Dong Niu, Ph.D
Department of Animal science and technology,
College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University
268 Kaixuan Rd., Hangzhou 310029, China
Tel: 86-571-86949647
E-mail: nndd72@yahoo.com
Personal Information
Sex: female
Date of Birth: November 10, 1972
Nationality: Chinese
Education
B. S. in Biology, Department of Biology, Henan Normal University, China. Sep. 1989 to Jun. 1993
M. S. in Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, China. Sep. 1996 to Jun. 1999
Ph. D in Animal Reproduction, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, China. Feb. 2002 to Jun. 2004
Working Experience
Associate professor, Animal Genetics and Reproduction Group, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, China. Dec. 2006 to present
Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, USA. Sep. 2004 to Sep. 2006
Assistant professor, Animal Genetics and Reproduction Group, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, China. Aug. 1999 to Dec. 2006
Visiting scholar, Swine Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, USA. Jan. 2004 to Apr. 2004
Visiting scholar, Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan. Jun. 2001 - Sep. 2001
Graduate, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Nov. 1998 - Mar. 1999
Graduate, National Agricultural Biotechnology Key Laboratory, Zhejiang University, China. Sep. 1997 - Oct. 1998
Middle school teacher, The 755 middle School of Xinxiang City, Henan province, China. Aug. 1993 - Aug. 1996
Professional Society Membership
Member of Society of the Study of Reproduction(SSR),USA
Member of Chinese Assoc. of Anim. Sci. & Vet. Medicine
Member of Cell Biology Society of Zhejiang
Research interests:
??Regulatory mechanism of reproduction; ??genetic diversity of Chinese native breeds; ??functional genes related to meat quality; ??gene cloning and expressing functional proteins and enzymes.
Research projects (Dong Niu is the PI of the projects 1 to 4, main participant of the others)
1 Studies on the roles of gonadal peptide hormones as local regulators of follicular development in duck, National Natural Science foundation of China, No.30200198
2 Studies on the genetic diversity of Chinese native chicken breeds. International Foundation for Science (IFS), No. B/3370-1
3 Study of the genetic similarity of Jinhua pig and its application. Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Foundation, No. 2004C32029
4 The construction and expression of chimeric gene of hEGF-hBD2 and its product processing. Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation, No. Y204348
5 The secretive mechanism of inhibin in the gonad of duck embryo. National Natural Science foundation of China, No. 39900106
6 Genetic diversity of native chicken breeds of Zhejiang. Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation, No. 300249
7 The relationship between inhibin and reproductive performance in chicken. Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation, No. 301298
8 Directed evolution in vitro of a thermostable b-glucanase and its thermostable mechanism. National Natural Science foundation of China, No. 20276064
9 The construction and expression of chimeric gene of cecropin A and mouse EGF. Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation, No. 300024
10 Studies on genetic background of Chinese native chicken breeds with high meat quality. Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation, No. M303443
11 The production of inhibin vaccine to improve laying rate of poultry. Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Foundation, No. 011102098
12 Studies on enhancing muscle ratio of Chinese native chicken by biotechnology. Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Foundation, No. 021102119
13 Studies on enhancing growth rate and muscle ratio of Jinhua pig. Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Foundation, No. 2003C32045
14 Metabolism and regulatory mechanism of meat trait of livestock and poultry. National Basic Research Program of China, No. 2004CB117500
15 cGMP signaling pathway in ovary. National Institutes of Health grant (NIH), USA.
Publications of recent years
1 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Luo Jing, Ruan Hui, He Guoqing, Zhang Yaping. Studies on the origin of Chinese domestic fowls. Acta Genetica Sinica,2001,28(5):411-417.
2 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, He Guoqing, Yang Peixing. Expression of inhibin ??and inhibin/activin ??A subunit in the developing follicles of duck. Acta Genetica Sinica,2001,28(6):502-509.
3 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Luo Jing, Chen Gong, Yu Xuping, Zhang Yaping. Genetic diversity studies of Zhejiang native chicken breeds. Acta Genetica Sinica,2001,28(7):606-613.
4 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, He Guoqing, Yang Peixin. cDNA cloning and mRNA expression pattern of the mature inhibin ?? subunit in follicles of Xianju Chicken. Acta Genetica Sinica,2001,28(8):707-715.
5 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, He Guoqing, Yang Peixin. Expression pattern of mRNA for follistatin and inhibin/activin ??B subunit during follicular and testicular development in duck. Acta Genetica Sinica, 2001,28(9):808-815.
6 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, He Guoqing. Effects of activin and follistatin on FSH receptor mRNA expression of cultured Shao Duck granulosa cells. Acta Genetica Sinica,2001,28(12):1129-1136.
7 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, Yang Peixin. Expression pattern of WT1 mRNA in Shao Duck ovarian follicles. Chinese J of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, 2001,17(4):533-536.
8 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Chen Gong, Yu Xuping, Zhang Yaping. Kinship analysis of Zhejiang general purpose chicken breeds. J of Agricultural Biotechnology, 2001, 9(4):316-318.
9 Ruan Hui, Niu Dong, Shi Fangxiong, Hong Qihua. Study on the relationship between cyclic nucleotides and endocrine and immunity. Chinese J of Veterinary Science, 2001,21(3): 278-280.
