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Name:
 Feng Jiang
Subject:
 Epigenomics of Ecological Interactions
Tel/Fax:
 +86-10-64807217  /  +86-10-64807099
E-mail:
 jiangf@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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Resume:

Feng Jiang, Ph.D., Professor.

Dr. Jiang received his Ph.D. in Science from the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in 2013. He began his research career in 2013 at the Beijing Institute of Life Sciences, CAS, where he was appointed Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018 and to Professor in 2024. In 2025, he joined the Institute of Zoology, CAS. Dr. Jiang has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles in SCI journals, including 17 as first author or corresponding author (including cofirst-authorships) in Nature Genetics, Microbiome, Nature Communications, EMBO Journal, EMBO Reports, BMC Biology, PLoS Genetics, RNA Biology, GigaScience, and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. As the principal leader or sub-project leader, he has led projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key R&D Program, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Program, the Key R&D Program of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and the CAS International Partnership Program. He currently serves as a committee member of the Insect Genomics Division of the Entomological Society of China and as an Associate Faculty Member of Faculty Opinions (formerly Faculty of 1000). He was awarded the Youth Science and Technology Award by the Entomological Society of China in 2019.

Research Interests:

Epigenomics of Ecological Interactions

  1. To elucidate the role of epigenetic regulation in insect environmental adaptation and phenotypic plasticity, with a particular focus on behavioral interactions among pest individuals and the interplay between fungi and insect pests. This research provides theoretical insights for precision pest control strategies.
  2. To develop key technologies for microbial pesticides derived from Metarhizium species and promote their industrialization and large-scale application in sustainable pest management.

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Complete list of publications: https://fengj03.github.io/

* First author; # Corresponding author.

  1. Liu Q*, Jiang, F*, Liu S*, Li R*, Fang W*, Li X, Hu T, Feng L, et al., Kang, L. Chromatin dynamics of large-sized genome provides insights into polyphenism and X0 dosage compensation of locusts. Nature Genetics. 2025, In Press.
  2. Li, X*, Jiang, F*, Liu, Q, Zhang, Z, Fang, W, Wang, Y, Liu, H., Kang, L. GAF-dependent chromatin plasticity determines promoter usage to mediate locust gregarious behavior. EMBO journal. 2025, 44(10), 2928–2948.
  3. Liu Q*, Cui F*, Liu X, Fu Y, Fang W, Kang X, Lu H, Li S, Liu B, Guo W, Xia Q#, Kang L#, Jiang F#. Association of virome dynamics with mosquito species and environmental factors. Microbiome. 2023 May 8;11(1):101.
  4. Wang H*, Jiang F*, Liu X*, Liu Q, Fu Y, Li R, Hou L, Zhang J, He J, Kang L. Piwi/piRNAs control food intake by promoting neuropeptide F expression in locusts. EMBO Rep. 2022:e50851.
  5. Liu Q*, Jiang F*, Zhang J, Li X, Kang L: Transcription initiation of distant core promoters in a large-sized genome of an insect. BMC Biol. 2021, 19:62.
  6. Jiang F*, Zhang J*, Liu Q, Liu X, Wang H, He J, Kang L. Long-read direct RNA sequencing by 5'-Cap capturing reveals the impact of Piwi on the widespread exonization of transposable elements in locusts. RNA Biol. 2019, 16(7): 950-959.
  7. Jiang F*, Liu Q*, Liu X, Wang XH, Kang L. Genomic data reveal high conservation but divergent evolutionary pattern of Polycomb/Trithorax group genes in arthropods. Insect Sci. 2019, 26(1): 20-34.
  8. Jiang F*, Liu Q*, Wang Y, Zhang J, Wang H, Song T, Yang M, Wang X, Kang L. Comparative genomic analysis of SET domain family reveals the origin, expansion, and putative function of the arthropod-specific SmydA genes as histone modifiers in insects. GigaScience. 2017, 6(6):1-16.
  9. Zhu J*, Jiang F*, Wang X, Yang P, Bao Y, Zhao W, Wang W, Lu H, Wang Q, Cui N et al. Genome sequence of the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus. GigaScience. 2017, 6(12):1-12.
  10. Guo S*, Jiang F*, Yang P, Liu Q, Wang X, Kang L. Characteristics and expression patterns of histone-modifying enzyme systems in the migratory locust. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2016, 76:18-28.
  11. Yang M*, Wei Y*, Jiang F*, Wang Y, Guo X, He J, Kang L. MicroRNA-133 inhibits behavioral aggregation by controlling dopamine synthesis in locusts. PLoS Genet. 2014, 10(2): e1004206.
  12. Wang X*, Fang X*, Yang P*, Jiang X*, Jiang F*, Zhao D et al. The locust genome provides insight into swarm formation and long-distance flight. Nature Communications. 2014, 5:1-9.
  13. Yuan J, Yang M, Ren J, Fu B, Jiang F#, Zhang X#. Analysis of genomic characters reveals that four distinct gene clusters are correlated with different functions in Burkholderia cenocepacia AU 1054. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2014, 98(1):361-372.
  14. Song S, Jiang F#, Yuan J, Guo W, Miao Y#. Exceptionally high cumulative percentage of NUMTs originating from linear mitochondrial DNA molecules in the Hydra magnipapillata genome. BMC Genomics. 2013, 14:447.
  15. Jiang F, Wang H, Liu Q. Regulatory mechanisms of non-coding RNAs in ecological adaptation, in Ecological Genomics, edited by Kang L., Science Press, 2019. (In Chinese).