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Personal Statement Name: Zhi Li Major: Aquaculture and Biological Science (PhD) E-mail: 916213030@qq.com UNIVERSITY EDUCATION : 2013.09-2017.06 Undergraduate. Aquaculture, Shenyang Agricultural University 2017.09-2020.06 Master. Aquaculture, Shanghai Ocean University. 2020.09-2024.11 PhD. Aquaculture and Biological Science, University of Algarve ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE : During 2013 to 2017 years I began to participate in academic research. In this period I mainly worked on SSR analysis of Danio rerio and Palaemonetes sinensis. And initial contact with molecular experiments, my undergraduate thesis: Genetic diversity and structure and Chinese grass shrimp, Palaemonetes sinensis, inferred from transcriptome-derived microsatellite markers. During 2017 to 2020 years I mainly worked on razor clam (Sinonovacula constricta) in lab of VP Li (Shanghai Ocean University). I studied a neurotransmitter gene called dopamine beta hydroxylase (DßH), which is a key enzyme for dopamine to synthesize norepinephrine. I studied its effects on the abnormal development of razor clam larvae and their effects on growth. And the title of my graduation thesis: Cloning, expression and functional analysis of dopamine ß-hydroxylase in Sinonovacula constricta. In addition, I also took part in others studies about the razor clam, including innate immune of complement system (complement C3 and B factor) in razor clam, inland salinity water and freshwater were used to raise razor clam, a four-CRD C-type lectin from razor clam Sinonovacula constricta mediates agglutination and phagocytosis. During 2020 to 2024 I conducted research on mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) in Professor Deborah M. Power's laboratory at the Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve. My thesis is divided into three parts. The first part discusses the diversity of neuropeptide precursors expressed in the mussel mantle and the impact of commissure severed on neuropeptide expression and function in the mantle during shell regeneration. The second part further explores the overall changes in shell repair processes in mussels with intact and damaged CPG commissures by analyzing the mantle transcriptome. The third part describes the allatostatin neuropeptide system in the mussel mantle and its role in the immune response following bacterial challenge. These findings lay the foundation for understanding the regulatory processes of mantle function in shell biomineralization, which is crucial for understanding the evolution of the nervous system and function in mollusc
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Zhi Li

Citation names

  • Li, Zhi

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
361E-ECE9-BC00
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4255-4170

Email addresses

  • a73168@ualg.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua Carlos Paiao, Lote N, 2 Andar, 8005-217, Montenegro, Faro, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Chinese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09/01 - 2024/11/19
Concluded
 CCMAR (Ensino básico 3º ciclo)
Major in Aquaculture and Biological Science
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2020/06/30
Concluded
 Aquaculture (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Aquaculture
Shanghai Ocean University, China
2013/09/01 - 2017/06/30
Concluded
 Aquaculture (Bachelor)
Major in Aquaculture
Shenyang Agricultural University, China
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/28 Development of technological tools to improve and reduce health risks for bivalve consumption in Angola (HealthyBi4Namibe)
FCT-AGAKHAN/541666287
Universidade do Namibe, Angola

Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Aga Khan Development Network

