Research Area

  Mainly engaged in the molecular strategies of predation, defense, competition and the ecology of toxins.

Contact Information

E-mail: libowen@lzu.edu.cn

Education

2013.09-2018.06    Ph.D. (Zoology), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2017.10-2018.03    Visiting Scholar, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, America

2009.09-2013.06    B.Sc. (Biotechnology), Harbin Normal University, China

Work Experience

  2021.06-present     Young Researcher, Institute of Innovation Ecology, Lanzhou University, China

  2019.12-2021.05    Associate Researcher, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  2018.07-2019.11    Assistant Researcher, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Main Publications in Recent 5 Years 

*means corresponding author，^# means co-first author
Bowen Li^#, Jonathan R. Silva^#, Xiancui Lu^#, Lei Luo^#, Yunfei Wang, Lizhen Xu, Aerziguli Aierken, Zhanserik Shynykul, Peter Muiruri Kamau, Anna Luo, Jian Yang, Deyuan Su, Fan Yang*, Jianmin Cui*, Shilong Yang* and Ren Lai*. Molecular game theory for a toxin-dominant food chain model. National Science Review. 2019. 6, 1191–1200.

Lei Luo^#, Yunfei Wang^#, Bowen Li^#, Lizhen Xu, Peter Muiruri Kamau, Jie Zheng*, Fan Yang*, Shilong Yang* and Ren Lai*. Molecular basis for heat desensitization of TRPV1 ion channels. Nature Communications. 2019. 10(1), 2134.

Lei Luo^#, Bowen Li^#, Sheng Wang^#, Fangming Wu^#, Xiaochen Wang, Ping Liang, Rose Ombati, Junji Chen, Xiancui Lu, Jianmin Cui, Qiumin Lu, Longhua Zhang, Ming Zhou*, Changlin Tian*, Shilong Yang*, and Ren Lai*.
Centipedes subdue giant prey by blocking KCNQ channels. PNAS. 2018. 115 (7), 1646-1651.

Yalan Han^#, Bowen Li^#, Ting-Ting Yin^#, Cheng Xu, Rose Ombati, Lei Luo, Yujie Xia, Lizhen Xu, Jie Zheng, Yaping Zhang, Fan Yang*, Guo-Dong Wang*, Shilong Yang1*, Ren Lai*. Molecular mechanism of the tree shrew's insensitivity to spiciness. Plos Biology. 2018. 16(7), e2004921.

Wenliang Zhou^#, Shilong^#, Bowen Li^#, Yonggang Nie^#, Anna Luo, Guangping Huang, Xuefeng Liu, Ren Lai*, Fuwen Wei*. Why Wild Giant Pandas Frequently Roll in Horse Manure. PNAS. 2020.10.1073/pnas.2004640117.