2003.09–2009.06 PhD: Sun Yat-sen University, Marine Biology
2008.03–2009.05 PhD: National Research Council Canada, Marine Biology
Project leader for over 20 national and provincial projects
Published over 70 SCI papers in international journals
Granted 4 invention patents
2009.07-2015.04 - South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences - Associate Researcher
2015.05-2021.01 - Sun Yat-sen University, School of Life Sciences - Associate Professor
2021.02-present - Sun Yat-sen University, School of Life Sciences - Professor
Research
Molecular nutrition of aquatic animals Aquatic animal nutrition and feed
Maize Oil Can Replace Fish Oil in The Diet of Grouper Postlarvae (EpinephelusCoioides) Without Adversely Affecting Growth or Fatty Acid Composition, Niu Jin, Liu Yong-Jian, Tian Li-Xia, Mai Kang-Sen, Zhou Qi-Cun, Yang Hui-Jun, Ye Chao-Xia, 2007
The effect of different levels of dietary phospholipid on growth, survival and nutrient composition of early juvenile cobia (Rachycentroncanadum), Niu Jin, Liu Yong-Jian, Tian Li-Xia, Mai Kang-Sen, Yang Hui-Jun, Ye Chao-Xia, Zhu Yao, 2008
Effects of dietary phospholipid level in cobia (Rachycentroncanadum) larvae growth, survival, plasma lipids and enzymes of lipid metabolism, Niu Jin, Liu Yong-Jian, Tian Li-Xia, Mai Kang-Sen, Yang Hui-Jun, Ye Chao-Xia, Zhu Yao, 2008
Effect of dietary phosphorus sources and varying levels of supplemental phosphorus on survival, growth and body composition of larval shrimp (Litopenaeusvannamei), Niu Jin, Liu Yong-Jian, Tian Li-Xia, Mai Kang-Sen, Yang Hui-Jun, Ye Chao-Xia and Gao Wen, 2008
Nutrient values of dietary ascorbic acid (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate) on growth, survival and stress tolerance of larval shrimp, Litopenaeusvannamei, Niu Jin, Liu Yong-Jian, Tian Li-Xia, Mai Kang-Sen, Yang Hui-Jun, Ye Chao-Xia and Gao Wen, 2009
Effect of dietary astaxanthin on growth, survival and stress tolerance of postlarval shrimp, Litopenaeusvannamei, Niu Jin, Tian Li-Xia, Liu Yong-Jian, Mai Kang-Sen, Yang Hui-Jun, Ye Chao-Xia and Gao Wen, 2009
Effects of dietary chitosan on growth, survival and stress tolerance of postlarval shrimp, Litopenaeusvannamei, Niu Jin, Liu Yong-Jian, Lin, Hei-Zhao, Mai Kang-Sen, Yang Hui-Jun, Liang Gui-Ying and Tian Li-Xia, 2011
Influence of dietary phospholipid level on growth performance, body composition and lipid class of larval Litopenaeusvannamei, Niu Jin, Liu Yong-Jian, Lin, Hei-Zhao, Mai Kang-Sen, Yang Hui-Jun, Liang Gui-Ying and Tian Li-Xia, 2011
Caroteniods in aquaculture-an overview, Niu Jin, Tian Li-Xia, Lin Hei-Zhao and Liu Yong-Jian, 2011
Dietary values of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin in Penaeusmonodon in the presence and absence of cholesterol supplementation: Effect on growth, nutrient digestibility and tissues carotenoids composition, Niu Jin, Li Chun-Hou, Liu Yong-Jian, Tian Li-Xia, Chen Xu, Huang Zhong and Lin Hei-Zhao, 2012
Effect of seven carbohydrate sources on juvenile Penaeusmonodon growth performance, nutrient utilization efficiency and enzyme activities of liver 6PGDH, HK and Amylase, Niu Jin, Lin Hei-Zhao, Jiang Shi-Gui, Chen Xu, Wu Kai-Chang, Tian Li-Xia and Liu Yong-Jian, 2012
Excess dietary cholesterol may have an adverseeffect on growth performance of early post-larvalLitopenaeusvannamei, Niu Jin, Chen Peng-Fei, Tian Li-Xia, Liu Yong-Jian, Lin Hei-Zhao, Yang Hui-Jun and Liang Gui-Ying, 2012
Quantitative dietary methionine requirement of juvenile golden pompano Trachinotusovatus at a constant dietary cystine level, Niu Jin, Du Qiang, Lin Hei-zhao, Chen Yong-qing, Huang Zhong, Wang Yun, Wang Jun, Chen Yi-fang, 2013
Comparison of effect of chitin, chitosan, chitosan oligosaccharide andN-acetyl-D-glucosamine on growth performance, antioxidant defensesand oxidative stress status of Penaeusmonodon, Niu Jin, Lin Hei-Zhao, Jiang Shi-Gui, Chen Xu, Wu Kai-Chang, Liu Yong-Jian,Wang Sheng, Tian Li-Xia, 2013
Dietary supplementation of honeysuckle improves the growth, survival and immunity of Penaeusmonodon, Xu Chen, Hei-Zhao Lin, Shi-Gui Jiang , Kai-Chang Wu, Yong-Jian Liu, Li-Xia Tian, Yun-Qiang Zhang, Jin Niu, 2013
Effects of graded replacement of fishmeal by fish protein hydrolysate on growth performance of early postlarval Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei, Boone), Niu J, Zhang YQ, Liu YJ, Tian LX, Lin HZ, Chen X, Yang HJ, Liang GY, 2014
