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Education

Ph.D. in Aquaculture,Huazhong Agriculture University, 2021

M.S. in Aquaculture, Huazhong Agriculture University, 2017

B.S. in Aquaculture, Weifang University, 2014

Research Experience

Assistant professor (2021.07-Present), Institute of hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Selected Publications：

1. Yongyao Yu^#, Zhenyu Huang^#, Weiguang Kong^#, Fen Dong^#, Xiaoting Zhang, Xue Zhai, Gaofeng Cheng, Mengting Zhan, Jiafeng Cao, Liguo Ding, Guangkun Han, Fumio Takizawa, Yang Ding, J. Oriol Sunyer*, Zhen Xu*. Teleost swim bladder, an ancient air-filled organ that elicits mucosal immune responses. Cell Discovery. 2022, 8:31.

2. Weiguang Kong^#, Yongyao Yu^#, Shuai Dong, Zhenyu Huang, Liguo Ding, Jiafeng Cao, Fen Dong, Xiaoting Zhang, Xia Liu, Haoyue Xu, Kaifeng Meng, Jianguo Su, Zhen Xu*. Pharyngeal immunity in early vertebrates provides functional and evolutionary insight into mucosal homeostasis. Journal of Immunology. 2019, 203(11): 3054-3067.

3. Yongyao Yu^#, Weiguang Kong^#, Yaxing Yin, Fen Dong, Zhenyu Huang, Guangmei Yin, Shuai Dong, Irene Salinas, Yongan Zhang, Zhen Xu*. Mucosal immunoglobulins protect the olfactory organ of teleost fish against parasitic infection. PLOS Pathogens. 2018, 14(11): e1007251.

4. YongyaoYu^#, Weiguang Kong^#, Haoyue Xu, Zhenyu Huang, Xiaoting Zhang, Liguo Ding Shuai Dong, Guangmei Yin, Fen Dong, Wei Yu, Jiafeng Cao, Kaifeng Meng, Xia Liu, Yu Fu, Xuezhen Zhang, Yongan Zhang, Oriol Sunyer, Zhen Xu*. Convergent evolution of mucosal immune responses at the buccal cavity of teleost fish. iScience. 2019, 27(19): 821-835.

5. Weiguang Kong^#, Dacheng Qin^#, Qingjiang Mu, Zhaoran Dong, Yangzhi Luo, Taoshan Ai, Zhen Xu*. Mucosal immune responses and protective efficacy in yellow catfish after immersion vaccination with bivalent inactivated Aeromonas veronii and Edwardsiella ictaluri vaccine. Water Biology and Security, 2022, 100032.

6. Jiafeng Cao^#, Weiguang Kong^#, GaoFeng Cheng, Zhen Xu*. Role of mTORC1 signaling in regulating immune function of granulocytes in teleost fish. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, 18, 13745.

7. Yibin Yang^#, Xia Zhua^#, Yongtao Liua, Ning Xua, Weiguang Kong*, Xiaohui Ai*, Hongyu Zhang* Effect of agaricus bisporus polysaccharides (ABPs) on anti-CCV immune response of channel catfish. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2023, 141:109051.

8. Xue Zhai^#, Weiguang Kong^#, Gao Feng Cheng, Jia Feng Cao, Fen Dong, Guangkun Han, Yanling Song, Chuanjie Qin, Zhen Xu*. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) genes in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in response to viral, bacterial and parasitic challenge. Frontiers in immunology, 2021, 12: 704224.

9. Weiguang Kong, Can Huang, Ying Tang, Ding Zhang, Zhi xin Wu, Xiaoxuan Chen*. Effect of Bacillus subtilis on Aeromonas hydrophila-induced intestinal mucosal barrier function damage and inflammation in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), Scientific reports, 2017, 7(7): 1588.

10. Weiguang Kong, Sisi Li, Xiaoxuan Chen, Yuqing Huang, Ying Tang, Zhixin Wu*. A study of the damage of the intestinal mucosa barrier structure and function of Ctenopharyngodon idella with Aeromonas hydrophila. Fish physiology and biochemistry, 2017, 43(5): 1223–1235.