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Name  
 Renhui LI
Academic Title  
   Professor
Education  
   Ph.D.
Phone  
   86-27-68780067
 E-mail 
   reli@ihb.ac.cn

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Personal Data:

B.S. 1985 (Botany), Department of Biology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P. R. China.

M.S.  1988 (Hydrobiology), Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, P. R. China.

Ph.D. 1998 (Biology), Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

Research Experience:

Sep. 1988-Jul. 1993  Research Associate, Department of phycology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.

Aug. 1994 - March 1998  Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. M. M. Watanabe’s Laboratory at the University of Tsukuba and National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan.

July 1999 - April 2001  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

May 2001 – Dec. 2003  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dec. 2003 – Sept. 2005  Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee.

Sept. 2005 – now  Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Hundred Scientist Project"

 

Research Directions：

1. Diversity and phylogeny of cyanobacteria, especially water bloom forming cyanobacteria

2. Molecular monitoring of toxic cyanobacteria in Chinese waters as a warning tool to drinking water system

3. Evolutionary history among cyanobacterial organisms using multi-genetic and genomic evidences.

 
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Awards & Honors：
Recent Publications：

1，Jiang Y., Shao J., Wu, X., Xu, Y. and Li R. 2011. Active and silent members in the mlr gene cluster of a microcystin-degrading bacterium isolated from Lake Taihu, China. FEMS Microbiology Letters （in press）

2，Xu Y.,Yang F., Liu Y., Wang Z.,Wang J.,Wang G. and Li R.* 2011. Genetic Diversity of Microcystis populations in a bloom and its relationship to the environmental factors in Qinhuai River, China. Microbiological Research (in press)

3，Wu Z., Shi J. Xiao P., Liu Y. and Li R*. 2011. Phylogenetic analysis of two cyanobacterial genera Cylindrospermopsis and Raphidiopsis based on multi-gene sequences. Harmful Algae 10:419-425,

4，Wang Z., Xu Y., Shao J. Wang J. and Li R*. 2011. Genes associated with 2-methylisoborneol biosynthesis in cyanobacteria: Isolation, characterization, and expression in response to light. Plos One 6（4）e18665

5. Jihai Shao J., Wang Z.,Jiang Y., Yu. G, Peng X. and Li R.*. 2011. Elucidating the toxicity targets of β-ionone on photosynthetic system of Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843 (Cyanobacteria). Aquatic Toxicology ( in press).

6. Xu Y.,Yang F., Liu Y., Wang Z.,Wang J.,Wang G. and Li R.* 2011. Genetic Diversity of Microcystis populations in a bloom and its relationship to the environmental factors in Qinhuai River, China. Microbiological Research ( in press).

7. Lin S., Shen J. Liu Y. Liu Q. and Li R.* 2011. Molecular Evaluation on the Distribution,Diversity and Toxicity 

of Microcystis (Cyanobacteria) Species from Lake Ulungur -- a Mesotrophic and Brackish Desert Lake in Xinjiang, China, Envirnmental Monitoring and Assessment 175:139-150

8. Lin S., Haas S., Zemojtel T.,Xiao P.,Vingron M. and Li R*. 2011. Genome-wide comparison of cyanobacterial transposable elements, potential genetic diversity indicators. Gene 473:139-149 

9. Liu Y., Tan W., Wu X.,Wu Z., Yu G. and Li R*. 2011. First report of microcystin production in Microcystis smithii

Komárek & Anagnostidis (Cyanobacteria) from a water bloom in Eastern China. Journal of Environmental Sciences.23:102-107

10. Shao J., Yu G., Wang J., Wu Z., Peng X. and Li R*. 2010. Towards clarification of the inhibitory mechanism of wheat

bran leachate on Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843(cyanobacteria): physiological responses. Ecotoxocology 19:1634-1641

11. Shao J., Yu G.., Wu Z., Peng X. and Li R*. 2010. Responses of Synechocystis sp.  PCC 6803 (cyanobacterium) photosystemⅡto pyrene stress. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 22:1091-1095