Comparison effect of dietary astaxanthin and β-carotene in thepresence and absence of cholesterol supplementation on growthperformance, antioxidant capacity and gene expression of Penaeus monodon under normoxia and hypoxia condition, Niu J, Wen H, Li CH, Liu YJ, Tian LX, Chen X, Huang Z, Lin HZ, 2014
Effect of replacing fish meal with soybean meal and of DL-Methionine or lysine supplementation in pelleted diets on growth and nutrient utilization of juvenile golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus), Niu J, C. Figueiredo Silva, Dong Y, Yue YR, Lin HZ, Wang J, Wang Y, Huang Z, Xia DM, Lu X, 2016
Suitable dietary chitosan improves the growth performance, survival and immune function of tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon, Niu J, Li CH, Tian LX, Liu YJ, Chen X, Wu KC, Wang J, Huang Z, Wang Y, Lin HZ, 2015
Effects of different levels of dietary wakame (Undariapinnatifida) ongrowth, immunity and intestinal structure of juvenile Penaeusmonodon, Niu J, Chen X, Lu X, Jiang SG, Lin HZ, Liu YJ, Huang Z, Wang J, Wang Y, Tian LX, 2015
Effect of different dietary levels of Gracilaria lemaneiformis dry power on growth performance, hematological parameters and intestinal structure of juvenile Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), Yu YY, Chen WD, Liu YJ, Niu J, Chen M, Tian LX, 2016
The effect of different feeding rates on growth, feedefficiency and immunity of juvenile Penaeus monodon, Niu J, Chen X, Zhang YQ, Tian LX, Lin HZ, Wang J, Wang Y, Liu YJ, 2016
Effects of astaxanthin on antioxidant capacity of golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) in vivo and in vitro, Xie JJ, Chen X, Niu J, Wang J, Wang Y, Liu QQ, 2017
Effects of dietary astaxanthin on growth performance, hepatic antioxidative activity, hsp70 and HIF-1α gene expression of juvenile golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus), Xie JJ, Chen X, Liu YJ, Tian LX, Xie SW, Niu J, 2017
Effect of N-acetyl cysteine and glycine supplementation on growth performance, glutathione synthesis, and antioxidative ability of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Xie SW, Tian LX, Niu J, Liang GY, Liu YJ, 2017
Comparison of L-lysine﹒HCI and L-lysine sulphate in the feed of Penaeusmonodonand re-evaluation of dietary lysine repuirement for P. monodon, Niu J, Chen X, Lin HZ, Li CH, Wu KC, Liu YJ, 2017
Effect of dietary macro-algae in diet of juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, Fan Yang, Shiwei Xie, Jin Niu, Yongjian Liu, Lixia Tian, 2018
Assessing the bioavailability of the Novel Met-Met product (AQUAVI® Met-Met) compared to DL-methionine (DL-Met) in white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), Niu J, Lemmec A, He JY, Li HY, Xie SW, Liu YJ, Yang HJ, C. Figueiredo-Silva, Tian LX, 2018
Dietary supplementation of Haematococcus pluvialis improved the immune capacity and low salinity tolerance ability of post-larval white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, Xie SW, Fang WP, Wei D, Liu YJ, Yin P, Niu J, Tian LX, 2018
The effect of replacement of fishmeal by concentrated dephenolization cottonseed protein on the growth, body composition, haemolymph indexes and haematological enzyme activities of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), Wan MG, Yin P, Fang WP, Xie SW, Chen SJ, Tian LX, Niu J, 2018
Effect of deoxynivalenol on growth performance, histological morphology, anti-oxidative ability and immune response of juvenile Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, Xie SW, Zheng L, Wan MG, Niu J, Liu YJ, Tian LX, 2018
Fishmeal levels can be successfully reduced in white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) if supplemented with DL-Methionine (DL-Met) or DL-Methionyl-DL-Methionine (Met-Met), Xie JJ, A Lemmec, He JY, Yin P, C. Figueiredo-Silva, Liu YJ, Xie SW, Niu J, Tian LX, 2018
Developing a low fishmeal diet for juvenile Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, using the nutritional value of FM as the reference profile, Xie SW, Niu J, Zhou WW, Liu YJ, Tian LX, 2018
