Current Status: Master student in Computer Science, Iowa State University

Education

1. •Master research in Computer Science, Iowa State University; Ames, IA, U.S.A.; Spring 2009.
   

2. •Master research in Toxicology; Iowa State University; Ames, IA, U.S.A.; Fall 2004-2008.
   

• 6/2000: Bachelor of Agriculture degree in Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agriculture University, Tai’an, Shandong, P.R.China

Honors

•2004 Outstanding Incoming Graduate Student Award, by the office of Biotechnology department, Iowa State University.

Research Experience:

    * Fall 2004 - 2008. Bryony Bonning, Ph.D. Department of Entomology, Iowa State University.

    My project was to identify mechanisms of insecticidal action of a basement membrane-degrading protease expressed and delivered by a recombinant baculovirus. Our findings are that the protease activity alone can kill insects through damage to the basement membrane without viral pathogenicity, and that enhanced insecticidal efficacy of the recombinant baculovirus was not caused by altered dissemination and secondary infection of the virus, but it was caused by fragmentation of internal tissues due to basement membrane damage. Three manuscripts resulted from this project so far.

    * Fall 2001-Dec. 2003 College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P.R.China.

    My project was to build detection method of avermectin in environmental water and soil by high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC).

Publications:

1.Hailin Tang, Huarong Li, Samantha Lie, Robert Harrison, Bryony C. Bonning. 2007. Tissue specificity of a baculovirus-expressed, basement membrane-degrading protease in larvae of Heliothis virescens. Tissue and Cell, 39 (2007), 431-443. [full text]

2.Li, Huarong, Hailin Tang, Robert Harrison, Bryony C. Bonning. 2007. Impact of a basement membrane-degrading protease on dissemination and secondary infection of Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus in Heliothis virescens (Fabricus). Journal of General Virology, 88 (2007), 1109-1119. [abstract]

3.Li, Huarong, Hailin Tang, Sivakumar S, Philip J, Harrison RL, Gatehouse JA, Bonning BC. 2008. Insecticidal activity of a basement membrane-degrading protease against Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) and Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris).. Journal of Insect Physiology, 54 (5), 777-789. [abstract]

4.Li, Huarong, Hailin Tang, Robert Harrison, and Bryony Bonning. Preliminary Study of Insecticidal Mechanisms of ScathL Protease Expressed by Recombinant Baculovirus. North Central Branch American Society for Microbiology 65th Annual Meeting September 22-24, 2005. Iowa State University Campus. Ames, Iowa.

5.Li, Huarong, Hailin Tang, Robert Harrison, and Bryony Bonning. Preliminary Study of Insecticidal Mechanisms of ScathL Protease Expressed by Recombinant Baculovirus. 2005 Annual Meeting of Central States Chapter of the Society of Toxicology. September 29-30, 2005, Iowa State University Campus. Ames, Iowa.

Relevant Coursework and Experiences:

        Principles of Database Systems (Com S 561, ISU)

        Programming I (Com S 207, ISU)

        Statistical Methods for Research workers (Stat 401, ISU)

        Experimental design and analysis (Stat 402, ISU)

        Light microscopy (BOT 679, ISU)

        Transmission Electron Microscopy (BOT 681, ISU)

        Scanning Electron Microscopy (GDCB 680, ISU)

Computing Skills

•Applications: Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple final cut, Adobe Dreamweaver.

•Programming languages: QuickBasic, Pascal (for simplicity),C, J2SE, SQL and HTML.

•Databases: Oracle database management.

•Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS

•Networking: Network layer model and file transfer protocol.

•Others: Operation system maintaining (like system debug, software installation) and local network maintaining (like network setup and firewall setting)

Please feel free to download a PDF version of my CV.