معرفی
Haobo Jiang is a Regents Professor in the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on insect immunity, particularly the molecular mechanisms of immune responses in Manduca sexta and other insect models. He investigates serine protease cascades, pathogen recognition, and immune signaling pathways, with applications in vector-borne disease control and agricultural pest management.
Education:
- PhD in Biochemistry, Kansas State University (1994)
- BSc in Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology (1985)
- Postdoctoral Training in Insect Immunobiochemistry at Kansas State University (1995–2000)
Teaching:
- ENTO/PLP 5623: Advanced Biotechnology Methods
- ENTO 5833: Insect Molecular Biology
- ENTO 5003: Insect Biochemistry
Research Interests:
Jiang's lab explores extracellular serine protease networks, pathogen recognition proteins, and immune signaling in insects. They use biochemical, molecular, and genomic approaches to study defense mechanisms in holometabolous insects, with recent work on single-cell RNAseq analysis of cellular immune responses. Collaborations include structural biology studies of immune proteins via X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy.
Grants & Funding:
- NIH Grant: 'The immune serine protease pathways in Anopheles gambiae' (2023–2025)
- NIFA Grant: 'Function and regulation of two key serine proteases in insect immunity' (2018–2024)
Labs & Teams:
His lab specializes in proteomics, transcriptomics, and recombinant protein expression. Techniques include hemolymph protein analysis, genome annotation, and structural biology collaborations.
