2019年6月毕业于华南师范大学生物化学与分子生物学专业,获理学博士学位。2019年7月入选国家“博士后创新人才支持计划”,留校从事博士后研究工作。2022年8月以“高层次人才-青年拔尖”留校工作,聘为副教授、硕士生导师、昆虫科学与技术研究所副所长。长期从事核酸G-四链体结构(G4)和i-motif高级结构的表观遗传调控机制研究,在Genome Biology、Nucleic Acids Research(4篇)、Communications Biology、Epigenetics & Chromatin和Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology等国际期刊上发表学术论文20篇。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目和青年项目、国家博士后创新人才支持计划,博士后科学基金和广东省自然科学基金等科研项目多项。荣获第十届“中国昆虫学会青年科学技术奖”、广东省百名博士博士后创新人物等荣誉。
论文专著(#第一作者,*通讯作者):
(1)Kangkang Niu, Xiaojuan Zhang, Huimin Deng, Feng Wu, Yandong Ren, Hui Xiang, Sichun Zheng, Lin Liu, Lihua Huang, Baojuan Zeng, Sheng Li, Qingyou Xia, Qisheng Song, Subba Reddy Palli, Qili Feng. BmILF and i-motif structures are involved in transcriptional regulation of BmPOUM2 in Bombyx mori. Nucleic Acids Research, 2018, 46(4):1710-1723.
(2)Kangkang Niu, Lijun Xiang, Ying Jin, Yuling Peng, Feng Wu, Wenhuan Tang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Huimin Deng, Hui Xiang, Sheng Li, Jian Wang, Qisheng Song, Qili Feng. Identification of LARK as a novel and conserved G-quadruplex binding protein in invertebrates and vertebrates. Nucleic Acids Research, 2019, 47(14):7306-7320.
(3)Lijun Xiang, Kangkang Niu*, Yuling Peng, Xiaojuan Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, Ruoqi Ye, Guoxing Yu, Guojun Ye, Hui Xiang, Qisheng Song, Qili Feng*. DNA G-quadruplex structure participates in regulation of lipid metabolism through Acyl-CoA binding protein. Nucleic Acids Research, 2022, 50(12):6953-6967.
(4)Bo Lyu, Kangkang Niu, Deborah Anderson, Qili Feng, Qisheng Song, G-quadruplex structures in 16S rRNA regions correlate with thermal adaptation in prokaryotes, Nucleic Acids Research, 2025. 53(3):gkaf042.
(5)Kangkang Niu#, Xiaojuan Zhang#, Qisheng Song, Qili Feng. G-quadruplex regulation of mRNA translation of VEGFA by RBM4. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23(2), 743.
(6)Feng Wu#, Kangkang Niu#, Yong Cui#, Cencen Li, Mo Lyu, Yandong Ren, Yanfei Chen, Huimin Deng, Lihua Huang, Sichun Zheng, Lin Liu, Jian Wang, Qisheng Song, Hui Xiang, Qili Feng. Genome-wide analysis of DNA G-quadruplex motifs across 37 species provides insights into G4 evolution. Communications Biology. 2021, 4: 98.
(7)Wenhuan Tang#, Kangkang Niu#, Guoxing Yu, Ying Jin, Xian Zhang, Yuling Peng, Shuna Chen, Huimin Deng, Sheng Li, Jian Wang, Qisheng Song, Qili Feng. In vivo visualization of the i-motif DNA secondary structure in the Bombyx mori testis. Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2020, 13(1): 12.
(8)Lijun Xiang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Sheng Li, Qili Feng, Kangkang Niu*. Ratio of the Primers Used in Polymerase Chain Reaction-Stop Analysis Impacts the Resultant Banding Pattern. ACS Omega, 2023, 8:37369-37373.
(9)Xiaojuan Zhang, Lijun Xiang, Jin Li, Qili Feng*, Kangkang Niu*. G-quadruplex structure in plants and insects and potential applications in pest control. Crop Health, 2025, 3, 8.
(10)Huimin Deng#, Kangkang Niu#, Jialing Zhang, Qili Feng. BmBR-C Z4 is an upstream regulatory factor of BmPOUM2 controlling the pupal specific expression of BmWCP4 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2015, 66:42-50.