PhD. candidate at Hong Kong Baptist University
OEW1204, Department of Biology,
Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong
Email: 08466513@hkbu.edu.hk
Supervisor: Dr. QIU Jianwen (HKBU)
Sun Jin
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PhD. candidate at Hong Kong Baptist University OEW1204, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong Email: 08466513@hkbu.edu.hk Supervisor: Dr. QIU Jianwen (HKBU) |
Education
| 2008-now | Ph. D. student, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University |
| 2008 | B. Sc., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China |
Research Interest
Biodiversity and phylogeny of coral-associated polychaetes
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I am especially interested in examining the response of marine or freshwater invertebrate animals to several environmental factors, e.g. thermal stress, hypoxia, or pollutants, using high throughput technologies (454, Illumina or proteomics). Now I mainly use apple snail (福寿螺, Pomacea canaliculata) as my research animal based on several following reasons. This snail has an extended reproductive season (up to 10 months). A female lays a large number (up to 8680) of large eggs (2.5mm in diameter) during a breeding season. A juvenile grows and attains maturity quickly (2–4 months). In addition, this species can be reared in laboratory to provide eggs throughout the year (Sun et al., Proteomics, 2010). We also constructed an Illumina de novo assembly based transcriptome of this snail. This transcriptome database was successfully applied to our recent 2DE based protein spots identification in a toxicological study.Another interest is the function of the perivitelline fluid (PVF) proteins of this snail. The egg color of this snail is very vivid which may imply a potential chemical defense role in the PVF. Although apple snails are freshwater animals, they lay their eggs over the water level. In other words, their eggs are very easy to be exposed to several harsh environment factors, such as thermal stress, in this tropical area. However, studies of PVF protein functions in the invertebrate are still at the beginning. |
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Conference and Symposium Presentations
1. 2010 June, Oral presentation, SETAC Asia/Pacific 2010, Guangzhou, China
2. 2010 February, Poster presentation, 15th Lorne Proteomics Symposium, Lorne, Australia
Publications
1. Sun, J., Zhang, Y., Sun, M.-M., Wong, C.K.C., Qian, P.-Y., Qiu, J.-W. (2011) Transcriptome sequencing–aided proteomic analysis of a non-model organism exposed to copper and cadmium. Proteomics. (submitted)
2. Qiu, J.-W., Chan, M.T., Kwong, K.L., Sun, J. (2011) Consumption, survival and growth in the invasive freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata: does food freshness matter? Journal of Molluscan studies. (in press)
3. Sun, J., Zhang, Y., Thiyagarajan, V., Qian, P.-Y., Qiu, J.-W. (2010) Protein expression and function during the organogenesis of a gastropod. Proteomics 10: 2701–2711. (This paper was featured in Proteomics volume 10 and issue 14.)
