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(Recent update on 2025/06)
Dr. Chunqi Jiang specializes in marine microbiology with a particular focus on the Vibrionaceae family, utilizing advanced genomic techniques. He has extensive experience with next-generation sequencing technologies, including Nanopore sequencing, as well as de novo assembly and genomic analyses. Currently, he is expanding his research to explore the dynamics, functions, and novel insights of marine microorganisms through BIG DATA (Metagenomics), with an initial focus on the phylum Chloroflexota.
Please feel free to contact him if any queries or cooperation (中文/ENGLISH/日本語).
Keywords
· Microbiology · Genomics · Ecology · Bioinformatic
Latest News
JOS2025Fall @ Hokkaido University (Hakodate Campus)
Dr. Chunqi Jiang presented a talk titled: “Genomic insights into novel Nocardioides species: elucidating the genetic basis of marine environmental adaptation and photo responsiveness (新規 Nocardioides 属細菌のゲノム解析による海洋環境適応と光応答性の遺伝的基盤の解明)” in the JOS_2025_Fall 日本海洋学会2025年度秋季大会, held at Hokkaido University (Hakodate Campus) from Sep 21 to 25, 2025.
New publication on IJSEM
The new paper entitled “Oceaniferula spumae sp. nov., a novel Verrucomicrobiota bacterium, isolated from sea foam at Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa, Japan” has been published on International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
The 15th ASME_2025 @ Chungbuk National University (Korea).
Three members of the Microbial Lab from Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo participated in the 15th Asian Symposium of Microbial Ecology (ASME), held at Chungbuk National University (Cheongju, Korea) from May 28 to 30, 2025.
New publication on Curr. Microbiol.
The new paper entitled “Unexpected Diversity in Gene Clusters Encoding Formate Hydrogenlyase Complex Machinery in Vibrionaceae Correlated to Fermentative Hydrogen Production” has been published on Current Microbiology.
🎉 JSPS Early-Career Scientists Grant
He has received “Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (FY2025)” from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS),
Latest Papers
Oceaniferula spumae sp. nov., a novel Verrucomicrobiota bacterium, isolated from sea foam at Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa, Japan
Published in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2025
Unexpected Diversity in Gene Clusters Encoding Formate Hydrogenlyase Complex Machinery in Vibrionaceae Correlated to Fermentative Hydrogen Production
Published in Curr Microbiol, 2025
The Description of Pseudoalteromonas apostichopi sp. nov., Vibrio apostichopi sp. nov., and Marinobacter apostichopi sp. nov. from the Fertilized Eggs and Larvae of Apostichopus japonicus
Published in Curr Microbiol, 2024
Draft genome sequences of three rhodopsin possessing Croceitalea sp. strains, isolated from the sea surface microlayer in Japan
Published in Microbiol. Resour. Ann., 2024
Unveiling the early life core microbiome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus and the unexpected abundance of the growth-promoting Sulfitobacter
Published in Animal Microbiome, 2023
Research Topics
- Sequencing/Data handling/de novo Assembly

- Identification/Classification/Taxonomy

- Pangenomic analyses

- Ecological relationship


Affiliations
- 2022.11 - : Postdoctoral Researcher (特任研究員)
- 2022.07 - 2022.10: Accademic Researcher (学術研究員)
Memberships
- Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology (JSME)
- International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Academic Work
- The ISME Journal & ISME Communications: Early Career Scientist(ECS) reviewer
- Current Microbiology: Reviewer
- PLOS ONE: Reviewer
Contact
〒 277-8564 千葉県柏市柏の葉5-1-5
東京大学 大気海洋研究所
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8564 Japan
