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Name	Zhou Qi
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Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Zhejiang

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Name

Zhou Qi

Contact Information

zhouqi1982@zju.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Zhejiang

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Zhejiang University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2003-2008 PhD in Genetics, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1999-2003 Bachelor of Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University
Work Experience	2015 - Present Professor, Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor at Zhejiang University, Life Sciences Institute 2009-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Associate at University of California, Berkeley 2008-2009 Assistant Researcher at Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Awards	2021 Finalist for the Young Scientist Award, Chinese Society for Cell Biology 2020 UK-China Talent Fund, National Natural Science Foundation 2019 Major Project Fund, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2019 Golden Poster Award, Edinburgh Genetics Conference of the Century 2018 Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, National Natural Science Foundation 2017 Project Fund, National Natural Science Foundation 2015 Scholarship, Genome 10K Conference, USA 2015 DeNill Nesser Professional Development Award, National Genetics Association, USA 2012 Second Prize, National Natural Science Award, State Council of China, Third Completer

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Zhejiang University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2003-2008 PhD in Genetics, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1999-2003 Bachelor of Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University

Work Experience

2015 - Present Professor, Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor at Zhejiang University, Life Sciences Institute
2009-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Associate at University of California, Berkeley
2008-2009 Assistant Researcher at Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Awards

2021 Finalist for the Young Scientist Award, Chinese Society for Cell Biology
2020 UK-China Talent Fund, National Natural Science Foundation
2019 Major Project Fund, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation
2019 Golden Poster Award, Edinburgh Genetics Conference of the Century
2018 Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, National Natural Science Foundation
2017 Project Fund, National Natural Science Foundation
2015 Scholarship, Genome 10K Conference, USA
2015 DeNill Nesser Professional Development Award, National Genetics Association, USA
2012 Second Prize, National Natural Science Award, State Council of China, Third Completer

