1. 近海和远洋环境中浮游病毒及微型生物群落生态学

2. 海洋病毒的多样性与组学信息库构建

3. 海洋病毒与赤潮生物的相互作用与关系

4. 海洋微生物分子生态与相互作用

5. 海洋微生物的群落结构、活性特征及其在海洋生物地球化学循环中的作用

6. 微生物驱动的温室气体产生过程及调控机制研究

7. 海洋浮游植物营养盐吸收的过程与机制

8. 海洋浮游植物应对营养盐限制及未来气候变化的响应策略与适应机理

• 国家自然科学基金重点国际(地区)合作研究项目: 病毒在南极冰缘水华过程中的作用及其对气候变化引发的多重压力的响应 (2022-2026)

• 国家自然科学基金面上项目: 深渊海沟浮游病毒群落演化及生存策略研究 (2022-2025)

• 国家自然科学基金面上项目：东亚气溶胶沉降对南海细菌群落结构、代谢功能和上下行调控的影响（2022-2025）

• 国家自然科学基金面上项目：光照影响海洋硅藻铁吸收的机制研究（2024-2027）

• 国家自然科学基金青年项目: 玛氏骨条藻广盐环境影响下的细胞程序性死亡和增殖的分子调控与生存策略研究 (2023-2025)

• 崂山实验室科技创新项目：海洋微型生物多样性格局刻画 （2022-2026）

• 山东省优秀青年科学基金（海外）：浮游植物生理生态学（2024-2026）

2024 Xiaoyue Guo#, Xinran Zhang#, Hongbing Shao, Andrew McMinn, Yantao Liang*, Min Wang*. A novel flavobacterial phage abundant during green tide, representing a new viral family, Zblingviridae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90(7): e0036724.

2024 Xiaoxiao Wang#, Hualong Wang*, Yantao Liang, Andrew McMinn, Min Wang#. Community organization and network complexity and stability: contrasting strategies of prokaryotic versus eukaryotic microbiomes in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. mSphere, 13 (8): e0039524.

2024 Yue Su#, Hao Yu#, Chen Gao#, Shujuan Sun, Yantao Liang*, Gang Liu, Xinran Zhang, Yue Dong, Xiaoshou Liu, Guangcheng Chen, Hongbing Shao, Andrew McMinn, Min Wang*. Effects of vegetation cover and aquaculture pollution on viral assemblages in mangroves sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 476: 135147.

2024 Ying Chen#, Chen Gao#, Qian Liu*, Yantao Liang*, Mingyan Lai, Fuyue Ge, Kaiyang Zheng, Hao Yu, Hongbing Shao, Andrew McMinn, Min Wang*. Diversity and ecological potentials of viral assemblages from the seamount sediments of the Northwest Pacific Ocean. The Innovation Geoscience, 2(3): 100088.

2024 Xinyi Wang, Hao Yu, Yan Li, Qianru Fu, Hongbing Shao, Hui He*, Min Wang. Metatranscriptomic insights into the microbial metabolic activities during an Ulva prolifera green tide in coastal Qingdao areas. Environmental Pollution, 343: 123217.

2024 Honglei Zhang#, Hui He#, Feilong Liu, Can Wang, Kaiyue Lian, Chuyu Zhang, Yi Li, Bo Wang, Andrew McMinn, Hualong Wang*, Min Wang. Outbreaks of Ulva prolifera green tides reduce the network complexity and stability of cooccurring planktonic microbial communities. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 06: 042.

2023 Kaiyue Lian, Feilong Liu, Yi Li, Can Wang, Chuyu Zhang, Andrew McMinn, Min Wang, Hualong Wang*. Environmental gradients shape microbiome assembly and stability in the East China Sea. Environmental Research, 238, 117197.

2023 Yantao Liang, Kaiyang Zheng, Andrew McMinn, Min Wang*. Expanding diversity and ecological roles of RNA viruses. Trends in Microbiology, 31(3), 229-232.

