聚焦海洋鱼类多样性与适应演化进行研究，近年来主要关注海龙目鱼类复杂性状产生和演化的遗传学机制，解析了草海龙、叶海龙、豆丁海马等代表性物种拟态器官（如：叶状附肢）产生的分子基础，阐明海龙科鱼类管状吻和牙齿丢失的进化机理；率先揭示了海龙科鱼类性别决定机制，解析了性染色体演化规律。相关工作在Science Advances、Nature Communications、The Innovation、Science China-Life Sciences等国际知名期刊上发表，部分成果入选“中国海洋湖沼十大科技进展”。

2014-2019 博 士 厦门大学，海洋与地球学院，海洋生物学
2015-2017 联合培养博士 德国维尔茨堡大学，生物化学系
2012-2014 硕 士 厦门大学，海洋与地球学院，海洋生物学
2007-2011 本 科 厦门大学，海洋与环境学院，海洋科学

 

1.中国科学院广州分院院长青年人才（培优）基金，2023-2026，12万元。
2.国家自然科学基金（面上项目），海龙科鱼类性染色体演化及其对雄性繁殖系统多样化的调控机制研究，42376126，2024-2027，51万元。
3.广东省自然科学基金（面上项目），海龙科鱼类性别决定基因的鉴定与演化机制研究，2023A1515012165，2023-2025，10万元。
4.国家自然科学基金（青年项目），豆丁海马的系统进化及其育儿袋器官演化特征的研究，42006108，2021-2023，24万元。
中国博士后科学基金，海龙科鱼类尾鳍“丢失”的系统演化特征及相关基因发掘，2019M663150，2020-2021，8万元。

