms and consequences in instances of endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 868-888. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.792, citations=39)
12). W-J Ma, N Rodrigues, R Sermier,A Brelsford, N Perrin. (2016). Dmrt1polymorphism covaries with sex-determination patterns in Rana temporaria. Ecology and Evolution 30: 5107-5117. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.537, citation=14)
11). W-J Ma, JR Pannell. (2016). Separate sexes are a double turnoff in melons. Current Biology 26: R171-174. PDF [PubMed] [DOI](IF=9.193, citation=5)
10). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, L van de Zande, T Schwander, B Wertheim, LW Beukeboom. (2015). Diploid males support a two-step mechanism for endosymbiont-induced thelytoky in a parasitoid wasp. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 84. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=3.027, citation=26)
9). W-J Ma, BA Pannebakker, LW Beukeboom, T Schwander, L van de Zande. (2014).Genetics of decayed sexual traits in a parasitoid wasp with endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis. Heredity 113: 424-431. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=3.801, citation=11)
8). W-J Ma, B Kuijper, JG de Boer, L van de Zande, LW Beukeboom, B Wertheim, BA Pannebakker. (2013). Absence of complementary sex determination in the parasitoid wasp genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 8: e60458. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.776, citation=16)
7). W-J Ma, F Vavre, LW Beukeboom. (2013). Manipulation of arthropod sex determination by endosymbionts: diversity and molecular mechanisms. Sexual Development 8: 59-73. DOI:10.1159/000357024. PDF [PubMed] [DOI] (IF=2.250, citation=38)
6). W-J Ma, D-R Yang, Y-Q Peng. (2009). Disturbance effects on community structure of fig wasp in Ficus tinctoriain Xishuangbanna, China: implication for the fig/fig wasp mutualism. Insect Science 16: 417-424. PDF [WoS] [DOI] (IF=2.71, citation=7)
5). W-J Ma, F-P Zhang, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang (2009). Comparison of style length and reproduction success in Ficus of different breeding systems. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 33: 911-918. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.541, citation=3)
4). W-J Ma, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang, J-M Guan. (2009). Coevolution of reproductive characteristics in three dioecious fig species and their pollinator wasps. Symbiosis 49: 87-94. PDF [DOI] (IF=2.009, citation=8)
3). W-J Ma, Y-Q Peng, D-R Yang. (2009). Variation of reproduction success in Ficus tinctoria and the implication in fig evolution. Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Yunnan Insect Society: 139-145. [DOI]
2). W-J Ma. (2014). Evolutionary Genetics of Wolbachia-induced Parthenogenesis in the Parasitoid Asobara japonica: Sex Determination and Sexual Decay. PhD thesis.University of Groningen. The Netherlands. PDF Part1 PDF Part2 [DOI]
1). E Geuverink, M van Leussen, W-J Ma, LW Beukeboom, L van de Zande. (2017). Identification, sex-specific splicing and maternal provision of transformerand transformer-2 in arrhenotokous and Wolbachia-infected thelytokous Asobara japonica.Chapter 6. Parental and Endosymbiont Effects on Sex Determination in Haplodiploid Wasps-Who is in Control? PhD thesis (E. Geuverink). University of Groningen, The Netherlands. PDF [DOI]
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Awards
Honors, Awards, Fellowships and pending grants
10.2019 Travel grant for early career researchers from the Communications Journals, €2500 (pending decision)
10.2019 NERC Independent Research Fellowship grant proposal, £742,405 (pending decision)
09.2019 Royal Society University Research Fellowship grant proposal, £725,397 (being shortlisted currently in 01.2020)
05.2018 Travel grant from Society for the Study of Evolution to attend the 2018 Evolution joint congress in Montpellier, France, $500
03.2018 My MSCA proposal “Guppy_Young_Y” was awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence, was top 15% of that round. I wrote the proposal by myself (>95%)
2009-2014 Received a four-year Ubbo Emmius (Faculty) Scholarship to support my PhD research at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2009-2014, €80,000
2013 Travel grant from the Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Foundation to attend the XIV Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, €500