2023 Meiaoxue Han^#, Jianhua Sun^#, Qingwei Yang^#, Yantao Liang*, Yong Jiang, Chen Gao, Chengxiang Gu, Qian Liu, Xuechao Chen, Gang Liu, Hongbing Shao, Cui Guo, Hui He, Hualong Wang, Yeong Yik Sung, Wen Jye Mok, Li Lian Wong, Zongling Wang*, Andrew McMinn*, Min Wang*. Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Coastal Viral Community Structure and Potential Biogeochemical Roles Affected by an Ulva prolifera Green Tide. mSystems, 8(2), e0121122.

2023 Wenjing Zhang^#, Yundan Liu^#, Kaiyang Zheng^#, Jinyan Xing^#, Qian Li, Chengxiang Gu, Ziyue Wang, Hongbing Shao, Cui Guo, Hui He, Hualong Wang, Yeong Yik Sung, Wen Jye Mok, Li Lian Wong, Yantao Liang*, Andrew McMinn*, Min Wang*. Discovery of an Abundant Viral Genus in Polar Regions through the Isolation and Genomic Characterization of a New Virus against Oceanospirillaceae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89(4), e0189622.

2023 Kaiyang Zheng^#, Yantao Liang^#*, David Paez Espino^#, Xiao Zou, Gao Chen, Yong Jiang, Hui He, Cui Guo, Hongbing Shao, Hualong Wang, Yeong Yik Sung, Wen Jye Mok, Li Lian Wong, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Jiwei Tian, Nianzhi Jiao, Curtis A Suttle, Jianfeng He^*, Andrew McMinn*, Min Wang*. Identification of hidden N4-like viruses and their interactions with hosts. mSystems, 8(5), e0019723.

2023 Kaiyang Zheng^#, YuevDong^#, Yantao Liang*, Yundan Liu, Xinran Zhang, Wenjing Zhang, Ziyue Wang, Hongbing Shao, Yeong Yik Sung, Wen Jye Mok, Li Lian Wong, Andrew McMinn*, Min Wang*. Genomic diversity and ecological distribution of marine Pseudoalteromonas phages. Marine Life Science & Technology, 5(2), 271-285.

2023 Lin Luo#, Xiaohong Ma#, Ruizhe Guo#, Tong Jiang, Tiancong Wang, Hongbing Shao, Hui He, Hualong Wang, Yantao Liang, Andrew McMinn, Cui Guo, Wang Min*. Characterization and genomic analysis of a novel Synechococcus phage S-H9–2 belonging to Bristolvirus genus isolated from the Yellow Sea. Virus Research, 328, 199072.

2022 Xuechao Chen, Meiaoxue Han, Yantao Liang, Wanting Zhao, Yuejiao Wu, Ying Sun, Hongbing Shao, Andrew McMinn*, Liyan Zhu*, Min Wang*. Progress in ‘taxonomic sufficiency’ in aquatic biological investigations. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 185(Pt A), 114192.

2022 Na Li, Lin Luo, Cui Guo*, Jintao He, Shuxue Wang, Liangmin Yu, Min Wang*, Petri Murto, Xiaofeng Xu*. Shape-controlled fabrication of cost-effective, scalable and anti-biofouling hydrogel foams for solar-powered clean water production. Chemical Engineering Journal, 431: 10.

2022 Gao chen#, Liang yantao#, Jiang yong#, David Paez-Espino#, Han meiaoxue, Gu  chengxiang, Wang meiwen, Yang yumei, Liu fengjiao, Yang qingwei, Gong zheng, Zhang Xinran, Luo zhixiang, He hui, Guo cui, Shao Hongbing, Zhou Chun, Shi Yang,  Xin Yu, Xing Jinyan, Tang Xuexi, Qin Qilong, Zhang Yuzhong, He jianfeng, Jiao Nianzhi,  Andrew McMinn, Tian Jiwei*, Curtis A Suttle, Wang Min*.Virioplankton assemblages from challenger deep, the deepest place in the oceans. iScience, 25(8), 104680.