Curriculum Vitae

 

         Name:  Xusheng Wang

         Office Address:  Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology

              University of Tennessee Health Science Center

              855 Monroe Avenue

              Memphis TN, 38163

Birth:  1978-03-11

Email:  xwang39@utmem.edu

Phone:  901-448-1178

Cell-phone: 901-338-9248

 

 

 


ACADEMIC DEGREES

 

Ph.D.          (2006)         Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics

Zhejiang University, P.R. China

 

Master       (2003)         Genetics and Plant Science

Zhejiang University, P.R. China

 

Bachelor     (2000)         Agronomy

Zhejiang University, P.R. China

 

 

INTERESTS

 

á      Systems genetics, complex trait analysis, and functional genomics

 

á      Statistical genetics, Quantitative genetics

 

á      Control of gene expression

 

á      Genetics of complex diseases

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

 

1. 2008.11--Present        Research Associate: University of Tennessee, Health  Science Center, Memphis, TN USA

 

2. 2007.7--2008.11         Post-doctoral fellow: University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, Memphis, TN USA

 

3. 2007.2--2008.12         Lecture: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou China

 

4. 2006.2--2007.2          Junior Scientist: University of California, Davis (EAP in  China, Peking University)

 

5. 2005.2--2006.2          Junior Scientist: University of California, Davis

 

6. 2002.4--2003.4          Visiting Scholar: International Rice Research Institute, Philippine

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

á      International Complex Trait Consortium

á      International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society

 

á      Sigma Xi

 

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 

2008—2010 National Natural Science Foundation of China: Large-scale exploitation of Conserved Species-Span Polymorphism (CSSP) Markers. (No. 30700517; Principal Investigator)

2007—2008   National Post-doctoral Fellowship: Development of Novel Amplified Conserved Sequences Polymorphism (ACSP) Markers. (No. 20070411195; Principal Investigator)

2007—2008    Zhejiang University Initial Research Foundation (Principal Investigator)

 

NON- ACADEMICAL ACTIVITIES

 

á President of graduate student union, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University

á President of student union, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University

 

TEACHING

 

2007.2—2007.7      Biostatistics,  Zhejiang University

 

2007.2—2007.7       Bioinformatics, China Jiliang University (Invited)

 

2007.2—2007.7       Bioinformatics, Zhejiang Forest College (Invited)

 

PATENTS

1.     Weiren Wu, LU Yongquan, WANG Xusheng. Development of Amplified Consensus Genetic Markers in Gramineae. (No. CN1769492)

 

PUBLICATIONS

1.     Richard M. Bruskiewich, Alexander B. Cosico, William Eusebio, Arllet M. Portugal, Luralyn M. Ramos, Ma. Teresa Reyes, May Ann B. Sallan, Victor Jun M. Ulat, Xusheng Wang, Kenneth L. McNally, Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton and Christopher Graham McLaren. Linking genotype to phenotype: the International Rice Information System (IRIS). Bioinformatics. 2003; 19 Suppl1:i63-65.

 

2.     Xusheng Wang, Xiangqian Zhao, Jun Zhu, Weiren Wu. Genome-wide investigation of intron length polymorphisms and their potential as molecular markers in rice (Oryza sativa L.). DNA Res 2005;12:417-427.

 

3.     Xusheng Wang, Weiren Wu, Gulei Jin, Jun Zhu. Genome-wide identification of R genes and exploitation of candidate RGA markers in rice. Chinese Science Bulletin. 2005; 50(11):1120-1126.

 

4.     Xusheng Wang, Jun Zhu, Locedie Mansueto and Richard Bruskiewich. Identification of Candidate Genes for Drought Stress Tolerance in Rice by the Integration of a Genetic (QTL) Map with the Rice Genome Physical Map. J Zhejiang Univ SCI. 2005; 6B(5):382-388.

 

5.     Xusheng Wang, Hongbo Zhu, Gulei Jin, Weiren Wu, Jun Zhu. Genome-scaled Identification and Analysis of LEA Genes in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Science. 2007; 172(2): 414-420.

 

6.     Mahmood Qaisar, Zheng Ping, Wu Donglei, Wang Xusheng, Yousaf Hayat, Ul-Islam Ejaz, Hassan Muhammad Jaffar, Jilani Ghulam, Azim Rashid. Prediction of anoxic sulfide biooxidation under various HRTs using artificial neural networks. Biomed Environ Sci 2007;20:398-403

 

7.     Xusheng Wang, Minghua Zhang, Jun Zhu, Shu Geng. Spectral prediction of Phytophthora infestans infection on tomatoes using artificial neural network (ANN). International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2008; 29:1693-1706.

 

8.     Lu Lu, Lai Wei, Jeremy L Peirce, Xusheng Wang, Jianhua Zhou, Ramin Homayouni, Robert W Williams, and David C Airey. Using gene expression databases for classical trait QTL candidate gene discovery in the BXD recombinant inbred genetic reference population: Mouse forebrain weight. BMC Genomics. 2008, 9: 444.

