DING Zhuang

Title: Professor

Specialties: Zoonosis, Virology, Vaccine, Avian Immunology

Email: Dingzhuang@jlu.edu.cn

Zhuang Ding obtained his B.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine from PLA Veterinary University in 1983. He went to PLA Veterinary University did his M. Sc and Ph.D. with Prof. Zhen Yin in “Zoonosis” in 1988 and 2001, respectively. From 2004 till 2020, he worked as professor in Jilin University, being Dean of Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine during 2009-2011. When the college of veterinary was established in 2013, he worked as Dean till 2018. He is the leading scientist in the discipline of animal infectious diseases, a key national discipline in veterinary medicine. He has many academic positions, including but not limited to Vice President of the Animal Infectious Diseases Credit Association of the Chinese Society of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine, Executive Director of the Veterinary Public Health Credits Association, Director of the Association for the Study of Poultry Diseases.

Research Interests：                        

·Diagnosis of animal infectious diseases and molecular epidemiology of pathogens

·The pathogenesis and immune mechanism of zoonosis infectious diseases

·Molecular structure and function of important pathogens in animals

·Animal disease epidemiology and development of novel vaccines

Selected Publications：

1. A novel recombinant attenuated Newcastle disease virus expressing H9 subtype hemagglutinin protected chickens from challenge by genotype VII virulent Newcas90tle disease virus and H9N2 avian influenza virus. Veterinary Microbiology, 2019,1, 228:173-180.

2. Biological and phylogenetic characterization of a novel hemagglutination-negative avian avulavirus 6 isolated from wild waterfowl in China. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13005 26 August 2018

3. Newcastle disease virus-like particles containing the Brucella BCSP31 protein induce dendritic cell activation and protect mice against virulent Brucella challenge. Veterinary Microbiology. 2019, 229:39-47.

4. Newcastle disease virus-like particles induce DC maturation through TLR4/NF-κB pathway and facilitate DC migration by CCR7-CCL19/CCL21 axis. Veterinary Microbiology, 2017, 203(5), 158-166.

5. Genetic diversity of the genotype VII Newcastle disease virus: identification of a novel VIIj sub-genotype. Virus Genes, 2017, 53:63-70.