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Introduction of my research topics can be found in: Research Interests.
Summary of publications: Total SCI: 13, Total citation: 185, H-index=8
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Dang X, Zhang Y, Dupont S. et al., Low pH means more female offspring: A multigenerational plasticity in sex ratio of marine bivalves. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59(2), 1308-1321. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c07808 (IF: 10.8) (Cover Article) (ACS News Report: https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2025/january/more-acidic-oceans-may-affect-the-sex-of-oysters.html) (Guokr News Report: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qCVukmg2Z6RDWhr8bDCLpA) (News Report in Chinese: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ufthWNj5ANylGgkc-gam0w)
Oysters exposed to high CO2-driven low pH produced a significantly higher proportion of female offspring than parents maintained at control pH. This phenomenon, termed pH-mediated sex determination (PSD), has no consequences for reproductive traits in the offspring and can inherit across multiple generations.
Thermal stress bleaches reef ecosystems, yet giant clams (Tridacnidae) survive via unique histological adaptations in their symbiotic tissues that buffer against bleaching impacts, revealing nature's ingenious pro-survival mechanisms.
Mao F#, Xiao S#, Dang X# et al., Metabolic Shifts and Muscle Remodeling as Pro-Survival and Energy Compensation Strategies in Photosymbiotic Giant Clams after Bleaching. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00474 (IF: 10.8) (Cover Article) (#co-first author) (News Report in Chinese: https://scsio.cas.cn/news/kydt/202506/t20250613_7869309.html)
Lee T, Dang X*, Mumby S. H. et al.,Winter mortality syndrome in Hong Kong oyster (Crassostrea hongkongensis): Causes and impacts, Aquaculture, 591,2024,741139. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741139. (*IF: 3.9) (corresponding author)
Zheng Y, Liu H, Dang X, et al. Functional evolution of Thyrotropin-releasing hormone neuropeptides: insights from an echinoderm. Zoological Research, 2024. Doi: https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2024.256 (IF: 4.0)
Dang X, Lee T-H and Thiyagarajan V. Wild oyster population resistance to ocean acidification adversely affected by bacterial infection. Environmental Pollution, 2023, 317, 120813. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120813 (IF: 9.99)
Dang X, ****Huang Q, He Y-Q, et al., Ocean acidification drives gut microbiome changes linked to species-specific immune defence. Aquatic Toxicology, 2023, 256, 106413 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106413 (IF: 5.20)
Dang X, Lim Y-K, Li Y, et al., Epigenetic-associated phenotypic plasticity of the ocean acidification-acclimated edible oyster in the mariculture environment. Molecular Ecology, 2022, 00, 1-16. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16751 (IF: 6.62)