1.Meng Qu†, Yingyi Zhang†, Zexia Gao†, Zhixin Zhang†, Yali Liu, Shiming Wan, Xin Wang, Haiyan Yu, Huixian Zhang, Yuhong Liu, Ralf Schneider, Axel Meyer*, Qiang Lin*. The genetic basis of the leafy seadragon's unique camouflage morphology and avenues for its efficient conservation derived from habitat modeling. Science China Life sciences, 2023, 66(6): 1213-1230. 封面论文
2.Yali Liu†; Meng Qu†; Han Jiang†; Ralf Schneider; Geng Qin; Wei Luo; Haiyan Yu; Bo Zhang; Xin Wang; Yanhong Zhang; Huixian Zhang; Zhixin Zhang; Yongli Wu; Yingyi Zhang; Jianping Yin; Si Zhang; Byrappa Venkatesh; Olivia Roth*; Axel Meyer*; Qiang Lin*; Immunogenetic losses co-occurred with seahorse male pregnancy and mutation in tlx1 accompanied functional asplenia, Nature Communications, 2022, 13: 7610.
3.Xin Wang†, Meng Qu†, Yali Liu†, Ralf F. Schneider, Yue Song, Zelin Chen, Hao Zhang, Yanhong Zhang, Haiyan Yu, Suyu Zhang, Dongxu Li, Geng Qin, Shaobo Ma, Jia Zhong, Jianping Yin, Shuaishuai Liu, Guangyi Fan, Axel Meyer*, Dazhi Wang*, Qiang Lin*. Genomic basis of evolutionary adaptation in a warm-blooded fish. The Innovation, 2022, 3(1):100185.
4.Meng Qu†, Yali Liu†, Yanhong Zhang†, Shiming Wan†, Vydianathan Ravi†, Geng Qin†, Han Jiang, Xin Wang, Huixian Zhang, Bo Zhang, Zexia Gao, Ann Huysseune, Zhixin Zhang, Hao Zhang, Zelin Chen, Haiyan Yu, Yongli Wu, Lu Tang, Chunyan Li, Jia Zhong, Liming Ma, Fengling Wang, Hongkun Zheng, Jianping Yin, Paul Eckhard Witten, Axel Meyer*, Byrappa Venkatesh*, Qiang Lin*. Seadragon genome analysis provides insights into its phenotype and sex determination locus. Science Advances, 2021, 7: eabg519. 封面论文
5.Meng Qu†, Xiaoying Cao†, Huan Wang, Longshan Lin*, Shaoxiong Ding*. Gonadal structure and expression localization of sex-related genes in the hermaphroditic grouper Epinephelus akaara (Perciformes: Epinephelidae). Aquaculture, 2021, 542, 736902.
6.Meng Qu, Shaoxiong Ding, Manfred Schartl, Mateus Contar Adolfi*. Spatial and temporal expression pattern of sex-related genes in ovo-testis of the self-fertilizing mangrove killifish (Kryptolebias marmoratus), Gene, 2020, 742, 144581.
7.Meng Qu, Wei Tang, Qiaohong Liu, Shaoxiong Ding*. DNA barcoding of groupers (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) in the China Seas: genetic diversity within species and a method for hybrid grouper identification using the RYR3 marker. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 2018, 121, 46-51.
8.Fan Qiu†, Meng Qu†, Xiang Zhang, Huan Wang, Shaoxiong Ding*. Hypothalamus and pituitary transcriptome profiling of male and female Hong Kong grouper (Epinephelus akaara), Gene, 2018, 656, 73-79.
9.Meng Qu, Xiaohong Huang, Xiaojie Zhang, Qiaohong Liu, Shaoxiong Ding*. Cloning and expression analysis of apolipoprotein AI (ApoA-I) in the Hong Kong grouper (Epinephelus akaara), Aquaculture, 2014, 432, 85-96.
10.Xuan Zhuang†, Meng Qu†, Xiang Zhang, Shaoxiong Ding*. A Comprehensive Description and Evolutionary Analysis of 22 Grouper (Perciformes, Epinephelidae) Mitochondrial genomes with emphasis on two novel genome organizations. PLoS One, 2013, 8, e73561.
11.Meng Qu, Shaoxiong Ding, Xiaojing Xu, Minghui Shen, Yingzhe You, Shaoxiong Ding*. Ontogenetic development of the digestive system and growth in coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus). Aquaculture, 2012, 334-337, 132-141.
12.Meng Qu, Xiang Zhang, Shaoxiong Ding*. Complete mitochondrial genome of yellow grouper Epinephelus awoara (Perciformes, Epinephelidae). Mitochondrial DNA, 2012, 23, 432-434.
13.Yanhong Zhang†, Xin Wang, Haiyan Yu, Jia Zhong, Meng Qu, Yuan Zhang, Binbin Shan, Geng Qin, Huixian Zhang, Liangmin Huang, Zhenhua Ma, Tianxiang Gao*, Qiang Lin*. Mouthbrooding behavior and sexual immune dimorphism in Indian perch Jaydia lineata. The Innovation Life, 2024, 2(2): 100066.
14.Zhixin Zhang†, Shaobo Ma†, Ákos Bede-Fazekas, Stefano Mammola, Meng Qu, Jinxin Zhou, Ellias Yuming Feng, Geng Qin, Qiang Lin*. Considering biotic interactions exacerbates the predicted impacts of climate change on coral-dwelling species. Journal of Biogeography, 2023, 00: 1-14.
15.Zhanwei Zhao, Yali Liu, Han Jiang, Haiyan Yu, Geng Qin, Meng Qu, Wanghong Xiao, Qiang Lin*. Microbial profiles and immune responses in seahorse gut and brood pouch under chronic exposure to environmental antibiotics. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023, 253: 114711.
16.Zelin Chen†, Shaobo Ma†, Geng Qin, Meng Qu, Bo Zhang, Qiang Lin*. Strategy of micro-environmental adaptation to cold seep among different brittle stars’ colonization. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022, 10: 1027139.
17.Huan Wang, Meng Qu, Wei Tang, Shaoxiong Ding*. Transcriptome profiling and expression localization of key sex-related genes in a socially-controlled hermaphroditic clownfish, Amphiprion clarkia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(16): 9085.
18.Wanghong Xiao†, Zelin Chen†, Yanhong Zhang, Yongli Wu, Han Jiang, Huixian, Zhang, Meng Qu, Qiang Lin*, Geng Qin*. Hepcidin gene co-option balancing paternal immune protection and male pregnancy. Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, 13, 884417.
19.Chunyan Li†, Melisa Olave†, Yali Hou†, Geng Qin†, Ralf F. Schneider†, Zexia Gao†, Xiaolong Tu, Xin Wang, Furong Qi, Alexander Nater, Andreas F. Kautt, Shiming Wan, Yanhong Zhang, Yali Liu, Huixian Zhang, Bo Zhang, Hao Zhang, Meng Qu, Shuaishuai Liu, Zeyu Chen, Jia Zhong, He Zhang, Lingfeng Meng, Kai Wang, Jianping Yin, Liangmin Huang, Byrappa Venkatesh*, Axel Meyer*, Xuemei Lu*, Qiang Lin*. Genome sequences reveal global dispersal routes and suggest convergent genetic adaptations in seahorse evolution. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 1094.
20.Haohao Wu, Meng Qu, Hongdu Lin, Wei Tang, Shaoxiong Ding*. Epinephelus tankahkeei, a new species of grouper (Teleostei, Perciformes, Epinephelidae) from the Sout h China Sea. ZooKeys, 2020, 933, 125.
21.Chunyan Li, Yongxin Li, Geng Qin, Zelin Chen, Meng Qu, Bo Zhang, Xue Han, Xin Wang, Pei-Yuan Qian*, Qiang Lin*. Regulatory role of retinoic acid in male pregnancy of the seahorse. The Innovation, 2020, 1, 100052.
22.Xiaopeng Cai, Meng Qu, Shaoxiong Ding*, Hangjun Wang, Hongjie Wang, Luyi Hu, Yongquan Su. Differentiation of coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) based on an analysis of morphology and complete mitochondrial DNA: Are cryptic species present? Acta Oceanolgical Sinica, 2013, 32,40-46.
23.Minghui Shen, Xiaofeng Shi, Meng Qu, Jun Chen*. Complete mitochondrial genome of squaretail coralgrouper Plectropomus areolatus (Perciformes, Epinephelidae). Mitochondrial DNA, 2013, 24(4), 365-367.
24.Xiaofeng Shi, Zhiwen Zhang, Meng Qu, Shaoxiong Ding*, Leyun Zheng. Genomic organization, promoter characterization and expression analysis of the leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2 gene in Epinephelus akaara. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2012, 32, 1041-1051.
25.Xiang Zhang, Yong Mao, Zixia Huang, Meng Qu, Jun Chen, Shaoxiong Ding*, Jingni Hong, Tiantian Sun. Transcriptome analysis of the Octopus vulgaris central nervous system. PLoS One, 2012, 7, e40320.
26.Zhiwen Zhang, Xiaofeng Shi, Meng Qu, Shaoxiong Ding*. Characterization and bacterial-binding activity of a novel C-type lectin from the red-spotted grouper, Epinephelus akaara. Genetics and Molecular Research, 2012, 11, 2958-2971.

 

南海珊瑚礁生态安全与生物适应研究集体成员，获“中国科学院青年五四奖章集体”荣誉称号。