Dietary values of Forsythia suspensa extract in Penaeus monodon under normal rearing and Vibrio parahaemolyticus 3HP (VP3HP) challenge conditions: Effect on growth, intestinal barrier function, immune response and immune related gene expression, Xie JJ, Chen X, Guo TY, Xie SW, Fang HH, Liu ZL, Zhang YM, Tian LX, Liu YJ, Niu J, 2018
Comparison and Evaluation of Four Species of Macro-algaes as Dietary Ingredients in Litopenaeus vannamei Under Normal Rearing and WSSV Challenge Conditions: Effect on Growth, Immune Response, and Intestinal Microbiota, Niu J, Xie JJ, Guo TY, Fang HH, Zhang YM, Liao SY, Xie SW, Liu YJ and Tian LX, 2018
Dietary values of macroalgae Porphyra haitanensis in Litopenaeus vannamei under normal rearing and WSSV challenge conditions: Effect on growth, immune response and intestinal microbiota, Niu J, Xie SW, Fang HH, Xie JJ, Guo TY, Zhang YM, Liu ZL, Liao SY, He JY, Tian LX, Liu YJ, 2018
Dietary replacement of fish-meal impaired protein synthesis and immune response of juvenile Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei at low salinity, Xie SW, Wei D, Yin P, Zheng L, Guo TY, Liu YJ, Tian LX, Niu J, 2019
Effects of dietary oxidized fish oil on growth performance, antioxidant defense system, apoptosis and mitochondrial function of juvenile largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), Yin P, Xie SW, Huo YJ, Guo TY, Fang HH, Zhang YM, Liu YJ, Tian LX, Niu J, 2019
Exposure to acute ammonia stress influence survival, immune response and antioxidant status of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) pretreated with diverse levels of inositol, Chen SJ, Yu YY, Gao YJ, Yin P, Tian LX, Niu J, Liu YJ, 2019
Changes in growth performance, haematological parameters, hepatopancreas histopathology and antioxidant status of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) fed oxidized fish oil: Regulation by dietary myo-inositol, Chen SJ, Zhuang ZX, Yin P, Chen X, Zhang YM, Tian LX, Niu J, Liu YJ, 2019
Effects of dietary mixed probiotics on growth, non-specific immunity, intestinal morphology and microbiota of juvenile pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, Xie JJ, Liu QQ, Liao SY, Fang HH , Yin P, Xie SW, Tian LX, Liu YJ, Niu J, 2019
Effects of dietary hydrolyzed yeast (Rhodotorula mucilaginosa) on growth performance, immune response, antioxidant capacity and histomorphology of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), Chen XQ, Zhao W, Xie SW, Xie JJ, Zhang ZH, Tian LX, Liu YJ, Niu J, 2019
Effects of Dietary Inclusion of Shrimp Paste on Growth Performance, Digestive Enzymes Activities, Antioxidant and Immunological Status and Intestinal Morphology of Hybrid Snakehead (Channa maculata♀×Channa argus ♂), Fang HH, Xie JJ, Liao SY, Guo TY, Xie SW, Liu YJ, Tian LX, Niu J, 2019
Molecular cloning, functional characterization and expression analysis of p65 subunit of golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) and response to high fat diet and LPS administration, Jiajun Xie, Shiyu Liao, Ruihua Wang, Xuanshu He, Haohang Fang, Zhenxiao Zhuang, Dan Wei, Lixia Tian, Yongjian Liu, Jin Niu, 2020
Study on mechanism of synthetic astaxanthin and Haematococcus pluvialis improving the growth performance and antioxidant capacity under acute hypoxia stress of golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) and enhancing anti-inflammatory by activating Nrf2-ARE pathway to antagonize the NF-κB pathway, Jiajun Xie, Haohang Fang, Xuanshu He, Shiyu Liao, Yongjian Liu, Lixia Tian, Jin Niu, 2020
Dietary DL-methionyl-DL-methionine supplementation increased growth performance, antioxidant ability, the content of essential amino acids and improved the diversity of intestinal microbiota in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), Tian-Yu Guo, Wei- Zhao, Ju-Yun He, Shi-Yu Liao, Jia-Jun Xie, Shi-Wei Xie, Karthik Masagounder,Yong-Jian Liu, Li-Xia Tian, Jin Niu, 2020
Lipid metabolism and plasma metabolomics of juvenile largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides were affected by dietary oxidized fish oil, Shiwei Xie, Peng Yina, Lixia Tian, Yongjian Liu, Jin Niu, 2020
Survival and protein synthesis of post-larval White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei were affected by dietary protein level, Shiwei Xie, Dan Wei, Weiping Fang, Peng Yin, Yongjian Liu, Jin Niu, Lixia Tian, 2020
