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Name	Zhen Zou
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Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Beijing

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Name

Zhen Zou

Contact Information

zouzhen@ioz.ac.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Institute of Zoology
Academic Background & Achievements	1997 - Bachelor's degree in Biochemical Engineering: East China University of Science and Technology 2005 - PhD in Entomology: Oklahoma State University
Work Experience	2010.10 - Assistant Researcher at Oklahoma State University and University of California, Riverside 2012.07 - Group Leader, Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Awards	2005 - National Outstanding Overseas Student Scholarship 2005 - Student Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology from the Entomological Society of America

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Institute of Zoology

Academic Background & Achievements

1997 - Bachelor's degree in Biochemical Engineering: East China University of Science and Technology
2005 - PhD in Entomology: Oklahoma State University

Work Experience

2010.10 - Assistant Researcher at Oklahoma State University and University of California, Riverside
2012.07 - Group Leader, Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Awards

2005 - National Outstanding Overseas Student Scholarship
2005 - Student Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology from the Entomological Society of America

Areas of Focus	Comparative evolution of invertebrate immune systems Antifungal and antiviral immune responses in sanitary and agricultural insects Hormone-regulated insect reproductive biology
Publications	Inhibition of melanization by serpin-5 and serpin-9 promotes baculovirus infection in cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera, Yuan C, Xing L, Wang M, Wang X, Yin M, Wang Q, Hu Z#, and Zou Z#, 2017 Hormone and receptor interplay in the regulation of mosquito lipid metabolism, Wang X, Hou Y, Saha TT, Pei G, Raikhel AS#, Zou Z#, 2017 Activation of Aedes aegypti prophenoloxidase-3 and its role in the immune response against entomopathogenic fungi, Wang Y, Jiang H, Cheng Y, An C, Chu Y, Raikhel AS, Zou Z#, 2017 Dynamics of the interaction between cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera and nucleopolyhedrovirus as revealed by integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, Xing L, Yuan C, Wang M, Lin Z, Shen B, Hu Z, Zou Z#, 2017 Ascarosides coordinate the dispersal of a plant-parasitic nematode with the metamorphosis of its vector beetle, Zhao LL, Zhang X, Wei Y, Zhou J, Zhang W, Qin P, Chinta S, Kong X, Liu Y, Yu H, Hu S, Zou Z#, Butcher RA#, Sun JH#, 2016 Determination of juvenile hormone titers by means of LC-MS/MS/MS and a juvenile hormone-responsiveGal4/UAS system in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, Zhao B, Hou Y, Wang J, Kokoza VA, Saha TT, Wang XL, Lin L, Zou Z#, Raikhel AS#, 2016 Regulation of gene expression patterns in mosquito reproduction, Roy, S., Saha, T. T., Johnson, L., Zhao, B., Ha, J., White, K. P., Girke, T., Zou, Z#. and Raikhel, A. S#, 2015 Temporal Coordination of Carbohydrate Metabolism during Mosquito Reproduction, Hou, Y., Wang X.L., Saha, T.T., Roy, S., Zhao, B., Raikhel, A.S.#, Zou Z#, 2015 Transcriptomic insight into the immune defenses in the ghost moth, Hepialus xiaojinensis, during an Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungal infection, Meng, Q., Yu, H.Y., Zhang, H., Zhu, W., Wang, M.L., Zhang, J.H., Zhou, G.L., Li, X., Qin, Q.L.#, Hu, S.N.#, Zou, Z#, 2015 A Critical Role for CLSP2 in the Modulation of Antifungal Immune Response in Mosquitoes, Wang, Y.H., Hu, Y., Xing, L.S., Jiang, H., Hu, S.N., Raikhel, A.S. #, Zou, Z#, 2015 High throughput profiling of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera immunotranscriptome during the fungal and bacterial infections, Xiong, G.H., Xing, L.S., Lin, Z., Saha, T.T., Wang, C., Jiang, H., Zou, Z#, 2015 Juvenile hormone and its receptor, methoprene-tolerant, control the dynamics of mosquito gene expression, Zou, Z., Saha, T.T., Roy, S., Shin, S.W., Backman, T.W., Girke, T., White, K.P., and Raikhel, A.S., 2013 Transcriptome Analysis of Aedes aegypti Transgenic Mosquitoes with Altered Immunity, Zou, Z., Souza-Neto, J.A., Xi, Z., Shin, S.W., Alvarez, K.S., Kokoza, K., Dimopoulos, G., Raikhel, A.S., 2011 Distinct melanization pathways in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, Zou, Z., Shin, S.W., Alvarez, K.S., Kokoza, K., Raikhel, A.S., 2010 Mosquito RUNX4 in the immune regulation of PPO gene expression and its effect on avian malaria parasite infection, Zou, Z., Shin, S.W.*, Alvarez, K.S., Bian, G., Kokoza, K., Raikhel, A.S., 2008 Comparative genomic analysis of the Tribolium immune system, Zou, Z., Evans, J., Lu, Z., Zhao, P., Williams, M., Sumathipala, N., Hetru, C., Hultmark D., Jiang H., 2007 Manduca sexta serpin-6 regulates immune serine proteinases PAP-3 and HP8. cDNA cloning, protein expression, inhibition kinetics, and function elucidation, Zou, Z., Jiang, H., 2005

