Research Direction：

1. Epidemiology of Major Swine Infectious Diseases

Conducting epidemiological studies on African swine fever, classical swine fever, and pseudorabies; proposing vaccine updating strategies and developing novel prevention and control strategies.

2. Pathogenesis of Major Swine Infectious Diseases

Investigating the mechanisms of African swine fever virus, classical swine fever virus, and pseudorabies virus invading host cells, replication and assembly, antagonizing innate immunity, host antiviral response; identifying virulence-related genes of these viruses and revealing the pathogenic and immune protection mechanisms.

3. Prevention and Control Technologies for Major Swine Infectious Diseases

Developing novel vaccines and diagnostic kits for African swine fever, classical swine fever, and pseudorabies; conducting comprehensive prevention and control technology researches for large-scale swine farms.

Professional Major：

Dr. QIU is the chief scientist at the Unit for High-Consequence Swine Viral Diseases, HVRI, and the coordinator of multiple research projects from prestigious organizations such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program, the National “863” Program, National Key Technologies R&D Program, EU FP7 project, among others. Dr. QIU's extensive research work focuses on the regulation of viral replication, virulence determinants, and the development of diagnostic assays and marker vaccines for classical swine fever, African swine fever, and pseudorabies. For his outstanding contributions to the field, Dr. QIU has been honored with numerous national and provincial prizes for progress in science and technology. He has published 140 peer-reviewed papers, including over 100 papers in SCI-indexed journals, which demonstrates his expertise and influence in the veterinary virology and immunology community.

Dr. QIU is a member of the National Committee of Experts on Animal Epidemic Prevention of China and is recognized as a valued member of the Veterinary Biotechnology Branch and Animal Infectious Disease Branch of Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary. He has also been appointed as a guest professor at Yanbian University, Shandong Agricultural University, and Gansu Agricultural University. Furthermore, Dr. QIU has served as an editor for various scientific journals such as the World Journal of Virology, Chinese Journal of Biotechnology, Acta Microbiologia Sinica, and Chinese Journal of Animal Infectious Diseases. He is also a peer reviewer for a number of international journals such as Gene Therapy, Journal of Virology, Vaccine, Veterinary Microbiology, Journal of Virological Methods, Virus Research, and Virus Genes, among others.

Academic Education：

Dr. Hua-Ji QIU is a well-educated and experienced veterinary virologist and immunologist. He obtained his BSc degree in Veterinary Medicine from Huazhong Agricultural University, China in 1991, followed by an MSc degree in Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology from Northeast Agricultural University, China in 1998, and a PhD degree in Preventive Veterinary Medicine from the same university in 2001.

Contact Information：

The chief scientist:

Dr. Hua-Ji QIU

Professor

Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (HVRI)

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Address: 678 Haping Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150069, P.R. China

Phone and fax: +86-451-5105 1708

E-mail: qiuhuaji@caas.cn; qiuhuaji@163.com