Short Biography: Dr. Song Qin
Prof. Dr. Song Qin is a Professor and Deputy Director of Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is former President of Asia Pacific Society for
Apply Phycology (APSAP) and former President of Asia Pacific Society of Marine
Biotechnology (APSMB). Now he serves as EC member of International Marine Biotechnology
Association (IMBA), China Commission of SCOR-IOC, APSAP and APSMB.
Prof. Qin has over 20 years of research experience in seaweed and microalgae in topics
ranging from genomics, evolution, genetic engineering, biosynthesis of phycobiliproteins,
lipids and carotenoids, bio-energy from seaweeds and microalgae, and interdisciplinary
research on molecular oceanography collaborated with worldwide colleagues.
He has authored or co-authored over 100 research articles and book chapters. Prof. Qin is on
the editorial boards of Marine Biotechnology (Springer), Chinese Science Bulletin (Springer),
Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology(Springer), and other academic journals. He
received the Inter Academy Panel Award to Young Scientists in 2009, 2nd Place for Innovation
Achievements Award of State Ocean Administration of China. Prof. Qin served as Conference
Director of 9th International Marine Biotechnology Conference (IMBC2010) in Qingdao, China
and is the convener of 1st International Conference on Coastal Biotechnology (ICCB2011) in
Adelaide, Australia.
Prof. Qin received a Bachelors of Genetic Engineering from Fudan University in 1988 and a
Ph.D. degree in Marine Biology from Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
in 1994.
Dr. Song Qin
Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
17 Chunhui Road, Yantai, 264005, China 264005
Office Phone: 0086-535-2109005
sqin@yic.ac.cn
Selected Recent English Publications (* Correspondent Author Song Qin)
Cui, HL, YP Wang, HY Zhang, YC Wang, S Qin. Genome-wide analysis of biotin biosynthesis
in eukaryotic photosynthetic algae. Plant Mol Boil Rep, 30:421-432, 2012
Cui, HL, YC Wang, S Qin. Genome-wide analysis of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases in
unicellular and filamentous cyanobacteria. Comp Fuct Genom, 164690, 2012
Liang, CW, XW Zhang, XY Chi, XY Guan, YX Li, S Qin, HB Shao. Serine/threonine protein
kinase SpkG is a candidate for high salt resistance in the unicellular cyanobacterium
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PLoS One, 6(5): e18718, 2011
Lin H, Jiang P, Zhang J, Wang J, Qin S, Sun S. Genetic and Marine Cyclonic Eddy Analyses on
the Largest Macroalgal Bloom in the World. Environmental Science & Technology. Environ Sci
Technol. 2011 Jul 15;45(14):5996-6002. doi: 10.1021/es200579q, 2011
Li F, Jiang P, Zheng H, Wang S, Zhao G, Qin S, et al. Draft Genome Sequence of the Marine
Bacterium Streptomyces griseoaurantiacus M045, Which Produces Novel Manumycin-Type
Antibiotics with a pABA Core Component. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(13):3417, 2011
Liang C, Zhang X, Chi X, Guan X, Li Y, Qin S, et al. Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase SpkG Is a
Candidate for High Salt Resistance in the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC
6803. PloS one. 6(5):e18718, 2011
Yang, SL, Guo, ZY, Zhou, YL, Zhou, LL, Xue, QZ, Miao, FP, Qin, S*. Synthesis and moisture
absorption and retention activities of a carboxymethyl and a quaternary ammonium derivative of
alpha,alpha-trehalose. Carbohydrate Research 345(1):120-123, 2010.
Jiang, Q, Qin, S, Wu, QY. Genome-wide comparative analysis of metacaspases in unicellular and
filamentous cyanobacteria. BMC Genomics 2010 11:0-0, 2010.
Lu, YD, Jiang, P, Liu, SF, Gan, QH, Cui, HL, Qin, S*. Methyl jasmonate- or gibberellins A(3)induced astaxanthin accumulation is associated with up-regulation of transcription of betacarotene ketolase genes (bkts) in microalga Haematococcus pluvialis. Bioresource Technology
101(16):6468-6474, 2010.
Yang, SL, Guo, ZY, Miao, FP, Xue, QZ, Qin, S.The hydroxyl radical scavenging activity of
chitosan, hyaluronan, starch and their O-carboxymethylated derivatives. Carbohydrate Polymers
82(4)：1043-1045,2010.
Liu, SF, Chen, YJ, Lu, YD, Chen, HX, Li, FC, Qin, S*. Biosynthesis of fluorescent
cyanobacterial allophycocyanin trimer in Escherichia coli. Photosynthesis Research
105(2)：135-142, 2010.
Lu, YD, Chi, XY, Li, ZX, Yang, QL, Li, FC, Liu, SF, Gan, QH, Qin, S*. Isolation and
Characterization of a Stress-Dependent Plastidial Delta(12) Fatty Acid Desaturase from the
Antarctic Microalga Chlorella vulgaris NJ-7. Lipids 45(2):179-187, 2010.
Lu, YD, Chi, XY, Yang, QL, Li, ZX, Liu, SF, Gan, QH, Qin, S*. Molecular cloning and stressdependent expression of a gene encoding Delta(12)-fatty acid desaturase in the Antarctic
microalga Chlorella vulgaris NJ-7. Extremophiles 13(6):875-884, 2009.
Deng, XY, Qin, S*, Zhang, YC, Jiang, P. Comparison of photobioreactors and optimal light
regime for rapid vegetative propagation of transgenic Undaria pinnatifida gametophytes.
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 84(10):1486-1492, 2009.
Liu, SF, Chen, HX, Qin, S*, Zhang, WJ, Guan, XY, Lu, YD. Highly soluble and stable
recombinant holo-phycocyanin alpha subunit expressed in Escherichia coli. Biochemical
Engineering Journal 48(1):58-64, 2009.