Xianyong Liu, DVM, PhD

Education

• 09/2004-06/2009, PhD in Veterinary Biomedicine, China Agricultural University

• 09/1999-07/2004, DVM, China Agricultural University

Training and Professional Experience

• 2013-now, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine

• 2012-2013, Postdoctoral, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

• 2009-2013, Lecturer, China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine

Research Interests

• Biology of coccidia, especially the genetic and epigenetic control of endogenous development of eimerian parasites.

Awards and Honors

• 2021 Model Course “Veterinary Parasitology” (Continuing Studies) by Ministry of Education, China

• 2019-2022, 2115 “Young Star, Level A” of Talent Development Program of China Agricultural University, China

Teaching

• 2009-now, Undergraduate Course "Veterinary Parasitology"

• 2015-now, Graduate Level Course "Immunoparasitology"

Reviewer for

• Parasites & Vectors

• Veterinary Parasitology

• Frontiers in Veterinary Science

• Chinese Journal of Veterinary Medicine (in Chinese)

• Chinese Veterinary Science (in Chinese)

Service

• 2017-Now, Review Editor of Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Selected Publications

• Wang C, Hu D, Tang X, Song X, Wang S, Zhang S, Duan C, Sun P, Suo J, Ma H, Suo X, Liu X*. Internal daughter formation of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites is coordinated by transcription factor TgAP2IX-5. Cell Microbiol. 2021;23(3):e13291.

• Zhang S, Tang X, Wang S, Shi F, Duan C, Bi F, Suo J, Hu D, Liu J, Wang C, Suo X, Liu X*. Establishment of Recombinant Eimeria acervulina Expressing Multi-Copies M2e Derived from Avian Influenza Virus H9N2. Vaccines (Basel). 2021;9(7):791.

• Hu D, Tang X, Ben Mamoun C, Wang C, Wang S, Gu X, Duan C, Zhang S, Suo J, Deng M, Yu Y, Suo X, Liu X*. Efficient Single-Gene and Gene Family Editing in the Apicomplexan Parasite Eimeria tenella Using CRISPR-Cas9. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2020;8:128.

• Duan C, Hu D, Tang X, Suo J, Wang S, Zhang S, Tao G, Li C, Wang C, Gu X, Tang X, Huang G, Xiang B, Wu S, Mamoun CB, Suo X, Liu X*. Stable transfection of Eimeria necatrix through nucleofection of second generation merozoites. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2019;228:1-5.

• Wang S, Hu D, Wang C, Tang X, Du M, Gu X, Suo J, Hu M, Fang R, Zhu X, Zhang X, Du A, Suo X, Liu X*. Transcriptional profiling of innate immune responses in sheep PBMCs induced by Haemonchus contortus soluble extracts. Parasit Vectors. 2019;12(1):182.

• Li C, Tao G, Gu X, Cui Y, Wang Y, Suo J, Lv Y, Yu F, Mamoun CB, Suo X, Liu X*. Selection and identification of a precocious line of Eimeria intestinalis with enlarged oocysts and deletion of one generation of schizogony. Parasitol Res. 2019;118(3):969-976.

• Hu D, Wang C, Wang S, Tang X, Duan C, Zhang S, Suo J, Deng M, Lv Y, Suo X, Liu X*. Comparative transcriptome analysis of Eimeria maxima (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) suggests DNA replication activities correlating with its fecundity. BMC Genomics. 2018;19(1):699.

• Huang G, Zhang S, Zhou C, Tang X, Li C, Wang C, Tang X, Suo J, Jia Y, El- Ashram S, Yu Z, Cai J, Gupta N, Suo X, Liu X*. Influence of Eimeria falciformis Infection on Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Pathways in Mice. Infect Immun. 2018;86(5):e00073-18.

• Huang G, Tang X, Bi F, Hao Z, Han Z, Suo J, Zhang S, Wang S, Duan C, Yu Z, Yu F, Yu Y, Lv Y, Suo X, Liu X*. Eimeria tenella infection perturbs the chicken gut microbiota from the onset of oocyst shedding. Vet Parasitol. 2018;258:30-37.

• Liu X#, Zou J#, Yin G, Su H, Huang X, Li J, Xie L, Cao Y, Cui Y, Suo X. Development of transgenic lines of Eimeria tenella expressing M2e-enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (M2e-EYFP). Vet Parasitol. 2013;193(1-3):1-7.