Shuang-Lin Dong
Ph.D. Professor of Entomology
Education
1997- 2000: PhD degree in Zoology; Shanghai Institute of Entomology, Chinese Academy of Science.
1993- 1996: Master degree in Entomology; Huazhong Agricultural University.
1980- 1984: Bachelor degree in Entomology; Beijing Agricultural University (now China Agricultural University).
Professional History
2000- now: Associate professor (before April of 2003) and full professor in Nanjing Agricultural University; Teaching and research mainly on Insect chemical ecology.
1984- 1999: Assistant professor (before January of 1997) and associate professor in the Cotton Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Researches on cotton pest management and cotton resistance to pests.
2013.10-2014.1: Visiting professor in the University of Tokyo; Research topic: sex pheromone biosynthesis in moths.
2007.5-2008.4: Post-doctoral research in Department of Entomology, Luisiana State University; Research topic: factors influencing the soldier formation in Coptotermes formosanus.
2004.5-2005.5: International Fellowship research in Department of Biochemistry, Rothamsted Research, UK; Research topic: molecular mechanisms underlying the insecticide insensitivity of modified acetylcholinesterase in cotton aphid.
Research interests
1. Identification of insect sex pheromones and the application in integrated pest management;
2. Molecular mechanisms of insect olfaction;
3. Effects of insecticides and pest resistant transgenic crops on insect sex pheromone communication.
Selected publications (* Corresponding author)
1. Zhan-Feng Ye, Xiao-Long Liu, Qi Han, Xiao-Tong Dong, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2017. Functional characterization of PBP1 gene in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Scientific Reports, 7:8470
2. Hetan Chang, Dong Ai, Jin Zhang, Shuanglin Dong*, Yang Liu*, Guirong Wang. 2017. Candidate odorant binding proteins and chemosensory proteins in the larval chemosensory tissues of two closely related noctuidae moths, Helicoverpa armigera and H.assulta. PLoS ONE, 12(6):e0179243.
3. Guan-Heng Zhu, Ying-Chuan Peng, Mei-Yan Zheng, Xiao-Qing Zhang, Jia-Bin Sun, Yong-Ping Huang, and Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2017. CRISPR/Cas9 mediated BLOS2 knockout resulting in disappearance of yellow strips and white spots on the larval integument in Spodoptera litura. Journal of Insect Physiology,103:29-35.
4. Nai-Yong Liu, Jia-Yao Zhu, Ting Zhang, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2017. Characterization of two odorant binding proteins in Spodoptera exigua reveals functional conservation and difference. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 213:20-27
5. Zhao-Qun Li, Peng He, Ya-Nan Zhang, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2017. Molecular and Functional Characterization of Three Odorant-Binding Protein from Periplaneta Americana. Plos One, 12(1):e0170072. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170072
6. Sajjad Ali Khuhro, Hui Liao, Xiao-Tong Dong, Qi Yu, Qi Yan and Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2017. Two general odorant binding proteins display high bindings to both host plant volatiles and sex pheromones in a pyralid moth Chilo suppressalis. Journal of Asian Pacific Entomology, 20: 521–528.
7. Hetan Chang, Yang Liu, Dong Ai, Shuanglin Dong, Guirong Wang*. 2017. A Pheromone antagonist regulates optimal mating time in the moth Helicoverpa armigera. Current Biology, 27(11):1610
8. Ke Yang, Yan Liu, Dong-Juan Niu, Dan Wei, Fei Li, Gui-Rong Wang, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2016. Identification of novel odorant binding protein genes and functional characterization of OBP8 in Chilo suppressalis (Walker). Gene, 591(2):425-432
9. Guan-Heng Zhu, Jun Xu, Zhen Cui，Xiao-Tong Dong, Zhan-Feng Ye, Dong-Juan Niu, Yong-Ping Huang, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2016. Functional characterization of SlitPBP3 in Spodoptera litura by CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 75:1-9.
