应江苏省分子医学生物技术重点实验室的邀请，美国Kansas StateUniversityCollege of Veterinary Medicine的桑永明博士将于2013年5月31日访问我校并作报告。欢迎感兴趣的老师和同学参加。

报告人：桑永明 博士

时间：2013年5月31日（周五）上午10点

地点：生科院3楼圆形会议室

桑永明 博士简介：

Education

B.S.,  Anhui Agricultural University (Agricultural Education): 1987

M.Sc. &  D.Sc., NanjingAgriculturalUniversity, Nanjing, China (Physiology and Biochemistry): 1993 & 1996, respectively 

Ph. D., KansasStateUniversity (Immunophysiology): 2008

Employment Experience

2/2010-present:  Assistant Professor , Location: Department of Anatomy & Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan

5/2004 – 2/2010:  Senior Scientist, Location: Department of Anatomy & Physiology, KansasStateUniversityCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan

7/1998 – 5/2004: Postdoctoral Research Associate,  Location: Department of Biochemistry and Anatomy&Physiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan

 9/1997 – 7/1998: Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, Yonsei Univeristy, Seoul, South Korea

9/1996 – 9/1997: Group leader, Location: Department of R & D, Yangtze Agribusiness Group, Ltd. Nanjing, China.

Selected Publications:

Sang Y, Rowland RR, Blecha F. Interaction between innate immunity and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. Anim. Health Res. Rev. 2011, in press.

Sang Y, Rowland RR, Blecha F. Porcine type I interferons: polymorphic sequences and activity against PRRSV. BMC Proc. 2011 Jun 3; 5 Suppl 4:S8.

Yang J, Sang Y, Meade KG, Ross C. The role of oct-1 in the regulation of tracheal antimicrobial peptide (TAP) and lingual antimicrobial peptide (LAP) expression in bovine mammary epithelial cells. Immunogenetics. 2011 Nov;63(11):715-25.

Sang Y, Rowland RR, Blecha F. Molecular characterization and antiviral analyses of porcine type III interferons. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2010 Nov;30(11):801-7.

Sang Y, Rowland RR, Hesse RA, Blecha F. Differential expression and activity of the porcine type I interferon family. Physiol Genomics. 2010 Jul 7;42(2):248-58.

Sang Y, Ruchala P, LehrerRI, Ross CR, Rowland RR, Blecha F. Antimicrobial host defense peptides in an arteriviral infection: differential peptide expression and virus inactivation. Viral Immunol. 2009 Jul;22(4):235-42

Sang Y, Blecha F. Antimicrobial peptides and bacteriocins: alternatives to traditional antibiotics. Anim Health Res Rev. 2008 Dec;9(2):227-35.

Sang Y, Ross CR, Rowland RR, Blecha F. Toll-like receptor 3 activation decreases porcine arterivirus infection. Viral Immunol. 2008 Sep;21(3):303-13.

Sang Y, Blecha F. Porcine host defense peptides: expanding repertoire and functions. Dev Comp Immunol. 2009 Mar;33(3):334-43.