12. Xu Y., Wang G., Yang W. and Li R*. 2010. Dynamics of the water bloom-forming Microcystis and its relationship with physicochemical factors in Lake Xuanwu (China). Environmental Science and Pollution Research 17:1581-1590

13．Tan W., Liu Y., Wu, Z., Lin S., Yu G. and Li R*. 2010. cpcBA-IGS as an effective marker to characterize Microcystis wesenbergii (Komrek)　Komrek (cyanobacteria). Harmful Algae 9:607-612

14. Shao J., Yu G.., Wu Z., Peng X. and Li R*.2010. Response of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (cyanobacterium) photosystemⅡto pyrene stress. Journal of environmental Sciences. 22:1091-1095

15. Wu Z, Shi J., Lin S. and Li R*. 2010. Unraveling molecular diversity and phylogeny of Aphanizomenon (Nostocales,

Cyanobacteria) strains isolated from China. Journal of Phycology 46:1048-1058.

16. Lin S., Wu Z., Yu G., Yu B. and Li R*. 2010 Genetic Diversity and Molecular Phylogeny of Planktothrix (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) Strains from China. Harmful Algae 9：87-97

17. Roney B. , Li R. Banack S. , Murch S. , Honegger R. and Cox P. 2009 . Consumption of fa cai Nostoc soup: A Potential for

 BMAA exposure from  Nostoc cyanobacteria in China? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 10:44-49, Suppl. 2

18. Wu Z. and Li R*. 2009. Physiological comparison of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii with Microcystis aeruginosa and

 Aphanizomenon flos-aqaue. Harmful Algae 8：910-915

19. Shao J., Wu X. and Li R*. 2009. Physiological Responses of Microcystis aeruginosaPCC7806 to Nonanoic Acid Stress.

Environmental Toxicology 24：610-617

20. Shao J., Wu Z.,Yu G., Peng X. and Li R*. 2009.Allelopathic mechanism of pyrogallol to Microcystis aeruginosaPCC7806

(Cyanobacteria): From views of gene expression and antioxidant system. Chemosphere 75:924-928

21. Wu X., Xiao B., Li, R., Wang Z., Chen X. and Chen X. 2009. Rapid quantification of total microcystins in cyanobacterial samples by periodate-permanganate oxidation and reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Analytica Chimica Acta,651: 241-247.

22. Xu, Y., Wu, Z., Yu, B., Yu，G., Peng X.，Wang, G. and Li, R*. 2008. Microcystis wesenbergii (Komarek) Komarek

(Cyanobacteria) representing a main waterbloom forming species  but non-microcystin-producer in China. Environmental

 Pollution 2156: 162-167

23. Li, R*, Wilhelm, S. W., Carmichael, W. W. and Watanabe, M. M. 2008. The morphological, physiological, biochemicaland molecular characterization of two strains of Raphidiopsis (Cyanobacteria) from a fishpond in central China. Harmful Algae 7:146-153。

24. Wu X., Xiao B., Gong Y., Wang Z., Chen X. and Li R. 2008. Kinetic Study of the2-Methyl-3-methoxy-4-Phenylbutanoic acid produced by oxidation of microcystin in aqueous solution. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 27:2019–2026.

25. Wu, Z., Song, L. and Li, R*. 2008. Different tolerance and responses to low temperature and darkness between waterbloom

forming cyanobacterium Microcystis and a green alga Scenedesmus. Hydrobiologia 596：47-55

26. Yu G. and Li R.*。2007。Three newly recorded species of Microcystis (Cyanophyta) from China. Acta Phytotaxonomica

Sinica 45:353-358

27. Yu G.,Song L. and Li R.*. 2007. Taxonomic notes on water bloom forming Microcystis species (Cyanophyta) from China-

  An example from samples of the Dianchi lake. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 45:727-741


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