10 Ruan Hui, Niu Dong. Study on hot stress reducing activities of digestive enzymes in broiler intestine. Chinese J of Animal Science, 2001,37(3):16-17.
11 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Ponsuksili S, Horst P. Comparison of different enzymes and probes and their combinations in DNA fingerprinting. Journal of Zhejiang University (Science), 2001,2(4):85-89.
12 Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Zhou Weidong, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, Fu Yan. Study of inhibin ??subunit expression abundance in follicles of Xianju Chicken. Advances in Animal Genetics & Breeding. In: Proceedings of the 11th National Symposium on Animal Genetics & Breeding. Chinese Agricultural Press, Oct. 2001.
13 Niu Dong, Fu Yan, Luo Jing, Ruan Hui, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, Zhang Yaping. The origin and genetic diversity of Chinese native chicken breeds. Biochemical Genetics, 2002, 40(5-6):163-174.
14 Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Fu Yan, Yu Xuping, Yang Peixin . cDNA cloning and sequence analysis of the mature inhibin/activin ??A subunit from Xianju Chicken. Chinese J of Animal Science, 2002,38(3):3-4.
15 Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Fu Yan, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, He Guoqing, Yang Peixin. cDNA cloning and sequence analysis of the mature inhibin/activin ??B subunit from Xianju Chicken. Chinese J of Veterinary Science, 2002, 22(5):433-435.
16 Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui. Studies on genetic relationship between silky chicken and other breeds. Chinese J of Animal Science, 2002,38(1):5-7.
17 Chen Haiyan, Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Horst P, Mathur PK. Crossbreeding parameters for fertility traits in a rotational cross between Landrace and Pietrian Pigs. Journal of Zhejiang University (Science), 2002,3(3):367-370.
18 He Guoqing, Ruan Hui, Niu Dong, Chen Gong, Yu Xuping, Fu Yan. Reverse transcription, amplification and cloning of melittin mature region of Apis cerana by Taq DNA polymerase. J of Agricultural Biotechnology, 2002,10(1):85,97.
19 He Guoqing, Ruan Hui, Niu Dong, Yu Xuping, Chen Gong, Fu Yan. Studies on Epidermal Growth Factor mRNA Expression Abundance in Various Organs of Mouse. J of Agricultural Biotechnology, 2002,10(2):156-159.
20 Chen Haiyan, Zhu Haiping, Fu Yan, Wen Shuixian, Niu Dong, Lu Lizhi, Zhou Weidong. Path Analysis of the Correlations between Blood Biochemical Parameters and Laying Traits in Shaoxing Duck. J Biomathematics, 2002,17(3):358-362.
21 Li Zhen, Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui. Research Progress on Gene of Fatterning and Its Product (Leptin). Ecology of Domestic Animal,2003,Vol24(4):39-43.
22 Ruan Hui, He Guoqing, Niu Dong, Yu Xuping, Fu Yan. Studies on the recombinant expression of the chimeric DNA ?°hBD2-b??C?± in Pichia pastoris. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Food Science & Technology. Wuxi, P R China, Oct. 2003.
23 Tian Jin, Ruan Hui, Niu Dong, Fu Yan, Li Zhimin. Research Progress on Lactoprotein and Its Application. Chinese J of Cow Science, 2003, (1): 33-36.
24 Yu Xuping, Zhu Junli, Yao Xueping, He Shicheng, Jin Junjie, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui. Construction and Verification of the Effectiveness of pMBL: a Cloning Vector of Exported Proteins Encoding Genes. Acta Genetica Sinica, 2003,Vol30(8):730-736.
25 Li Zhen, Fu Yan, Niu Dong, Ruan Hu. Genetic Marker- a Development and Extension of Mendel??s Law. Biological bulletin (Beijing), 2003,38(12):3-6.
26 Ruan Hui, He Guoqing, Niu Dong, Fu Yan, Chen Gong, Yu Xuping. Construction of Novel Immunotoxin. Zhejiang Provincial Symposium on Cytobiology in 2003, p29-30.
27 Li Zhen, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Fu Yan. Research Progress on Major Genes Influencing Economic Traits in Livestock and Poultry. Ecology of Domestic Animal, 2004, 25(4):147-151.
28 Niu Dong, Zhaoyan, Ruan Hui, He Guoqing, Fu Yan. Studies on the Reverse transcription activity of Taq DNA I polymerase. Chinese J of Veterinary Science, 2005, 25(6)
29 Niu Dong, Zhao Yan, Ruan Hui. Studies of Stress on Animal Growth. Chinese J of Animal Science,2005,41(12)
30 Ruan Hui, Niu Dong, Zhao Yan,He Guoqing, Fu Yan. Studies on the Expression of Mouse Epidermal Growth Factor in E.coli. J of Agricultural Biotechnology, 2005,13(4):468-471.
31 Li Zhen, Niu Dong, Ruan Hui, Fu Yan. Molecular Cloning and Homology Analysis of the Mature Region DNA for Myostatin in Pig, Chicken and Duck. Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica, 2005,36(4):323-327.
32 Niu Dong, Zhao Yan, Ruan Hui, He Guoqing, Fu Yan. The reverse transcription activity of Taq plus I DNA polymerase. Chinese J of Veterinary Science, 2006,26(1):57-58.
Teaching:
Animal Reproduction (for undergraduate)
Animal Reproduction experiment (for undergraduate)