Name: Shi Wei
Position: Professor
Address: Room203, Research Building, Institute of Apicultural Research, CAAS,Xiangshan, Beijing, China, 100093
Tel: +86-10-62599935
Email: shiwei@caas.cn
Brief Introduction:
As the research director of the department of bee resources and genetic breeding, Professor Wei Shi has hosted ~20 national and international projects, obtained 7 patents and software copyrights, with more than 70 peer-reviewed publications. Professor Wei Shi has been issued two Science and Technology Achievement Awards of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. As members of several international professional organizations, Professor Wei Shi has actively participated in international cooperations and international meetings in dozens of counties in Europe, North America, South America, and Africa, and hosted several sessions in international meetings.
Professional affiliations:
Committee chairman of Honey bee genetic resources commission of the National commission for genetic resources of livestock and poultry;
Deputy secretary-general of Apicultural Science Association of China;
Director of professional committee of breeding, Apicultural Science Association of China;
International scientific board member for Apidologie;
Management committee member of COST Action FA0803 (Prevention of Honey Bee Colony Losses, COLOSS);
Chairperson of Asian Apicultural Association (AAA) bee biology section;
Member of Technical Committee of African Reference Laboratory for Bee Health.
Education Background:
1998.09-2001.10: Ph.D. in insect physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Research Area:
1. Explore the honey bee resources inChina, especially in the previously unexplored areas in westernChina. Our previous works shows thatChinahas a great variety of the eastern honey bee (Apis mellifera), we also found the first endemic population of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) inChina. Further research into honey bee resources, especially in previously unexplored areas, is important in obtaining a full picture of honey bee genetic diversity in China.
2. Understand the phylogenetic and evolution of honey bee populations inChinaand worldwide. Currently, the origin of honey bees is still debated, we seek to gain insights into the evolution and origin of honey bees from a genomic perspective. In addition, much remains to be done on the classification of the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana). Classification of A. cerana will not only provide insight into its evolution history, but also of great importance in protecting the genetic resources of A. cerana.
3. Understand genetic basis of important traits, including disease resistance, adaptation to extreme environmental conditions, reproductive, etc. Information of the genetics of these traits not only can gain insight in the underlying mechanisms of the traits, but also provide candidate genes that can be used in molecular breeding of the traits.
4. Genetic breeding of honey bee. Using traditional breeding and molecular breeding techniques, to breed genetically improved honey bee strains.
Hiring post-doc and graduate students:
Honey bee population genetics, breeding, evolution, molecular biology, and bioinformatics.
Publication:
1. Forsgren E, Shi W, Ding G L, Liu Z G, Van Tran T, Tang P T, Truong T A, Dinh T Q, Fries I. (2014). Preliminary observations on possible pathogen spill-over from Apis mellifera to Apis cerana. Apidologie, 46: 177-186
2. Liu Z G, Lv L P, Ding G L, Shi W. (2012). Construction and application of JavaEE-Asp.net – based information database system of honeybee resources in China. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 14: 69-73
3. Guo J, Shi W, Ding G L, Lv L P, Liu Z G. (2009). A primary report on honeybee space-flight breeding. Journal of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, 23 : 717-720
4. Wang G Z, Shi W. (2008). A study on morphoclusters of Shanxi A. cerana. Acta Agriculturae Universitaties Jiangxiensis, 30 : 411-417
5. Liu Z G, Shi W. (2008). Morphological analysis of honey bee, Apis cerana, in northeast Gansu of China. Journal of Environmental Entomology, 30: 97-102
Patents:
1. A type of queen honey bee catcher. 2011. China patent number: ZL 2011 2 0324998.2
2. A type of instrumental insemination device of queen honey bees. 2011. China patent number: ZL 2011 2 0324990.6
3. A type of box used for mating of honey bees. 2012. China patent number: ZL 2012 2 0332735.0
4. The hive and its backplane components. 2013. China patent number: ZL 2013 2 0689704.5
5. A type of box for transportation of queen cells. 2013. China patent number: ZL 2013 2 0759154.X
6. System for development and utilization of honey bee germplasm resources V1.0. 2013. China software copyright number: 2013SR027907
7. Software for sequence alignment statistics and evaluation in honey bees based on repetitive sequences [AM-MSLE] V1.0. 2014. China software copyright number: 2014SR079228
Awards:
1. Fengpeng Action﹒Seed Industry Hero Award of the China Agricultural Science and Education Foundation
2. Science and Technology Achievement Award of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Industry Standards:
1. The bred queen of Apis cerana in China (NT/T 1159-2013)
2. Specification for honeybee genetic resources evaluating (NY/T 2364-2013)