Ren Zhanjun

　　 　　

Curriculum Vitae of Professor Ren Zhanjun, Northwest A&F University

1．Basic information

Ren Zhanjun, Ph.D., Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Northwest A&F University; Department Chair and Branch Secretary of Animal Production and Husbandry Engineering at the College of Animal Science and Technology; Chief Expert of the Team for SpecialEconomicAnimalBreeding; Director of the Qinling Wildlife Biology Research Center at the university. He is mainly engaged in teaching, research, and promotion of special economicanimal science. He has conducted studies, investigations, and exchanges in seven countries including the United States, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Singapore, and Australia.

Concurrent appointment: Chief Scientist of the Rabbit Industry Technology System in Shaanxi Province;

Executive Director of the Rabbit Branch of the ChineseAssociation of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine;

Executive Director of the Special Products Branch of the China Association of Agricultural Science Societies;

Executive Director and Expert Group Member of the China RabbitIndustry Association;

Director of the China DeerIndustry Association;

Director of the National Innovation Alliance for Musk Deer Conservation, Breeding, and Utilization ofthe Forestry and Grassland Administration;

Executive Director and Expert Group Member of the ShaanxiAnimal Husbandry Association, President of the Rabbit Branch, Member of the Qinchuan Cattle Think Tank;

Executive Director of the Shaanxi Wildlife ConservationAssociation;

Chief Expert of the "Three Zones" Science and Technology Project in Shaanxi Province;

Sci-tech Special Commissioner appointed by the local governments of Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, and other regions;

Member of the American Rabbit Breeders' Associationand the Asian Rabbit Industry Association.

2. Research Direction

Rabbit, deer, musk deer and other economic animal breeding and healthful aquaculture.

3. Offering Courses

Teaching undergraduate courses such as Economic Animal Production Science, Animal Behavior and Welfare,Zoology of Ornamental Animals, and Practical Training in EconomicAnimal Production Science;

Teaching graduate courses such as Special Animal Resources and Breeding Technology and Advances in Special Economic Animal Research.

There have been 50 graduate students who have completed their studies, with 7 doctoral students and 15 master's students currently enrolled.

4. Academic Achievements

(1) Projects: Led 1 National Natural Science Foundation project, 2 key projects of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, 3 projects of the State Forestry Administration, the construction project of the Shaanxi Province Rabbit Industry Technology System, 3 agricultural research projects of Shaanxi Province, 3 agricultural innovation-driven projects of the province, 1 agricultural promotion project of the province, 3 scientific research projects of Xi'an City, 1 project for improving the promotion capacity of the Yangling Agricultural High-tech Demonstration Zone, 1 key research and development project for industry, academia, and research collaboration, and 5 latitudinal projects. Also, primarily participated in 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 3 international cooperation projects, 1 key project of the Ministry of Agriculture, 1 key project of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and 1 project of the State Forestry Bureau.

(2) Publications: Published 154 papers in Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica, Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science, Food Science, Biodiversity Science, Scientia Agricultura Sinica, Journal of Northwest A&F University (Natural Science Edition), Asian-Aust.J.anim, Journal of Genetics, PLOS ONE and other journals. 15 papers have been included in SCI.

Edited 8 books includingModern Rabbit Rearing and Product Processing,Key Technologies for Modern Deer Rearing and Product Processing,Artificial Musk Deer Rearing and Musk Extraction Technology,Efficient Feeding and Disease Monitoring of Special Animals, Comprehensive Guide to Fur and Medicinal Animal Farming, and Practical EconomicAnimal Production. Contributed to books such as Animal Genetic Resources,China Rabbit Science,SHAANXI TEZHONG YANGZHI, and Research on Chinese Livestock Genetic Resources.Published national-level planned textbooks Special Economic Animal Production Science(1st and 2nd editions) and EconomicAnimal Production Science (3 volumes).

(3) Patents: Granted 3 national invention patents.

(4) Achievements:

①"Genetic Resources Research of Livestock and Poultry in Five Northwestern Provinces" won the 2nd Prize of Shaanxi Province Science and Technology Progress Award in 2011 (ranked first);

②"Research and Industrialization Demonstration of Key Technologies for the Introduction and Breeding of African Ostriches" won the 2nd Prize of Shaanxi Province Science and Technology Progress Award in 2006 (ranked second);

③"Research on Genetic Resources of Several Special Animal Populations" won the 2nd Prize of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Progress Award in 2006 (ranked third);

④"Research on Chinese Livestock Genetic Resources" won the 3rd Prize of the Ministry of Agriculture Science and Technology Progress Award in 1998 (ranked seventh);

⑤"Research and Industrialization of Key Technologies for the Introduction, Breeding, and High-Quality Efficient Production of Ira Meat Rabbits" won the 2nd Prize of Weinan City Science and Technology Progress Award in Shaanxi Province in 2016 (ranked second).