 

9.     Khyobeni Mozhui, Daniel C. Ciobanu, Thomas Schikorski, Xusheng Wang, Lu Lu, Robert W. Williams. Dissection of a QTL Hotspot on Mouse Distal Chromosome 1 that Modulates Neurobehavioral Phenotypes and Gene Expression. PLoS Genetics 2008, 4(11): e1000260 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000260.

 

10.  Jiajuan Dai*, Xusheng Wang*, Ying Chen, Xiaodong Wang, Jun Zhu, Lu Lu. Expression QTL and Genetic Regulatory Network Analysis Reveals That Gabra2 is Involved in the Stress Response. Stress. 2009; DOI: 10.1080/10253890802666112 (first co-author)

 

11.  Qin Shen*, Xusheng Wang*, Ying Chen, Lingli Xu, Xiaodong Wang, Jun Zhu, Lu Lu. Expression QTL and regulatory network analysis of microtubule-associated protein tau gene. Parkisonism related disorder. 2009; doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.10.010 (first co-author)

 

12.  Xusheng Wang, Ying Chen, Xiaodong Wang, Jun Zhu, Lu Lu. Genetic regulatory network analysis for App based on genetical genomics approach, Experimental Aging Research. (Accepted)

 

13.  Eldon E. Geisert, Lu Lu, Natalie E. Freeman-Anderson, Xusheng Wang, Weikuan Gu, Yan Jiao, Robert W. Williams. Large-scale variation in gene expression in the mouse eye: Covariance with ocular and retinal traits. Molecular Vision (Accepted)

 

14.  WANG Xusheng, LU Yan ,WU Jianguo. Determination of oil component in cottonseeds with Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy. Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis. 2000; 13(4):218-222 ,2001.

 

15.  XU Yusong, WANG Xusheng, WANG Hubin, LOU Chenfu. Cloning and Genomic Organization of a Novel Zinc Finger Portein Gene From Silkworm, Bombyx mori. CANYE KEXUE. 2005; 30(4):343-347.

 

16.  JIN GuLei, WANG XuSheng, ZHU Jun. Bioinformatic Analysis of the 14-3-3 Gene Family in Rice. ACTA Genetica Sinic. 2005; 32(7):726-732.

 

17.  CHEN Zhongzhong, WANG Xusheng, ZHU Jun. Analysis of SSRs polymorphism by genome-scale comparing between indica and japonica. Chinese Journal of Rice Science. 2005; 19(4):303-307.

 

18.  WANG Xusheng, WU Weiren, JIN Gulei, ZHU Jun. Genome-wide identification of R genes and exploitation of candidate RGA markers in rice. Chinese Science Bulletin. 2005; 50(11):1085-1089.

 

19.  YU Dongliang, ZHONG Boxiong, FU Yan, WANG Xusheng. Comparison of ESTs and SNPs From Posterior Silkgland of Silkworm Bombyx mori Between the Strain P50 and C108. Canye Kexue. 2005; 31(4): 434-438.

 

20.  LU Yongquan, WANG Xusheng, HUANG Weisu, XIAO Tianxia, ZHENG Yan, WU Wei-ren. Development of Amplified Consensus Genetic Markers in Gramineae Based on Rice Intron Length Polymorphisms. Scientia Agricultura Sinica. 2006; 39(3):433-439. (first co-author)

 

21.  YU Dong-liang, WANG Xusheng, XU Fei, FU Yan. Bioinformatics Identification and Analysis for Box C/D SnoRNAs in Silkworm Genome. Scientia Agricultura Sinica. 2007; 40(1):196-203. (first co-author)

 

22.  XIAO Tianxia, ZHAO Xiangqian, WANG Xusheng, WU Weiren, ZHU Jun. Examination and evaluation of PCR-based RGA markers in rice. Journal of Zhejiang University (Agriculture and Life Sciences). 2007; 33(1):51-55.

 

23.  WU Jiasheng, WANG Xusheng. Methods of bioinformatic analysis for candidate genes underlying quantitative trait loci(QTLs). Journal of Zhejiang Forestry College. 2008; 25:104-108.

 

24.  Ying Chen, Xusheng Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Lu Lu. Advance in study of gene expression (eQTL). Life Science. (Accepted, first co-author)

 

 

ABSTRACTS of INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

 

1.     Xusheng Wang, Prashanth G. Bagali, RenŽe Lafitte, Zhikang Li, Zhu Jun and Richard Bruskiewich. Identification of Candidate Genes for Drought Stress Tolerance in Rice by the Integration of Genetic (QTL) Maps with the Rice Genome Physical Map. The First International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics. 2003.

 

2.     Wang Xusheng, Hori RT, Lu Lu, Robert W Williams. Reverse complex trait analysis of transcripts involved in CNS function. The 10th Annual Genes, Brain and Behavior Meeting of IBANGS. 2008.

 

3.     Xusheng Wang, Melloni Cook, Beth Bennett, Lu Lu, Robert Williams. The clock gene, Per3, a candidate gene for ethanol and stress in mice. RSA/ISBRA Joint meeting. 2008.