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2021.06-present, Researcher, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2014.01-2021.06, Associate researcher, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2015.03- 2016.03, Visiting scholar, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

2010.11-2011.01, Visiting scholar at Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University. 

2009.07-2013.12, Assistant researcher, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Education

2004.9-2009.7  Ph.D.  Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China. 

2000.9-2004.7  B.Sc.  College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.

Professional Memberships

China Zoological Society and Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology, Society of Malacology, Member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General (2024-)

Shandong Zoological Society, Deputy Director (2019-)

China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance, Oyster Association, Member (2021-)

Journal of Dalian Ocean University, Youth Editor-in-Chief (2023-)

Research Interests

Mainly engaged in the research of shellfish genetic breeding and evolutionary developmental biology.

Honors and Awards

First Prize of Shandong Province Science and Technology Progress Award, 5/15, 2023

Second Prize of Shandong Province Natural Science Award, 3/5, 2016

First Prize of Marine Science and Technology Award, 11/15, 2020

Selected Publications

1. Xu F*, Deng S, Gavriouchkina D, Zhang G. 2023. Transcriptional regulation analysis reveals the complexity of metamorphosis in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). Marine Life Science & Technology, 5(4): 467-477.

2. Xu F*, Marlétaz F, Gavriouchkina D, Liu X, Sauka-Spengler T, Zhang G, Holland P W H. 2021. Evidence from oyster suggests an ancient role for Pdx in regulating insulin gene expression in animals. Nature Communications, 12(1): 3117.

3. Xu F*, Gao T, Liu X. 2020. Metabolomics Adaptation of Juvenile Pacific Abalone Haliotis discus hannai to Heat Stress. Scientific Reports, 10(1): 6353.

4. Wei L#, Xu F#, Wang Y Z, Cai Z Q, Yu W C, He C, Jiang Q Y, Xu X Q, Guo W, Wang X T*. 2018. The Molecular Differentiation of Anatomically Paired Left and Right Mantles of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas. Mar. Biotechnol., 20(4): 425-435.

5. Bao Y, Xu F*, Shimeld S*. 2017. Phylogenetics of lophotrochozoan bHLH genes and the evolution of lineage-specific gene duplicates. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9(4): 869-886.

6. Xu F, Domazet-Lošo T, Fan D, Dunwell T L, Li L, Fang X, Zhang G*. 2016. High expression of new genes in trochophore enlightening the ontogeny and evolution of trochozoans. Scientific Reports, 6: 34664.

7. Huang W#, Xu F#, Li J, Li L, Que H Y*, Zhang G F*. 2015. Evolution of a novel nuclear receptor subfamily with emphasis on the member from the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Gene, 567(2): 164-172.

8. Xu F, Wang X, Feng Y, Huang W, Wang W, Li L, Fang X, Que H, Zhang G*. 2014. Identification of Conserved and Novel MicroRNAs in the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas by Deep Sequencing. PLoS ONE, 9(8): e104371.

9. Zhang G#*, Fang X#, Guo X#*, Li L#, Luo R#, Xu F#, Yang P#, Zhang L#, Wang X#, etc. 2012. The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation. Nature, 490: 49-54.

10. Xu F, Zhang G*, Liu X, Zhang S, Shi B, Guo X*. 2009. Laboratory hybridization between Crassostrea ariakensis and C. Sikamea. J. Shellfish Res., 28(3): 453-458.