Personal Information
Name: Qiang Huang
Date of Birth: 21.01.1983, Jiujiang, China
Citizenship: China
Contact info:Honeybee Research Institute,
Jiangxi Agricultural University, Zhimin Ave. 1101, Nanchang, China
E-mail: qiang-huang@live.com
ResearchGate Homepage:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qiang_Huang7
University Homepage:http://bee.jxau.edu.cn/hq/list.htm
ORCID ID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5528-5099
Education
PhD |
Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg |
Biology |
Oct. 2009 - July. 2013 Supervisor: Prof. R.F.A. Moritz |
MSc |
Jiangxi Agricultural University |
Biology |
Sep. 2006 - Jun. 2009 |
BSc |
Jiangxi Agricultural University |
Biology |
Sep. 2001 - Jun. 2005 |
Employment History
Position |
Department |
Period |
Assistant Professor |
Jiangxi Agricultural University |
Since 2023.7 |
Senior Research Fellow |
University of Texas at Austin |
2022.7-2023.6 |
Assistant Professor |
Jiangxi Agricultural University |
2019.3 – 2022.6 |
Senior Research Associate |
University of Bern |
2016.3 – 2019.2 |
Post Doctoral |
USDA-ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, Maryland, USA |
2013.11 – 2016.2 |
Selected Publications
[1] Huang Q*., Evans J.D (2024) Host switch by honey bee parasitic mites leads to symbiont diversification. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 108068, doi: org/10.1016/j.jip.2024.108068
[3]Huang Q*., Mirjalali H., Zhou Z. (2023) Editorial: Genomic and evolutionary analysis of microsporidian parasites. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14: 1248661
[4]Huang Q*., Sim S.B., Geib S.M., Childers A., Liu J., Wei X., Han W., Posada-Florez F., Xue A.Z., Li Z., Jay D. Evans J.D. (2023) Identification of sex chromosomes and primary sex ratio in the small hive beetle, a worldwide parasite of honey bees. Gigascience, 12: 1-9,https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad056
[5]Huang Q.,Lariviere P.J., Powell J.E., Moran N.A*. (2023) Engineered gut symbiont inhibits microsporidian parasite and improve honey bee survival. PNAS, 120 (25): e2220922120
[8] Wei X., Zheng J., Liu Y., Evans J.D.,Huang Q*. (2022) Transgenerational genomic analyses reveal allelic oscillation and purifying selection in a gut parasiteNosema ceranae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13: 927892
[13]Liu Y.Z*.Henkel J., Beaurepaire A., Evans, J.D., Neumann P.,Q. Huang*. (2021) Comparative genomics suggests local adaptations in the invasive small hive beetles. Ecology and Evolution,11(22), 1–12.
[15] Ke L., Yan W.Y., Zhang L.Z., Zeng Z.J., Evans J.D.,Huang Q*.(2022) Honey bee habitat sharing enhances gene flow of the parasiteNosema ceranae. Microbial Ecology, 83: 1105-1111
[16] Shao S.S., Yan W.Y.,Huang Q*. (2021) Identification of novel miRNAs from the microsporidian parasiteNosema ceranae. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 93, 104930
[17]Huang Q*#., Wu Z.H#., Li W.F., Guo R., Xu J., Dang X.Q., Ma Z.G., Chen Y.P., Evans J.D. (2021) Genome and evolutionary analysis ofNosema ceranae: a microsporodian parasite of honey bees. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:645353. Doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.645353
[18]Huang Q*., Evans D*. (2020) Targeting the honey bee gut parasiteNosema ceranaewith siRNA positively affects gut bacteria. BMC Microbiology. 20:258
[20]Huang Q*., Lopez D., Evans J*. (2019) Shared and unique microbes between Small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) and their honey bee hosts. MicrobiologyOpen. DOI:10.1002/mbo3.899.
[21]Huang Q*., Li W.F., Chen J., Retschnig G., Yanez O., Neumann P., Evans J*. (2019)DicerregulatesNosema ceranaeproliferation in honey bees. Insect Molecular Biology.28(1): 74-85
Grants
2023.1 – 2026.12, #32060778,NationalNaturalScience Foundation of China, Genetic mechanistic study of crossing infection between Eastern and Western honeybees onNosema ceranaemutation and virulence, 330K Yuan (PI).
2021.1 – 2024.12, #32260862,NationalNaturalScience Foundation of China, The mechanism underlyingApis melliferagenes expression regulation byNosema ceranae, 350K Yuan (PI).
2020.1 – 2022.12, #jxsq2020101078,Treating the honey bee parasiteVarroa destructorusing natural product medicines, Science and Technology Program Project of Jiangxi Province,1Million Yuan (PI).
