CV - Dr. Chunqi Jiang

Update 2025/10

Keywords

· Microbiology · Genomics · Ecology · Bioinformatics

Affiliations

2022.11 - : Postdoctoral Researcher (特任研究員)
- Yoshizawa group
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo (AORI UTokyo)
2022.07 - 2022.10: Academic Researcher (学術研究員)
- Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
2018.10 - 2022.06: Teaching & Research Assistant
- Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences ＆ Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University

Funding

2024.09 - 2025.08 Daiichi-Sankyo “Habataku”” Support Program for the Next Generation of Researchers, The University of Tokyo
- Title: 全球メタゲノムデータで解明する海洋微⽣物Chloroflexota⾨の⽣態学的役割とその適応過程
2025.04 - 2027.03 JSPS KAKENHI
- Title: Elucidation of the phylogenetics, distribution and ecological adaptation functions of the difficult-to-culture marine microorganism SAR202

Education

2018.10 - 2022.06 Ph.D 　Hokkaido University (Hokkaido, Japan)
- Lab of Marine Microbiology Prof. Tomoo Sawabe
2015.09 - 2018.06 M.S. Shanghai Ocean University (Shanghai, China)
- 2017.04 - 2018.03 Exchange Student Hokkaido University (Hokkaido, Japan)
2011.09 - 2015.06 B.S. Suzhou University of Science and Technology (Suzhou, China)

Overseas experience

2019.06 - 2019.07 International Summer Course, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2016.06 – 2016.07 International Summer Program, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Ocean Cruise

2024.02.13 - 2024.02.29 [MR24-01C] みらい (Mirai)
2023.05.01 - 2023.05.12 [KS-23-7] 新青丸 (Shinsei-maru)

Selected Awards

2020 “Outstanding Student Presentation Award”, Japanese Fisheries Science Conference (Hokkaido), Japan
2016 “Merit Student”, Shanghai Ocean University, China
2015 “Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis”, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China
2015 “Outstanding Graduates”, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China
2013 “Provincial-Level Merit Student”, Jiangsu Education Department, China
2012 “Merit Student”, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China

Selected Scholarships

2017 “Overseas Study Funding”, Shanghai Ocean University, China
2016 “First-Class Academic Scholarship”, Shanghai Ocean University, China
2014 “National Scholarship”, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, China
2013 “First-Class Academic Scholarship”, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China
2012 “First-Class Academic Scholarship”, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China

Teaching Experience

2021-2022 『Teaching Fellow』 Microbiology Experiments(Undergraduate Course), Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
2020-2022 『Teaching Assistant』 Bioinformatics for Marine Life Science (Hokkaido Summer Course), Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
2018-2021 『Teaching Assistant』 Microbiology Experiments(Undergraduate Course), Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University

Publications

Marine Vibrio Biocatalysts as Unique Green Transformation (GX) Tools at the Time to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Sawabe T, Tanaka M, Yoshifuji C, Kaufmann H, Thompson F, Jiang C, Mino S. Marine Vibrio Biocatalysts as Unique Green Transformation (GX) Tools at the Time to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Curr Microbiol. 2026;83:381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-026-04958-3

Restoration of Nitrate Respiration in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under Growth Limitations

Uehara A, Jiang C, Yoshizawa S, Kogure K, Nomura N, Nagakubo T, Toyofuku M. Restoration of Nitrate Respiration in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under Growth Limitations. Microbes Environ. 2026;41:ME25064. https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25064

Oceaniferula spumae sp. nov., a novel Verrucomicrobiota bacterium, isolated from sea foam at Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa, Japan

Can Huang, Chunqi Jiang, Yuki Sato-Takabe, Yoko Makabe-Kobayashi, Yuya Tsukamoto, Susumu Yoshizawa, Koji Hamasaki, Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2025;75:006828

Unexpected Diversity in Gene Clusters Encoding Formate Hydrogenlyase Complex Machinery in Vibrionaceae Correlated to Fermentative Hydrogen Production

Sawabe, T., Umeki, Y., Natarajan, R.K. et al. Unexpected Diversity in Gene Clusters Encoding Formate Hydrogenlyase Complex Machinery in Vibrionaceae Correlated to Fermentative Hydrogen Production. Curr Microbiol 82, 208 (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

Kudo, R., Yamano, R., Yu, J. et al. 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. Curr Microbiol 81, 246 (2024).

