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Haihua Lao

Doubleview,WA

Summary

Over the past years, I have been working as a researcher in aquaculture biotechnology and been involved in various research projects. My research has been largely supported by different funding bodies. I have been very productive in generating academic outcome, e.g. published 75 papers, co-authored six books, with 11 academic awards due to the quality of my research work. Eight years ago, my whole family moved to Perth, and thus I resigned from my working place. Over the past 8 years, I had my second child and attended a series of training course to help me improve my involvement in Australian lifestyle, which I have very much enjoyed. After my second child was big enough to go to Child Care, I started my second PhD research in agriculture and food which is a joint research work between CSIRO and Murdoch University. It's the last year of my PhD and I will graduate this year.

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Professor of Science & Technology Management

Chinese Academy Fishery Sciences (CAFS)
Beijing, China
05.2014 - 01.2016
  • Attended research in grass carp virus comprehensive prevention and control
  • Responsible for laboratory development and management: fund application and operation mechanism construction
  • Promoted the development of disciplines: organised meeting and wrote development reports
  • Coordinated research projects and academic conference: organized project application and experts review, signed the project plan contract and supervised the conduction of the project.

Associate Professor of Science & Technology Management

Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS
Guangzhou, China
01.2009 - 04.2014
  • Conducted research in aquaculture animal diseases resistant: cloned disease resists related genes, isolated and identified pathogen from largemouse bass
  • Molecular marker assistant genetic breeding: using molecular markers related to growth and disease resistant for breeding new varieties
  • Transgenic fish study: isolated the β-actin promoters from fish, constructed transgene vector with RFP and obtained genetically modified fish
  • Coordinated research projects among different departments and institutes
  • Responsibility for arrangement of some academic conferences.

Research Associate in Biotechnology Laboratory

Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS
Guangzhou, China
06.2000 - 12.2008
  • Cloned more than 40 function or structural genes by using PCR, RT-PCR, RACE techniques, such as growth hormone, complement components, CytB, lysozyme, MyoD, OmpK, Mx, MSTN and so on
  • Expressed functional proteins in bacteria and yeast by using temperature or chemical induced protein expression method and purified the proteins with different methods
  • Analysed gene structure and predicted its function by using bioinformatics software
  • Conducted protein function study: using purified protein to do western blotting, intro induced gene or protein expression and oral feeding fish or peritoneal injection to identify its function
  • Constructed DNA vaccine for disease resistant by recombinant DNA technique
  • Identified pathogens in fish and shrimp with molecular biology technology
  • Studied the relationship among different species and developed unique markers for specie identification by using molecular DNA marker (RAPD, SSR) and the conservative gene in evolution (CytB, 16S RNA)
  • Assisted in projects design for fund application and conduction the projects
  • Supervised or co-supervised students to accomplish their master’s degree
  • Managed smooth and effective operation of laboratory.

Education

Ph.D. - Marine Biology

SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
GUANGZHOU, GUANGDONG, CHINA
06-2008

Master’s Degree - The Rearing of Special-type Economic Animals

South China Agricultural University
06.2000

Bachelor’s Degree - Education of Biology

Liaocheng Normal College
06.1997

Ph.D. - Agriculture And Food

Murdoch University
Perth, WA

Skills

  • Knowledge in analytical chemistry, molecular biology, genome engineering and aquaculture
  • Rich laboratory experience and skills: including gene cloning and protein expression, transgene, cell culture, gene function study, genetic breeding, pathogen identification, recombinant or DNA vaccine construction and disease resistant
  • Experienced in using microscope, micro-CT and bioinformatics data analysis
  • Multi-tasking capability and strong sense of responsibility
  • Possess team building and interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Well-developed written and verbal English communication skills
  • Productive in publishing quality papers in relevant journals
  • Passion in scientific research
  • Capability to learn and do research at new area

Awards

  • Database and network construction of fishery germplasm resources in China. Second Prize of Science and Technology Awards of CAFS (28/38), 2004
  • Import and hybrid research on Oreochromis mossambicus and Oreochromis hornorum. Third Prize of Science and Technology Awards of CAFS (7/7), 2006
  • Study on transgenic Tanichthys albonubes with homo growth hormone gene. Third Prize of Science and Technology Awards of CAFS 6/9), 2008
  • Demonstration and popularization of healthy culture techniques created by excellent Tilapia varieties. Second Prize of Agricultural Technology Popularization Award of Guangdong (8/10), 2009
  • Researchon molecular identification technology of fish germplasm of Tilapia and Largemouth bass. First Prize of Science and Technology Awards of CAFS (8/20), 2010
  • Study and application of molecular identification of freshwater fish germplasm. Second Prize of Agricultural Science and Technology Award of Guangdong, China (8/10), 2011
  • Breeding and application of new variety of largemouth bass. First Prize of Science and Technology Awards of CAFS (19/20), 2011
  • Study on the genome and antigenic protein of grass carp reovirus. First Prize of Science and Technology Awards of CAFS (7/15), 2013
  • Study on transgenic red fluorescent protein gene Tanichthys albonubes. Second Prize of Science and Technology Awards of CAFS (13/20), 2013
  • Study on new pathogen strain confirmation and demonstration of comprehensive prevention and control technology of grass carp reovirus. Second Prize of Science and Technology Awards of Guangdong (8/10), 2014..

Publications

I was involved in various research projects and gained support from different funding bodies, such as National Natural Science Foundation of China, National High-tech R&D Program of China and National Key Basic Research Program of China. These sources of support led to authored/co-authored publications including 75 papers, 6 books and 11 academic awards. In addition, I am the co-owner of two patents. Some representative publications are listed below.