5. Contact Information

Contact Address: College of Animal Science, Northwest A&F University, No. 22 West Nongda Road, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China

Postal Code: 712100

Email: renzhanjun@nwsuaf.edu.cn,646282107@qq.com

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   Papers published as Corresponding Author

(1) Luo G, Mu J, Wang S, Dong X, Ren Z. Association of blood APMAP content and meat quality trait in Rex rabbits. Anim Biotechnol. 2023 Nov;34(4):974-979. doi: 10.1080/10495398.2021.2007117. Epub 2022 Jan 8.

(2) Gong R, Song S, Ai Y, Wang S, Dong X, Ren Z, Xie H, Jiang B, Zhao L. Exploring the growing forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) dietary protein requirement based on gut microbiome. Front Microbiol. 2023 Mar 9;14:1124163.

(3) Liu C, Hong T, Yu L, Chen Y, Wang S, Ren Z. Single-nucleus RNA and ATAC sequencing uncovers the molecular and cellular characteristics in the musk gland of Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii). FASEB J. 2023 Feb;37(2):e22742.

(4) Luo G, Ai Y, Yu L, Wang S, Ren Z. The Characterization and Differential Analysis of m6A Methylation in Hycole Rabbit Muscle and Adipose Tissue and Prediction of Regulatory Mechanism about Intramuscular Fat. Animals. 2023; 13(3):446.

(5) Luo G, Hong T, Yu L, Ren Z. FTO Regulated Intramuscular Fat by Targeting APMAP Gene via an m6A-YTHDF2-dependent Manner in Rex Rabbits. Cells. 2023; 12(3):369.

(6) Luo G, Ai Y, Zhu T, Li J, Ren Z.FTOpromoted adipocyte differentiation by regulatingADRB1gene through m6A modification in Hycole rabbits. Anim Biotechnol. 2022 Jul 29:1-6.

(7) Luo G, Wang S, Ai Y, Li J, Ren Z. N6-Methyladenosine Methylome Profiling of Muscle and Adipose Tissues Reveals Methylase-mRNA Metabolic Regulatory Networks in Fat Deposition of Rex Rabbits. Biology (Basel). 2022 Jun 21;11(7):944.

(8) Luo G, Zhu T, Ren Z.METTL3Regulated the Meat Quality of Rex Rabbits by ControllingPCK2Expression via a YTHDF2-N6-Methyladenosine Axis. Foods. 2022 May 25;11(11):1549.

(9) Luo G, Chen J, Ren Z. Regulation of Methylase METTL3 on Fat Deposition. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2021;14:4843-4852

(10) Gong R, Ye X, Wang S, Ren Z. Isolation, identification, and biological characteristics of Clostridium sartagoforme from rabbit. PLoS One. 2021 Nov 15;16(11):e0259715.

(11) Liu C, Wang S, Dong X, Zhao J, Ye X, Gong R, Ren Z. Exploring the genomic resources and analysing the genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese indigenous rabbit breeds by RAD-seq. BMC Genomics. 2021 Jul 26;22(1):573.

(12) Liu C, Chen H, Yang X, Zhang C, Ren Z. Exploring the genomic resources of seven domestic Bactrian camel populations in China through restriction site-associated DNA sequencing. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 29;16(4):e0250168.

(13) Liu J, Wang Z, Li J, Xu L, Liu J, Feng S, Guo C, Chen S, Ren Z, Rao J, Wei K, Chen Y, Jarvis ED, Zhang G, Zhou Q. A new emu genome illuminates the evolution of genome configuration and nuclear architecture of avian chromosomes. Genome Res. 2021 Mar;31(3):497-511.

(14) Liu C, Chen H, Ren Z, Yang X, Zhang C. Development of Genomic Resources and Identification of Genetic Diversity and Genetic Structure of the Domestic Bactrian Camel in China by RAD Sequencing. Front Genet. 2020 Jul 30;11:797.

(15) Liu C, Chen H, Ren Z, Zhang C, Yang X. Population genetic analysis of the domestic Bactrian camel in China by RAD-seq. Ecol Evol. 2019 Sep 26;9(19):11232-11242.