1998.09-2001.07 Master: Xinjiang Agricultural University
2001.09-2004.07 PhD: China Agricultural University
Hosted one National Science and Technology Support Project during the 12th Five-Year Plan
Hosted three National Natural Science Foundation projects
Published 128 research papers, including 50 SCI papers as first or corresponding author
Received one national second prize, five provincial and ministerial first and second prizes
Obtained 9 invention patents
Developed 7 new poultry breeds approved by the state
2008.09 - Present - China Agricultural University - Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Member of the National Egg Chicken Genetic Improvement Program Expert Group, Beijing Poultry System Post Expert, Director of the Functional Research Office
2005.03-2007.03 - Uppsala University, Sweden - Postdoctoral Researcher
2016.07-2017.05 - Washington State University - Visiting Scholar
2019.01-2019.05 - University of London - Visiting Scholar
National Second Prize (2014): Development and application of 'Nongda No. 3' small egg chicken supporting system
Provincial and Ministerial Second Prize (2011): Breeding and application of new special egg chicken varieties and key breeding technologies
Provincial and Ministerial First Prize (2019): Breeding and application of 'Dawu Golden Phoenix' feather color self-differentiating pink shell egg chicken
Provincial and Ministerial First Prize (2014): Breeding of 'Nongda No. 3' dwarf egg chicken supporting system
New Century Excellent Talents of the Ministry of Education (2012)
Research
Poultry Genetics and Breeding
Identification of candidate genomic regions for chicken egg number traits based on genome-wide association study, X Zhao, C Nie, J Zhang, X Li, T Zhu, Z Guan, L Qu, 2021
Genomic scan revealed KIT gene underlying white/grey plumage color in Chinese domestic geese, J Wen, P Shao, Y Chen, L Wang, X Lv, W Yang, Y Jia, Z Jiang, B Zhu, L Qu, 2021
Yeast Culture Improves Egg Quality and Reproductive Performance of Aged Breeder Layers by Regulating Gut Microbes, Liu Y, Cheng X, Zhen W, Zeng D, Qu L, Wang Z, Ning Z, 2021
Active Yeast but Not Henhouse Environment Affects Dropping Moisture Levels in Egg-Laying Hens, Cheng X, Liu Y, Wang Z, Qu L, Ning Z, 2021
Genomic Regions Related to White/Black Tail Feather Color in Dwarf Chickens Identified Using a Genome-Wide Association Study, C Nie, L Qu, X Li, Z Jiang, K Wang, H Li, H Wang, C Qu, L Qu and Z Ning, 2021
Genetic parameter estimation for feather damage in laying hens, Tao Zhu, Xiaoyu Zhao, Yaxiong Jia, Yu Chen, Liang Wang, Xueze Lv, Weifang Yang and Lujiang Qu, 2021
A joint analysis strategy reveals genetic changes associated with artificial selection between egg-type and meat-type ducks, H. Gu, T. Zhu, X. Li, Y. Chen, L. Wang, X.Lv, W. Yang, Y. Jia, Z. Jiang, and L. Qu, 2020
Genome-Wide Population Genetic Analysis of Commercial, Indigenous, Game, and Wild Chickens Using 600K SNP Microarray Data, Zhang J, Nie C, Li X, Ning Z, Chen Y, Jia Y, Han J, Wang L, Lv X, Yang W, Qu L, 2020
The Genetic Architecture of the Chickens Dropping Moisture by Genetic Parameter Estimation and Genome-Wide Association, Zhu T, Zhang TY, Wen J, Zhao X, Chen Y, Jia Y, Wang L, Lv X, Yang W, Guan Z,Ning Z, Qu L, 2020
The Genetic Architecture of Early Body Temperature and Its Correlation with Salmonella Pullorum Resistance in Three Chicken Breeds, Li X, Nie C, Liu Y, Chen Y, Lv X, Wang L, Zhang J, Yang W, Li K, Zheng C, Jia Y, Ning Z, Qu L, 2020
A genome-wide association study explores the genetic determinism of host resistance to Salmonella pullorum infection in chickens, Li, Xinghua; Nie, Changsheng; Liu, Yuchen; Chen, Yu; Lv, Xueze; Wang, Liang; Zhang, Jianwei; Li, Kaiyang; Jia, Yaxiong; Ban, Liping; Ning, Zhonghua; Qu, Lujiang, 2019
