Cheng Sun, Ph.D.，Professor
    Email: suncheng@caas.cn
    Telephone: 86-10-62591804
    Research Area：bumblebee genomics and bioinformatics

    Research Interests:
    Bumblebee is an important pollinator, which plays a pivotal role in natural ecosystem and agricultural production. We are interested in bumblebee genomics and the biology of genome evolution. We are using computational, molecular and phylogenetic tools to understand the driving force for bumblebee genome evolution and to dig out genes that control the key traits of bumblebee. Our research will lay the foundation for bumblebee molecular breeding.
    Please check with me for available positions in our group (graduate student, postdoc, visiting scholar etc.)!

    Academic experience:
    2015.10 - present: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    2011.03 - 2015.08: Colorado State University, Postdoc
    2009.02 - 2010.12: University of Texas at Arlington, Postdoc
    2004.09 - 2009.01: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D.
    2001.09 - 2004.07: Harbin Normal University, M.S.
    1997.09 – 2001.07: Jilin Normal University, B.S.

    Selected publications:
    1)Chen et al. 2015. Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 112(44): E5907-E5915.
    2)Sun C, Feschotte C, Wu Z, Mueller RL. 2015. DNA transposons have colonized the genome of the giant virus Pandoravirus salinus. BMC Biology. 13(1): 38.  
    3)Frahry MB＃, Sun C＃, Chong RA, Mueller RL. 2015. Low levels of LTR retrotransposon deletion by ectopic recombination in the gigantic genomes of salamanders. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 80(2): 120-129.
    4)Sun C, Mueller RL. 2014. Hellbender genome sequences shed light on genomic expansion at the base of crown salamanders. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6(7): 1818-1829.  
    5)Sun C, Wyngaard G, Walton DB, Wichman HA, Mueller RL. 2014. Billions of basepairs of recently expanded, repetitive sequences are eliminated from the somatic genome during copepod development. BMC Genomics. 15(1): 186.  
    6)Sun C, López Arriaza JR, Mueller RL. 2012. Slow DNA loss in the gigantic genomes of salamanders. Genome Biology and Evolution. 4(12): 1340-1348.
    7)Sun C, Shepard DB, Chong RA, López Arriaza J, Hall K, Castoe TA, Feschotte C, Pollock DD, Mueller RL. 2012. ?LTR retrotransposons contribute to genomic gigantism in plethodontid salamanders. Genome Biology and Evolution. 4(2): 168–183.
    8)Arensburger Peter et al. 2010. Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus establishes a platform for mosquito comparative genomics. Science. 330:86-88.
    9)The International Brachypodium Initiative. 2010. Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon. Nature. 463:763-768.