Biography

Professional experience:

2020- Present Full Professor, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

2016- 2020 Associate Professor, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

2017- 2018 Visiting Scholar (Specialty: Drosophila Egg-laying Behavior), Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

2014- 2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate (Specialty: Drosophila Courtship Behavior), Southeast University, Nanjing, China

2013- 2016 Assistant Professor, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Education:

2008- 2013 Ph.D. in Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control (Specialty: Insect Physiology and Molecular Biology), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

2004- 2008 B.S. in Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China

Research Projects

1.     National Natural Science Foundation of China “Insect Courtship Behavior” (2021-2023).

2.     National Natural Science Foundation of China “Molecular mechanism of sulfakinin and its receptor inhibition of food intake in the brown planthopper” (2018-2021).

Selected publications

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1.       Ya-Long Jia, Yi-Jie Zhang, Di Guo, Chen-Yu Li, Jun-Yu Ma, Cong-Fen Gao, Shun-Fan Wu*. (2020) A mechanosensory receptor TMC regulates ovary development in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. Frontiers in Genetics 11: 1152.

2.       Di Guo, Su Zhang, Yi-Jie Zhang, Jun-Yu Ma, Cong-Fen Gao, Shun-Fan Wu*. (2020) Sulfakinin inhibits activity of digestive enzymes in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. J. Asia. Pac. Entomol. 87: 55-64.

3.       Jing-Mei Huang, Cong Rao, Shuai Wang, Lin-Feng He, Si-Qi Zhao, Li-Qi Zhou, Yun-Xia Zhao, Feng-Xia Yang, Cong-Fen Gao*, Shun-Fan Wu *. (2020) Multiple target-site mutations occurring in lepidopterans confer resistance to diamide insecticides. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 121: 103367.

4.       Yun-Xia Zhao, Jing-Mei Huang, Huan Ni, Di Guo, Feng-Xia Yang, Xin Wang, Shun-Fan Wu*, Cong-Fen Gao*. (2020) Susceptibility of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E.Smmith), to eight insecticides in China, with special reference to lambda-cyhalothrin. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 168: 104623.

5.       Shun-Fan Wu#, Chao Guo#, Huan Zhao#, Meng-Shi Sun, Jie Chen, Cai-Hong Han, Qiong-Lin Peng, Huan-Huan Qiao, Ping Peng, Yan Liu, Sheng-Zhan D. Luo & Yu-Feng Pan*. (2019) Drosulfakinin signaling in fruitless circuitry antagonizes P1 neurons to regulate sexual arousal in Drosophila. Nature Communications, 10(1): 4770.

6.       Shun-Fan Wu*, Ya-Long Ja, Yi-Jie Zhang, Chung-Hui Yang* (2019). Sweet neurons inhibit texture discrimination by signaling TMC-expressing mechanosensitive neurons in Drosophila.eLife, 8, e46165.

7.       Shun-Fan Wu, Xiao-Min Jv, Jing-Mei Huang, Cong-Fen Gao*. (2019) Molecular features and expression profiles of octopamine receptors in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Pest Management Science 75(10): 2663-2671.

8.       Shun-Fan Wu, Bin Zeng, Chen Zheng, Xi-Chao Mu, Yong Zhang, Jun Hu, Shuai Zhang, Cong-Fen Gao*, Jin-Liang Shen. (2018) The evolution of insecticide resistance in the brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål) of China in the period 2012–2016. Scientific Reports 8: 4586.

9.       Shun-Fan Wu, Jian Li, Yong Zhang, Cong-Fen Gao*. (2018) Molecular characterization and expression profiling of ryanodine receptor gene in the pink stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 146: 1-6.

10.   Shun-Fan Wu, Xiao-Min Jv, Jian Li, Guang-Jian Xu, Xiao-Yi Cai, Cong-Fen Gao*. (2017) Pharmacological characterisation and functional roles for egg-laying of a β-adrenergic-like octopamine receptor in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 87: 55-64.

11.   Shun-Fan Wu, Xi-Chao Mv, Yao-Xue Dong, Li-Xiang Wang, Qi Wei, Cong-Fen Gao*. (2017) Expression pattern and pharmacological characterisation of two novel alternative splice variants of the glutamate-gated chloride channel in the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus. Pest Management Science. 73: 590-597.

12.   Shun-Fan Wu, Hua-Yang Yu, Tian-Tian Jiang, Cong-Fen Gao*, Jin-Liang Shen. (2015) Superfamily of genes encoding G protein-coupled receptors in the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Insect Molecular Biology. 24: 442-453.

13.   Shun-Fan Wu, Gang Xu, Gong-Yin Ye*. (2015) Characterization of a tyramine receptor type 2 from hemocytes of rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis. Journal of Insect Physiology. 75: 39-46.

14.   Shun-Fan Wu, Gang Xu, David Stanley, Huang Jia*, Gong-Yin Ye*. (2015) Dopamine modulates hemocyte phagocytosis via a D1-like receptor in the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis. Scientific Reports. 5: 12247.

15.   Shun-Fan Wu, Gang Xu, Yi-Xiang Qi, Ren-Ying Xia, Huang Jia*, Gong-Yin Ye*. (2014) Two splicing variants of a novel family of octopamine receptors with different signaling properties. Journal of Neurochemistry. 129: 37-47.

16.   Shun-Fan Wu, Fei Wang, Jia Huang, Qi Fang, Zhi-Cheng Shen, Gong-Yin Ye*. (2013) Molecular and cellular analyses of a ryanodine receptor from hemocytes of Pieris rapae.Developmental Comparative and Immunology. 41: 1-10.

17.   Shun-Fan Wu, Fang-Da Sun, Yi-Xiang Qi, Yao Yao, Qi Fang, Huang Jia, David Stanley, Gong-Yin Ye*. (2013) Parasitization by Cotesia chilonis influences gene expression in fatbody and hemocytes of Chilo suppressalis. PLoS ONE8, e74309.

18.   Shun-Fan Wu, Jia Huang, Gong-Yin Ye*. (2013) Molecular cloning and pharmacological characterization of a tyramine receptor from the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis(Walker). Pest Management Science. 69: 126-134.

19.   Shun-Fan Wu, Yao Yao, Jia Huang, Gong-Yin Ye*. (2012) Characterization of a β-adrenergic-like octopamine receptor from the rice stem borer (Chilo suppressalis). Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 2646-2652.

20.   Shun-Fan Wu, Hong-Wei Yao, Zeng-Bing Lu, Xiu-Hua Li, Jia Huang, Gong-Yin Ye*. (2012) Contact toxicities of various pesticides commonly applied in the paddy field to Cotesia chilonisfemale adults from four different locations. Acta Phytophylacica Sinica 39: 369-375. (in Chinese).

21.   Shun-Fan Wu, Jian-Yang Guo, Jia Huang*, Gong-Yin Ye. (2010) Advances in insect octopamine and tyramine. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 53: 1157-1166. (in Chinese).