Genome-Wide Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Data Unveil Admixture of Chinese Indigenous Chicken Breeds with Commercial Breeds, Nie, Changsheng; Almeida, Pedro; Jia, Yaxiong; Bao, Haigang; Ning, Zhonghua; Qu, Lujiang, 2019
The Genetic Architecture of Early Body Temperature and Its Correlation With Salmonella Pullorum Resistance in Three Chicken Breeds, Li X; Nie C; Liu Y; Chen Y; Lv X; Wang L; Zhang J; Yang W; Li K; Zheng C; Jia Y; Ning Z; Qu L, 2019
Evolution of cis- and trans-regulatory divergence in the chicken genome between two contrasting breeds analyzed using three tissue types at one-day-old, Wang Q; Jia Y; Wang Y; Jiang Z; Zhou X; Zhang Z; Nie C; Li J; Yang N; Qu L, 2019
Inheritance patterns of the transcriptome in hybrid chickens and their parents revealed by expression analysis, Gu, Hongchang; Qi, Xin; Jia, Yaxiong; Zhang, Zebin; Nie, Changsheng; Li, Xinghua; Li, Junying; Jiang, Zhihua; Wang, Qiong; Qu, Lujiang, 2019
Potential use of spectroscopic techniques for assessing table eggs and hatching eggs, Zhao, Q; Ban, L; Zheng, J; Xu, G; Ning, Z; Qu, L, 2019
Feather colour affects the aggressive behaviour of chickens with the same genotype on the dominant white (I) locus, Nie, Changsheng; Ban, Liping; Ning, Zhonghua; Qu, Lujiang, 2019
Genome-wide association study confirms that the chromosome Z harbours a region responsible for rumplessness in Hongshan chickens, Wang Q; Pi J; Shen J; Pan A; Qu L, 2018
Evaluation of genetic resistance to Salmonella Pullorum in three chicken lines, Xinghua Li; Changsheng Nie; Zebin Zhang; Qiong Wang; Pingping Shao; Qingna Zhao; Yu Chen; Dehe Wang; Yajie Li; Wenjie Jiao; Lixia Li; Sudi Qin; Li He; Yaxiong Jia; Zhonghua Ning; Lujiang Qu, 2018
Evaluation of genetic resistance to Salmonella Pullorum in three chicken lines, Li Xinghua; Nie Changsheng; Zhang Zebin; Wang Qiong; Shao Pingping; Zhao Qingna; Chen Yu; Wang Dehe; Li Yajie; Jiao Wenjie; Li Lixia; Qin Sudi; He Li; Jia Yaxiong; Ning Zhonghua; Qu Lujiang, 2018
Whole-genome resequencing reveals signatures of selection and timing of duck domestication, Zebin Zhang; Yaxiong Jia; Pedro Almeida; Judith E. Mank; Marcel van Tuinen; Qiong Wang; Zhihua Jiang; Yu Chen; Kai Zhan; Shuisheng Hou; Zhengkui Zhou; Huifang Li; Fangxi Yang; Yong He; Zhonghua Ning; Ning Yang; Lujiang Qu, 2018
Rapid determination of the fat, moisture, and protein contents in homogenized chicken eggs based on near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy, Zhao Qingna; Lv Xueze; Jia Yaxiong; Chen Yu; Xu Guiyun; Qu Lujiang, 2018
Genomic variation in Pekin duck populations developed in three different countries as revealed by whole-genome data, Z. Zhang; Y. Jia; Y. Chen; L. wang; X. Lv; F. Yang; Y. He; Z. Ning; L. Qu, 2018
Allele-Specific Expression Analysis Does Not Support Sex Chromosome Inactivation on the Chicken Z Chromosome, Wang Qiong; Mank Judith E.; Li Junying; Yang Ning; Qu Lujiang, 2017
A novel sex-linked mutant affecting tail formation in Hongshan chicken, Wang Qiong; Pi Jinsong; Pan Ailuan; Shen Jie; Qu Lujiang, 2017
Genome-wide association study revealed genomic regions related to white/red earlobe color trait in the Rhode Island Red chickens, Nie, Changsheng; Zhang, Zebin; Zheng, Jiangxia; Sun, Hongyan; Ning, Zhonghua; Xu, Guiyun; Yang, Ning; Qu, Lujiang, 2016
Parallel Evolution of Polydactyly Traits in Chinese and European Chickens, Zhang, Zebin; Nie, Changsheng; Jia, Yaxiong; Jiang, Runshen; Xia, Haijian; Lv, Xueze; Chen, Yu; Li, Junying; Li, Xianyao; Ning, Zhonghua; Xu, Guiyun; Chen