Effects of corn starch level on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, gut morphology and intestinal microflora of juvenile golden pompano, Trachinotus ovatus, Wei Zhao, Jia-Jun Xie, Hao-Hang Fang, Yong-Jian Liu, Li-Xia Tian, Jin Niu, 2020
Identification of heme oxygenase-1 from golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) and response of Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway to copper-induced oxidative stress, Jiajun Xie, Xuanshu He, Haohang Fang, Shiyu Liao, Yongjian Liu, Lixia Tian, Jin Niu, 2020
Modulation of growth performance, non-specific immunity, intestinal morphology, the response to hypoxia stress and resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) by dietary supplementation of a multi-strain probiotic, Xianquan Chen, Jiajun Xie, Zhenlu Liu, Peng Yin, Ming Chen, Yongjian Liu, Lixia Tian, Jin Niu, 2020
Beneficial effects on growth, haematic indicators, immune status, antioxidant function and gut health in Juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by dietary administration of a multi-strain probiotic, Xianquan Chen, Zhihao Zhang, Jorge M. O. Fernandes, Yujie Gao, Peng Yin, Yongjian Liu, Lixia Tian, Shiwei Xie, Jin Niu, 2020
High dietary starch impaired growth performance, liver histology and hepatic glucose metabolism of juvenile largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, Yanmei Zhang, Shiwei Xie, Hanlin Wei, Lu Zheng, Zhenlu Liu, Haohang Fang, Jiajun Xie, Shiyu Liao, Lixia Tian, Yongjian Liu, Jin Niu, 2020
Enhanced intestinal health, immune responses and ammonia resistance in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) fed dietary hydrolyzed yeast (Rhodotorula mucilaginosa) and Bacillus licheniformis, Ming Chen, Xian-Quan Chen, Li-Xia Tian, Yong-Jian Liu, Jin Niu, 2020
Improvement of growth, intestinal short-chain fatty acids, non-specific immunity and ammonia resistance in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) fed dietary water-soluble chitosan and mixed probiotics, Ming Chen, Xian-Quan Chen, Li-Xia Tian, Yong-Jian Liu, Jin Niu, 2020
Beneficial impacts on growth, intestinal health, immune responses and ammonia resistance of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) fed dietary synbiotic (mannan oligosaccharide and Bacillus licheniformis), Ming Chen, Xian-Quan Chen, Li-Xia Tian, Yong-Jian Liu, Jin Niu, 2020
High dietary starch inclusion impairs growth and antioxidant status, and alters liver organization and intestinal microbiota in largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides, Yan-Mei Zhang, Shi-Wei Xie, Tian-Yu Guo, Zhen-Lu Liu, Hao-Hang Fang, Lu Zheng, Jia-Jun Xie, Li-Xia Tian, Yong-Jian Liu, Niu Jin, 2020
Effects of yeast and yeast extract on growth performance, antioxidant ability and intestinal microbiota of juvenile Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), Lu Zheng, Shiwei Xie, Zhenxiao Zhuang, Yongjian Liu, Lixia Tian, Jin Niu, 2021
Effects of dietary xylooligosaccharide on growth performance, enzyme activity and immunity of juvenile grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Zhi-Hao Zhang, Ming Chen, Shi-Wei Xie, Xian-Quan Chen, Yong-Jian Liu, Li-Xia Tian, Jin Niu, 2020
Dual-Function Analysis of Astaxanthin on Golden Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) and Its Role in the Regulation of Gastrointestinal Immunity and Retinal Mitochondrial Dysfunction Under Hypoxia Conditions, Jin Niu, Wei Zhao, Dan-Qi Lu, Jia-Jun Xie, Xuan-Shu He, Hao-Hang Fang, Shi-Yu Liao, 2020
Cloning and expression analysis of Keap1 of golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) and response to oxidized fish oil and LPS administration, Jiajun Xie, Xu Chen, Xuanshu He, Jin Niu, 2020
Dietary Supplementation of Astaxanthin Improved the Growth Performance, Antioxidant Ability and Immune Response of Juvenile Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) Fed High-Fat Diet, Shiwei Xie, Peng Yin, Lixia Tian, Yingying Yu, Yongjian Liu, Jin Niu, 2020
Dietary supplementation of bile acid attenuate adverse effects of high-fat diet on growth performance, antioxidant ability, lipid accumulation and intestinal health in juvenile largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), Peng Yin, Shiwei Xie, Zhenxiao Zhuang, Xuanshu He, Xipei Tang, Lixia Tian, Yongjian Liu, Jin Niu, 2021
