Peiying Feng, MD & PhD

Title

Vice-Professor of Dermatology and Venerology

Research Interests

• Biodiversity and pathogenesis of black yeasts and relatives

• Bioinformative analysis of black fungi genome

Dr. Peiying Feng is the principal investigator of the National Science Foundation of China [No. 81401650] and the Young Teacher Foundation of Sun Yat-sen University [No. 13ykpy32], which mainly focus on Fonsecaea species pathogenesis.

Education

1/9/2006 - 30/6/2009, PhD in Dermatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

1/9/2002 - 30/6/2005, Master in Dermatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

1/9/1995 - 30/6/2000, Bachelor in Clinical Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Work Experience

1/7/2000 - Current, Dept of. Dermatology, the 3rd Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

1/5/2011 - 26/4/2012 &

1/10/2014- 25/12/2014 &

1/2/2016- 30/4/2016, Researcher at CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Academic Participation

Member of the International Society of Human and Animal Mycology

Coordinator of ISHAM Chromoblastomycosis Group

Committee member of Mycological Society of China

Youth committee member of Chinese Society of Dermatology

Scientific reviewer of Fungal Diversity, Mycopathologia, Medical Mycology, Mycoses, and European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Publications

1.Hu R, Lu C, Lu S, Hu Y, Ma H, Lai W, Zhu G, Feng P, Lu R, Li Y. Value of CXCL13 in diagnosing asymptomatic neurosyphilis in HIV-infected patients. Int J STD AIDS. 2016 Feb;27(2):141-6. doi: 10.1177/0956462415577229.

2.Feng P, Yin S, Zhu G, Li M, Wu B, Xie Y, Ma H, Zhang J, Cheng C, de Hoog GS, Lu C, Lai W. Disseminated infection caused by Emmonsia pasteuriana in a renal transplant recipient. J Dermatol. 2015 Dec;42(12):1179-82. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.12975.

3.Schwartz IS, Kenyon C, Feng P, Govender NP, Dukik K, Sigler L, Jiang Y, Stielow JB, Muñoz JF, Cuomo CA, Botha A, Stchigel AM, de Hoog GS. 50 Years of Emmonsia Disease in Humans: The Dramatic Emergence of a Cluster of Novel Fungal Pathogens. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Nov 19;11(11):e1005198. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005198. eCollection 2015.

4.van Diepeningen AD, Feng P, Ahmed S, Sudhadham M, Bunyaratavej S, de Hoog GS. Spectrum of Fusarium infections in tropical dermatology evidenced by multilocus sequencing typing diagnostics. Mycoses. 2015 Jan;58(1):48-57. doi: 10.1111/myc.12273.

5.Pei-Ying Feng, GS de Hoog, MJ Najafzadeh, AHG Gerrits van den Ende, Benjamin Stielow, H Badali, WA Boeger, VA Vicente. Cladophialophora abundans, a novel species of Chaetothyriales isolated from the natural environment. Mycol Prog. 2014 May; 13(2):381-91.

6.Peiying Feng, Qiaoyun Lu, M.J. Najafzadeh, A.H.G. Gerrits van den Ende, Jiufeng Sun, Ruoyu Li, Liyan Xi, V.A. Vicente, Wei Lai, Chun Lu, G.S. de Hoog. Cyphellophora and its relatives in Phialophora: Biodiversity and possible role in human infection. Fungal Diversity. 2014 March; 65(1):17-45.

7.Jingsi Zeng, Peiying Feng, A. H. G. Gerrits van den Ende, Liyan Xi, M. J. Harrak, G. S. de Hoog. Multilocus analysis of the Exophiala jeanselmei clade containing black yeasts involved in opportunistic disease in humans. Fungal Diversity. 2014 March; 65(1):3-16.

8.Xun Zhou, Anderson M. Rodrigues, Peiying Feng, G. S. de Hoog. Global ITS diversity in the Sporothrix schenckii complex. Fungal Diversity. 2014 May; 66(1):153-65.

9.Sun J, Li X, Feng P, Zhang J, Xie Z, Song E, Xi L. RNAi-mediated silencing of fungal acuD gene attenuates the virulence of Penicillium marneffei. Med Mycol. 2014 Feb;52(2):167-78.

10.Tan Y, Lin L, Feng P, Lai W. Dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton rubrum mimicking syphilid: a case report and review of literature. Mycoses. 2014 May;57(5):312-5.

11.Feng P, Klaassen CH, Meis JF, Najafzadeh MJ, Gerrits Van Den Ende AH, Xi L, de Hoog GS. Identification and typing of isolates of Cyphellophora and relatives by use of amplified fragment length polymorphism and rolling circle amplification. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Mar;51(3):931-7.

12.M.J. Najafzadeh, S. Dolatabadi, M. Saradeghi Keisari, A. Naseri, P. Feng*, G.S. de Hoog. Detection and identification of opportunistic Exophiala species using the rolling circle amplification of ribosomal internal transcribed spacers. J Microbiol Meth. 2013 Sep; 94(3):338-42.

13.Pattanaprichakul P, Bunyaratavej S, Leeyaphan C, Sitthinamsuwan P, Sudhadham M, Muanprasart C, Feng P, Badali H, de Hoog GS. An unusual case of eumycetoma caused by Exophiala jeanselmei after a sea urchin injury. Mycoses. 2013 Jul;56(4):491-4. doi: 10.1111/myc.12050.

14.Feng P, Najafzadeh MJ, Sun J, Ahmed S, Xi L, de Hoog GS, Lai W, Lu C, Klaassen CH, Meis JF. In vitro activities of nine antifungal drugs against 81 Phialophora and Cyphellophora isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Nov;56(11):6044-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01112-12.

15.Xie Z, Feng P, Zhang J, Li X, Sun J, Lu C, Huang H, Xi L. Molecular cloning, characterization and differential expression of Cdc42 in Fonsecaea monophora. Mol Biol Rep. 2012 Feb;39(2):839-44. doi: 10.1007/s11033-011-0806-2.

16.Ma H, Lu C, Feng PY, Li MR. Trachyonychia in an adult with excellent recovery. Acta Dermatovenerol Croat. 2012;20(2):114-6.

17.Sun J, Najafzadeh MJ, Gerrits van den Ende AH, Vicente VA, Feng P, Xi L, De Hoog GS. Molecular characterization of pathogenic members of the genus Fonsecaea using multilocus analysis. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e41512.

18.Zhang X, Huang H, Feng P, Zhang J, Zhong Y, Xue R, Xie Z, Li M, Xi L. In vitro activity of itraconazole in combination with terbinafine against clinical strains of itraconazole-insensitive Sporothrix schenckii. Eur J Dermatol. 2011 Jul-Aug;21(4):573-6.

19.Zhang JM, Sun JF, Feng PY, Li XQ, Lu CM, Lu S, Cai WY, Xi LY, de Hoog GS. Rapid identification and characterization of Penicillium marneffei using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) in paraffin-embedded tissue samples. J Microbiol Methods. 2011 Apr;85(1):33-9.

Contact

Dept of. Dermatology, the 3rd Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

No 600 TianHe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R.China 510630

Email address：fengpeiying@medmail.com.cn

Phone / Fax: 0086-85253017 / 0086-85252425