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Jian Huahua
Life Science
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English, German
Deep-Sea
Viruses
Survival Strategies
Switching Mechanisms
Host Adaptability
Extreme Environments
Temperate Viruses
Ecosystems
Horizontal Gene Transfer
Co-Evolution
Areas of Focus
- Viral research in typical deep-sea environments
- Survival strategies of deep-sea viruses and their switching mechanisms
- Impact of deep-sea viruses on host adaptability to extreme environments
- Role of temperate viruses in deep-sea ecosystems (horizontal gene transfer, material and energy cycling, system stability)
- Influence of deep-sea environmental factors on viruses and virus-host co-evolution
Work Experience
- 2011.8-2013.12 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2014.1-2016.12 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Assistant Researcher
- 2016.12-2021.12 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Associate Researcher
- 2021.12-present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006.9-2011.8, PhD in Microbiology, Xiamen University
- Postdoctoral Researcher at School of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Publications
- A systematic analysis of marine lysogens and proviruses, Jian Huahua, 2023
- Unexplored diversity and ecological functions of transposable phages, Jian Huahua, 2023
- The origin and impeded dissemination of the DNA phosphorothiation system in prokaryotes, Jian Huahua, 2021
- Isolation and characterization of a novel linear-plasmid phage from the sediment of the Mariana Trench, Jian Huahua, 2022
- Diversity and distribution of viruses inhabiting the deepest ocean on Earth, Jian Huahua, 2021
- Phylogenomic analysis reveals a two-stage process of the evolutionary transition of Shewanella from the upper ocean to the hadal zone, Jian Huahua, 2021
- Multiple mechanisms are involved in repression of filamentous phage SW1 transcription by the DNA-binding protein FpsR, Jian Huahua, 2019
- Filamentous phage SW1 is active and influences the transcriptome of the host at high-pressure and low-temperature, Jian Huahua, 2016
- The histone-like nucleoid structuring protein (H-NS) is a negative regulator of the lateral flagellar system in the deep-sea bacterium Shewanella piezotolerans WP3, Jian Huahua, 2016
- Role of filamentous phage SW1 in regulating the lateral flagella of Shewanella piezotolerans strain WP3 at low temperatures, Jian Huahua, 2013
Awards
- 2008: First Prize at the 7th National Microbiology and 3rd National Microbial Genetics Young Scholars Academic Seminar
- 2013: Gordon Research Conference – Marine Molecular Ecology, Travel Award
- 2017: Second Prize, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Postdoctoral Reward Fund
- 2017: Jian Haoran Outstanding Paper Award in Environmental Microbiology
- 2018: First Prize, 2018 Marine Science and Technology Award (Ranked third)
- 2019: Outstanding Class Director, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2020: Morning Star Young Scholar Award Plan, Associate Professor A Category, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2021: Outstanding Class Director, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