Areas of Focus	Mechanisms of bird sex determination Role of piRNA in Y chromosome degeneration in fruit flies Evolutionary history of bird sex chromosomes
Publications	Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise, Valentina Peona, Mozes P K Blom, Luohao Xu, Reto Burri, Shawn Sullivan, Ignas Bunikis, Ivan Liachko, Tri Haryoko, Knud A Jønsson, Zhou Qi, Martin Irestedt, Alexander Suh, 2021 A new duck genome reveals conserved and convergently evolved chromosome architectures of birds and mammals, Li Jing, Zhang Jilin, Liu Jing, Zhou Yang, Cai Cheng, Xu Luohao, Dai Xuelei, Feng Shaohong, Guo Chunxue, Rao Jinpeng, Wei Kai, Erich D Jarvis, Jiang Yu, Zhou Zhengkui, Zhang Guojie, Zhou Qi, 2021 A new emu genome illuminates the evolution of genome configuration and nuclear architecture of avian chromosomes, Liu Jing, Wang Zongji, Xu Luohao, Liu Jiaqi, Shaohong Feng, Chunxue Guo, Shengchan Chen, Zhanjun Ren, Jinpeng Rao, Kai Wei, Yuezhou Chen, Erich Jarvis, Zhang Guojie, Zhou Qi, 2021 Platypus and echidna genomes reveal mammalian biology and evolution, Zhou, Yang, Shearwin-Whyatt, Linda, Li, Jing, Song, Zhenzhen, Hayakawa, Takashi, Stevens, David, Fenelon, Jane C., Peel, Emma, Cheng, Yuanyuan, Pajpach, Filip, Bradley, Natasha, Suzuki, Hikoyu, Nikaido, Masato, Damas, Joana, Daish, Tasman, Perry, Tahlia, Zhu, Zexian, Geng, Yuncong, Rhie, Arang, Sims, Ying, Wood, Jonathan, Haase, Bettina, Mountcastle, Jacquelyn, Fedrigo, Olivier, Li, Qiye, Yang, Huanming, Wang, Jian, Johnston, Stephen D., Phillippy, Adam M., Howe, Kerstin, Jarvis, Erich D., Ryder, Oliver A., Kaessmann, Henrik, Donnelly, Peter, Korlach, Jonas, Lewin, Harris A., Graves, Jennifer, Belov, Katherine, Renfree, Marilyn, Grutzner, Frank, Zhou Qi, Zhang, Guojie, 2021 Dynamic evolution of transposable elements, demographic history, and gene content of paleognathous birds, Wang Zong-Ji, Chen Guang-Ji, Zhou Qi, Zhang Guo-Jie, 2020 Origin of a giant sex chromosome, Matthew A Conte, Frances E Clark, Reade B Roberts, Luohao Xu, Wenjing Tao, Zhou Qi, Deshou Wang, Thomas D Kocher, 2020 Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics, Feng, Shaohong, Stiller, Josefin, Deng, Yuan, Armstrong, Joel, Fang, Qi, Reeve, Andrew Hart, Xie, Duo, Chen, Guangji, Guo, Chunxue, Faircloth, Brant C., Petersen, Bent, Wang, Zongji, Zhou, Qi, Diekhans, Mark, Chen, Wanjun, Andreu-Sanchez, Sergio, Margaryan, Ashot, Howard, Jason Travis, Parent, Carole, Pacheco, George, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Puetz, Lara, Cavill, Emily, Ribeiro, Angela M., Eckhart, Leopold, Fjeldsa, Jon, Hosner, Peter A., Brumfield, Robb T., Christidis, Les, Bertelsen, Mads F., Paten, Benedict, Zhang, Guojie, 2020 Sequence Transpositions Restore Genes on the Highly Degenerated W Chromosomes of Songbirds, Xu, Luohao, Irestedt, Martin, Zhou Qi, 2020 High-quality chromosome-level genomes of two tilapia species reveal their evolution of repeat sequences and sex chromosomes, Tao, Wenjing, Xu, Luohao, Zhao, Lin, Zhu, Zexian, Wu, Xin, Min, Qianwen, Wang, Deshou, Zhou Qi, 2020 The Female-Specific W Chromosomes of Birds Have Conserved Gene Contents but Are Not Feminized, Liu Jing, Mujahid Ali, Zhou Qi, 2020 Establishment and evolution of heterochromatin, Liu Jing, Mujahid Ali, Zhou Qi, 2020 Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds, Xu, Luohao, Auer, Gabriel, Peona, Valentina, Suh, Alexander, Deng, Yuan, Feng, Shaohong, Zhang, Guojie, Blom, Mozes P K, Christidis, Les, Prost, Stefan, Irestedt, Martin, Zhou, Qi, 2019 On the Regulatory Evolution of New Genes Throughout Their Life History, Zhang Jiayu, Zhou Qi, 2019 性别决定机制和性染色体的演化, 吴芮封, 徐小曼, 周琦, 2019 Molecular mechanism of temperature-dependent sex determination and differentiation in Chinese alligator revealed by developmental transcriptome profiling, Lin Jian Qing, Zhou Qi, Yang Hai Qiong, Fang Li Ming, Tang Ke Yi, Sun Li, Wan Qiu Hong, Fang Sheng Guo, 2018 The histone deacetylase HDAC1 positively regulates Notch signaling during Drosophila wing development, Lyu Jialan, Wang Zehua, Wang Fang, Miao Chen, Nan Zi, Zhang Jiayu, Xi Yongmei, Zhou Qi, Yang Xiaohang, Ge Wanzhong, 2018 Functional roles of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements on macroevolution of bird-specific features, Seki, Ryohei, Li, Cai, Fang, Qi, Hayashi, Shinichi, Egawa, Shiro, Hu, Jiang, Xu, Luohao, Pan, Hailin, Kondo, Mao, Sato, Tomohiko, Matsubara, Haruka, Kamiyama, Namiko, Kitajima, Keiichi, Saito, Daisuke, Liu, Yang, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Zhou Qi, Xu, Xing, Shiroishi, Toshihiko, Irie, Naoki, Tamura, Koji, Zhang, Guojie, 2017 Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Avian Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Genes, Zhang Jilin, Li Jing, Zhou Qi, 2017 Alternative Splicing within and between Drosophila Species, Sexes, Tissues, and Developmental Stages, Gibilisco, Lauren, Zhou, Qi, Mahajan, Shivani, Bachtrog, Doris, 2016 Evolutionary trajectories of snake genes and genomes revealed by comparative analyses of five-pacer viper, Yin, Wei, Wang, Zong-Ji, Li, Qi-Ye, Lian, Jin-Ming, Zhou, Yang, Lu, Bing-Zheng, Jin, Li-Jun, Qiu, Peng-Xin, Zhang, Pei, Zhu, Wen-Bo, Wen, Bo, Huang, Yi-Jun, Lin, Zhi-Long, Qiu, Bi-Tao, Su, Xing-Wen, Yang, Huan-Ming, Zhang, Guo-Jie, Yan, Guang-Mei, Zhou Qi, 2016 Ancestral Chromatin Configuration Constrains Chromatin Evolution on Differentiating Sex Chromosomes in Drosophila, Zhou, Qi, Bachtrog, Doris, 2015 Improving the ostrich genome assembly using optical mapping data, Zhang, Jilin, Li, Cai, Zhou, Qi, Zhang, Guojie, 2015 Temporal genomic evolution of bird sex chromosomes, Wang, Zongji, Zhang, Jilin, Yang, Wei, An, Na, Zhang, Pei, Zhang, Guojie, Zhou, Qi, 2014 Complex evolutionary trajectories of sex chromosomes across bird taxa, Zhou, Qi, Zhang, Jilin, Bachtrog, Doris, An, Na,