2012 Award on participating in project on coevolution between figs and fig wasps (output from master study), ¥1000.
2009 Winner of the best M. Sc. thesis award of DiAo (2nd prize) of CAS award – “Stability strategy of fig-fig wasp mutualism in three dioecious figs of Xishuangbanna” (in Chinese), ¥2000
2009 Received an Outstanding Master-graduate award from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS (Top 4%)
2002-2006 First-Class Departmental Scholarship for 4 years, in total ¥4,000
2006 Received an Outstanding Undergraduate award from Nanyang Normal University (Top 1%)
2004 Received a Second Class National Scholarship for Excellent Study (Top 0.1%), ¥5,000
International activities and extended periods of study abroad
06.2018-now
Postdoctoral research associate, Amherst College, Massachusetts, USA
2014-02.2018
Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Lausanne
2009-2014
My PhD proposal was funded by a Ubbo Emmius (faculty) Scholarship from University of Groningen.
2006
Assisted in the organization ofthe seventh international symposium on fig and fig wasp at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Yunnan, China
10.2019 Travel grant for early career researchers from the Communications Journals, €2500 (pending decision)
10.2019 NERC Independent Research Fellowship grant proposal, £742,405 (pending decision)
09.2019 Royal Society University Research Fellowship grant proposal, £725,397 (being shortlisted currently in 01.2020)
05.2018 Travel grant from Society for the Study of Evolution to attend the 2018 Evolution joint congress in Montpellier, France, $500
03.2018 My MSCA proposal “Guppy_Young_Y” was awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence, was top 15% of that round. I wrote the proposal by myself (>95%)
2009-2014 Received a four-year Ubbo Emmius (Faculty) Scholarship to support my PhD research at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2009-2014, €80,000
2013 Travel grant from the Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Foundation to attend the XIV Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, €500
2012 Award on participating in project on coevolution between figs and fig wasps (output from master study), ¥1000.
2009 Winner of the best M. Sc. thesis award of DiAo (2nd prize) of CAS award – “Stability strategy of fig-fig wasp mutualism in three dioecious figs of Xishuangbanna” (in Chinese), ¥2000
2009 Received an Outstanding Master-graduate award from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS (Top 4%)
2002-2006 First-Class Departmental Scholarship for 4 years, in total ¥4,000
2006 Received an Outstanding Undergraduate award from Nanyang Normal University (Top 1%)
2004 Received a Second Class National Scholarship for Excellent Study (Top 0.1%), ¥5,000
International activities and extended periods of study abroad
06.2018-now
Postdoctoral research associate, Amherst College, Massachusetts, USA
2014-02.2018
Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Lausanne
2009-2014
My PhD proposal was funded by a Ubbo Emmius (faculty) Scholarship from University of Groningen.
2006
Assisted in the organization ofthe seventh international symposium on fig and fig wasp at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Yunnan, China
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Invited talks
| Date | Presented | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 06.2020 | Evolutionary Biology Group seminar. “The evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes and sex determination” | Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany |
| 02.2020 | Departmental seminar. “The evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes and sex determination” | Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA |
| 02.2020 | Departmental seminar. “The evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes and sex determination” | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA |
| 01.2020 | Departmental seminar. “The evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes and sex determination” | School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, USA |
| 01.2020 | Conference speaker. Invited but declined. Symposium ‘Emerging frontiers in sex chromosome evolution’ | 9th World Congress of Herpetology, Dunedin, New Zealand. |
| 01.2020 | Conference speaker. ‘The International Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) conference’ | ‘Sex Chromosome and Sex Determination’ workshop, San Diego, CA, USA. |
| 08.2019 | Departmental seminar. “The evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes and sex determination” | School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK |
| 06.2019 | Conference speaker. ‘Y-chromosome differentiation is associated with developmental transcriptome masculinization and earlier male gonad completion in common frogs’ | Evolution 2019, Providence, Rhode Island |
| 05.2019 | Departmental seminar. “The evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes and sex determination” | Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK |
| 04.2019 | Departmental seminar. “The evolution and genomics of sex chromosomes and sex determination” | Milner Center for Evolution, University of Bath, UK |
