Delin Duan  

　　Prof. Institute of Oceanology, CAS  

　　No.7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao 266071 

　　P. R. China 

　　Tel/Fax: 0532-82898556 

　　Email:dlduan@qdio.ac.cn 

　　Qualifications:  

　　1996-1999 Post-doc, Tokyo University  

　　1993 Ph.D. Institute of Oceanology, CAS 

　　1991 M.Sc. Ocean University of China 

　　1986 B.Sc. Ocean University of China 

　　Positions held:  

　　2013                Visiting scholar. Harvard University 

　　2010                Visiting scholar. Hokkaido University 

　　2009                Visiting scholar. Stanford University 

　　2003                Visiting scholar. Tohoku University 

　　2000-               PI, Prof. Institute of Oceanology, CAS 

　　Research interests: 

Algal genetics and breeding, algal genome and functional gene, seaweeds development and culture, seaweeds cultivation and ecological & environmental function, seaweeds food and functional components. 

　　Achievements: 

So far, over 150 papers (of which 100 SCI papers) were published, three monographs were published, 3 scientific and technological progress awards were issued from the province and administrations in China. 

　　Selected papers published: 

1. Li JJ, Hu ZM, Duan DL 2014. Genetic data from the red alga Palmaria palmata reveal a mid-Pleistocene deep genetic split in the North Atlantic. J. Biogeography. doi:10.1111/jbi.124614. 

2. Shao ZR, Zhang PY, Li QY, Wang XL and Duan DL, 2014. Characterization of mannitol-2-dehydrogenase in Saccharina japonica: evidence for a new polyol-specific long-chain dehydrogenases/reductase. Plos ONE. 9(5):e97935 

3. Jin WH, Zhang WJ, Wang J, Yao JT, Xie EY, Liu DC, Duan DL, Zhang QB, 2014. A study of neuroprotective and antioxidant activities of heteropolysaccharides from six Sargassum species, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 67:336-3421. 4. Jin WH, Zhang WJ, Wang J, Ren SM, Song N, Duan DL and Zhang QB, 2014. Characterization of laminaran and a highly sulfated polysaccharide from Sargassum fusiforme, Carbohydrate Research 385: 58-642.  

5. Groisillier A, ZR Shao, G Miche, S Goulitque, P Bonin, S Krahule, B Nidetzky, DL Duan, C Boyen and T Tonon. 2014. Mannitol metabolism in brown algae involves a new phosphatase. J. Exp. Botany. 65(2):559-570 

6. Deng YY, Yao JT, Fu G, Guo H and Duan DL, 2013. Isolation, expression and characterization of blue light receptor AUREOCHROME gene from Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae). Marine Biotechnology 16:135-143 

7. Hu ZM, Zhang J, J Lopez-Bautista and Duan DL. 2013. Asymmetric genetic exchange in brown seaweed Sargassum fusiforme (Phaeophyceae) driven by oceanic currents. Marine Biology 160:1407-1414 

8. Wang XL, Shao ZR, Fu WD, Yao JT, Hu QP and Duan DL. 2013. Chloroplast genome of one brown alga, Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyta): phylogenomic analysis with other photosynthetic chromists. Marine Genomics 10:1-9 

9. Wang SS, Zhao FY, Wei XJ, Lu BJ, Duan DL, Wang GG, 2012. Preliminary study on flg22-induced defense responses in female gametophytes of Saccharina japonica (Phaeophyta). J. Appl. Phycol. 25(4):1215-1223 

10. Liu FL, Wang XL, Yao JT, Wang XL, Repnikova A, Galanin DA and Duan DL. 2012. Genetic diversity and structure within and between wild and cultivated Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) revealed by SSR markers. Aquaculture. 358/359:139-145 

11. Deng YY, Yao JT, Wang XL, Guo H, Duan DL. 2012. Transcriptome sequencing and comparative analysis of Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) under blue light illumination. PLoS ONE 7(6):e39704 

12. Hu ZM, Uwai S, Yu, SH, Komatsu T, Ajisaka T and Duan DL, 2011. Phylogeographic heterogeneity of the brown macroalga Sargassum horneri (Fucaceae) in the northwestern Pacific in relation to late Pleistocene glaciations and tectonic configurations. Molecular Ecology. 20(18):3894–3909. 

