Biography:
Jinjun (Jacky) is a native of Shandong, China. He received his B.S. in Environmental Biology from the Ocean University of China, Qingdao and his master degree in First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China. Currently he is conducting his doctoral research in Environmental Microbiology at the University of Maryland College Park. He is expecting his Ph. D degree in Summer 2006. He has presented his research at international conferences in Japan, Canada, Germany and the U.S. His peer-reviewed work can be found in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Limnology and Oceanography, BioMed Central Saline Systems, Aquatic Microbial Ecology.
 
Research Interests:
Microbes constitute a significant amount of biomass and biodiversity in the biosphere. However, understanding of real world of environmental microbiology is limited due to resistance of cultivation in the laboratory. Genetic, genomic and proteomic approaches offer great opportunities to investigate and monitor the microbial processes in nature. In tandem with downstream analysis, these technologies also allow to identify and characterize functional genes expressed in situ, which can be linking to population structures and potential physiological features to effectively compete for specific environmental niches.  Currently my Ph. D research is focused on understanding genetic diversity and population dynamics of bacterioplankton in Chesapeake Bay, and developing environmental proteomics (two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry) to study functional gene expression of microbes in environments.
 
 
Publications:
 
Kan, J., B. C. Crump, K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2006. Bacterioplankton community in Chesapeake Bay: Predictable or random assemblages. Limnol. Oceanogr. (In press).
 
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, M. Suzuki, E. Wommack, and W. Coats. 2006. Diverse and unique picocyanobacteria found in the Chesapeake Bay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(3): 2239-2243.
 
Kan, J., K. Wang and F. Chen. 2005. Temporal variation and detection limit of an estuarine bacterioplankton community analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 42:7-18.
 
Kan, J., T. E. Hanson, J. M. Ginter, K. Wang, F. Chen. 2005. Metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay microbial communities. Saline Systems 1:7.
 
Bettarel, Y., J. Kan, K. Wang, S. Cooney, K. Williamson, F. Chen, E. Wommack, W. Coats. 2005. Isolation and characterization of a small nuclear inclusion virus infecting the diatom Chaetoceros  c.f. gracilis. Aquat. Microbial. Ecol. 40:103-114.
 
Wu, M., L. Song, J. Ren, J. Kan and P. Qian. 2004. Assessment of microbial dynamics in the Pearl River Estuary by 16S rRNA terminal restriction fragment analysis. Continental Shelf Research 24:1925-1934.
 
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, D. Bachoon, J. Lu, S. Lau, and L. Campbell. 2004. Phylogenetic diversity of Synechococcus in the Chesapeake Bay revealed by Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBisCO) large subunit gene (rbcL) sequences. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 36:153-164
 
Kan, J., and F. Chen. 2004. Co-monitoring bacterial and dinoflagellates communities by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) and SSU rDNA sequencing during a dinoflagellates Bloom. Acta Oceanologia Sinica. 23:483-492  
 
 
Presentations:
 
