Behavior ecology and aquaculture

Biodiversity and genetic structure

​Adaptive evolution

SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Ph. D student in Marine Biology, 2007, Prof. Junyi LV

 FLORIDA INISTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Melbourne, Florida, joint PhD student in Marine Biology, 2007, Prof. Junda LIN

 LUDONG UNIVERSITY, Yantai, Shandong Province, Bachelor, 2003

70 papers on aquaculture and conservation of seahorse and pipefish, and the following only lists 12 papers.

1.       Lin Qiang, Fan Shaohua, Zhang Yanhong, Xu Meng, Zhang Huixian, et al, The seahorse genome and the evolution of its specialized morphology, Nature, 2016, 540(7633), 395-399.

2.       Lin Qiang, Qiu Ying, et al. Draft genome of the lined seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, Gigascience, 2017, 6(6), 1-

3.       Zhang Huixian, Ravia Vydianathan, Taya Boon-Hui, Toharia Sumanty, Pillaia Nisha E, Prasada Aravind, Lin Qiang, Brennera Sydney, Venkatesha Byrappa, Lampreys, the jawless vertebrates, contain only two ParaHox gene clusters, PNAS, 2017, 114(34), 9146.

4.       Zhang Huixian, Qin Geng, Zhang Yanhong, Li Shuisheng, Lin Qiang*, The leptin system and its expression at different nutritional and pregnant stages in lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus), Biology Open, 2016, 5(10), 1508-1515.

5.       Zhang Yanhong, Qin Geng, Zhang Huixian, Wang Xin, Lin Qiang*, DNA barcoding reflects the diversity and variety of brooding traits of fish species in the family Syngnathidae along China’s coast, Fisheries Research, 2016, 185,137-144.

6.       Luo Wei, Qu Hongyue, Li Jingyi, Wang Xin, Lin Qiang*, A novel method for the identification of seahorses (genus Hippocampus) using cross-species amplifiable microsatellites, Fisheries Research, 2015, 172, 318-324.

7.       Luo Wei, Wang Xin, Qu Hongyue, Qin Geng, Zhang Huixian, Lin Qiang*, Genomic structure and expression pattern of MHC IIα and IIβ genes reveal an unusual immune trait in lined seahorse Hippocampus erectus, Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2016, 58, 521-529.

8.       Wang Xin, Zhang Yanhong, Qin Geng, Luo Wei, Lin Qiang*, A novel pathogenic bacteria (Vibrio fortis) causing enteritis in cultured seahorses, Hippocampus erectus, Perry, 1810, Journal of Fish Diseases, 2015, 39(6), 765–769.

9.   Qin Geng, Wang Xin, Tan Shuwen, Lin Qiang*, A bacterial infection by Vibrio harveyi causing heavy reduction of cultured lined seahorse Hippocampus erectus, Journal of Fish Diseases, 2016, doi:10.1111/jfd.12533.

10.   Lin Qiang, Luo Wei, Wan Shiming, Gao Zexia, De novo transcriptome analysis of two seahorse species (Hippocampus erectus and H.mohnikei) and the development of molecular markers for population genetics, Plos One, 2016, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154096.

11.   Zhang Yanhong, Pham Nancy Kim, Zhang Huixian, Lin Junda, Lin Qiang*, Genetic variations in two seahorse species (Hippocampus mohnikei and Hippocampus trimaculatus): evidence for middle Pleistocene population expansion, Plos One, 2014, 9(8), e105494.

12.   Qin Geng, Zhang Yanhong, Huang Liangmin, Lin Qiang*, Effects of water current on swimming performance, ventilation frequency, and feeding behavior of young seahorses (Hippocampus erectus), Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 2014, 461(2014), 337–343.

​21 patents on aquaculture and conservation of seahorse and pipefish, and the following only lists 5 patents.

1.       Qiang Lin, Liangmin Huang, Geng Qin. A new method of trainning the wild seahorses for reproduction. ZL201110163463.6 (2012)

2.       Qiang Lin, Liangmin Huang, Geng Qin. A method to induce the coloration of juvenile seahorses Hippocampus erectus. ZL201110163471.0 (2012)

3.       Qiang Lin, Liangmin Huang. A model of culturing seahorse Hippocampus erectus through the common concrete ponds. ZL201110437260.1 (2013)

4.       Qiang Lin, Liangmin Huang. A method to culture the seahorses by the double nylon net. ZL201210242403.8 (2013)

5.       Qiang Lin, Geng Qin, Yehui Tan, Liangmin Huang. A new method for promoting the survival rate of juvenile seahorses Hippocampus erectus. ZL201210121704.5. (2013)

 (1) Behavior ecology and aquaculture: Sexual selection, sex role reversal and feeding, reproductive, mating behavior of seahorses and pipefish are particularly interesting in my team. Seahorse reproduction and juvenile seahorses survivorship are the key study throughout the world, we focused on this field for many years. High demand for them in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) makes us feel very necessary to continue this work.

(2) Biodiversity and genetic structure: The resources of marine fishes have been changed a lot along the China’s coast, and our work aimed to set up effective bases and strategy for the conservation.

(3) Adaptive evolution: Morphology and behavior of each animal present some important information of evolution, with the help of genome, transcriptome, and proteome technology, we focus on the discovery of biological evolution of marine animals. 

6/2010: Brazil, Visiting Federal University of Pernambuco, and attend the World Aquaculture Society meeting, sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

8/2010: USA, Visiting University of Connecticut and Florid Institute of Technology and attend the ICEOC conference, sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

12/2013: Vietnam, Visiting National Marine Institute of Vietnam, sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

6/2014: Austrilia, Attend the World Aquaculture Society meeting (WAS, 2014), sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

5/2015: South Korea, Attend the World Aquaculture Society meeting (WAS, 2015), sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ministry of Science and Technology "863 Project Chief Scientist." (2014).

The Outstanding Young Scientists of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2014).

The Excellent Young Scholars of the National Science Fund (2013)

The Outstanding Youth Scientists Foundation of Guangdong Province (2013)

  The Youth Talent Award of Lu Jiaxi of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013)

The Excellent Member of the Young Innovation Promotion Society of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013)

The excellent Scientists of Science and Technology of Guangzhou Chinese Academy of Sciences Branch and Guangdong Academy of Sciences (2012)

The Youth Talent Foundation for Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)

The Advanced Program Award of Abroad Scholarship (2011)

The New Star Foundation of the Pearl River Science and Technology (2011)

The Outstanding Young Scientists among Ten Years of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese  Academy of Sciences (2010)

The Special China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Award (2009)

 The Wang Kuancheng Postdoctoral Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2008).

Postdoc fellowship of Florida Institute of Technology (2007)

985 Chinese university scholarship (2006)

Dupont award of Chinese universities (2005)

Haida award (2005)

       Dupont award of Chinese universities (2004)