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Harnessing innate immune training for enhanced disease resistance in marine bivalves
2022.08563.PTDC
10.54499/2022.08563.PTDC
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Cardoso, JC; Li, Zhi; Peng, Maoxiao; Power D. "The role of the bivalve calcitonin (CALC) peptides in shell building and recovery". Paper presented in 30th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists, Faro, 2022.
    Published
  2. Cardoso, JC; Power, Deborah Mary; Peng, Maoxiao; Li, Zhi. "Neuropeptide precursors and GPCRs in the bivalve mantle". Paper presented in 30th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists, Faro, 2022.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Li, Zhi; Cardoso, João; Peng, Maoxiao; Power, Deborah Mary. "NEUROPEPTIDE SYSTEMS AS KEY REGULATORS OF SHELL BIOMINERALIZATION IN BIVALVES". Paper presented in mollusc GENOMICS 2024, 2024.
  2. Li, Zhi; João CR Cardoso; Peng, Maoxiao; Power, Deborah Mary. "Neuropeptides regulate biomineralization of bivalves shells". Paper presented in XIV Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology, 2023.
  3. João P.S. Inácio; Cardoso, João; Li, Zhi; Peng, Maoxiao; Power D. Corresponding author: Cardoso, João. "Evolution and comparative analysis of the allatostatin (AST) peptides and receptors in Mollusca". Paper presented in 13th Congress de la Associação Iberica de Endocrinologia Comparada, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Zhi Li; Maoxiao Peng; Rute C. Félix; João C.R. Cardoso; Deborah M. Power. "Neuropeptides regulate shell growth in the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.136500.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.136500
  2. Cardoso, João C.R.; Mc Shane, Jennifer C.; Li, Zhi; Peng, Maoxiao; Power, Deborah M.. "Revisiting the evolution of Family B1 GPCRs and ligands: Insights from mollusca". Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 586 (2024): 112192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2024.112192.
    10.1016/j.mce.2024.112192
  3. Peng, Maoxiao; Li, Zhi; Cardoso, João C. R.; Niu, Donghong; Liu, Xiaojun; Dong, Zhiguo; Li, Jiale; Power, Deborah M.. "Domain-Dependent Evolution Explains Functional Homology of Protostome and Deuterostome Complement C3-Like Proteins". Frontiers in Immunology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.840861.
    10.3389/fimmu.2022.840861
  4. Li, Zhi; Cardoso, João C. R.; Peng, Maoxiao; Inácio, João P. S.; Power, Deborah M.. "Evolution and Potential Function in Molluscs of Neuropeptide and Receptor Homologues of the Insect Allatostatins". Frontiers in Endocrinology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.725022.
    10.3389/fendo.2021.725022
  5. Li, Zhi; Cardoso, João C. R.; Peng, Maoxiao; Inácio, João P. S.; Power, Deborah M.. "Evolution and Potential Function in Molluscs of Neuropeptide and Receptor Homologues of the Insect Allatostatins". Frontiers in Endocrinology 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.725022.
    Accepted • 10.3389/fendo.2021.725022
  6. Li, Zhi; Peng, Maoxiao; Power, Deborah Mary; Niu, Donghong; Dong, Zhiguo; Li, Jiale. "RNAi-mediated knock-down of the dopamine beta-hydroxylase gene changes growth of razor clams". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 252 (2021): 110534. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2020.110534.
    10.1016/j.cbpb.2020.110534
  7. Peng, Maoxiao; Li, Zhi; Liu, Xiaojun; Niu, Donghong; Li, Jiale. "Inland alkaline brackish water aquaculture of juvenile razor clam: Survival, growth, physiology and immune responses". Aquaculture Reports 18 (2020): 100463. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100463.
    10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100463
  8. Li, Zhi; Niu, Donghong; Peng, Maoxiao; Xiong, Ya; Ji, Jie; Dong, Zhiguo; Li, Jiale. "Dopamine beta-hydroxylase and its role in regulating the growth and larval metamorphosis in Sinonovacula constricta". Gene 737 (2020): 144418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2020.144418.
    10.1016/j.gene.2020.144418
  9. Niu, Donghong; Li, Zhi; Du, Yunchao; He, Shengyao; Dong, Zhiguo; Li, Jiale. "Identification of a dopamine receptor in Sinonovacula constricta and its antioxidant responses". Developmental & Comparative Immunology 103 (2020): 103512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2019.103512.
    10.1016/j.dci.2019.103512
  10. Lan, Tianyi; Li, Zhi; Peng, Maoxiao; Niu, Donghong; Li, Yan; Li, Jiale. "A four-CRD C-type lectin from razor clam Sinonovacula constricta mediates agglutination and phagocytosis". Gene 728 (2020): 144287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2019.144287.
