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Yi Zhou
Life Science
Huazhong Agricultural University
Hubei
Language: Chinese, English
Directed Evolution
Enzyme Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Cell Factory
E. Coli
Yeast
Chemical Production
Green Manufacturing
Nitrogenase
Gene Clusters
Areas of Focus
- Industrial Biotechnology and Green Biomanufacturing
- Microbial Nitrogen Fixation Metabolism and Regulation
Work Experience
- 2015-2017 - National University of Singapore - Postdoctoral Researcher in Synthetic Biology
- 2017-2018 - University of Basel, Switzerland - Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemistry
- 2020-present - Huazhong Agricultural University - Associate Researcher in the College of Life Science and Technology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2003-2007 Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology: Wuhan University
- 2007-2013 Doctor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Peking University
Publications
- Benzoic acid production via cascade biotransformation and coupled fermentation-biotransformation., Yi Zhou, Balaji Sundara Sekar, Shuke Wu, Zhi Li, 2020
- Breaking Symmetry: Engineering Single-Chain Dimeric Streptavidin as Host for Artificial Metalloenzymes., Shuke Wu, Yi Zhou, Johannes G. Rebelein, Miriam Kuhn, Hendrik Mallin, Jingming Zhao, Nico V. Igareta, Thomas R. Ward, 2019
- Bioproduction of Benzylamine from Renewable Feedstocks via a Nine-Step Artificial Enzyme Cascade and Engineered Metabolic Pathways., Yi Zhou, Shuke Wu, Jiwei Mao, Zhi Li, 2018
- One-Pot Enantioselective Synthesis of ᴅ-Phenylglycines from Racemic Mandelic Acids, Styrenes, or Biobased ʟ-Phenylalanine via Cascade Biocatalysis., Yi Zhou, Shuke Wu, Zhi Li, 2017
- Cascade Biocatalysis for Sustainable Asymmetric Synthesis: from Biobased ʟ-Phenylalanine to High-value Chiral Chemicals., Yi Zhou, Shuke Wu, Zhi Li, 2016
- Spacing requirements for Class I transcription activation in bacteria are set by promoter elements., Yi Zhou, Annie Kolb, Stephen J. W. Busby, Yi-Ping Wang, 2014
- 从非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中快速高效回收DNA片段, 周颐, 王忆平, 2013
