Areas of Focus
- Dairy Cow Nutrition and Metabolism
- Gastrointestinal Function and Microbiome
Academic Background & Achievements
- Recipient of National Excellent Young Scientists Fund
- Recipient of National Key R&D Program Young Scientist Project
- Recipient of Zhejiang Provincial Outstanding Young Scientists Fund
Publications
- The hindgut microbiome contributes to host oxidative stress in postpartum dairy cows by affecting glutathione synthesis process, Gu, F. F., Zhu, S. L., Hou, J. X., Tang, Y. F., Liu, J. X., Xu, Q. B.*, Sun, H. Z.*, 2023
- Gut microbiome is linked to functions of peripheral immune cells in transition cows during excessive lipolysis, Gu, F. F., Zhu, S. L., Tang, Y. F., Liu, X. H., Jia, M. H., Malmuthuge N., Valencak, T. G., McFadden, J. W., Liu, J. X., Sun, H. Z.*, 2023
- Age- and microbiota-dependent cell stemness plasticity revealed by cattle cell landscape, Wu, J. J., Zhu, S., Tang, Y. F., Gu, F., Valencak, T. G., Liu, J. X., & Sun, H. Z.*, 2023
- Dynamic fecal microenvironment properties enable predictions and understanding of peripartum blood oxidative status and non-esterified fatty acids in dairy cows, Zhu, S. L., Gu, F. F., Tang, Y. F., Liu, X. H., Jia, M. H., Valencak T. G., Liu, J. X., & Sun, H. Z.*, 2023
- Investigation of fiber utilization in the rumen of dairy cows based on metagenome-assembled genomes and single-cell RNA sequencing, Xue, M.Y.#, Wu, J. J.#, Xie, Y., Zhu, S., Zhong, Y., Liu, J. X., & Sun, H. Z.*, 2022
- Cross-tissue single-cell transcriptomic landscape reveals the key cell subtypes and their potential roles in the nutrient absorption and metabolism in dairy cattle, Wu, J. J.#, Zhu, S.#, Gu, F., Valencak, T. G., Liu, J. X., & Sun, H. Z.*, 2022
- Integrated meta-omics reveals new ruminal microbial features associated with feed efficiency in dairy cattle, Xue, M.Y., Xie, Y.Y., Zhong, Y., Ma, X. X., Sun, H. Z.*, & Liu, J. X.*, 2022
- Microbiota-host crosstalk in the newborn and adult rumen at single-cell resolution, Wu, J. J., Zhu, S., Tang, Y. F., Gu, F., Liu, J. X., & Sun, H. Z.*, 2022
- Feedomics provides bidirectional omics strategies between genetics and nutrition for improved production in cattle, Liu, X. H., Tang, Y. F., Wu, J. J., Liu, J. X., & Sun, H. Z.*, 2022
- Multi-omics revealed the effects of rumen-protected methionine on the nutrient profile of milk in dairy cows, Gu, F.#, Liang, S.#, Zhu, S., Liu, J. X., & Sun, H. Z.*, 2021
Awards
- Yihe Young Innovation Award
- Yang Sheng Nutrition Technology Innovation Award
- Animal Nutrition Society Young Scholar Forum Winner Award
- DSM China Young Scholar Animal Nutrition Science Award Finalist