Early Career

As an undergraduate, I worked in Dr. Qi Li’s lab on the development and characterization of molecular markers in two shellfish species, namely Neverita didyma and Mactra veneriformis. After graduation, I became a master student in Dr. Qi Li’s lab and continued to work on isolation and characterization of molecular markers in another species Scapharca broughtonii. In addition, I also worked to develop multiplex PCR primer sets to decease costs and increase efficiency in each PCR reaction so that they can be widely used in the parentage and population assignments in the ark shell S. broughtonii.

a. Li N, Li Q, Jin M, Kong L, Yu H. Isolation and characterization of 20 microsatellite loci in Neverita didyma (Röding 1798)[J]. Conservation Genetics Resources, 2012, 4(2): 479-481.

b. Nie H, Li N, Kong L, Li Q. Isolation and characterization of 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the surf clam (Mactra veneriformis)[J]. Conservation Genetics Resources, 2013, 5(3): 635-637.

c. Li N, Li Q, Kong L, Yu H. Development of three multiplex PCR primer sets for ark shell (Scapharca broughtonii) and their validation in parentage assignment[J]. Journal of Ocean University of China, 2016, 15(2): 311-317.