I. Basic Information

Mao Chuanxi, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Email: cxmao(AT)huhu.edu.cn

Research Area: Genetics, Neurobiology

II. Education Background

2011.09–2014.06,School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Ph.D.

2008.09–2011.06, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, M.Sc.

2004.09–2008.06, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Hubei Universityof Education, B.Sc.

III. Working Experience

2017/09 –Present, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Lecturer, Associate Professor

2014/07 – 2017/08, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences(Advisor: Y. Q. Zhang), Postdoctoral Fellow

IV. Funding

1. Single-cell transcriptome analysis of mushroom body neurons in Drosophila(NSFC31500839).

V. Representative Publications

1. Hu, J., Bi, R., Luo, Y., Wu, K., Jin, S., Liu, Z., Jia, Y., & Mao, C. X. (2024). The gut microbiome promotes locomotion of Drosophila larvae via octopamine signaling. Insect science, 10.1111/1744-7917.13370.

2. Niu, X., Mao, C. X., Wang, S., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Hu, J., Bi, R., Liu, Z., & Shan, J. (2023). α-Tubulin acetylation at lysine 40 regulates dendritic arborization and larval locomotion by promoting microtubule stability in Drosophila. PloS one, 18(2), e0280573.

3. Mao CX, Xue W, Jin S, Zhang YQ. (2017)Increased acetylation of microtubules rescues human tau-induced microtubule defects and neuromuscular junction abnormalities in Drosophila. Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2017, 1245-1252.

4. Mao, C. X., Xiong, Y., Xiong, Z., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y. Q., & Jin, S. (2014). Microtubule-severing protein Katanin regulates neuromuscular junction development and dendritic elaboration in Drosophila.Development, 141(5), 1064–1074

5. Zhang, S., Wang, X., Liu, Z., Jin, S., & Mao, C. X. (2023). Using Drosophila Larval Neuromuscular Junction and Muscle Cells to Visualize Microtubule Network. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (200), 10.3791/65774.