Education 1995.9—1998.7，中国农业大学，博士，繁殖学。
1990.9—1994.7，山西农业大学 硕士，动物生产学。
1981.9—1985.7 山西农业大学 学士，畜牧学。

Work experience2013—至今，河南农业大学牧医工程学院，河南省特聘教授。2011—2013，石河子大学动物科技学院，绿洲学者特聘教授。2003—2011，爱丁堡大学医学院（英国），研究人员。2001—2003，罗斯林研究所（英国），博士后。1998—2001，爱丁堡大学生物学院，博士后。1996—1998，山西农业大学动物科技学院，副教授。1992—1995，山西农业大学动物科技学院，讲师。1985—1992，山西农业大学动物科技学院，助教。

多组学整合分析解析河南地方鸡产蛋性状调控的分子机制，国家自然科学基金-河南省联合基金重点项目。

论著
1. Xiaojun Liu. Application of Genetics and Genomics in Poultry Science (ISBN: 978-1-78923-631-6). 2018, Intech Publisher, London, United Kingdom.
2. Hong Li, Zhuanjian Li, Xiaojun Liu*. An Overall view of the Regulation of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in Chicken Revealed by New Generation Sequencing. In: Milad Manafi, eds. Poultry Science (ISBN: 978-953-51-4835-7). 2016, Intech Publisher, London, United Kingdom.
论文
1.  Hong Li, Zhenzhen Gu, Liyu Yang, Yadong Tian, Xiangtao Kang, Xiaojun Liu*. Transcriptome Profile Analysis Reveals An Estrogen Induced Lncrna Associated with Lipid Metabolism and Carcass Traits in Chickens (Gallus Gallus). Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 2018.
2.  Weihua Tian, Hang Zheng, Liyu Yang, Hong Li, Yadong Tian, Yanbin Wang, Shijie Lyu, Gudrun A. Brockmann, Xiangtao Kang & Xiaojun Liu*. Dynamic Expression Profile, Regulatory Mechanism and Correlation with Egg-laying Performance of ACSF Gene Family in Chicken (Gallus gallus). Scientific Reports. 2018, 8:8457 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-26903-6
3. Hang Zheng, Hong Li, Wenbo Tan1, Chunlin Xu1, Lijuan Jia, Dandan Wang, Xiangtao Kang, Fengbin Yan, Xiaojun Liu*. Estrogen regulated the expression of cathepsin E-A-like gene via ERβ in liver of chicken (Gallus Gallus). Journal of Genetics. 2018, 97(1): 145–155.
4. Junxiao Ren, Naiyi Xu, Hang Zheng, Weihua Tian, Hong Li, Zhuanjan Li, Yanbin Wang, Yadong Tian, Xiangtao Kang, Xiaojun Liu*. Expression of Thyroid Hormone Responsive SPOT 14 Homolog Is Regulated by Estrogen through an Estrogen Responsive Element in the Chicken (Gallus gallus). Scientific Reports. 2017, 31;7(1):10243. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08452-6.
5. Zheng Ma, Hong Li, Hang Zheng, Keren jiang, Lijuan Jia, Fengbin Yan, Yadong Tian, Xiangtao Kang, Yanbin Wang, Xiaojun Liu*. MicroRNA-101-2-5p targets the ApoB gene in liver of chicken (Gallus Gallus). Genome. 2017, doi: 10.1139/gen-2017-0020.
6. Zheng Ma, Hong Li, Hang Zheng, Keren jiang, Fengbin Yan, Yadong Tian, Xiangtao Kang, Yanbin Wang, Xiaojun Liu*. The hepatic ELOVL6 mRNA is regulated by gga-miR-22-3p in egg-laying hen. Gene. 2017, 623: 72 - 79.
7. Qian Ban, Wenqiao Hui, Fei Cheng, Dahai Liu, Xiaojun Liu*. Effect of chicken leptin recptor short hairpin RNA on expression of JAK2, STAT3, SOCS3 and CPT1 genes in chicken preadipocytes. Animal Science Journal.  2017, 88(3):559-564.
8. Junxiao Ren, Yanmin Li, Naiyi Xu, Hong Li, Cuicui Li, Ruili Han, Yanbin Wang, Zhuanjian Li, iangtao Kang, Xiaojun Liu*, Yadong Tian. Association of estradiol on expression of melanocortin receptors and their accessory proteins in the liver of chicken (Gallus gallus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2017, 240:182 – 190.
9. Junxiao Ren, Naiyi Xu, Zheng Ma, Yanmin Li, Cuicui Li, Yanbin Wang, Yadong Tian, Xiaojun Liu*, Xiangtao Kang. Characteristics of Expression and Regulation of Sirtuins in Chicken (Gallus Gallus). Genome. 2017, 60(5): 431 - 440.
10. Hong Li, Zheng Ma, Lijuan Jia, Yanmin Li, Chunlin Xu, Taian Wang, Ruili Han, Ruirui Jiang, Zhuanjian Li, Guirong Sun, Xiangtao Kang, Xiaojun Liu*. Systematic analysis of the regulatory functions of microRNAs in chicken hepatic lipid metabolism. Scientific Reports. 2016, 6:31766.
11. Dandan Wang, Chunlin Xu, Taian Wang, Hong Li, Yanmin Li, Junxiao Ren, Yadong Tian, Zhuanjian Li, Yuping Jiao，Xiangtao Kang, Xiaojun Liu*. Discovery and functional characterization of leptin and its receptors in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). General and Comparative Endocrinology. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 2016, 225:1-12.
12. Dandan Wang†, Chunlin Xu†, Taian Wang, Hong Li, Yanmin Li, Junxiao Ren, Yadong Tian, Zhuanjian Li, Yuping Jiao, Xiangtao Kang and Xiaojun Liu*. (2015) Data in support of the discovery of alternative splicing variants of quail LEPR and the evolutionary conservation of qLEPRl by nucleotide and amino acid sequences alignment. Data in Brief. 2016, 6:1-3.
13. Hong Li; Taian Wang; Chunlin Xu; Dandan Wang; Junxiao Ren; Yanmin Li; Yadong Tian; Yanbin Wang; Yuping Jiao; Xiangtao Kang; Xiaojun Liu*. (2015) Transcriptome profile of liver at different physiological stages reveals potential mode for lipid metabolism in laying hens. BMC Genomics. 16:763.