Research Publications - 2021 Quarter 3

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From July to September 2021, Hong Kong Branch funded projects have published 26 SCI research articles.

1. Toxicity assessment and underlying mechanisms of multiple metal organic frameworks using the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii model
   Author(s): Yiling Li, Shanshan Shang, Jin Shang, Wen-Xiong Wang*
   Source: Environmental Pollution, v. 291, December 2021, 118199
    
2. Distinguishing multiple Zn sources in oysters in a complex estuarine system using Zn isotope ratio signatures
   Author(s): Lan Ma, Wen-Xiong Wang*, R. Douglas Evans
   Source: Environmental Pollution, v. 289, November 2021, 117941
    
3. Distinct metabolic strategies of the dominant heterotrophic bacterial groups associated with marine Synechococcus
   Author(s): Xiaomin Xia*, Qiang Zheng, Sze Ki Leung, Yu Wang, Pui Yin Lee, Hongmei Jing, Nianzhi Jiao, HongbinLiu*
   Source: Science of The Total Environment, v. 798, December 2021, 149208
    
4. Low-dose radiation can cause epigenetic alterations associated with impairments in both male and female reproductive cells
   Author(s): Chi Tim Leung, Yi Yang, Kwan Ngok Yu, Nathan Tam, Ting Fung Chan, Xiao Lin, Richard Yuen Chong Kong, Jill Man Ying Chiu, Alice Sze Tsai Wong, Wing Yee Lui, Karen Wing Yee Yuen, Keng Po Lai*, Rudolf Shiu Sun Wu*
   Source: Environmental Pollution, v. 291, December 2021, 118200
    
5. Electrifying the Nitrogen Cycle: An Electrochemical Endeavor
   Author(s): Usman Bin Shahid, Kumar Siddharth, Minhua Shao*
   Source: Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, v. 30, December 2021, 100790
    
6. Two-way bioinvasion: tracking the neritic non-native cyclopoid copepods Dioithona oculata and Oithona davisae (Oithonidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
   Author(s): Ximena Velasquez*, Arseniy R. Morov, Tuba Terbiyik Kurt, Dalit Meron, Tamar Guy-Haim
   Source: Mediterranean Marine Science, v. 22, (3), October 2021, p. 586-602
    
7. Application of a Multi-Metal Stable-Isotope-Enriched Bioassay to Assess Changes to Metal Bioavailability in Suspended Sediments
   Author(s): Qiuling Wu, Tianying Zheng, Stuart L. Simpson, Qiao-Guo Tan, Rong Chen, Minwei Xie*
   Source: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 55, (19), October 2021, p. 13005–13013
    
8. Metabolic profiling identified phosphatidylcholin as potential biomarker in boosting lipid accumulation in multiple microalgae
   Author(s): Zhenyao Wang, Liyang Hao, Zhan Ren, Carol Sze Ki Lin*, Yuqin Li*
   Source: Biochemical Engineering Journal, v. 174, October 2021, 108130
    
9. Changes of the intestinal microbiota along the gut of Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica)
   Author(s): P. Zhu, M.K.-S. Wong, X. Lin, T.F. Chan, C.K.C. Wong*, K.P. Lai*, W.K.F. Tse*
   Source: Letters in Applied Microbiology, v. 73, (4), October 2021, p. 529-541
    
10. Genomic signatures supporting the symbiosis and formation of chitinous tube in the deep-sea tubeworm Paraescarpia echinospica
    Author(s): Yanan Sun, Jin Sun, Yi Yang, Yi Lan, Jack Chi-Ho Ip, Wai Chuen Wong, Yick Hang Kwan, Yanjie Zhang, Zhuang Han, Jian-Wen Qiu*, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: Molecular Biology and Evolution, v. 38, (10), October 2021, p. 4116–4134
     
11. Insights into the vision of the hadal snailfish Pseudoliparis swirei through proteomic analysis of the eye
    Author(s): Guoyong Yan, Chun-ang Lian, Yi Lan, Pei-Yuan Qian*, Lisheng He*
    Source: Proteomics, v. 21, (19), October 2021, 2100118
     
12. Application of scientific criteria for identifying hydrothermal ecosystems in need of protection
    Author(s): S. Gollner*, A. Colaço, A. Gebruk, P.N. Halpin, N. Higgs, E. Menini, N.C. Mestre, P.-Y. Qian, J. Sarrazin, K. Szafranski, C.L. Van Dover
    Source: Marine Policy, v. 132, October 2021, 104641
     