    10.1016/j.gene.2019.144287
  11. Peng, Maoxiao; Li, Zhi; Liu, Xiaojun; Lan, Tianyi; Niu, Donghong; Ye, Bo; Dong, Zhiguo; Li, Jiale. "Survival, growth and physiology of the juvenile razor clam ( Sinonovacula constricta ) under Na + /K + ratio stress". Aquaculture Research 51 2 (2019): 794-804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/are.14429.
    10.1111/are.14429
  12. Peng, Maoxiao; Li, Zhi; Niu, Donghong; Liu, Xiaojun; Dong, Zhiguo; Li, Jiale. "Complement factor B/C2 in molluscs regulates agglutination and illuminates evolution of the Bf/C2 family". The FASEB Journal 33 12 (2019): 13323-13333. http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.201901142rr.
    10.1096/fj.201901142rr
  13. Li, Zhi. "Effects of pH and carbonate alkalinity on survival rate, Na+ /K+ -ATPase activity and phagocytic ability of the razor clam (Sinonovacula constricta)". JOURNAL OF FISHERIES OF CHINA (2019):
    Published
  14. Peng, Maoxiao; Li, Zhi; Liu, Xiaojun; Niu, Donghong; Lan, Tianyi; Ye, Bo; Dong, Zhiguo; Li, Jiale. "Tolerance, Growth, and Physiological Responses of the Juvenile Razor Clam (Sinonovacula constricta) to Environmental Ca2+ and Mg2+ Concentrations". Frontiers in Physiology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00911.
    10.3389/fphys.2019.00911
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09/05 The role of the bivalve calcitonin (CALC) peptides in shell building and recovery Conference of the European Society for Comparative Endocrinology and the International Society for Fish Endocrinology
2021/09/16 Allatostatin-C (AST-C) as a putative regulatory factor of the mantle in the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) XIII Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2024/09/10 Since 2021, I have served as Vice President of the Chinese Students Association in Algarve (Portugal), focusing on helping Chinese students studying in Portugal integrate into the University of Algarve. This includes providing support and assistance in daily life to Chinese students, conveying the concern of the Chinese Embassy in Portugal and promoting activities to cultivate a sense of belonging among Chinese students.
Embaixada do Panamá em Portugal, Portugal
2019/04/19 - 2019/04/23 In April 2019, I participated as a volunteer in the "Praise the Earth-Protect Species Diversity-Protect Juvenile Fish·Defend the Ocean" public welfare event held by “China Bule Sustainability Institute” in Shanghai Disney Town. This is to promote the protection of marine environment/species diversity to the public.
China Bule Sustainability Institute, China
2013/10/01 - 2016/06/01 At Shenyang Agricultural University, I am a loyal member of the student union of the faculty, responsible for organizing and managing the social activities and the college students, which provided valuable management experience. I also joined the newspaper staff of Shenyang Agricultural University and was responsible for writing press releases to promote the university (including admissions promotion work), which provided valuable writing and socializing skills and experience.
Shenyang Agricultural University, China
2015/03/10 - 2015/05/30 From March to May 2015, I interned at “Panjin Photosynthetic Crab Industry Co., Ltd” in Liaoning Province, China, providing crab farming technical guidance to farmers. Due to the recognition of my ability in algae understand and identification, I was allowed to participate in the work of crab seedling disease identification and aquaculture water environment assessment. Provided technical support for the company's crab seed breeding and production.
Shenyang Agricultural University, China

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/04/24 - 2022/06/17 Frontiers in Marine Science
Distinctions

Award

2020 Chinese Government Scholarship
2019 National Scholarship
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China
2019 First-Class Academic Scholarship
Shanghai Ocean University, China
2019 Shanghai Fisheries Society 2019-2020 Excellent Scientific and Technological Papers
Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences East China Sea Fishery Research Institute, China
2019 Outstanding League Member
Shanghai Ocean University, China
2018 Second Class Academic Scholarship
Shanghai Ocean University, China
2018 Excellent student
Shanghai Ocean University, China
2016 Third-class academic scholarship
Shenyang Agricultural University, China
2016 Outstanding League Cadre
Shenyang Agricultural University, China
2015 Third-class academic scholarship
Shenyang Agricultural University, China
2014 Third-class academic scholarship
Shenyang Agricultural University, China