Li Xing-Sheng Ph.D.: 2000－2006 Supervisors: Prof. Wang De-Hua Present affiliation: Post-doctoral in Department of nutrition sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham E-mail: Lixs18@uab.edu

Education
　　2000. 09-2006.03 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Ph.D. in Ecophysiology; 1994.09-1998.07 Shandong Normal University. Bachelor in Biology.

Research interests
(1) Overweight, energy balance and related gene expression in hypothalamus of small mammals
(2) Genetic mechanism of disease, age-related weight gain in animal models
(3) Obesity, adiposity metabolism, and insulin resistance
(4) Food restriction, obesity and cancer risk
(5) Molecular mechanism of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis

Research experience:
2007.01-present: Postdoctoral research for effect of atypical antipsychotic drugs on energy expenditure at Department of Nutrition Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
2005. 03-2005.08 Short term research for “Mechanism of molecular thermogenesis in Brown adipose tissue (BAT)” at Animal physiology, Department of Biology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany (Awarded by German Academy exchanges centre, DAAD scholarship).
2000.09-2006.03 Leptin and its role in body weight regulation and thermogenesis in seasonal acclimatized small mammals (Ph. D thesis).

Publications

1. Li XS & Wang DH. 2007. Photoperiod and temperature can regulate body mass, serum leptin concentration, and uncoupling protein 1 in Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) and Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Physiol Biochem Zool. 80(3):326-34.
2. Fromme T, Reichwald K, Platzer M, Li XS, Klingenspor M. 2007. Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II regulates uncoupling protein 3 gene transcription in Phodopus sungorus. BMC Mol Biol. 2007 4(8):1-15.
3. Li XS & Wang DH. 2005. Seasonal adjustments in body mass and thermogenesis in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus): the roles of short photoperiod and cold. J Comp Physiol B. 175(8):593-600.
4. Li XS & Wang DH. 2005. Regulation of body weight and thermogenesis in seasonally acclimatized Brandt's voles (Microtus brandti). Horm Behav. 48(3):321-8.
5. Li XS & Wang DH. 2005. Suppression of thermogenic capacity during the first reproduction in Brandt’s voles (Microtus brandti) (Journal of Thermal Biology, 30: 431-436).
6. Chi QS, Li XS, Zhao ZJ, Wang DH. 2006. Changes in thermogenic properties of brown adipose tissue and liver during postnatal development in Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) (Published in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Theriologica Sinica 26 (3): 274-279.
7. Li XS, Wang DH, Yang M. 2004. Effects of cold acclimation on body weight, serum leptin level, energy metabolism and thermogenesis in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) (Published in Chinese with English abstract. Acta Zoologica Sinica. 50(3): 334-340).
8. Li XS & Wang DH. 2004. Mechanisms of Molecular thermogenesis Regulated by Leptin in Small Mammals (Published in Chinese with English abstract. Chemistry of Life. 24(3): 268-270).
9. Li XS & Wang DH. 2003. The Role of Leptin in the Regulation of Body Weight, Reproduction and Immunity in Mammalls (Published in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Theriologica Sinica. 23 (2): 168-175.
10. Li XS, Wang DH, Yang JC. 2003. Effect of photoperiod on body weight and energy metabolism in Brandt’s voles (Microtus brandti) and Mongolian gebils (Meriones unguiculatus) (Published in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Theriologica Sinica 23 (4): 304-311.