13. Comparative Proteomic Investigation of Multiple Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Generated through Adaptive Laboratory Evolution
    Author(s): Jordy Evan Sulaiman, Lexin Long, Long Wu, Pei-Yuan Qian, Henry Lam*
    Source: iScience, v. 24, (9), September 2021, 102950
     
14. Hidden historical habitat-linked population divergence and contemporary gene flow of a deep-sea patellogastropod limpet
    Author(s): Ting Xu, Yan Wang, Jin Sun, Chong Chen, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Junlin Chen, Pei-Yuan Qian*, Jian-Wen Qiu*
    Source: Molecular Biology and Evolution, September 2021
     
15. Correction for Demory et al., “Linking Light-Dependent Life History Traits with Population Dynamics for Prochlorococcus and Cyanophage”
    Author(s): David Demory, Riyue Liu, Yue Chen, Fangxin Zhao, Ashley R. Coenen, Qinglu Zeng, Joshua S. Weitz
    Source: mSystems, v. 6, (5), September 2021, e01005-21
     
16. Determination of Aristolochic Acids in Soil, Water, and Herbal Plants in Medicinal Plant Cultivation Areas: An Emerging Environmental Contaminant Worth Concerning
    Author(s): Chi-Kong Chan, Lei Xiong, Nikola M. Pavlović, Wan Chan*
    Source: ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, September 2021
     
17. Arms race in a cell: genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic insights into intracellular phage–bacteria interplay in deep-sea snail holobionts
    Author(s): Kun Zhou, Ying Xu*, Rui Zhang*, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: Microbiome, v. 9, September 2021, 182
     
18. Diatom frustules with different silica contents affect copepod grazing due to differences in the nanoscale mechanical properties
    Author(s): Huo Xu, Zhiyuan Shi, Xiaodong Zhang, Mengwen Pang, Ke Pan*, Hongbin Liu*
    Source: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 66, (9), September 2021, p. 3408-3420
     
19. Synthetic Analogue of Butenolide as an Antifouling Agent
    Author(s): Ho Yin Chiang, Jinping Cheng, Xuan Liu,Chunfeng Ma, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: Marine Policy, v. 19, (9), August 2021, 481
     
20. Distribution and activity of ammonia-oxidizers on the size-fractionated particles in the Pearl River estuary
    Author(s): Li Ma, Shangjin Tan, Hongbin Liu, Shuh-Ji Kao, Minhan Dai, Jin-Yu Terence Yang*
    Source: Frontiers in Marine Science, v. 8, August 2021, 685955
     
21. Transcriptomic response of Daphnia magna to nitrogen‐or phosphorus‐limited diet
    Author(s): Zhimeng Xu, Yingdong Li, Meng Li, Hongbin Liu*
    Source: Ecology and Evolution, v. 11, (16), August 2021, p. 11009-11019
     
22. Collective Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Marine Decahydroquinoline Alkaloid Lepadins A–E, H, and ent-I
    Author(s): Foqing Ma, Chenxi He, Eryu Wang, Rongbiao Tong*
    Source: Organic Letters, v. 23, (16), August 2021, p. 6583–6588
     
23. Reduced light absorption of black carbon (BC) and its influence on BC-boundary-layer interactions during “APEC Blue”
    Author(s): Meng Gao*, Yang Yang, Hong Liao, Bin Zhu, Yuxuan Zhang, Zirui Liu, Xiao Lu, Chen Wang, Qiming Zhou, Yuesi Wang, Qiang Zhang, Gregory R. Carmichael, and Jianlin Hu*
    Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, v. 21, (14), July 2021, p. 11405–11421
     
24. A new species of the deep-sea shrimp genus Spongicoloides (Decapoda: Spongicolidae) from the South China Sea
    Author(s): Yu Zhao, Ting Xu, Weidi Yang, Jian-Wen Qiu*
    Source: ZOOTAXA, v. 5005, (3), July 2021, p. 276-290
     
25. Unique phage–bacterium interplay in sponge holobionts from the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal vent
    Author(s): Kun Zhou, Pei-Yuan Qian, Ting Zhang, Ying Xu*, Rui Zhang*
    Source: Environmental Microbiology Reports, v. 13, (5), June 2021, p. 675–683
     
26. Effect of methanol fixation on single-cell RNA sequencing data
    Author(s): Xinlei Wang, Lei Yu, Angela Ruohao Wu*
    Source: BMC genomics, v. 22, (1), June 2021, p. 1-16