Professional Employment
1) 2000 to present: Post doctoral fellow (Research Assistant) in Department
of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
2) 1994-1997: Associate Professor in Department of Natural Resources,
University of Guangxi, Nanning, P.R. China.
3) 1990-1995: Researcher in the National Medical Institute of Guangxi,
Nanning, P.R. China.
4) 1988-1990: Novitiate Researcher in Kunming Institute of Zoology, the
Chinese Academy of Sciences. Yunnan, P.R. China. |
Research Experience
1) 2000-present: Development of avian
auditory brainstem. Auditory and vocal systems in reptiles.
2) 2001-2002: Zenk gene expression driven by conspecific contact calls.
3) 1997-2000: Seasonal changes of androgen and its receptor, and how it
regulated reptilian reproductive behaviors.
4) 1993-1996: gonadotrophin regulated reptilian reproductive biology.
5) 1990-1997: Ecological investigation of endangered reptiles in south
China.
6) 1988-1990:
Theoretical or mathematical ecology using analysis and simulation methods in
computer.
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Education History
1) Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, P.R.
China.
1997-2000: Ph.D. candidate.
2) Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Yunnan
Province, P.R. China
1985-1988: Graduate student.
3) College of Agriculture, University of Guangxi. Guangxi Province, P.R.
China.
1979-1983: Undergraduate student
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Recent Papers
1) Tang YZ, Carr C. 2007. Development of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor
Subunits in Avian Auditory Brainstem. Journal of
Comparative Neurology 502:400-413 2) Tang YZ and Carr EC. 2004. Development of NMDA
R1 expression in chicken auditory brainstem. Hearing Research
191 (1-2): 79-89.
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3) Brauth ES, Tang YZ, Liang WR and Roberts FT. 2003. Contact Call-Driven Zenk
mRNA Expression in the Brain of the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus).
Molecular Brain Research 117 (1): 97-103.
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4) Tang YZ, Piao YS, Zhuang LZ and Wang ZW. 2001. Expression of androgen
receptor mRNA in the brain of Gekko gecko: Implications for understanding
the role of androgens in controlling auditory and vocal processes. Journal
of Comparative Neurology 438:136-147.
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5) Tang YZ, Zhuang LZ and Wang ZW. 2001. Advertisement calls and their
relation to reproductive cycles in Gekko gecko (Reptilia Lacertilia). Copeia
2001(1):248-253.
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6) Yu XD, Tang YZ and Zhang QQ. 2000. Variations in amino acids and
microelements among different population of Gekko gecko. Chinese Journal of
Biomedicine 21(2): 84-85.
7) 8) Tang YZ, Wang ZW. 2000. Neural and endocrine basis of sound production
in amphibians and reptiles. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 19(3):173-177
8) Tang YZ and Yu XD. 1999. Effects of oFSH and oLH on gonad cells in vitro
secreting sex hormones. Chinese Zoological Science (published by Chinese
Forestry Publishing Company) pp:1096-1197
9) Zhang QQ, Tang YZ, Huang YC and Zen MH. 1997. Investigation on geographic
variation of Gekko gecko population. Chinese Journal of Zoology 32:44-46 |