Areas of Focus

Comparative evolution of invertebrate immune systems
Antifungal and antiviral immune responses in sanitary and agricultural insects
Hormone-regulated insect reproductive biology

Publications

Inhibition of melanization by serpin-5 and serpin-9 promotes baculovirus infection in cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera, Yuan C, Xing L, Wang M, Wang X, Yin M, Wang Q, Hu Z#, and Zou Z#, 2017
Hormone and receptor interplay in the regulation of mosquito lipid metabolism, Wang X, Hou Y, Saha TT, Pei G, Raikhel AS#, Zou Z#, 2017
Activation of Aedes aegypti prophenoloxidase-3 and its role in the immune response against entomopathogenic fungi, Wang Y, Jiang H, Cheng Y, An C, Chu Y, Raikhel AS, Zou Z#, 2017
Dynamics of the interaction between cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera and nucleopolyhedrovirus as revealed by integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, Xing L, Yuan C, Wang M, Lin Z, Shen B, Hu Z, Zou Z#, 2017
Ascarosides coordinate the dispersal of a plant-parasitic nematode with the metamorphosis of its vector beetle, Zhao LL, Zhang X, Wei Y, Zhou J, Zhang W, Qin P, Chinta S, Kong X, Liu Y, Yu H, Hu S, Zou Z#, Butcher RA#, Sun JH#, 2016
Determination of juvenile hormone titers by means of LC-MS/MS/MS and a juvenile hormone-responsiveGal4/UAS system in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, Zhao B, Hou Y, Wang J, Kokoza VA, Saha TT, Wang XL, Lin L, Zou Z#, Raikhel AS#, 2016
Regulation of gene expression patterns in mosquito reproduction, Roy, S., Saha, T. T., Johnson, L., Zhao, B., Ha, J., White, K. P., Girke, T., Zou, Z#. and Raikhel, A. S#, 2015
Temporal Coordination of Carbohydrate Metabolism during Mosquito Reproduction, Hou, Y., Wang X.L., Saha, T.T., Roy, S., Zhao, B., Raikhel, A.S.#, Zou Z#, 2015
Transcriptomic insight into the immune defenses in the ghost moth, Hepialus xiaojinensis, during an Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungal infection, Meng, Q., Yu, H.Y., Zhang, H., Zhu, W., Wang, M.L., Zhang, J.H., Zhou, G.L., Li, X., Qin, Q.L.#, Hu, S.N.#, Zou, Z#, 2015
A Critical Role for CLSP2 in the Modulation of Antifungal Immune Response in Mosquitoes, Wang, Y.H., Hu, Y., Xing, L.S., Jiang, H., Hu, S.N., Raikhel, A.S. #, Zou, Z#, 2015
High throughput profiling of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera immunotranscriptome during the fungal and bacterial infections, Xiong, G.H., Xing, L.S., Lin, Z., Saha, T.T., Wang, C., Jiang, H., Zou, Z#, 2015
Juvenile hormone and its receptor, methoprene-tolerant, control the dynamics of mosquito gene expression, Zou, Z.*, Saha, T.T.*, Roy, S.*, Shin, S.W., Backman, T.W., Girke, T., White, K.P., and Raikhel, A.S., 2013
Transcriptome Analysis of Aedes aegypti Transgenic Mosquitoes with Altered Immunity, Zou, Z.*, Souza-Neto, J.A.*, Xi, Z., Shin, S.W., Alvarez, K.S., Kokoza, K., Dimopoulos, G., Raikhel, A.S., 2011
Distinct melanization pathways in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, Zou, Z.*, Shin, S.W.*, Alvarez, K.S., Kokoza, K., Raikhel, A.S., 2010
Mosquito RUNX4 in the immune regulation of PPO gene expression and its effect on avian malaria parasite infection, Zou, Z.*, Shin, S.W.*, Alvarez, K.S., Bian, G., Kokoza, K., Raikhel, A.S., 2008
Comparative genomic analysis of the Tribolium immune system, Zou, Z., Evans, J., Lu, Z., Zhao, P., Williams, M., Sumathipala, N., Hetru, C., Hultmark D., Jiang H., 2007
Manduca sexta serpin-6 regulates immune serine proteinases PAP-3 and HP8. cDNA cloning, protein expression, inhibition kinetics, and function elucidation, Zou, Z., Jiang, H., 2005

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