XU Ting

Senior Research Assistant Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

 2013 – 2018: Ph.D., Biology, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University

 2009 – 2013: B. Sc., Biotechnology, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 Population Genomics  Deep-sea Biodiversity  Evolutionary Biology

PUBLICATIONS 1. Xiao Y1, Xu T1, Sun J, Wong WC, Kwan YH, Chen C, Qiu JW, Qian PY (2020) Population genetic structure and gene expression plasticity of the deep-sea vent and seep squat lobster Shinkaia crosnieri. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 587686. 2. Chen C, Xu T, Fraussen K, Qiu JW (2020) Integrative taxonomy of enigmatic deep-sea true whelks in the sister-genera Enigmaticolus and Thermosipho (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa134. 3. Ip JCH, Xu T, Sun J, Li R, Chen C, Lan Y, Han Z, Zhang H, Wei J, Wang H, Tao J, Cai Z, Qian PY, Qiu JW (2020) Host-endosymbiont genome integration in a deep-sea chemosymbiotic clam. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaa241. 4. Wang Z, Xu T, Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Liu Z, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Qiu JW (2020) Molecular phylogenetic and morphological analyses of the ‘monospecific’ Hesiolyra (Annelida: Hesionidae) reveal two new species. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 103401. 5. Zhao Y, Xu T, Law YS, Feng D, Li N, Xin R, Wang H, Ji F, Zhou H, Qiu JW (2020) Ecological characterization of cold-seep epifauna in the South China Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 163, 103361. 6. Sun J1, Chen C1, Miyamoto N1, Li R, Sigwart JD, Xu T, Sun Y, Wong WC, Ip JCH, Zhang W, Lan Y, Bissessur D, Watsuji TO, Watanabe HK, Takaki Y, Ikeo K, Fujii N, Yoshitake K, Qiu JW, Takai K, Qian PY (2020) The Scaly-foot Snail genome and implications for the origins of biomineralised armour. Nature Communications, 11, 1657. 7. Lan Y, Sun J, Zhang W, Xu T, Zhang Y, Chen C, Feng D, Wang H, Tao J, Qiu JW, Qian PY (2019) Host-symbiont interactions in deep-sea chemosymbiotic vesicomyid clams: insights from transcriptome sequencing. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 680. 8. Chen C, Watanabe HK, Nagai Y, Toyofuku T, Xu T, Sun J, Qiu JW, Sasaki T (2019) Complex factors shape phenotypic variation in deep-sea limpets. Biology Letters, 15, 20190504. 9. Yang Y, Sun J, Sun Y, Kwan YH, Wong WC, Zhang Y, Xu T, Feng D, Zhang Y, Qiu JW, Qian PY (2019) Genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic insights into the symbiosis of deep-sea tubeworm holobionts. The ISME Journal, 14, 135–150. 10. Sun J, Liu Y, Xu T, Zhang Y, Chen C, Qiu JW, Qian PY (2019) The mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea limpet Bathyacmaea nipponica (Patellogastropoda: Pectinodontidae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B, Resources, 4, 3175–3176. 11. Sun J1, Mu H1, Ip JCH1, Li R1, Xu T, Accorsi A, Sánchez Alvarado A, Ross E, Lan Y, Sun Y, Castro-Vazquez A, Vega IA, Heras H, Ituarte S, Van Bocxlaer B, Hayes KA, Cowie RH, Zhao Z, Zhang Y, Qian PY, Qiu JW (2019) Signatures of divergence, invasiveness and terrestralization revealed by four apple snail genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36, 1507–1520. 12. Xu T, Feng D, Tao J, Qiu JW (2019) A new species of deep-sea mussel (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Gigantidas) from the South China Sea: morphology, phylogenetic position, and gill-associated microbes. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 146, 79–90. 13. Xu T, Sun J, Watanabe HK, Chen C, Nakamura M, Ji R, Feng D, Lv J, Wang S, Bao Z, Qian PY, Qiu JW (2018) Population genetic structure of the deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus platifrons (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) in the Northwest Pacific. Evolutionary Applications, 11, 1915–1930. 14. Lan Y, Sun J, Xu T, Chen C, Tian R, Qiu JW, Qian PY (2018) De novo transcriptome assembly and positive selection analysis of an individual deep-sea fish. BMC Genomics, 19, 394. 15. Lan Y1, Sun J1, Tian R, Bartlett DH, Li R, Wong YH, Zhang W, Qiu JW, Xu T, He LS, Tabata HG, Qian PY (2017) Molecular adaptation in the world's deepest-living animal: Insights from transcriptome sequencing of the hadal amphipod Hirondellea gigas. Molecular Ecology, 26, 3732–3743. 16. Sun J, Zhang Y, Xu T, Zhang Y, Mu H, Zhang Y, Lan Y, Fields CJ, Hui JHL, Zhang W, Li R, Nong W, Cheung FKM, Qiu JW, Qian PY (2017) Adaptation to deep-sea chemosynthetic environments as revealed by mussel genomes. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1, 0121. 17. Xu T1, Sun J1, Lv J, Watanabe HK, Li T, Zou W, Rouse GW, Wang S, Qian PY, Bao Z, Qiu JW (2017) Genome-wide discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in deep-sea mussels: Potential use in population genomics and cross-species application. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 137, 318–326. 18. Xu T, Sun J, Chen C, Qian PY, Qiu JW (2016) The mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea snail Provanna sp. (Gastropoda: Provannidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A, DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis, 27, 4026–4027. 19. Zheng L, Xu T, Li D, Zhou J (2015) A representative retinoid X receptor antagonist UVI3003 induced teratogenesis in zebrafish embryos. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 35, 280–286.

CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS

 July 2019, Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Marine Molecular Ecology. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. Poster presentation: Biogeography and population divergence of deep-sea mussels in the Northwest Pacific  July 2017, Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Marine Molecular Ecology. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. Poster presentation: Population connectivity, fine-scale population genetic structure and environmental adaptation of deep-sea mussels: insights from mitochondrial genes and genome-wide SNP markers.

 May 2017, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting. Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan. Poster presentation: Population connectivity, fine-scale population genetic structure and environmental adaptation of deep-sea mussels: insights from mitochondrial genes and genome-wide SNP markers.  August 2015, Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Marine Molecular Ecology. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. Poster presentation: A resource of genomic sequences and genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms/variants in deep-sea mussels.

 June 2015, International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems (BECoME). The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Poster presentation: A resource of genomic sequences and genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms/variants in deep-sea mussels.  October 2014, World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (WCMB). Qingdao, China. Oral presentation: The mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea snail Provanna cf. glabra (Provannidae) and its phylogenetic position in Gastropoda.

ASSOCIATED EXPERIENCES

 August 2020, Attended the R/V Haiyang 6 deep-sea scientific cruise to the South China Sea.

 May 2019, Attended the R/V Haiyang 6 deep-sea scientific cruise to the South China Sea.  April 2015, Attended the Mini-Symposium on Marine Genomics I. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.