Sheng Qin
Email: shengqin@jsnu.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D., Yunnan University, 2009
Research experience:
2009.8-Now, Professor, the Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University
2013.5-2013.12, visiting scholar, the Institute for Molecular Plant Science, the University of Edinburgh
Research interest
Actinomycetes encompass a large group of high G+C microorganisms that are ubiquitous in nature and are well-known producers of bioactive compounds notably antibiotics. Actinomycetes make more than half of the known antibiotics derived from microbial sources, and many of them also play important roles in biodegradation and bioremediation. Endophytes are now considered as an important component of biodiversity. However, the diversity of endophytic actinobacteria associated with native medicinal plants is essentially unknown. In recent years, endophytic actinobacteria have attracted significant interest for their capacity to produce a vast array of secondary metabolites exhibiting a wide variety of biological activity, such as antibiotics, antitumor and anti-infection agents, plant growth promoters and enzymes, and may contribute to their host plants by promoting growth and health. Our group is engaged in molecular systematics, classification and biodiversity of actinomycetes, especially endophytic actinomycetes, as well as in collection, evaluation and screening of bioactive actinomycetes of potential commercial and agricultural significance. We are also interested in the plant-endophyte interaction and the mechanisms.
Professional Service
Guest Associate Editor for Journal Frontiers in Microbiology
Publication
More than 50 papers related to actinobacteria systematics, ecology and plant-actinobacteria interactions were published, including the journals Appl Environ Microbiol, SystAppl Microbiol, Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, Environ Microbiol Rep, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, Front Microbiol, Plant Soil, J Biotechnol, Appl Soil Ecol and PLoS One.