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Zhouqing Luo
Life Science
Xiamen University
Fujian
Language: English, Chinese
Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Chromosome Design
Eukaryotic Genome
Histone Modification
Genome Synthesis
Artificial Life
Genomic Function
Chromosome Construction
Genomic Applications
Areas of Focus
- Synthetic Genomics
Work Experience
- 2017-2021 - Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate Professor
- 2022-Present - Xiamen University, School of Life Sciences - Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012 - Bachelor's Degree in Biology: Xiamen University
- 2017 - Ph.D. in Biology: Tsinghua University
- Achievement: Participated in the world's first eukaryotic genome synthesis project
Publications
- Engineering the ribosomal DNA in a megabase synthetic chromosome, W. Zhang*, G. Zhao*, Z. Luo*, et al., 2017
- Deep functional analysis of synII, a 770-kilobase synthetic yeast chromosome, Y. Shen*, Y. Wang*, T. Chen*, et al., 2017
- 3D organization of synthetic and scrambled chromosomes, G. Mercy*, J. Mozziconacci*, V.F. Scolari, et al., 2017
- Identifying and characterizing SCRaMbLEd synthetic yeast using ReSCuES, Z. Luo*, L. Wang*, Y. Wang, et al., 2018
- Rapid pathway prototyping and engineering using in vitro and in vivo synthetic genome SCRaMbLE-in methods, W. Liu*, Z. Luo, Y. Wang, et al., 2018
- Compacting a synthetic yeast chromosome arm, Z. Luo#*, K. Yu*, S. Xie, et al., 2021
- 2-Hydroxyisobutyrylation on histone H4K8 is regulated by glucose homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, J. Huang*, Z. Luo*, W. Ying*, et al., 2017
- Landscape of the regulatory elements for lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation pathway, H. Huang*, Z. Luo*, S. Qi*, et al., 2018
- Dnt1 acts as a mitotic inhibitor of the spindle checkpoint protein dma1 in fission yeast, Y. Wang*, W. Li*, A.E. Johnson*, et al., 2012
- Synthetic genomics: the art of design and synthesis, Z. Luo, J. Dai, 2017
- Whole genome engineering by synthesis, Z. Luo, Q. Yang, B. Geng, et al., 2018
- Technologies for DNA Synthesis, Assembly, and Transplantation, J. Lu, Z. Luo, S. Jiang, et al., 2018
- Precise Synthesis of Designer Large Chromosomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, B. Li, Y. Wu, Z. Xie, et al., 2018
- Probing eukaryotic genome functions with synthetic chromosomes, Z. Luo, S. Hoffmann, S. Jiang, et al., 2020
- Sc3.0: revamping and minimizing the yeast genome, J. Dai, J.D. Boeke, Z. Luo, et al., 2020
- Chromosomal Rearrangements of Synthetic Yeast by SCRaMbLE, Z. Luo, S. Jiang, J. Dai, 2021
- Use YeastFab to Construct Genetic Parts and Multicomponent Pathways for Metabolic Engineering, S. Jiang, Z. Luo, J. Dai, 2021
Awards
- Sc2.0 Fellowship Award (2016): University of Edinburgh
- 2017 Cold Spring Harbor Asia Fellowship Award (2017)
