Name: HUANG, Jia
Title: Associate Professor
Mailing address: C1105, Agro-Science Complex, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou 310058, China
Telephone: (86-571) 88982669
E-Mail:huangj@zju.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D. in Bioresource Science 2006.10 － 2008.9
The Untied Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tottori University, Japan
M.S. in Life and Environmental Science 2004.10 － 2006.9
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Japan
B.S. in Applied Chemistry 2000.9 － 2004.6
Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing
Work Experience
Assistant Professor, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 2008.10 ～ 2011.12
Associate Professor, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 2012.1 ～ Now
Visiting Scholar: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 2012.3-2013.5
Visting Scholar: Unversitiy of Carifornia Santa Barbara 2013.5-2014.9
Major Research Interests:
Mode of action of Insecticides on pests and parasitoids
Physiology and pharmacology of insect neuroreceptors
Pest control with molecular genetic tools
Teaching Activity:
- Instructor for the following yearly courses:
Green Agriculture and Environmental safety (Undergraduate students)
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Insect Physiology
Selected Publications:
Huang, J.*, Liu, W., Qi, Y.X., Luo, J., and Montell, C.* (2016). Neuromodulation of Courtship Drive through Tyramine-Responsive Neurons in the Drosophila Brain. Current Biololgy 26, 2246-2256.
Qi, Y.X., Huang, J.*, Li, M.Q., Wu, Y.S., Xia, R.Y., Ye, G.Y.*, 2016. Serotonin modulates insect hemocyte phagocytosis via two different serotonin receptors. eLife 4:e04805 .
Xia, R.Y., Li, M.Q., Wu, Y.S., Qi, Y.X., Ye, G.Y., Huang, J.*, 2016. A new family of insect muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Insect Molecular Biology.25,362-369
Qi, Y.X., Xia, R.Y., Wu, Y.S., Stanley, D., Huang, J.*, Ye, G.Y.*, 2014. Larvae of the small white butterfly, Pieris rapae, express a novel serotonin receptor. Jounral of Neurochemistry 131, 767-777.
Wu, S.F., Xu, G., Stanley, D., Huang, J.*, Ye, G.Y.*, 2015. Dopamine modulates hemocyte phagocytosis via a D1-like receptor in the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis. Scientific Reports 5, 12247.
Li, Z., Ni, J.D., Huang, J., Montell, C., 2014. Requirement for Drosophila SNMP1 for rapid activation and termination of pheromone-induced activity. PLoS Genetics 10, e1004600.
Wu, S. F., Xu, G., Qi, Y. X., Xia, R. Y., Huang, J.*, and Ye, G. Y.* (2014) Two splicing variants of a novel family of octopamine receptors with different signaling properties. Journal of Neurochemistry 129, 37-47
Wu, S. F., Huang, J.*, and Ye, G. Y.* (2013) Molecular cloning and pharmacological characterization of a tyramine receptor from the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis (Walker). Pest Management Science 69, 126-134
Wu, S. F., Wang, F., Huang, J., Fang, Q., Shen, Z., and Ye, G. Y.* (2013) Molecular and cellular analyses of a ryanodine receptor from hemocytes of Pieris rapae. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 41, 1-10
Huang, J.*, Wu, S.-F., Li, X.-H., Adamo, S. A., and Ye, G.-Y.* (2012) The characterization of a concentration-sensitive α-adrenergic-like octopamine receptor found on insect immune cells and its possible role in mediating stress hormone effects on immune function. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 26, 942-950
Wu, S. F., Yao, Y., Huang, J.*, and Ye, G. Y.* (2012) Characterization of beta-adrenergic-like octopamine receptor from the rice stem borer (Chilo suppressalis). Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 2646-2652
Huang, J., Wu, S. F., and Ye, G. Y.* (2011) Evaluation of lethal effects of chlorantraniliprole on Chilo suppressalis and its larval parasitoid, Cotesia chilonis. Agricultural Sciences in China 10, 1134-1138
Huang, J., Ohta, H., Inoue, N., Takao, H., Kita, T., Ozoe, F., and Ozoe, Y. (2009) Molecular cloning and pharmacological characterization of a Bombyx mori tyramine receptor selectively coupled to intracellular calcium mobilization.Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 39, 842-849
Huang, J., Hamasaki, T., Ozoe, Y., 2009. Pharmacological characterization of a Bombyx mori alpha-adrenergic-like octopamine receptor stably expressed in a mammalian cell line. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology73, 74-86.
Huang J, Hamasaki T, Ozoe F et al. 2008. Single amino acid of an octopamine receptor as a molecular switch for distinct G protein couplings. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 371:610-614.