| 01.2019 | Conference speaker. Invited but declined. | ‘The International Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) Conference’, San Diego, CA, USA. |
| 12.2018 | Departmental seminar. “Evolution of homomorphic sex chromosomes, sex-biased gene expression in the common frogs” | Seminar for Department of Biology, Amherst College, MA, USA |
| 09.2018 | Departmental seminar. “Evolution of homomorphic sex chromosomes, sex-biased gene expression in the common frogs” | Seminar for Department of Genetic and Ecology Evolution, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France |
| 06.2016 | Departmental seminar. “Evolution of sex determination and sex chromosome”, | Institutional external seminar, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna, China |
| 08.2015 | Conference speaker. “Sex determination and sexual decay in a parasitoid with Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis” | ‘Nöthiger insect sex determination’ workshop, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 07.2014 | Workshop speaker. “Evolutionary and genetic consequences of Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis in the parasitoid Asobara” | ‘Evolution of asexual genome’ workshop, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 10.2013 | Departmental seminar. “Genetic basis of decayed sexual traits in a parasitoid wasp”, | Laboratory of Genetics seminar, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands |
| 02.2010 | Departmental seminar. “Sex determining mechanisms and the ecological consequences in the Asobara genus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)”, seminar, | Leiden, The Netherlands |
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Conferences
| Date | Presented | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 01.2020 | Talk. “Differential gene expression between fungal mating types is associated with sequence degeneration” | PAG XVIII, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 08.2019 | Poster. “Differential gene expression between mating types is associated with sequence degeneration in the absence of sexual antagonism” | ESEB, Turku, Finland |
| 06.2019 | Talk. “Y-chromosome differentiation is associated with developmental transcriptome masculinization and earlier male gonad completion in common frogs” | Evolution, Providence, USA |
| 08.2018 | Poster. ‘Y chromosome differentiation masculinises gene expression on sex chromosomes and correlates with faster male development’ | Joint meeting of ESEB and Evolution, Montpellier, France |
| 08.2017 | Poster. ‘Evolution and temporal dynamics of sex-biased gene expressions in the common frog with a proto-sex chromosom’ | European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 01.2017 | Talk. “Is a novel reproductive trait conferring high siring success associated with postzygotic isolation in an annual plant” | PoPGroup meeting, Cambridge, UK |
| 06.2016 | Talk. ‘Characterization of Y chromosomes of varying differentiation levels by haploid gneome sequencing in the common frog’ | Evolution of sex det. workshop, La Sage, Switzerland |
| 02.2016 | Poster. “Sex-chromosome differentiation covaries with polymorphism at the candidate sex-determination gene Dmrt1 in common frogs” | Swiss Biology Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 12.2015 | Talk. “Dmrt1 polymorphism covaries with sex-differntiation patterns in the common frog” | PopGroup 49 meeting, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 08.2015 | Poster. ‘Polymorphism in the candidate sex determination gene Dmrt1 covaries with sex-chromosome differentiation patterns in the common frog’ | European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 07.2014 | Talk. “Evolutionary and genetic consequences of Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis in the parasitoid wasp Asobara” | Evolution of asexual genome’ workshop, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 08.2013 | Poster. “Genetic basis of sexual traits decay in a parasitoid wasp with endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis” | European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Lisbon, Protugal |
| 06.2013 | Departmental seminar. “Evolution of sex determination and sex chromosome”, | Institutional external seminar, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna, China |
| 06.2013 | Talk. “Genetics of decayed sexual traits in a parasitoid wasp with endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis” | Insect sex determination workshop, Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France |
| 02.2013 | Talk. “Genetics of vestigialized sexual traits in an asexual wasp” | ‘Netherlands Annual Ecology meeting, Lunteren, The Netherlands |
| 12.2012 | Talk. “Genetics of decayed sexual traits in an asexual wasp” | Entomologen Dag, Ede, The Netherlands |
| 12.2011 | Talk. “How is sex determined in the parasitoid wasp genus Asobara” | Entomologen Dag, Ede, the Netherlands |
