Dr. Qing Cao

Postdoc
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Postal address
University of Tübingen
Institute of Evolution and Ecology
Auf der Morgenstelle 28
72076 Tübingen
Germany

Research Interests

Behaviour of Stenus rove beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Functional gland morphology of Stenus rove beetle larvae
Ultrastructure of glands and beetle larval heads

Short CV

2021 - until now

Postdoc

University of Tübingen, Tübingen

"Functional morphology and ultrastructure of the adhesive exocrine glands and the abdominal musculature in Stenus rove beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)"

2015-2021

Doctor of Science

China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

2011-2015

Bachelor of Agriculture

Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China

Selected Publications

Zippel, A., Cao, Q., Betz, O. (2023): Morphology of the abdominal segmental glands and spinning behaviour of Stenus larvae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Arthropod Structure and Development 75, 101286

Qing Cao, Wenya Xu, Qiang Gao, Zhihao Jiang, Songyu Liu, Xiaodong Fang, Dongmin Gao, Ying Wang, Xianbing Wang*. (2018). Transmission characteristics of Barley yellow striate mosaic virus in its planthopper vector Laodelphax striatellus. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 1419.

Wen-Ya Xu*, Xiao-Dong Fang*, Qing Cao*, Qiang Gao, Dong-Min Gao, Ji-Hui Qiao, Ying Zang, Liang Xie, Zhi-Hang Ding, Yi-Zhou Yang, Ying Wang, Xian-Bing Wang*. (2022). A cytorhabdovirus-based expression vector in Nilaparvata lugens, Laodelphax striatellus, and Sogatella furcifera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 140:103703

Qiang Gao*, Wen-Ya Xu*, Teng Yan, Xiao-Dong Fang, Qing Cao, Zhen-Jia Zhang, Zhi-Hang Ding, Ying Wang, Xian-Bing Wang*.(2019). Rescue of a plant cytorhabdovirus as versatile expression platforms for planthopper and cereal genomics studies. New Phytologist 223, 2120-2133.