Biography and Research Interest

Comparative genomics, thermal adaptation, developmental biology

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

1. Lixue Cao, Qiao Huang, Zhichao Wu, Dongdong Cao, Zhanling Ma, Qianghua Xu, Peng Hu, Yanxia Fu, Yu Shen, Jiulin Chan, Congzhao Zhou, Wanying Zhai, and Liangbiao Chen (2016) Neofunctionalization of zona pellucida proteins enhances freeze-prevention in the eggs of Antarctic notothenioids. Nature Comm. 7:12987.
2. Hu P, Liu M, Liu Y, Wang J, Zhang D, Niu H, Jiang S, Wang J, Zhang D, Han B, Xu Q, Chen L. (2016). Transcriptome comparison reveals a genetic network regulating the lower temperature limit in fish. Sci Rep. 6:28952. doi:10.1038/srep28952.
3. Xu Q, Zhang C, Zhang D, Jiang H, Peng S, Liu Y, Zhao K, Wang C, Chen L. (2016). Analysis of the erythropoietin of a Tibetan Plateau schizothoracine fish (Gymnocypris dobula) reveals enhanced cytoprotection function in hypoxic environments. BMC Evol Biol. 16:11.
4. Xu Q, Cai C, Hu X, Liu Y, Guo Y, Hu P, Chen Z, Peng S, Zhang D, Jiang S, Wu Z, Chan J, Chen L*.(2015) Evolutionary suppression of erythropoiesis via the modulation of TGF-β signaling in an Antarctic icefish. Mol. Ecol. ;24(18):4664-78.
5. Yang N.,Peng C., Cheng D., Huang Q., Xu G., Gao F., Chen L. * (2013). The over-expression of calmodulin from Antarctic notothenioid fish increases cold tolerance in tobacco. Gene.521(1):32-7
6. Qianghua Xu, Guang Li, Lixue Cao, Zhongjun Wang, Hua Ye, Xiaoyin Chen, Xi Yang, Yiquan Wang, Liangbiao Chen*. (2012). Proteomic characterization and evolutionary analyses of zona pellucida domain-containing proteins in the egg coat of the cephalochordate, Branchiostoma belcheri. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12:239