First person – De-Li Xu

doi:10.1242/bio.039685

Abstract

ABSTRACTFirst person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. De-Li Xu is first author on ‘Seasonal variations in cellular and humoral immunity in male striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis)’, published in BiO. De-Li conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Dehua Wang's lab at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is now a doctor, investigating ecological immunology in small mammals.

Highlights

First person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping earlycareer researchers promote themselves alongside their papers
What is your scientific background and the general focus of your lab? My academic training is in physiological ecology and biochemistry, and my research focuses on ecoimmunology
How would you explain the main findings of your paper to non-scientific family and friends? Immune function plays an important role in protecting humans and animals against environmental pathogens such as viruses and bacteria

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Introduction

What is your scientific background and the general focus of your lab? My academic training is in physiological ecology and biochemistry, and my research focuses on ecoimmunology. First person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping earlycareer researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. De-Li Xu is first author on ‘Seasonal variations in cellular and humoral immunity in male striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis)’, published in BiO. My academic training is in physiological ecology and biochemistry, and my research focuses on ecoimmunology.

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