Feng Jiang
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Feng Jiang, PhD
Associate Professor @ Kang Lab (Dr. Le Kang)
Eco-genomics and Adapatation Group
Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100101, China
Email: jiangf#biols.ac.cn
Tags: Epigenetics; Insect Genomics; Bioinformatics; Migratory locust; Histone modification; Open chromatin; Single-cell profiling; X0 sex-determination system
My research interests are in the understanding the epigenetic mechanism how phenotypic plasticity is regulated in response to population density in locusts using comparative genomic, bioinformatic, experimental and entomology approaches.
news
May 9, 2023 | Our mosquito virome paper has been published in Microbiome. 🔥🔥🔥 |
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Jan 6, 2022 | Our piRNA paper has been published in EMBO Reports. 🔥🔥🔥 |
Mar 30, 2021 | Our TSS paper has been published in BMC Biology. 🔥🔥🔥 |
selected publications
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Exceptionally high cumulative percentage of NUMTs originating from linear mitochondrial DNA molecules in the Hydra magnipapillata genomeBMC genomics, 2013
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The locust genome provides insight into swarm formation and long-distance flightNature Communications, 2014
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Comparative genomic analysis of SET domain family reveals the origin, expansion, and putative function of the arthropod-specific SmydA genes as histone modifiers in insectsGigaScience, 2017
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Long-read direct RNA sequencing by 5-Cap capturing reveals the impact of Piwi on the widespread exonization of transposable elements in locustsRNA biology, 2019
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Transcription initiation of distant core promoters in a large-sized genome of an insectBMC Biology, 2021
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Piwi/piRNAs control food intake by promoting neuropeptide F expression in locustsEMBO reports, 2022
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Association of virome dynamics with mosquito species and environmental factorsMicrobiome, 2023
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