Areas of Focus

Mechanisms of bird sex determination
Role of piRNA in Y chromosome degeneration in fruit flies
Evolutionary history of bird sex chromosomes

Publications

Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise, Valentina Peona, Mozes P K Blom, Luohao Xu, Reto Burri, Shawn Sullivan, Ignas Bunikis, Ivan Liachko, Tri Haryoko, Knud A Jønsson, Zhou Qi, Martin Irestedt, Alexander Suh, 2021
A new duck genome reveals conserved and convergently evolved chromosome architectures of birds and mammals, Li Jing, Zhang Jilin, Liu Jing, Zhou Yang, Cai Cheng, Xu Luohao, Dai Xuelei, Feng Shaohong, Guo Chunxue, Rao Jinpeng, Wei Kai, Erich D Jarvis, Jiang Yu, Zhou Zhengkui, Zhang Guojie, Zhou Qi, 2021
A new emu genome illuminates the evolution of genome configuration and nuclear architecture of avian chromosomes, Liu Jing, Wang Zongji, Xu Luohao, Liu Jiaqi, Shaohong Feng, Chunxue Guo, Shengchan Chen, Zhanjun Ren, Jinpeng Rao, Kai Wei, Yuezhou Chen, Erich Jarvis, Zhang Guojie, Zhou Qi, 2021
Platypus and echidna genomes reveal mammalian biology and evolution, Zhou, Yang, Shearwin-Whyatt, Linda, Li, Jing, Song, Zhenzhen, Hayakawa, Takashi, Stevens, David, Fenelon, Jane C., Peel, Emma, Cheng, Yuanyuan, Pajpach, Filip, Bradley, Natasha, Suzuki, Hikoyu, Nikaido, Masato, Damas, Joana, Daish, Tasman, Perry, Tahlia, Zhu, Zexian, Geng, Yuncong, Rhie, Arang, Sims, Ying, Wood, Jonathan, Haase, Bettina, Mountcastle, Jacquelyn, Fedrigo, Olivier, Li, Qiye, Yang, Huanming, Wang, Jian, Johnston, Stephen D., Phillippy, Adam M., Howe, Kerstin, Jarvis, Erich D., Ryder, Oliver A., Kaessmann, Henrik, Donnelly, Peter, Korlach, Jonas, Lewin, Harris A., Graves, Jennifer, Belov, Katherine, Renfree, Marilyn, Grutzner, Frank, Zhou Qi, Zhang, Guojie, 2021
Dynamic evolution of transposable elements, demographic history, and gene content of paleognathous birds, Wang Zong-Ji, Chen Guang-Ji, Zhou Qi, Zhang Guo-Jie, 2020
Origin of a giant sex chromosome, Matthew A Conte, Frances E Clark, Reade B Roberts, Luohao Xu, Wenjing Tao, Zhou Qi, Deshou Wang, Thomas D Kocher, 2020
Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics, Feng, Shaohong, Stiller, Josefin, Deng, Yuan, Armstrong, Joel, Fang, Qi, Reeve, Andrew Hart, Xie, Duo, Chen, Guangji, Guo, Chunxue, Faircloth, Brant C., Petersen, Bent, Wang, Zongji, Zhou, Qi, Diekhans, Mark, Chen, Wanjun, Andreu-Sanchez, Sergio, Margaryan, Ashot, Howard, Jason Travis, Parent, Carole, Pacheco, George, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Puetz, Lara, Cavill, Emily, Ribeiro, Angela M., Eckhart, Leopold, Fjeldsa, Jon, Hosner, Peter A., Brumfield, Robb T., Christidis, Les, Bertelsen, Mads F., Paten, Benedict, Zhang, Guojie, 2020
Sequence Transpositions Restore Genes on the Highly Degenerated W Chromosomes of Songbirds, Xu, Luohao, Irestedt, Martin, Zhou Qi, 2020
High-quality chromosome-level genomes of two tilapia species reveal their evolution of repeat sequences and sex chromosomes, Tao, Wenjing, Xu, Luohao, Zhao, Lin, Zhu, Zexian, Wu, Xin, Min, Qianwen, Wang, Deshou, Zhou Qi, 2020
