个人简历

教育经历: 2006. Ph.D. Conservation Biology. 明尼苏达大学 (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), USA 2003. M.S. Conservation Biology. 明尼苏达大学 (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), USA 1998. B.S. 生物化学与分子生物学. 北京大学 工作经历: 2009至今. 北京大学生命科学学院. 研究员 2016至今. 北京大学-清华大学生命科学联合中心. 高级研究员 2011-2016. 北京大学-清华大学生命科学联合中心. 研究员 2009. 世界自然基金会（WWF-US）物种保护项目. 黑龙江流域生态区虎/豹保护项目官员 2007-2009. 美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）国家癌症研究所（National Cancer Institute, NCI）博士后

研究领域

基因组多样性和演化　　多样性所决定的表型多样性来适应不同的环境。了解生物适应性的自然规律和遗传基础，对于生物演化和多样性的研究至关重要。我们利用现代遗传学方法，重构物种在种群水平的演化模式，推断演化过程，研究与物种的表型、行为、种群历史和系统分类等相关的基本科学问题。目前的研究主要侧重于以分子生物学和种群遗传学为基础，结合传统生态学、生物地理学和系统分类学的背景，研究野生及驯化哺乳动物类群尤其是猫科动物的基因组多样性和适应性的遗传学机理。

近期论文

1. Choo SW, Rayko M, Tan TK, Hari R, Komissarov A, Wee WY, Yurchenko A, Kliver S, Tamazian G, Antunes A, Wilson RK, Warren WC, Koepfli KP, Minx P, Krasheninnikova K, Kotze A, Dalton DL, Vermaak E, Paterson IC, Dobrynin P, Sitam FT, Japning JRR, Johnson WE, Yusoff AM, Luo SJ, Karuppannan KV, Fang G, Zheng D, Gerstein MB, Lipovich L, O’Brien SJ, Wong GJ. (2016). Pangolin genomes and the evolution of mammalian scales and immunity. Genome Research 26: 1-12. 2. Xu X, Sun X, Hu XS, Zhuang Y, Liu YC, Meng H, Miao L, Yu H, Luo SJ* (2016). Whole genome sequencing identifies a missense mutation in HES7 associated with short tails in Asian domestic cats. Scientific Reports 6: 31583. 3. Ying LX, Zhang TT, Chiu QA, Chen TY, Luo SJ, Chen XY, Shen ZH (2016). The phylogeography of Fagus hayatae (Fagaceae): genetic isolation among populations. Ecology and Evolution 6: 2805–2816. 4. Qin S, Yin H, Yang C, Dou Y, Liu Z, Zhang P, Yu H, Huang Y, Feng J, Hao J, Hao J, Deng L, Yan X, Dong X, Zhang Z, Jiang T, Wang HW, Luo SJ, Xie C (2016). A magnetic protein biocompass. Nature Materials 15: 217-226. 5. Zou ZT, Uphyrkina O, Fomenko P, Luo SJ* (2015). The development and application of a multiplex short tandem repeat (STR) system for identifying subspecies, individuals and sex in tigers. Integrative Zoology 10: 376–388. 6. Xue HR, Yamaguchi N, Driscoll CA, Han Y, Bar-Gal GK, Zhuang Y, Mazak JH, Macdonald DW, O’Brien SJ, Luo SJ* (2015). Genetic ancestry of the extinct Javan and Bali tigers. Journal of Heredity 106(3): 247-257. 7. Malcolm KD, McShea WJ, Garshelis DL, Luo SJ, Van Deelen TR, Liu F, Li S, Miao L, Wang D, Brown JL (2014). Increased stress in Asiatic black bears relates to food limitation, crop raiding, and foraging beyond nature reserve boundaries in China. Global Ecology and Conservation 2: 267-276. 8. Xu X, Luo SJ* (2014). How the white tiger lost its color, but kept its stripes. Science China Life Sciences 57(10): 1041-1043. 9. Luo SJ, Xu X (2014). Save the white tigers. Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/save-the-white-tigers/ 10. Zhang MQ, Xu X*, Luo SJ* (2014). The genetics of brown coat color and white spotting in domestic yaks (Bos grunniens). Animal Genetics 45(5): 652-659. 11. Luo SJ*, Zhang Y, Johnson WE, Miao L, Martelli P, Antunes A, Smith JLD, O’Brien SJ* (2014). Sympatric Asian felid phylogeography reveals a major Indochinese-Sundaic divergence. Molecular Ecology 23(8): 2072-2092. 12. Miao L, Luo SJ* (2014). Diversification of Southeast Asian mammals during the Quaternary glaciation: insights from the genomic era. Biodiversity Science 22(1): 40-50. [Invited Review, in Chinese] 苗林. 罗述金* (2014). 基因组时代的新视野: 东南亚哺乳动物类群在第四纪冰河时期多样性的起源与分化. 生物多样性 22(1): 40-50. 13. Cho YS, Hu L, Hou H, Lee H, Xu J, Kwon S, Oh S, Kim HM, Jho S, Kim S, Shin YA, Kim BC, Kim H, Kim CU, Luo SJ, Johnson W, and 42 others (2013). The tiger genome and comparative analysis with lion and snow leopard genomes. Nature Communications 4: 2433. 14. Xu X, Dong GX, Hu XS, Miao L, Zhang XL, Zhang DL, Yang HD, Zhang TY, Zou ZT, Zhang TT, Zhuang Y, Bhak J, Cho YS, Dai WT, Jiang TJ, Xie C, Li R*, Luo SJ*(2013). The genetic basis of white tigers. Current Biology 23(11): 1031-1035. [Cover Story and Featured in Cell, 154: 257-259, Learning from Exotic Species] 15. Driscoll CA, Chestin I, Jungius H, Pereladova O, Darman Y, Dinerstein E, Seidensticker J, Sanderson J, Christie S, Luo SJ, Shrestha M, Zhuravlev Y, Uphyrkina O, Jhal YV, Marker SL, Nyhus PJ, Tilson R, Macdonald DW, O’Brien SJ (2012). A postulate for tiger recovery: the case of the Caspian tiger. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(6): 2637–2643. 16. Lee MY, Hyun JY, Lee SJ, An J, Lee E, Min MS, Kimura J, Kawada SI, Kurihara N, Luo SJ, O’Brien SJ, Johnson WE, Lee H (2012). Subspecific status of the Korean tiger inferred by ancient DNA analysis. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity 28(1): 48-53. 17. Driscoll CA, Luo SJ, MacDonald D, Dinerstein E, Chestin I, Pereladova O, O`Brien SJ (2011). Restoring tigers to the Caspian region. Science 333: 822-823. [Letter to editor] 18. Luo SJ*, Johnson WE, O’Brien SJ (2010). Applying molecular genetic tools to tiger conservation. Integrative Zoology 5: 351-362. [Invited Review] 19. Driscoll CA, Yamaguchi N, Bar-Gal GK, Roca AL, Luo SJ, Macdonald DW, O’Brien SJ (2009). Mitochondrial phylogeography illuminates the origin of the extinct Caspian tiger and its relationship to the Amur tiger. PLoS One 4(1): e4125.