13. Hu ZM, Li W, Li JJ and DL Duan, 2011. Post-Pleistocene demographic history of the North Atlantic endemic Irish moss Chondrus crispus: glacial survival, spatial expansion and gene flow. J. Evol. Biol. 24:505-517 

14. Cheang CC, Chu KH, Fujita D, Yoshida G, Hiraoka M, Critchley A, Choi HC, Duan DL, Matsuyama-Serisawa K and Jr. Put O. Ang. 2010. Low genetic variability of Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyceae) revealed by a global analysis of native and introduced populations. J. Phycol. 46:1063-1074 

15. Hu ZM, Guiry M, Critchley, A and Duan DL, 2010. Phylogeographic patterns indicate trans-Atlantic migration from Europe to North America in red seaweed Chondrus crispus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 46:889-900 

16. Wang GL, G Zhao, YB Feng, JS Xuan, JW Sun, BT Guo, GL Jiang, ML Weng, ML Weng, JT Yao, B Wang, DL Duan, T Liu, 2010. Cloning and comparative studies of seaweed trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene. Marine Drugs. 8:2065-2079 

17. Liu FL, Shao ZR, Zhang HN, Liu JD, Wang XL and Duan DL, 2010. QTL mapping for frond length and width in Laminaria japonica Aresch (Laminarales, Phaeophyta) using AFLP and SSR markers. Marine Biotechonlogy 12(4):386-394 

18. Zhao FJ, Zhao ZG, Wang AH, Liu JD, Duan DL, 2010. Carpospore early development and callus-like tissue induction of Chrysymenia wrightii (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) under laboratory conditions. J. Appl. Phycol. 22:195-202 

19. Liu FL, Wang XL, Liu JD, Yang YX, Fu WD and Duan DL, 2009. Genetic mapping of the Laminaria japonica Aresch (Laminarales, Phaeophyta) using AFLP markers. J. Phycol. 45:1228-1233 

20. Fu WD, JT Yao, XL Wang, FL Liu, G Fu and DL Duan, 2009, Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a cytosolic Hsp70 gene from Laminaria japonica (Laminariaceae, Phaeophyta), Marine Biotechnology, 11:738-747. 

21. Fu WD, Han BQ, Duan DL, Liu WS, Wang CH, 2008, Purification and characterization of agarases from a marine bacterium Vibrio sp. F-6, J Ind Microbiol & Biotechnol 35:915-922 

22. FJ Zhao, FL Liu, JD Liu, Put O Ang and DL Duan, 2008, Genetic structure analysis of natural Sargassum muticum (Fucales, Phaeophyta) populations with RAPD and ISSR markers, J. Appl. Phycol 20:191-198. 

23. ZG Zhao, FJ Zhao, JT Yao, JM Lu, Put. O. Ang, DL Duan, 2008, Early development of germinglings of S. thunbergii (Fucales, Phaeophyta) under laboratory conditions, J. Appl. Phycol. 20:925-931. 

24. XL Wang, FJ Zhao, ZM Hu, AT Critchely, SL Morrell and DL Duan, 2008, Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) analysis of genetic variation of Chondrus Stackhouse (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) populations from North Atlantic, Aquatic Botany. 88:154-159 

25. Sun JW, Guo BT, Jin DM, Weng ML, Feng YB, Xu P, Duan DL and Wang B. 2006, Development of SSR primers from EST sequences and their application in germplasm identification of Porphyra lines (Rhodophyta), Eur. J. Phycol, 41(3):329-336