The Female-Specific W Chromosomes of Birds Have Conserved Gene Contents but Are Not Feminized, Liu Jing, Mujahid Ali, Zhou Qi, 2020
Establishment and evolution of heterochromatin, Liu Jing, Mujahid Ali, Zhou Qi, 2020
Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds, Xu, Luohao, Auer, Gabriel, Peona, Valentina, Suh, Alexander, Deng, Yuan, Feng, Shaohong, Zhang, Guojie, Blom, Mozes P K, Christidis, Les, Prost, Stefan, Irestedt, Martin, Zhou, Qi, 2019
On the Regulatory Evolution of New Genes Throughout Their Life History, Zhang Jiayu, Zhou Qi, 2019
性别决定机制和性染色体的演化, 吴芮封, 徐小曼, 周琦, 2019
Molecular mechanism of temperature-dependent sex determination and differentiation in Chinese alligator revealed by developmental transcriptome profiling, Lin Jian Qing, Zhou Qi, Yang Hai Qiong, Fang Li Ming, Tang Ke Yi, Sun Li, Wan Qiu Hong, Fang Sheng Guo, 2018
The histone deacetylase HDAC1 positively regulates Notch signaling during Drosophila wing development, Lyu Jialan, Wang Zehua, Wang Fang, Miao Chen, Nan Zi, Zhang Jiayu, Xi Yongmei, Zhou Qi, Yang Xiaohang, Ge Wanzhong, 2018
Functional roles of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements on macroevolution of bird-specific features, Seki, Ryohei, Li, Cai, Fang, Qi, Hayashi, Shinichi, Egawa, Shiro, Hu, Jiang, Xu, Luohao, Pan, Hailin, Kondo, Mao, Sato, Tomohiko, Matsubara, Haruka, Kamiyama, Namiko, Kitajima, Keiichi, Saito, Daisuke, Liu, Yang, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Zhou Qi, Xu, Xing, Shiroishi, Toshihiko, Irie, Naoki, Tamura, Koji, Zhang, Guojie, 2017
Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Avian Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Genes, Zhang Jilin, Li Jing, Zhou Qi, 2017
Alternative Splicing within and between Drosophila Species, Sexes, Tissues, and Developmental Stages, Gibilisco, Lauren, Zhou, Qi, Mahajan, Shivani, Bachtrog, Doris, 2016
Evolutionary trajectories of snake genes and genomes revealed by comparative analyses of five-pacer viper, Yin, Wei, Wang, Zong-Ji, Li, Qi-Ye, Lian, Jin-Ming, Zhou, Yang, Lu, Bing-Zheng, Jin, Li-Jun, Qiu, Peng-Xin, Zhang, Pei, Zhu, Wen-Bo, Wen, Bo, Huang, Yi-Jun, Lin, Zhi-Long, Qiu, Bi-Tao, Su, Xing-Wen, Yang, Huan-Ming, Zhang, Guo-Jie, Yan, Guang-Mei, Zhou Qi, 2016
Ancestral Chromatin Configuration Constrains Chromatin Evolution on Differentiating Sex Chromosomes in Drosophila, Zhou, Qi, Bachtrog, Doris, 2015
Improving the ostrich genome assembly using optical mapping data, Zhang, Jilin, Li, Cai, Zhou, Qi, Zhang, Guojie, 2015
Temporal genomic evolution of bird sex chromosomes, Wang, Zongji, Zhang, Jilin, Yang, Wei, An, Na, Zhang, Pei, Zhang, Guojie, Zhou, Qi, 2014
Complex evolutionary trajectories of sex chromosomes across bird taxa, Zhou, Qi, Zhang, Jilin, Bachtrog, Doris, An, Na,

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