Mafeng Liu

Identity

·  Professor 

·  Associate director of Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine    

Education

·  09/2007-10/2012, PhD, Université de Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie.

·  09/2004-06/2007,M.S. in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University.

·  09/2000-06/2004,B.S. in Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University.

Training and Professional Experience

·  2021-now,Professor, Sichuan Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine.

·  2014.01-2020.12, Associate professor, Sichuan Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine.

·  2013.02-2013.12, distinguished associate professor, Sichuan Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Research Interests

·  Focus on the veterinary microbiology, immunology and epidemiology, especially the pathogenic and drug resistance mechanisms of Riemerella anatipestifer.

Awards and Honors

· Second Class Prizes of Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Award.

Selected Publications 

·  Mafeng Liu*,Siqi Liu, Mi Huang, Yaling Wang, Mengying Wang, Xiu Tian, Ling Li,      Zhishuang Yang, Mingshu Wang, Dekang Zhu, Renyong Jia, Shun Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Xumin Ou, Sai Mao, Qun Gao, Di Sun, YanLing Yu, Anchun Cheng*. An exposed outer membrane haemin-binding protein facilitates haemin transport by a TonB-dependent receptor in Riemerella anatipestifer[J]. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021 May 14, AEM.00367-21, doi: 10.1128/AEM.00367-21.

·  Mafeng Liu*, Mi Huang, Li Huang, Francis Biville, Dekang Zhu, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia,Shun Chen,Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Bin Tian, Xiaoyue Chen, Yunya Liu, Ling Zhang, Yanling Yu, Leichang Pan,Mujeed Ur Rehman, Anchun Cheng*. New perspectives on Galleria mellonella larvae as a host model using Riemerella anatipestifer as a proof of      concept[J]. Infection and Immunity. 2019;87(8), doi:org/10.1128/IAI.00072-19.

·  MaFeng Liu, Li Zhang, Li Huang, Francis Biville, DeKang Zhu, MingShu Wang, RenYong Jia,Shun Chen, KunFeng Sun, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, XiaoYue Chen, AnChun Cheng*.Natural transformation and use of it to establish an easy knockout method in Riemerella anatipestifer[J]. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2017 Mar 3; doi: 10.1128/AEM.00127-17.

·   Mafeng Liu*, Mi Huang, Mingshu Wang, Dekang Zhu, Renyong Jia, Shun Chen, Ling Zhang,Leichang Pan and Anchun Cheng*. The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat System and Argonaute: An Emerging Bacterial Immunity System for Defense Against Natural Transformation?[J] Frontiers in Microbiology, 22 October 2020, doi:org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.593301.

·  Mafeng Liu*, Mi Huang, Mingshu Wang, Dekang Zhu, Renyong Jia, Shun Chen, Ling Zhang,Leichang Pan and Anchun Cheng*. The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat System and Argonaute: An Emerging Bacterial Immunity System for Defense Against Natural Transformation?[J] Frontiers in Microbiology, 22 October 2020, doi: org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.593301.

·  Mi Huang#, Mafeng Liu#, Jiajun Liu#, Dekang Zhu, Qianying Tang, Renyong Jia, Shun Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Xumin Ou, Sai Mao, Qun Gao, Di Sun, Mingshu Wang* and Anchun Cheng*.Functional characterization of Fur in iron metabolism, oxidative stress resistance and virulence of Riemerella anatipestifer[J]. Veterinary research, 2021 Mar 19, 52(1):48, doi：org/10.1186/s13567-021-00919-9.

·  MengYi Wang, PengYun Zhang, DeKang Zhu, MingShu Wang, RenYong Jia, Shun Chen, KunFeng Sun, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, XiaoYue Chen, Francis Biville, AnChun Cheng, MaFeng Liu*. Identification of the ferric iron utilization gene B739_1208 and its role in the virulence of R. anatipestifer CH-1[J]. Veterinary Microbiology, 2017 Mar; 201: 162-169.

·   Xiu Tian, Li Huang, Mingshu Wang, Biville Francis, Dekang Zhu, Renyong Jia, Shun Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Ling Zhang, Yanling Yu, Anchun Cheng, Liu Mafeng*. The functional identification of Dps in oxidative stress resistance and virulence of Riemerella anatipestifer CH-1 using a new unmarked gene deletion strategy. Veterinary Microbiology. 2020 Aug;247:108730. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108730. Epub 2020 May 23. PMID: 32768200.

·   Mi Huang#, Mafeng Liu#,Li Huang, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Shun Chen, Xinxin Zhao,Shaqiu Zhang, Qun Gao, Ling Zhang, Anchun Cheng*. The activation and limitation of the bacterial natural transformation system: The function in      genome evolution and stability[J]. Microbiological Research, 2021 Aug 24;252:126856.

·   Li Zhang, Li Huang, Mi Huang, Mengying Wang, Dekang Zhu, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Shun Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Xumin Ou, Sai Mao, Qun Gao, Bin Tian, Anchun Cheng, Mafeng Liu*. Effect of Nutritional Determinants and TonB on the Natural Transformation of Riemerella anatipestifer[J]. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Aug 10;12:644868.