
Xin DangThe University of Hong Kong | HKU · School of Biological Sciences
Xin Dang
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
oyster, ocean acidification, immune defense, autophagy, transgenerational plasticity and adaptation
Additional affiliations
June 2019 - August 2023
May 2018 - May 2019
South China Sea Institue of Oceanology, CAS
Position
- Research Assistant
Education
May 2019 - August 2023
September 2013 - June 2017
Publications
Publications (20)
For marine invertebrates with pelagic‐benthic life cycle, larval exposure to ocean acidification (OA) can affect adult performance in response to another environmental stressor. This carry‐over effect has the potential to alter phenotypic traits. However, molecular mechanisms that mediate “OA” triggered carry‐over effects have not been explored des...
The carbon dioxide induced ocean acidification (OA) process is well known to have profound effects on physiology, survival and immune responses in marine organisms, and particularly calcifiers including edible oysters. At the same time, some wild populations could develop a complete and sophisticated immune system to cope with multiple biotic and a...
Ocean acidification (OA) has important effects on the intrinsic phenotypic characteristics of many marine organisms. Concomitantly, OA can alter the extended phenotypes of these organisms by perturbing the structure and function of their associated microbiomes. It is unclear, however, the extent to which interactions between these levels of phenoty...
Crassostrea hongkongensis (Hong Kong oyster) is an ecologically and economically valuable shellfish endemic to South/Southeast Asia. Due to ocean acidification and warming waters, they have become increasingly vulnerable to invading microbes including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a significant foodborne human pathogen. In recent years, outbreaks of V....
Global changes can profoundly affect the sex determination and reproductive output of marine organisms, disrupting the population structure and ecosystems. High CO2 driven low pH in the context of ocean acidification (OA) has been shown to severely affect various calcifiers, but less is known about the extent to which low pH influences sex determin...
Biomineralization is one of the key biochemical processes in calcifying bivalve species such as oysters that is affected by ocean acidification (OA). Larval life stages of oysters are made of aragonite crystals whereas the adults are made of calcite and/or aragonite. Though both calcite and aragonite are crystal polymorphs of calcium carbonate, the...
Ocean acidification (OA) has important effects on intrinsic phenotypic characteristics (i.e., calcification, metabolic activity, immune system) of many marine organisms. Concomitantly, OA can alter the extended phenotypes of these organisms by perturbing the structure and function of their associated microbiomes. It is unclear, however, the extent...
The increase of CO2 by anthropogenic activities leads to a decrease of pH in the ocean surface due to ocean acidification (OA) process. Generally, OA not only reduces the rate of calcification in marine environments but also affects various physiological activities, especially in calcifiers, including edible oysters. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT...
The majority of common edible oysters are projected to grow more slowly and have
smaller impaired shells because of anthropogenic CO2 -induced reductions in
seawater carbonate ion concentration and pH, a process called ocean acidification
(OA). Recent evidence has shown that OA has carryover effects, for example, larvae
exposed to OA will also exhi...
Unprecedented rate of increased CO2 level in the ocean and the subsequent changes in carbonate system including decreased pH, known as ocean acidification (OA), is predicted to disrupt not only the calcification process but also several other physiological and developmental processes in a variety of marine organisms, including edible oysters. Nonet...
Unprecedented rate of increased CO2 level in the ocean and the subsequent changes in carbonate system including decreased pH, known as ocean acidification (OA), is predicted to disrupt not only the calcification process but also several other physiological and developmental processes in a variety of marine organisms, including edible oysters. Nonet...
Crassostrea hongkongensis (Hong Kong oyster) is an ecologically and economically valuable shellfish endemic to South/Southeast Asia. Due to ocean acidification and warming waters, they have become increasingly vulnerable to invading microbes including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a significant foodborne human pathogen. In recent years, outbreaks of V....
Background
The veined rapa whelk Rapana venosa is an important commercial shellfish in China and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) has become the standard method to study gene expression in R. venosa . For accurate and reliable gene expression results, qRT-PCR assays require housekeeping genes as internal controls, which display highly uniform e...
The number of reference genes required for accurate normalization of eight different tissues based on pairwise variation between candidate genes by GeNorm
The number of reference genes required for accurate normalization of five developmental stages based on pairwise variation between candidate genes by GeNorm
Determination of the optimal number of control genes for normalization in hemocyte