Draft genome sequences of three rhodopsin possessing Croceitalea sp. strains, isolated from the sea surface microlayer in Japan

Takada M, Jiang C, Sugai Y, Hasegawa-Takano M, Fujiwara T, Tsukamoto Y, Nakajima Y, Nishimura Y, Yoshizawa S. Draft genome sequences of three rhodopsin possessing Croceitalea sp. strains, isolated from the sea surface microlayer in Japan. Microbiol Resour Announc 0:e00038-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00038-24

Unveiling the early life core microbiome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus and the unexpected abundance of the growth-promoting Sulfitobacter

Yu, J., Jiang, C., Yamano, R. et al. Unveiling the early life core microbiome of the sea cucumber *Apostichopus japonicus* and the unexpected abundance of the growth-promoting *Sulfitobacter*. anim microbiome 5, 54 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-023-00276-2

Genome taxonomy of the genus Thalassotalea and proposal of Thalassotalea hakodatensis sp. nov. isolated from sea cucumber larvae

Yamano R, Yu J, Haditomo AHC, Jiang C, Mino S, Romalde JL, et al. (2023) Genome taxonomy of the genus *Thalassotalea* and proposal of *Thalassotalea hakodatensis* sp. nov. isolated from sea cucumber larvae. PLoS ONE 18(6): e0286693. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286693

A First Marine Vibrio Biocatalyst to Produce Ethanol from Alginate, which is a Rich Polysaccharide in Brown Macroalgal Biomass

Inohara, Y., Chunqi, J., Mino, S. et al. A First Marine Vibrio Biocatalyst to Produce Ethanol from Alginate, which is a Rich Polysaccharide in Brown Macroalgal Biomass. Curr Microbiol 80, 143 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03250-y

Light response of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Kuroyanagi Y, Tsuchiya J, Jiang C, Mino S, Kasai H, Motooka D, Iida T, Satomi M and Sawabe T (2022) Light response of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:1037594. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1037594

Comparative physiology and genomics of hydrogen-producing vibrios

Matsumura, Y., Sato, K., Jiang, C. et al. Comparative Physiology and Genomics of Hydrogen-Producing Vibrios. Curr Microbiol 79, 360 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-022-03065-3

The pan‐genome of Splendidus clade species in the family Vibrionaceae: insights into evolution, adaptation, and pathogenicity

Jiang C, Kasai H, Mino S, et al (2022) The pan‐genome of Splendidus clade species in the family Vibrionaceae : Insights into evolution, adaptation, and pathogenicity. Environ Microbiol X:1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16209

Taxonomic revision of the genus Amphritea supported by genomic and in silico chemotaxonomic analyses, and the proposal of Aliamphritea gen. nov.

Yamano R, Yu J, Jiang C, et al (2022) Taxonomic revision of the genus Amphritea supported by genomic and in silico chemotaxonomic analyses, and the proposal of Aliamphritea gen. nov. PLoS One 17:e0271174. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271174

Genomic analyses of Halioticoli clade species in Vibrionaceae reveal genome expansion with more carbohydrate metabolism genes during symbiotic to planktonic lifestyle transition

Jiang C, Mino S, Sawabe T (2022) Genomic analyses of Halioticoli clade species in Vibrionaceae reveal genome expansion with more carbohydrate metabolism genes during symbiotic to planktonic lifestyle transition. Front Mar Sci 9:844983. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.844983

Vibrio Clade 3.0: New Vibrionaceae evolutionary units using genome-based approach

Jiang C, Tanaka M, Nishikawa S, et al (2022) Vibrio Clade 3.0: New Vibrionaceae evolutionary units using genome-based approach. Curr Microbiol 79:1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-021-02725-0

Vibrio taketomensis sp. nov. by genome taxonomy

Tanaka M, Hongyu B, Jiang C, et al (2020) Vibrio taketomensis sp. nov. by genome taxonomy. Syst Appl Microbiol 43:126048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2019.126048

Conferences

From Symbiotic to Planktonic: Genomic and Metabolic Diversification in the Halioticoli Clade of Vibrionaceae

October 31, 2025

Oral at The 57th Vibrio Symposium, Nagasaki University (Sakamoto Campus), Nagasaki, Japan

Genomic insights into novel Nocardioides species: elucidating the genetic basis of marine environmental adaptation and photo responsiveness

September 25, 2025

Oral at JOS2025Fall 日本海洋学会2025年度秋季大会, Hokkaido University (Hakodate Campus), Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Dr. Chunqi Jiang