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Peng Li Associate Professor

Bio: 

Research Focus: 

Peng LI received a B.S. in Biology from Hunan University of Science and Technology (2003), a M.S. (2006) and Ph.D. (2009) in Zoology and Evolutionary Biology track from Nanjing Normal University. He has a short-term training on animal populations’ research at the University of Hong Kong (2011). He was a visiting scholar (2017-2018) in the lab of Professor John J. Wiens (http://www.wienslab.com/Home.html) in the University of Arizona. He worked as an associate professor for the Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Nanjing Normal University. His current research focuses on investigating the molecular evolutionary mechanism of phenotypic development regulation in reptiles, and he is also interested in the investigation of ecological and evolutionary drivers of biodiversity.

Recent Funding:

  1. Molecular mechanism analysis of hybrid dominant in growth and cold resistance in sea breams. Funded by the Major Program of National Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (Project leader, 19KJA330001, 2019-2022).
  2. Effects of temperature and illumination on Clk and Cry gene expression of crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Funded by the Program of National Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (Project leader, 17KJD240001, 2017-2019).
  3. Molecular phylogeography of sky island species of Hemiphyllodactulus in Southwest China. Funded by the National natural science foundation of China (Project participator, 31672269, 2017-2020).
  4. Molecular mechanisms of Hox genes involved in the brachyurization development of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Funded by the National natural science foundation of China (Project leader, 31000954, 2010-2013).
  5. Identification and mRNA expression profiles of brachyurization-related Hox genes in the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Funded by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Project leader, 20103207120007, 2011-2013)
  6. Identification, isolation and purification of the white spot syndrome virus antigens. Funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Project leader, BK2010541, 2010-2012)
  7. Identification and screening of small non-coding RNAs involved in the brachyurization development of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Funded by the Program of National Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (Project leader, 13KJB180008, 2013-2015)
  8. Study on the molecular evolution mechanism of embryonic and larval development of Sinopotamon yangtsekiense and Eriocheir sinensis. A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (Project leader, 2015-2017)
  9. Analysis on the expression patterns of migration-related genes in the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. (Project participator, BK20141450, 2015-2017)
  10. Investigation and assessment of insect diversity in Cixi city. Special Project of Biodiversity Conservation -- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China (Project leader, WHT-HX-2021-0161-01, 2021).
  11. Investigation and assessment of insect diversity in Huzhou city. Special Project of Biodiversity Conservation -- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China (Project leader, WHT-HZ-2021-0162-02, 2021).
  12. Monitoring, Evaluation, Intervention and regulation of insect diversity in farmland habitat. Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences. (Project leader, 100605-2022-KY-00210, 2022.8. -2023.8).

Recent Publications:

(1). Longjie Xia 1,§, Fengna Cai 1, Zhiyi Chen 1, Yao Cai 2, Kaiya Zhou 1, Jie Yan 1, Peng Li *, 1. Phylogenetic analysis and genetic structure of Schlegel’s Japanese Gecko (Gekko japonicus) from China based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Genes, 2023, 14, 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010018

(2). Yunxia Yang, Fangcao Jin, Wanyi Liu, Guangming Huo, Feng Zhou, Yan Jie, Kaiya Zhou, Peng Li *. Comparative transcriptome, digital gene expression and proteome profiling analyses provide insights into the brachyurization from the megalopa to the first juvenile in Eriocheir sinensis. Heliyon, 2023, 9: e12736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12736

(3). Peng Li#, John J. Wiens*. What drives diversification? Range expansion tops climate, life history, habitat, and size in lizards and snakes. Journal of Biogeograpgy, 2022, 49: 237-247. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14304

(4). Haixia Wu, Shuo Gao, Longjie Xia and Peng Li*. Evolutionary rates of body-size-related genes and ecological factors involved in driving body size evolution of squamates. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022, 10: 1007409. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1007409

(5). Jun-Qiong Chen, Lu-Wen Zhang, Ru-Meng Zhao, Hai-xia Wu, Long-hui Lin, Peng Li, Hong Li, Yan-fu Qu, Xiang Ji*. Gut microbiota differs between two cold-climate lizards distributed in thermally different regions. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022, 22: 120. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02077-8

(6). Qi Xiao1,2†, Youfu Lin1†, Hong Li2, Yu Chen3, Wei Wei3, Peng Li2,* and Lian Chen1,*. Transcriptome sequencing reveals the differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs in response to cold acclimation and cold stress in Pomacea canaliculata. BMC Genomics, 2022, 23: 382. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08622-5

(7). Juan Lu, Shixing Yang, Chunmei Wang, Hao Wang, Ga Gong, Yuan Xi, Jiamin Pan, Xiaochun Wang, Jian Zeng, Ju Zhang, Peng Li*, Quan Shen*, Tongling Shan*, Wen Zhang*. Gut Virome of the World’s Highest-Elevation Lizard Species (Phrynocephalus erythrurus and Phrynocephalus theobaldi) Reveals Versatile Commensal Viruses. Microbiology Spectrum, 2022, 10(1): e01872-21

(8). Youfu Lin #, Qi Xiao #, Qianwen Hao, Zijin Qian, Xuexia Li, Peng Li, Hong Li, Lian Chen*. Genome-wide identification and functional analysis of the glutathione S-transferase (GST) family in Pomacea canaliculata. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022, 193: 2062-2069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.11.038.