  • Generation of RFP transgenic White Cloud Mountain Minnow, Junjie Bai, Peng Jiang, Ocean press, 2014
  • Research on genetic breeding in largemouth Bass, Junjie Bai, Shengjie Li, Ocean press, 2013
  • Molecular identification technique for fish genetic research, Junjie Bai, Ocean press, 2011
  • Research on the development strategy of key technologies in the construction of China Modern fisheries system, Xianliang Zhang, Ocean press, 2011
  • Resource and usage of China fishery germplasm, Qingyin Wang, Jieren Li, Ningsheng Yang, Ocean press, 2005
  • Specification for sharing platform of fishery germplasm, Jieren Li, Ningsheng Yang, Zhongfa Xu, China agricultural scientech press (Vol I & II), 2008
  • Characterization of a ranavirus isolated from cultured largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in China, Guocheng Deng, Shengjie Li, Junjie Bai, Kunci Chen, Dongmei Ma, Xiaoyan Jiang, Haihua Lao, Lingyun Yu, Aquaculture, 2011
  • Validation of reference genes of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idellus for the normalization of quantitative real-time PCR, Xing Ye, Lili Zhang, Haiyan Dong, Yuanyuan Tian, Haihua Lao, Junjie Bai, Lingyun Yu, Biotechnology Letter, 2010
  • Isolation of Tanichthys albonubes β actin gene and production of transgenic Tanichthys albonubes, Ermeng Yu, Xing Ye, Haiying Wang, Junjie Bai, Shiling Xia, Haihua Lao, Qing Jian, Fish Physiology and biochemistry, 2010
  • Molecular structure of the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) Myf5 gene and its effect on skeletal muscle growth, Yuhan Guo, Junjie Bai, Ouqin Chang, Haihua Lao, Xing Ye, Jianren Luo, Molecular Biology Reports, 2009
  • Cloning and Characterization of the tiger shrimp lysozyme, Xing Ye, Fengying Gao, Qingmei Zheng, Junjie Bai, Huan Wang, Haihua Lao and Qing Jian, Molecular Biology Reports, 2009
  • Detection of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) of mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) by nested PCR, Haihua Lao, Xing Ye, Weimin Zou, Aiping Tan, South China Fisheries Science, 2009
  • Molecular cloning of two C1q-like cDNAs in mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi, Haihua Lao, Yanan Sun, Zhixin Yin, Jing Wang, Chao Chen, Shaoping Weng, Wei He, Changjun Guo, Xiande Huang, Xiaoqiang Yu, Jianguo He, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 2008
  • An outer membrane protein, OmpK, is an effective vaccine candidate for Vibrio harveyi in Orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides), Ningqiu Li, Junjie Bai, Shuqin Wu, Xiaozhe Fu, Haihua Lao, Xing Ye, Cunbin Shi, Fish and shellfish immunology, 2008
  • Molecular cloning and expression analysis of the ASC gene from mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) and its regulation of NF-κB activation, Yanan Sun, Jing Wang, Haihua Lao, Zhixin Yin, Wei He, Shaoping Weng, Xiaoqiang Yu, SiuMing Chan, Jianguo He, Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2008
  • Molecular cloning and expression of Grass carp MyoD in yeast Pichia pastoris, Lixin Wang, Junjie Bai, Jianren Luo, Hong Chen, Xing Ye, Qing Jian, Haihua Lao, Journal of Biochemistry Molecular Biology, 2007
  • Molecular cloning, sequencing, expression of Chinese sturgeon cystatin in yeast Pichia pastoris and its proteinase inhibitory activity, Junjie Bai, Dongmei Ma, Haihua Lao, Qing Jian, Xing Ye, Jianren Luo, Xiaoyong Xiong, Yinghua Li, Xufang Liang, Journal of Biotechnology, 2006
  • Molecular cloning and analysis of two distinct growth hormone cDNAs from Carassius auratus auratus, Haihua Lao, Junjie Bai, Xing Ye, Qing Jian, Jianren Luo, Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, 2004
  • Molecular cloning of cDNA of grass carp interferon regulatory factor (gcIRF) core region and sequence analysis, Haihua Lao, Junjie Bai, Xing Ye, Journal of Ocean of China, 2002
  • Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of growth hormone cDNAs from two species of gurnards, Haihua Lao, Junjie Bai, Xing Ye, Yinghua Li, Jianren Luo, Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology, 2001

References

  • Yonglin REN, Professor, Murdoch University, 08-93601397, Y.Ren@murdoch.edu.au
  • Lingling GAO, Dr., CSIRO, Lingling.Gao@csiro.au

Hobbies and Interests

Love music and exercise;

Like cooking and gardening;

Passion on scientific research work

Training

  • Meta analysis, William Bannon Associates, June 2023

Timeline

Associate Professor of Science & Technology Management

Chinese Academy Fishery Sciences (CAFS)
05.2014 - 01.2016

Associate Professor of Science & Technology Management

Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS
01.2009 - 04.2014

Research Associate in Biotechnology Laboratory

Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS
06.2000 - 12.2008

Ph.D. - Marine Biology

SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY

Master’s Degree - The Rearing of Special-type Economic Animals

South China Agricultural University

Bachelor’s Degree - Education of Biology

Liaocheng Normal College

Ph.D. - Agriculture And Food

Murdoch University
Haihua Lao