10. Dong-Juan Niu, Yan Liu, Xiao-Tong Dong, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2016. Transcriptome Based Identification and Tissue Expression Profiles of Chemosensory Genes in Blattella germanica (Blattaria: Blattidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part D, 18:30-43
11. Nai-Yong Liu, Fang Yang, Ke Yang, Peng He, Xiao-Hui Niu, Wei Xu, Alisha Anderson and Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2015. Two subclasses of odorant-binding proteins in Spodoptera exigua display structural conservation and functional divergence. Insect Molecular Biology, DOI: 10.1111/imb.12143
12. Nai-Yong Liu, Ke Yang, Yan Liu, Wei Xu, Alisha Anderson and Shuang-Lin Dong*.2015.Two general-odorant binding proteins in Spodoptera litura are differentially tuned to sex pheromones and plant odorants. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A,180:23-31
13. Yi-Han Xia, Ya-Nan Zhang, Xiao-Qing Hou, Fei Li* & Shuang-Lin Dong*.2015. Large number of putative chemoreception and pheromone biosynthesis genes revealed by analyzing transcriptome from ovipositor-pheromone glands of Chilo suppressalis. Scientific Reports, 5:7888
14. Jun-Yan Jin, Zhao-Qun Li, Ya-Nan Zhang, Nai-Yong Liu, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2014. Different roles suggested by sex-biased expression and pheromone binding affinity among three pheromone binding proteins in the pink rice borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 66(7):71–79
15. Peng He, Ya-Nan Zhang, Zhao-Qun Li, Ke Yang, Jia-Yao Zhu, Shi-Jing Liu, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2014. An antennae-enriched carboxylesterase from Spodoptera exigua displays degradation activity in both plant volatiles and female sex pheromones. Insect Molecular Biology,23(4):475-486
16. Ya-Nan Zhang, Jin Zhang, Shu-Wei Yan, He-Tan Chang, Yang Liu, Gui-Rong Wang*, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2014. Functional characterization of sex pheromone receptors in the purple stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker). Insect Molecular Biology, 23(5):611-20
17. Ya-Nan Zhang, Yi-Han Xia, Jia-Yao Zhu, Sheng-Yun Li, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2014. Putative pathway of sex pheromone biosynthesis and degradation by expression patterns of genes identified from female pheromone gland and adult antenna of Sesamia inferens (Walker).Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40:439-451
18. Nai-Yong Liu, Wei Xu, Alexie Papanicolaou, Shuang-Lin Dong*, Alisha Anderson*.2014.Identification and characterization of three chemosensory receptor families in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera. BMC genomics, 15:597
19. Chengcheng Liu, Yang Liu, Mengbo Guo, Depan Cao, Shuanglin Dong*, Guirong Wang*. 2014. Narrow tuning of an odorant receptor to plant volatiles in Spodoptera exigua (Hübner). Insect Molecular Biology,23(4):487-96
20. Ya-Nan Zhang, Jun-Yan Jin, Rong Jin, Yi-Han Xia, Jing-Jiang Zhou, Jian-Yu Deng*, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2013. Differential Expression Patterns in Chemosensory and Non-Chemosensory Tissues of Putative Chemosensory Genes Identified by Transcriptome Analysis of Insect Pest the Purple Stem Borer Sesamia inferens (Walker). PLoS One,8(7):e69715
21. J. Zhang, C. C. Liu, S. W. Yan, Y. Liu, M. B. Guo, S. L. Dong* and G. R. Wang*. 2013. An odorant receptor from the common cutworm (Spodoptera litura) exclusively tuned to the important plant volatile cis-3-Hexenyl acetate. Insect Molecular Biology,22(4):424-432
22. Nai-Yong Liu, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2013. Functional differentiation of pheromone-binding proteins in the common cutworm Spodoptera litura. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 165(2):254-262.
23. Zhao-Qun Li, Shuai Zhang, Jun-Yu Luo, Jin-Jie Cui, Yan Ma*, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2013. Two Minus-C odorant binding proteins from Helicoverpa armigera display higher ligand binding affinity at acidic pH than neutral pH. Journal of Insect Physiology，59(1):263-272.
24. Zhao-Qun Li, Shuai Zhang, Yan Ma, Jun-Yu Luo, Chun-Yi Wang, Li-Min Lv, Shuang-Lin Dong*, Jin-Jie Cui*. 2013. First Transcriptome and Digital Gene Expression Analysis in Neuroptera with an Emphasis on Chemoreception Genes in Chrysopa pallens (Rambur),PLoS One,8(6):e67151
25. Zhao-Qun Li, Shuai Zhang, Jun-Yu Luo, Chun-Yi Wang, Li-Min Lv, Shuang-Lin Dong*, Jin-Jie Cui*. 2013. Ecological Adaption Analysis of the Cotton Aphid (Aphis gossypii) in Different Phenotypes by Transcriptome Comparison. PLoS ONE, 8(12): e83180.
26. Chengcheng Liu, Yang Liu, William B. Walker, Shuanglin Dong*, Guirong Wang*. 2013. Identification and functional characterization of sex pheromone receptors in beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Hübner). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43:747-754
27. Nai-Yong Liu, Peng He, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2012. Binding properties of pheromone-binding protein 1 from the common cutworm Spodoptera litura. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., B, 161(4):295-302
28. Peng He, Jin Zhang, Nai-Yong Liu, Ya-Nan Zhang, Ke Yang, Shuang-Lin Dong*. 2011. Distinct expression profiles and different functions of odorant binding proteins in Nilaparvata lugens Stål. PLoS One,6(12):e28921
29. Dandan Li; Yanhong Wang; Kun Zhang; Zhujin Jiao; Xiaopeng Zhu; Geir Skogerboe; Xiangqian Guo; Viswanathan Chinnusamy; Lijun Bi; Yongping Huang; Shuanglin Dong*; Runsheng Chen*; Yunchao Kan*. 2011. Experimental RNomics and genomic comparative analysis reveal a large group of species-specific small non-message RNAs in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Nucleic Acids Research, 39(9):3792-3805
30. Xu Z, Cao GC, and Dong SL*. 2010. Changes of sex pheromone communication systems associated with tebufenozide and abamectin resistance in Diamond back moth, Plutella xylostella (L.). J. Chemical Ecology,36:526-534
31. Xu YL, He P, Zhang L, Fang SQ, Dong SL*, Zhang YJ* and Li F*. 2009. Large-scale identification of odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins from expressed sequence tags in insects. BMC genomics,10: 632; doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-632
32. Xiu,WM, Zhou,YZ and Dong, SL*. 2008. Molecular characterization and expression pattern of two pheromone binding proteins from Spodoptera litura (Fabricius). J. Chemical Ecology, 34(4):487-98
33. Xiu,WM and Dong, SL*. 2007. Molecular Characterization of Two Pheromone Binding Proteins and Quantitative Analysis of their Expression in the Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua Hübner. J. Chemical Ecology, 33(5):947-61
Contact Information
Email: sldong@njau.edu.cn
Office Phone (Fax): 0086-25-84399062
Mail address:
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University
No. 1 Weigang, Xuanwu District
Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu
China
