Entomology 2024 Symposium. Enigmatic Bridge of Exo-Endo: Extracellular Vesicles in Arthropod Physiology and Control. November 12, 2024 (Phoenix, AZ) (Organizer and presenter)
Characterization of Exosome Cargoes of Culex tarsalis cells with West Nile Virus. Xiufeng Zhang, Dana Mitzel, Kristopher Silver.
Fall 2024 Friday Insect Group Presentation. November 2024 (Manhattan, KS)
Exosome characterization of Culex tarsalis cells with West Nile Virus: a developing story. Xiufeng Zhang.
52nd Annual SOVE Conference. September 2024 (Fort Collins, CO)
Characterization of Exosome Cargoes of Culex tarsalis cells with West Nile Virus. Xiufeng Zhang, Dana Mitzel, Kristopher Silver.
Fall 2023 Seminar of Department of Entomology. September 2023 (Manhattan, KS)
Biochemical characterization of cSPs and cSPHs in the melanization response of Anopheles gambiae. Xiufeng Zhang.
Fall 2022 Friday Insect Group Presentation. September 2022 (Manhattan, KS)
Biochemical characterization of cSPs and cSPHs in the melanization response of Anopheles gambiae. Xiufeng Zhang
Spring 2021 Friday Insect Group Presentation. May 2021 (Manhattan, KS)
Characterization of microRNAs in the fat body and gut tissues of yellow fever mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti. Xiufeng Zhang
The 29th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2018) in Kunming, Yunnan, China. December 3rd 2018 (Invited)
Impact of high throughput technology on microRNA research in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Zhang, Xiufeng.
1st Han Hong Science and Technology Forum at Southwest Univeristy in Chongqing, China. May 5th, 2017 (Invited)
Impacts of high throughput sequencing on insect miRNA research. Zhang, Xiufeng.
ESA Pacific Branch 2017 Meeting in Portland, OR. April 4th 2017 (Invited)
Perspectives on the identification of microRNAs and pattern recognition receptors in Manduca sexta. Zhang, Xiufeng.
Ninth Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Manhattan, KS (June 17−19, 2015).
Phylogenetic analysis and expression profiling of the pattern recognition receptors: insights into molecular recognition of invading pathogens in Manduca sexta. He, X., Zhang, X., He, Y., Cao, X., Gunaratna, R.T., Chen, Y., Blissard, G.W., Kanost, M.R., Jiang, H.
Ninth Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Manhattan, KS (June 17−19, 2015).
Sequence conservation, phylogenetic relationships, and expression profiles of nondigestive serine proteases and serine protease homologs in Manduca sexta. Jiang, H., Cao, X., He, Y., Hu, Y., Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Zou, Z., Chen, Y., Blissard, G.W., Kanost, M.R.
Ninth Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Manhattan, KS (June 17−19, 2015).
Structural features, evolutionary relationships, and transcriptional regulation of C-type lectin-domain proteins in Manduca sexta. Hu, Y., Rao, X, Cao, X., He, Y., Zhang, X., Chen, Y., Blissard, G.W., Kanost, M.R., Yu, X., Jiang, H..
Eighth Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Urbana, IL (June 12-14, 2014).
Genes for hemolymph serine proteases and protease inhibitors in the genome of Manduca sexta. Kanost, M.R., Cao, X., Christena, J., He, Y., Hu, Y., Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Zou, Z., Dittmer, N., Chen, Y., Blissard, G.W., Jiang, H..
Nov 2013 Entomology 2013 in Austin, Texas (ESA national meeting).
Identification of conserved and novel microRNAs in Manduca sexta and their possible roles in the regulation of immunity-related gene expression. Zhang, Xiufeng; Zheng, Yun; Jagadeeswaran, Guru; Sunkar, Ramanjulu; Jiang, Haobo.
Jun 2012 6th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Kansas City, MO.
Identification of conserved and novel microRNAs in Manduca sexta and their possible roles in the regulation of immunity-related gene expression. Zhang, Xiufeng; Zheng, Yun; Jagadeeswaran, Guru; Sunkar, Ramanjulu; Jiang, Haobo.
Oct 2011 Cornell Symposium on Lepidopteran Biology, Ithaca, NY. (Invited)
Manduca sexta microRNAs and their level changes during development and immune response. Zhang, Xiufeng; Zheng, Yun; Ren, Ren; Jagadeeswaran, Guru; Sunkar, Ramanjulu; Jiang, Haobo.
Sep 2011 2011 BMBGSA Research Symposium, Stillwater, OK.
Comparison of sequences and binding patterns of Manduca sexta peptidoglycan recognition proteins associating with insoluble peptidoglycans and bacterial cells. Zhang, Xiufeng; Sumathipala, Niranji; Jiang, Haobo.
Sep 2011 2011 BMBGSA Research Symposium, Stillwater, OK.
Identification and developmental profiling of conserved and novel microRNAs in Manduca sexta. Zhang, Xiufeng; Zheng, Yun; Ren, Ren; Jagadeeswaran, Guru; Sunkar, Ramanjulu; Jiang, Haobo.
Jun 2011 5th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Kansas City, MO.
Identification and developmental profiling of conserved and novel microRNAs in Manduca sexta. Zhang, Xiufeng; Zheng, Yun; Ren, Ren; Jagadeeswaran, Guru; Sunkar, Ramanjulu; Jiang, Haobo.
Mar 2011 59th Annual meeting of the Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Amarillo, TX.
Comparison of sequences and binding patterns of Manduca sexta peptidoglycan recognition proteins associating with insoluble peptidoglycans and bacterial cells. Zhang, Xiufeng; Sumathipala, Niranji; Jiang, Haobo.
Fourth Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium (New Approaches and Outcomes), Kansas City, KS (June 10-13, 2010).
Pyrosequencing-based expression profiling and identification of differentially regulated genes in Manduca sexta. Zhang, S., Gunaratna, R., Zhang, X., Najar, F., Wang, F., Roe, R., and Jiang, H..