Crump, B.C., H. E. Adams, F. Chen, J. E. Hobbie, J. Kan, and G. W. Kling. 2006. Synchrony and seasonality in bacterioplankton community composition. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-11), Vienna, Austria, August 20-25, 2006.
Wang, K., K. Omara, J. Kan, and F. Chen. 2006. Estuarine cyanophages and their psbA gene. The Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research (SCOR)-working group on marine viruses. June 1-3, 2006, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. Poster presentation.
Kan, J., T. Hanson, C. Cary, E. Wommack, R. Hill, F. Chen. 2006. Community proteomics, a new way to explore microbial functions innatural environments. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, June 5-9, 2006, Victoria, Canada.
O’Mara, K. J., K. Wang, J. Kan, S. Bench, T. Hanson, E. Wommack, F. Chen. 2006. Genetic diversity and seasonal patterns of cyanophage psbA gene in the estuarine environment revealed by a newly designed PCR primer set. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, June 5-9, 2006, Victoria, Canada.
Kan, J., T. Hanson, B. Campbell, C. Cary, E. Wommack, R. Hill, and F. Chen. Meta-proteomics, a new way to explore microbial function in natural environments. HUPO 4th Annual World Congress, August 28-September 1, 2005. Munich, Germany. Poster presentation. The abstract was published in Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 4.8 (Suppl. 1):S286
Kan, J., T. Hanson, K. Wang, B. Campbell, C. Cary, E. Wommack, R. Hill, and F. Chen. Meta-proteomics, a New Way to Explore Microbial Processes in the Ocean? International Marine Biotechnology Conference, June 7-12, 2005, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Oral presentation.
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, and M. Suzuki. Synechococcus ecotypes in Chesapeake Bay revealed by the RuBisCO gene and ITS sequences. International Marine Biotechnology Conference, June 7-12, 2005, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Oral presentation.
Helton, R., J. Kan, K. Wang, D. Winget, and K. Wommack. What lies beneath: Chesapeake Bay viriobenthos diversity and abundance. ASM 2005 General Meeting, June 5-9, Atlanta, GA. Poster presentation.
Kan, J., M. Suzuki, K. Wang, and F. Chen. Spatial and temporal variation of Chesapeake bacterioplankton communities revealed by DGGE and clone libraries. MEES Program Colloquium, September 17-18, 2004, UMCES, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD. Poster presentation.
Kan, J., T. Hanson, B. Campbell, C. Cary, E. Wommack, R. Hill, and F. Chen. Meta-proteomics, a new way to explore microbial processes in the ocean? NSF 3rd Microbial Observatories Workshop, September 12-14, 2004. Big Sky, MT. Oral presentation.
Mohamed, N., N. F. Montalvo, J. Kan, J. J. Enticknap, E. Rahe, C. Fuqua, F. Chen and R. T. Hill. Diversity of microbial communities in sponges from the Florida Keys. NSF 3rd Microbial Observatories Workshop, September 12-14, 2004. Big Sky, MT. Poster presentation.
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, D. Bachoon, L. Campbell. Phylogenetic diversity of estuarine Synechococcus revealed by ribulose-1,5-bisphophate carboxylase-oxygenase large subunit gene sequences. The 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME-10. August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico. Poster presentation.
Chen, F., and J. Kan. A proteomic study of picoplankton community. The 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME-10. August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico. Oral presentation.
Kan, J., M. Suzuki, K. Wang, and F. Chen. Spatial and temporal variation of Chesapeake bacterioplankton communities revealed by DGGE and clone libraries. The 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME-10. August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico. Poster presentation.
Kan, J., and F. Chen. Are 5000 bacterial cells per ml the detection threshold for DGGE analysis? The 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME-10. August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico. Poster presentation.
Wang, K., J. Kan, and F. Chen. Co-monitoring Synechococcus and synechophage in the Chesapeake Bay. The 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME-10. August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico. Poster presentation.
Suzuki, M.T., J. Kan, F. Chen and S. E. Evans. Fast Screening and analysis of Chesapeake Bay bacterioplankton ribosomal RNA operon clone libraries. The 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME-10. August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico.  poster presentation.
Isaacs, L. T., J, Kan, S. Sidiqqi, D. Horn, F. Chen, T. Wright, and J. Enticknap, and R. Hill. Analysis of the Microbial Community of the Chesapeake Redbeard Sponges, Microciona prolifera.  The 104th General Meeting of American Society of Microbiology. May, 2004, New Orleans. Poster presentation.
Kan, J. and F. Chen. Genetic fingerprinting and proteomic analysis of bacterial communities in the Chesapeake Bay. Marine Biotechnology Conference September 21-27, 2003, Chiba, Japan. Oral presentation.
Wommack, K. E., Kurt E. Williamson, Danielle Winget, Rebekah R. Helton, Shellie Bench, F. Chen, Kui Wang, J. Kan, D. W. Coats, Sean Cooney, and Yvan Bettarel. Microbial Observatory for Virioplankton Ecology (MOVE): The role of viruses in the annual biological cycle of the Chesapeake Bay. NSF Microbial Observatories Workshop, Arlington, VA, September 15-16, 2003. Poster presentation.
Chen, F. and J. Kan. Environmental microbial proteomics: linking microgeochemial functions. The 103th General Meeting of American Society of Microbiology. May 18-22, 2003, Washington DC. Poster presentation.
Kan, J., M. Suzuki and F. Chen. Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Bacterial Community in the Chesapeake Bay. The 103rd General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology, May 18-22, 2003, Washington DC. Poster presentation.
 
 
Dr. Jinjun (Jacky) Kan
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Center of Marine Biotechnology
701 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
 
Phone: 410-234-8866
Fax: 410-234-8896
E-Mail: kan_at_umbi.umd.edu
 
Education
Ph.D., 2006, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
M.S., 1997, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, China
B.S., 1994, Life Science School, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China