| 11.2011 | Talk. “Experimental test of sex determination in solitary parasitoid genus Asobara” | NEV herfstvergadering, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 10.2011 | Poster. “Absence of complementary sex determination in the parasitoid wasp genus Asobara” | NEV herfstvergadering, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 10.2011 | Poster. “Experimental test of sex determination in solitary parasitoid genus Asobara” | Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 10.2011 | Poster/strong>. “No Complementary Sex Determination in the parasitoid wasp genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)” | European workshop on sex determination in insects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 06.2011 | Poster. “Sex determining mechanisms in the Asobara genus” | Genetics, Epigenetics and Evolution of Sex Chromosomes, Paris, France |
| 11.2010 | Talk. “Sex determining mechanisms in the Asobara genus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)” | Meeting of the Insect Parasitoid Special Interest Group of the Royal Entomological Society, University of York, York, UK |
| 11.2010 | Poster. “Sex determining mechanisms in the Asobara genus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)” | Plant-Insect interaction workshop, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
| 11.2007 | Talk. “Strategy of female flower resource consumption in dioecious fig species by fig wasps” | International symposium of “Biodiversity--Challenges to the New Century”, Jinghong, China |
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Teaching
Teaching assistant and mentoring activities
09.2018
PhD mid-thesis evaluation, ‘Evolution of mating-type chromosomes in the anther-smut
fungi’, University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Read and comment on the PhD mid-thesis document;
- Meet with the PhD candidate to discuss the comments for improvement;
- Attend the thesis talk and give feedbacks
09-10.2017
Teaching assistant, ‘Molecular Genetics’, Master course, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Involve in organizing and preparing the course related web lab reagents;
- Attend the web lab practical and help students troubleshooting for DNA extraction,
gel running, PCR, PCR purification, send out for Sanger sequencing and interpret results;
- Prepare R codes for Population Genetics analysis and attend the practical dry lab course
with students and troubleshoot with R codes running
09-10.2016
Teaching assistant, ‘Molecular Genetics’, Master course, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Involve in organizing and preparing the course related web lab reagents;
- Attend the web lab practical and help students troubleshooting for DNA extraction,
gel running, PCR, PCR purification, send out for Sanger sequencing and interpret results;
- Prepare R codes for Population Genetics analysis and attend the practical dry lab course
with students and troubleshoot with R codes running
02-06.2016
Teaching assistant, ‘Zoology’, Undergraduate course, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Prepare section ‘Aquatic Insects’ lab setting, taking students to the close by creek in
the field to collect aquatic insects and back to the lab to dissect and understand the biological traits;
- Prepare section ‘Bird’ lab setting and practiced bird dissection and anatomy, attend the
Practical with students and help students troubleshoot bird dissection and bird anatomy/
physiological traits;
- Prepare section ‘Fish’ lab setting and practiced fish dissection and anatomy, attend
the practical with students and help students troubleshoot fish dissection and fish anatomy/
physiological traits.
09-10.2015
Teaching assistant, ‘Molecular Genetics’, Master course, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Involve in organizing and preparing the course related web lab reagents;
- Attend the web lab practical and help students troubleshooting for DNA extraction,
gel running, PCR, PCR purification, send out for Sanger sequencing and interpret results;
- Prepare R codes for Population Genetics analysis and attend the practical dry lab course
with students and troubleshoot with R codes running
08-09.2015
Supervisor of internship undergraduate student, 6 weeks, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Supervise the student project on ‘Time series of sex determination gene expression along
frog development’, lab techniques like RNA extraction and qPCR, interpret the results, comments
on the report.
07-08.2015
Supervisor of internship undergraduate student, 8 weeks, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Supervise the student project on ‘Common garden experiment on polymorphism of male
flower inflorescence among various hexaploidy populations of Mercurialis annua’, common garden
growing plants, measure various plant phenotypical traits, lab techniques like DNA extraction and
PCR, running gels, and comment on the report.
02-06.2015
Teaching assistant, ‘Zoology’, Undergraduate course, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Prepare section ‘Aquatic Invertebrate’ lab setting, taking students to the close by creek in
the field to collect aquatic insects and back to the lab to dissect and understand the biological traits;
- Prepare section ‘Crustacean’ lab setting, taking students to the close by creek in the field
to collect crustaceans and back to the lab to dissect and understand the biological traits;
- Prepare section ‘Fish’ lab setting and practiced fish dissection and anatomy, attend the
Practical with students and help them troubleshoot fish dissection, fish anatomy/physiological traits.