(9). Yao Cai, Yuefen Fan, Youxia Yue, Peng Li*, Jie Yan*, Kaiya Zhou. Molecular evolution of opsin genes during the behavioral shifts between different photic environments in geckos. Asian Herpetological Research, 2021, 12(3): 280–288.

(10). Chaochao Hu, Sijia Yuan, Wan Sun, Wan Chen, Wei Liu, Peng Li, Qing Chang *. Spatial genetic structure and demographic history of the wild boar in the Qinling Mountains, China. Animals, 2021, 11: 346. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020346

(11). Jiaqi Li, Keer Miao, Xi Wu, Jianhua Dai, Chaochao Hu, Peng Li*. The complete mitogenome of scaly thrush Zoothera aurea (Passeriformes, Turdidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 2020, 5:3, 2954-2955. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1787267.

(12). Qian Ru-en, Wang Hao, He Yu-xiao, Chen Wan, Li Peng, Hu Chao-chao, Xu Hai-gen. The temporal and spatial patterns of amphibian species richness in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. Journal of Ecology and Rural Evironment, 2020, 36(6): 720-725. DOI:10.19741/j.issn.1673-4831.2020.0042.

(13). Yan-Fu Qu#, Yan-Qing Wu, Yu-Tian Zhao, Long-Hui Lin, Yu Du, Peng Li, Hong Li and Xiang Ji*. The invasive red-eared slider turtle is more successful than the native Chinese three-keeled pond turtle: evidence from the gut microbiota. PeerJ, 2020, 8: e10271. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10271.

(14). Mingyue Chen, Youxia Yue, Juanyi He, Peng Li*, Jie Yan*, Feifei Wang, Fengna Cai, Kaiya Zhou. Screening and identification of microRNAs during larval metamorphic development of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Aquaculture Research, 2020, 51: 2322-2335. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14576.

(15). Jin Zhou, Yu-Tian Zhao, Ying-Yu Dai, Yi-Jin Jiang, Long-Hui Lin, Hong Li, Peng Li, Yan-Fu Qu*, Xiang Ji*. Captivity affects diversity, abundance, and functional pathways of gut microbiota in the northern grass lizard Takydromus septentrionalis. MicrobiologyOpen. 2020, 00: e1095. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1095.

(16). Wei Xie, Bin Sun, Peng Li*, Jie Yan*, Wan Chen, Kaiya Zhou. Putative Pacemakers in the Crayfish Procambarus clarkii Show Circadian Oscillations in levels of mRNA for clock genes under different light rhythm. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2020, 20(11): 813-825. http://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v20_11_05.

(17). Feifei Wang , Mingyue Chen, Fengna Cai, Peng Li *, Jie Yan *, Kaiya Zhou. Expression of specific corneous beta proteins in the developing digits of the Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus) reveals their role in the growth of adhesive setae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B. 240 (2020) 110370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2019.110370.

(18). Jingbo Li, Jingge Ding, Wei Xie, Yubo Lin, Hao Li, Jie Yan *, Peng Li *, Kaiya Zhou. Expression patterns of MIH, EcR2, and RXR3 in the moult cycle of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) (Decapoda, Cambaridae). Crustaceana, 2019, 92(9): 1113–1139. Doi: 10.1163/15685403-00003928.

(19). Lian Chen, ShiYuan Liang, Rui Nian, Hong Li*, Peng Li, YanFu Qu, Ting Wu, QingGuo Meng, Xiang Ji. Molecular cloning and characterization of the cathepsin L gene in Pelodiscus sinensis and its expression in response to bacterial challenge. Aquaculture Research. 2018, 49: 3071–3082.

(20). Hao Li, Peng Li *, Jie Yan *, Wenli Xie, Peipei Wang, Haixia Wu, Kaiya Zhou. Identification, expression and function analysis of Myosin Va in the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B, 2018, 226: 45-52.

(21). Bin Sun, Peng Li *, Jie Yan *, Hao Li, Hong Li, Lian Chen, Yanfu Qu, Kaiya Zhou. Identification, characterization and expression patterns of a Caspase-14 gene from the Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis under immune challenge. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2018, 18: 1409-1420 doi: 10.4194/1303-2712-v18_12_09. http://www.trjfas.org/uploads/pdf_1287.pdf

(22). Peng Li (2017) Chapter 10: Heat Shock Proteins in Aquaculture Disease Immunology and Stress Response of Crustaceans. In: Asea A.A.A., Kaur P. (eds) Heat Shock Proteins in Veterinary Medicine and Sciences. Heat Shock Proteins, vol 12. Springer, Cham, ISBN 978-3-319-73376-0. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73377-7_10

Contact：

Introduction on the official website: http://schools.njnu.edu.cn/life/person/peng-li

Address: College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Qixia District, Nanjing, China, 210023.

E-mail: biolipeng@163.com, lipeng@njnu.edu.cn          Phone: (+86) 13776689887