• Maternal obesity in sheep increases fatty acid synthesis, upregulates nutrient transporters, and increases adiposity in adult male offspring after a feeding challenge
  N.M. Long, D.C. Rule, N. Tuersunjiang, P.W. Nathanielsz, S.P. Ford
  PloS one, 10(4), e0122152, (2015)
  
• Multigenerational impact of maternal overnutrition/obesity in the sheep on the neonatal leptin surge in granddaughters
  D.R. Shasa, J.F. Odhiambo, N.M. Long, N. Tuersunjiang, P.W. Nathanielsz, S.P. Ford
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  J. Obes. (Lond), 39(4), 695-701, (2014)
  
• Maternal obesity: how big an impact does it have on offspring prenatally and during postnatal life?
  S.P. Ford, N. Tuersunjiang
  Expert Rev. Endo. Metab., 8(3), 261-273, 2014
  
• Diet reduction to requirements in obese/overfed ewes from early gestation prevents glucose/insulin dysregulation and returns fetal adiposity and organ development to control levels
  N. Tuersunjiang, J.F. Odhiambo, D.R. Shasa, N.M. Long, P.W. Nathanielsz, S.P. Ford
  Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab., 305(7), E868-678, 2013
  
• Maternal nutrient restriction in the ewe from early to midgestation programs reduced steroidogenic enzyme expression and tended to reduce progesterone content of corpora lutea, as well as circulating progesterone in non-pregnant aged female offspring
  N.M. Long, N. Tuersunjiang, L.A. George, C.O. Lemley, Y. Ma, W.J. Murdoch, P.W. Nathanielsz, S.P. Ford
  Reprod. Biol. Endocrinol., 11, 1477-1485, 2013
  
• Early maternal undernutrition programs increased feed intake, altered glucose metabolism and insulin secretion, and liver function in aged female offspring
  L.A. George, L. Zhang, N. Tuersunjiang, Y. Ma, N.M., Long, A.B. Uthlaut, D.T., Smith, P.W. Nathanielsz, S.P. Ford
  Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol., 302(7),795-804, 2012

• ​Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Life Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA, 2013
• M.Sc., Zoology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China 2009
• B.Sc., Biological Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China, 2006

• ​2016-Current: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia 
• 2013-2015: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

● ​Society for Study of Reproduction (SSR)

● Society of Reproductive Investigation (SRI)

● Society of Neuroscience (SFN)

• ​Cowles Postdoctoral Fellowship, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, 2014-2015
• Lalor Foundation Merit Award, Society for the Study of Reproduction, 2014