10.2014-03.2016
Co-supervisor of master project, 1.5 year, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Design the master project together with two other co-supervisors on ‘Sex chromosome
turnovers among various Ranidea frog species using RAD-seq approach’, lab technique extraction
of DNA, RAD library preparation, data analysis and comments on the master report. This leads to
a high impact publication, see publication list #7.
09-10.2014
Teaching assistant, “Molecular Genetics”, Master course, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Involve in organizing and preparing the course related web lab reagents;
- Attend the web lab practical and help students troubleshooting for DNA extraction,
gel running, PCR, PCR purification, send out for Sanger sequencing and interpret results;
- Prepare R codes for Population Genetics analysis and attend the practical dry lab course
with students and troubleshoot with R codes running
02-06.2014
Supervisor of undergraduate student from NHL Hogeschool, 4 months, Leeuwarden,
The Netherlands
- Design the project on ‘Investigation of splicing variants of doutblesex in Asobara japonica wasp
with sexual and asexual populations’, teach web lab DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, RT-PCR,
running gels, purification of PCR products, Sanger sequencing results analysis, comment on report.
02.2014
Supervisor of two Masters students during the course ‘Animals meet Microbes’, The Netherlands
- Pick up several papers related to the course topic, meet with students to discuss the key
results, present the papers and join the group discussions during the course.
09.2013-01.2014
Supervisor of one Undergraduate student from NHL Hogeschool, 5 months, Leeuwarden,
The Netherlands
- Design the project on ‘Evaluate the SNP markers and remove false positive markers’,
teach web lab, DNA extraction, PCR, running gels, purification of PCR products, Sanger
sequencing results analysis, comment on the report.
02-03.2013
Supervisor of two Undergraduate students, ‘Evolutionary Genetic research’ course, 6 weeks,
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Design a small student project ‘Investigation on mating success of introgressed sex-asex
wasp offspring’, setting up the wasp cultures, supervise the students to perform the experiment,
Supervise students on presenting the results and comment on their report.
02-03.2011
Supervisor of two Undergraduate students, ‘Evolutionary Genetic research’ course, 6 weeks,
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Design a small student project ‘How do founder number and competition affect their
offspring sex, ratio allocation’, setting up the wasp cultures, supervise the students to perform
the experiment, supervise students on presenting the results and comment on their report.
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Academic Organisation
Academic organization and services
08.2019
Organize ‘Open Symposium’ sub-theme ‘Genome Evolution’,
ESEB 2019, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
03.2017
Member of PhD-Postdoc search committee for an Assistant/Associate Professor hire,
University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Switzerland
08.2015
Member of organizing staff, ESEB 2015, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
10.2014-07.2016
Journal club discussion founder and organizer, three groups wide, once per month
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
10.2014-09.2016
Topic group seminar organizer, ‘Reproductive System Dynamics’, University of Lausanne,
Switzerland
10.2012-10.2013
Institute PhD colloquia committee member, organizing monthly-based institute
colloquia in Evolution and Ecology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
02.2013
Conference section convener, “Evolutionary Ecology: Genetics of Adaptation to Environmental Shift & Species interactions”, Netherlands Annual Ecology meeting (NAEM), Lunteren, The Netherlands
07.2006
Member of organizing staff, 'the 7th international fig-fig wasp symposium',
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna, China
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Academic Workshops
Academic workshops
04.2018
“De novo transcriptome assembly”, University of Indiana, USA
06.2016
“Evolution of sex determination”, La Sage, Switzerland
08.2015
“Nöthiger insect sex determination”, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
07.2014
“Evolution of asexual genome”, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
06.2014
“NGS genome & transcriptome assembly and analysis”, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
11.2013
“Writing a Grant Proposal”, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
10.2013
“RNAseq data analysis workshop”, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
08.2013
“MGC Next Generation Sequencing data analysis”, Medical Genetics Centre South-West Netherlands, Leiden, The Netherlands
06.2013
“Nöthiger Insect sex determination”, Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France
10.2011
“Nöthiger Insect sex determination”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Lab Skills
Lab skills
Software (bioinformatics, genomic/sequencing data)
Statistics R
NGS data analysis Linux, bash script, basic Python script; SNPs development, and linkage map construction; De novogenome assembly; Genome-wide poolseq analysis; De novotransciptome assembly; RNAseq gene expression data analysis; RADseq data analysis (de novo and with reference genome); MinION long reads sequencing assembly
Sanger sequencing data MEGA, Chromas, BioEdit, Geneious
Genotype data GeneMapper, Structure
Genetic linkage map MapDisto, MSTMap
Phylogenetics (genomics) Multiple genes, or genome-wide RAD markers with Stacks, PhyML, MrBayes
Flow cytometry WinMDI, BD FACSDiva™
qPCR LinRegPCR
- DNA extraction, RNA extraction, PCR, RACE-PCR, qPCR, RT-PCR, RAPD, microsatellite genotyping, gene sequencing, cloning, RADseq library preparation, MinION sequencing library preparation;
- Flow cytometry, androgenesis;
- Wasp culturing, frog rearing, plant propagation, genetic crosses, spermatheca dissection, etc.
