• B.S. Marine Fishery Science and Technology - Ocean University of China, 2005
• Ph.D. Fishery Resource - Ocean University of China, 2010
• Post-Doc: Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 2013-2017

Biography:

Dr. Ming Liu's research mainly focuses on oysters' genomics and breeding: 1) identifying associations between oyster genomic characteristics and oyster traits beneficial to the growing aquaculture industry, and 2) developing genomic tools and approaches to improve the survival and growth of oysters. He is also interested in population genetics, phylogenetics, and evolution of marine fish and shellfishes.

Research Interests:

• Oyster Genomics
• Aquaculture
• Population Genetics
• Phylogenetics
• Evolution of Marine Fish and Shellfishes

Research Experience:

2013 - 2017, Post-doc, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University
2010 - 2013, Assistant Professor, Marine Biology Institute of Shandong Province, China
2007 - 2008, Visiting Scholar, Hokkaido University, Japan

Selected Publications:

• Wang, L., J. Song, H. Bi, M. Gray, C. Fan, M. Liu, & X. Mao. (2020) Adaptive feeding in the American oyster Crassostrea virginica: complex impacts of pulsatile flow during pseudofecal ejection events. Limnology and Oceanography 65(9): 2010-2023.

• Jiao, Y., Y. Cao, Z. Zheng, M. Liu, & X. Guo. (2019) Massive expansion and diversity of nicotinicacetylcholine receptors in lophotrochozoans. BMC Genomics 20(1): 937.

• Thongda, W., H. Zhao, D. Zhang, L.N. Jescovitch, M. Liu, X. Guo, M. Schrandt, S.P. Powers, & E. Peatman. (2018) Development of SNP Panels as a New Tool to Assess the Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Parentage Analysis of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Marine Biotechnology 20(3): 385-395.

• Liu, M., & X. Guo. (2017) A novel and stress adaptive alternative oxidase derived from alternative splicing of duplicated exon in oyster Crassostrea virginica. Scientific Reports 7(1), 10785.

• Liu, M., & X. Guo. (2017) Identification of candidate disease-resistance genes in the eastern oyster utilizing genomic resources from the pacific oyster. National Shellfisheries Association 109th Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN, abstract.

• Guo, X., M. Liu, B. Xu, Y. Chen, Y. Dong, L. Lv, M. Whiteside, & G. DeBrosse. (2017) Improving triploid eastern oysters by selecting tetraploids. National Shellfisheries Association 109th Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN, abstract.

• Liu, M., C. Li, G. Wang, & X. Guo. (2016). Identification of disease-resistance markers by next-generation sequencing in the eastern oyster. World Aquaculture Society Meeting, Aquaculture 2016, Las Vegas, NV, abstract.

• Proestou, D. A., B.T. Vinyard, R.J. Corbett, J. Piesz, S.K. Allen, J.M. Small, C. Li, M. Liu, G. DeBrosse, X. Guo, & P. Rawson. (2016) Performance of selectively-bred lines of eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, across eastern US estuaries. Aquaculture 464: 17-27.

• Song, N., M. Liu, T. Yanagimoto, Y. Sakurai, Z. Han, & T. Gao. (2016) Restricted Gene Flow for Gadus macrocephalus from Yellow Sea Based on Microsatellite Markers: Geographic Block of Tsushima Current. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17(4): 467.

• Liu, Y., D. Yu, Q. Wang, H. Liu, S. Guan, & M. Liu. (2016) Isolation and characterization of novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in Perinereis aibuhitensis. Genetics and Molecular Research 15(1).

• Tu, Z., M. Liu, Y. Wang, S. Xu, N. Song, T. Gao, & Z. Han. (2016) The low mitochondrial diversities in lizardfish Saurida elongate: Recent population expansion and selection. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 68: 44-50.

• Zhang, Z., N. Zhang, M. Liu, & T. Gao. (2016) The complete mitochondrial genome of Coilia grayii (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27(5): 3175-3176.

• Liu, M., S. Ford, D. Bushek, & X. Guo. (2015). Genetic variation in eastern oyster's susceptibility to Perkinsus marinus. National Shellfisheries Association 107th Annual Meeting, Montery, CA, abstract.

• Liu, M., L. Lin, T. Gao, T. Yanagimoto, Y. Sakurai, & W.S. Grant. (2012) What maintains the central North Pacific genetic discontinuity in Pacific herring? PLoS One, 7(12): e50340.

• Grant, W. S., M. Liu, T. Gao, & T. Yanagimoto. (2012) Limits of Bayesian skyline plot analysis of mtDNA sequences to infer historical demographies in Pacific herring (and other species). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(1): 203-212.

• Liu, M., Lu, Z., Gao, T., Yanagimoto, T., & Sakurai, Y. (2010) Remarkably low mtDNA control‐region diversity and shallow population structure in Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus. Journal of Fish Biology 77(5): 1071-1082.

All articles published by Dr. Liu can be found on his Google Scholar profile.