BIO

WANG Haidong got his doctorate degree of Applied Biological Sciences in Ghent University (BE) and trained himself as post-doc in the lab of Virology in Wageningen University (NL). He joined the Southern University of Science and Technology (CN) in 2021 as an Assistant Professor. His current research focuses on the virus-virus and virus-host interaction mechanism during the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses. He and his colleagues’ research findings were published in peer reviewed journals like EMERG MICROBES INFEC, PLOS NTD and PARASITE VECTOR.

RESEARCH

1. The co-infection mechanism among mosquito-borne viruses.

2. Host factors that impact the mosquito-borne viruses tansmission.

WORKING

2021-now, Southern university of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor.

2018-2021, Wageningen University, Lab of Virology, Post-doc.

2017-2018, Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience and Engineering, Post-doc.

EDUCATION

2013-2017, Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience and Engineering, Doctor of Applied Biological Sciences.

2010-2013, Northwest A&F University, Faculty of Forest, Master of Agriculture.

2006-2010, Shandong Agricultural University, Bachelor of Agriculture.

PUBLICATION (recent 5 years)

1. Abbo, S.R., Visser, T.M., Koenraadt, C.J.M., Pijlman, G.P.,* & Wang, H.* Effect of blood source on vector competence of Culex pipiens biotypes for Usutu virus. Parasite & Vectors 2021, 14:194 *Corresponding author

2. Wang, H., Abbo, S.R., Visser, T.M., Westenberg, M., Geertsema, C., Fros, J.J., Koenraadt, C.J.M. & Pijlman, G.P. Competition between Usutu virus and West Nile virus during simultaneous and sequential infection of Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Emerging Microbes and Infections 2020, 9:1, 2642-2652.

3. Abbo, S.R., Visser T.M#., Wang H#., Goertz, G.P., Fros J.J., Abma-Henkens M.H.C., Geertsema, C Vogels C.B.F., Koopmans, M., Reusken, C., Hall-Mendelin, S., Hall., R., von Oers, M., Koenraadt, C.J.M. & Pijlman, G.P. The invasive Asian bush mosquito Aedes japonicus found in the Netherlands can experimentally transmit Zika virus and Usutu virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2020, 14(4): e0008217 #equal contribution

4. Wang, H., Meeus, I., Piot, N. & Smagghe, G. Systemic Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) infection in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) through feeding and injection. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 2018, 151, 158-164.

5. Wang, H., Smagghe, G. & Meeus. I. The Single von Willebrand factor C-domain protein (SVC) coding gene is not involved in the hymenoptaecin upregulation after Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) injection in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 2018, 81, 152-155.

6. Wang, H., Smagghe, G. & Meeus. I. The role of a single gene encoding the Single von Willebrand factor C-domain protein (SVC) in bumblebee immunity (Bombus terrestris) extends beyond antiviral defense. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2017, 91, 10-20.

7. Wang, H., Meeus. I. & Smagghe, G. Israeli acute paralysis virus associated paralysis symptoms, viral tissue distribution and Dicer-2 induction in bumblebee workers (Bombus terrestris).Journal of General Virology. 2016, 97, 1981-1989.