Software (bioinformatics, genomic/sequencing data)
Statistics R
NGS data analysis Linux, bash script, basic Python script; SNPs development, and linkage map construction; De novogenome assembly; Genome-wide poolseq analysis; De novotransciptome assembly; RNAseq gene expression data analysis; RADseq data analysis (de novo and with reference genome); MinION long reads sequencing assembly
Sanger sequencing data MEGA, Chromas, BioEdit, Geneious
Genotype data GeneMapper, Structure
Genetic linkage map MapDisto, MSTMap
Phylogenetics (genomics) Multiple genes, or genome-wide RAD markers with Stacks, PhyML, MrBayes
Flow cytometry WinMDI, BD FACSDiva™
qPCR LinRegPCR
Enter the name for this tabbed section: Referees
Referees
Prof. Dr. Leo W. Beukeboom
Relationship: PhD advisor
Professor, group leader in Evolutionary Genetics group
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES)
University of Groningen
P.O Box 11103
9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 50 363 8448
Email: l.w.beukeboom@rug.nl
Webpage: http://www.rug.nl/staff/l.w.beukeboom/
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Perrin (Retired from Aug.01.2018)
Relationship: (previous) postdoc advisor
Professor, group leader
(Previous professional address)
Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Lausanne,
CH-1005, Lausanne
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 798 414 345
Email: nicolas.perrin@unil.ch
Webpage: https://www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/menuinst/people/emeritus-professors/prof-nicolas-perrin.html
Prof. Dr. Michael E. Hood
Relationship: (current) postdoc advisor
Professor, group leader
Department of Biology
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
USA
Phone: +1 413 542-8538
Email: MHood@amherst.edu
Webpage: https://www.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/mhood
Prof. Dr. John Pannell
Relationship: (previous) postdoc advisor
Professor, group leader
Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Lausanne,
CH-1005, Lausanne
Switzerland
Phone: +4121 692 41 70
Email: John.Pannell@unil.ch
Webpage: https://www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/menuinst/people/group-leaders/prof-john-pannell.html
Prof. Dr. Leo W. Beukeboom
Relationship: PhD advisor
Professor, group leader in Evolutionary Genetics group
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES)
University of Groningen
P.O Box 11103
9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 50 363 8448
Email: l.w.beukeboom@rug.nl
Webpage: http://www.rug.nl/staff/l.w.beukeboom/
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Perrin (Retired from Aug.01.2018)
Relationship: (previous) postdoc advisor
Professor, group leader
(Previous professional address)
Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Lausanne,
CH-1005, Lausanne
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 798 414 345
Email: nicolas.perrin@unil.ch
Webpage: https://www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/menuinst/people/emeritus-professors/prof-nicolas-perrin.html
Prof. Dr. Michael E. Hood
Relationship: (current) postdoc advisor
Professor, group leader
Department of Biology
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
USA
Phone: +1 413 542-8538
Email: MHood@amherst.edu
Webpage: https://www.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/mhood
Prof. Dr. John Pannell
Relationship: (previous) postdoc advisor
Professor, group leader
Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Lausanne,
CH-1005, Lausanne
Switzerland
Phone: +4121 692 41 70
Email: John.Pannell@unil.ch
Webpage: https://www.unil.ch/dee/en/home/menuinst/people/group-leaders/prof-john-pannell.html