Zhao-Jun Han, Professor of Entomology
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Tel:025-84395245 E-mail:zjhan@njau.edu.cn Research interest:insect molecular biology and agricultural pest control, with emphasis on insecticide resistance and insect RNA interference. |
Biography
Employment: 1997~present, Professor, Dept of Entomol, Nanjing Agric Univ (NJAU)
1992~1997, Associate Professor, Dept of Entomol, NJAU
1987~1992, Lecturer, Dept of Entomol, NJAU
1985~1987, Assistant, Dept of Entomol, NJAU
Education: 2001~2002, Visitor, California University Riverside, USA
1995~1997, Reseach fellow, Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK
1987~1990, Doctoral student, Dept of Plant Protection, NJAU
1982~1984, Graduate student, Dept of Plant Protection, NJAU
1978~1982, Undergraduate student, majoring in Plant Protection, NJAU
Research projects (in recent five years)
1. Natural Science Foundation Project (2017-2020): Off-target effects concerning with dsRNA sequences in insect RNA interference.
2. National Key Research Project from the Ministry of Agriculture of China (2013-2017): Study and demonstration of the techniques for area-wide integrated control of borers on graminaceous crops in southern China.
3. Key National Natural Science Foundation Project (2012-2016): Studies on the occurrence and molecular mechanisms for insecticide resistance in important insect pests on rice.
Selected Publications (in recent five years)
1. Sun, H.; Pu, J.; Chen, F.; Wang, J.; Han, Z.* Multiple ATP-binding cassette transporters are involved in insecticide resistance in the small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2017, 26(3):343-355.
2. Elzaki, Mohammed Esmail Abdalla; Miah, Mohammad Asaduzzaman; Wu, Min; Zhang, Haomiao; Pu, Jian; Jiang, Ling; Han, Zhaojun*, Imidacloprid is degraded by CYP353D1v2, a cytochrome P450 overexpressed in a resistant strain of Laodelphax striatellus. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 2017, 73(7):1358-1363.
3. Song, Ping-Ping; Zhao, Jun; Liu, Zong-Liang; Duan, Ya-Bing; Hou, Yi-Ping; Zhao, Chun-Qing; Wu, Min; Wei, Min; Wang, Nian-He; Lv, Ye; Han, Zhao-Jun*, Evaluation of antifungal activities and structure-activity relationships of coumarin derivatives. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 2017, 73(1):94-101.
4. Miah, Mohammad Asaduzzaman; Elzaki, Mohammed Esmail Abdalla; Han, Zhaojun*, Resistance irrelevant CYP417A2v2 was found degrading insecticide in Laodelphax striatellus. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2017, 7(14):5032-5040.
5. Wang, R.; Zhu, Y.; Deng, L.; Zhang, H.; Wang, Q.; Yin, M.; Song, P.; Elzaki, M. E. A.; Han, Z.; Wu, M.* Imidacloprid is hydroxylated by Laodelphax striatellus CYP6AY3v2. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2017, 26(5):543-551.
6. Peng, Y. C.; Sheng, C. W.; Casida, John E.; Zhao, C. Q.*; Han, Z. J.,Ryanodine receptor genes of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis: Molecular cloning, alternative splicing and expression profiling. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 2017, 135: 69-77.
7. Wang,K., Peng,Y., Pu,J., Fu,W., Wang,J. and Han,Z., 2016. Variation in RNAi efficacy among insect species is attributable to dsRNA degradation in vivo. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 77, 1–9.
8. Pu Jian; Sun Haina; Wang Jinda; Wu Min; Wang Kangxu; Denholm Ian; Han Zhaojun*, 2016, Multiple cis-acting elements involved in up-regulation of a cytochrome P450 gene conferring resistance to deltamethrin in smal brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 78: 20-28.
9. Elzaki Mohammed Esmail Abdalla; Zhang Wanfang; Feng Ai; Qiou Xiaoyan; Zhao Wanxue; Han Zhaojun*, Constitutive overexpression of cytochrome P450 associated with imidacloprid resistance in Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén). Pest Management Science, 2016, 72(5): 1051-1058.
10. Lu Xu, Min Wu and Zhaojun Han∗, 2014, Biochemical and molecular characterization and cross-resistance in field and laboratory chlorpyrifos-resistant strains of Laodelphax striatellus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) from eastern China. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 70(7): 1118-1129.
11. Baoju Wang; MF Shahzad; Zan Zhang; Haina Sun; *Fei Li; *Zhaojun Han, 2014, Genome-wide analysis reveals the expansion of Cytochrome P450 genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism in rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 443(2): 756-760.
12. Yang, J., Han, Z.J., 2014. Efficiency of different methods for dsRNA delivery in cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera). J. Integr. Agr. 13, 115-123.
13. Yang, J., Han, Z.J., 2014. Optimisation of RNA interference‐mediated gene silencing in Helicoverpa armigera. Aust. Entomol. 53, 83-88.
14. Wang, J., Wu, M., Wang, B., Han, Z., 2013. Comparison of the RNA interference effects triggered by dsRNA and siRNA in Tribolium castaneum. Pest Manag. Sci. 69, 781-786.\
15. Lu Xu, Min Wu, Zhaojun Han*, 2013, Overexpression of Multiple Detoxification Genes in Deltamethrin Resistant Laodelphax striatellus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in China. PLOS ONE, November 2013, Volume 8, Issue 11, e79443.
Honors & Recognition
Major honors:
1. Zhongshan Distinguished Famous Teacher of NJAU (2016)
2. Second National Prize for Sci Res (2015)
3. National Model Teacher (2009)
4. Distinguished Famous Teacher of Jiangsu Province (2009)
Major academic positions:
1. Academic Committee Member of Nanjing Agricultural University
2. Plant Protection Discipline Appraisal Group Member, Academic Degrees Committee of The State Council.