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Zhi-Xiu Li
Medical School
Southern University of Science and Technology
Guangdong
Language: English, Chinese
Immune Diseases
Chronic Diseases
Complex Diseases
Genetics
Non-Genetic Causes
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Early Diagnosis
Precision Intervention
Disease Management
Vaccine Design
Areas of Focus
- Genetic and non-genetic causes of chronic and complex diseases such as immune diseases
- Early diagnosis, precision intervention, and management of diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis, and development of related methods
- Precision vaccine design for major infectious diseases and viruses
Work Experience
- 2023.12-Present - Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Associate Professor
- 2023.06-2023.12 - Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Assistant Professor
- 2018-2022 - Queensland University of Technology, Vice-Chancellor Research Fellow
- 2016-2018 - Queensland University of Technology, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2014-2016 - University of Queensland, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2015 PhD: Indiana University, School of Informatics
- 2005-2009 Bachelor: University of Science and Technology of China, School of Life Sciences
Publications
- Genotype by sex interactions in ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., McRae, A. F., Wang, G., et al., 2023
- HLA-B27, axial spondyloarthritis and survival, Li, Z., Khan, M. K., Linden, S. M. van der, et al., 2023
- Heterogeneity of axial spondyloarthritis: genetics, sex and structural damage matter, Li, Z., Linden, S. M. van der, Khan, M. A., et al., 2022
- Genome wide association study of response to interval and continuous exercise training: the Predict-HIIT study, Williams, C. J., Li, Z., Harvey, N., et al., 2021
- Polygenic Risk Scores have high diagnostic capacity in ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., Wu, X., Leo, P. J., et al., 2021
- MHC associations of ankylosing spondylitis in East Asians are complex and involve non-HLA-B27 HLA contributions, Wang, G., Kim, T.-H., Li, Z., et al., 2020
- Genome-wide association study in Turkish and Iranian populations identify rare familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) polymorphisms associated with ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., Akar, S., Yarkan, H., et al., 2019
- Progress of genome-wide association studies of ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z. & Brown, M. A., 2017
- Epigenetic and gene expression analysis of ankylosing spondylitis-associated loci implicate immune cells and the gut in the disease pathogenesis, Li, Z., Haynes, K., Pennisi, D. J., et al., 2017
- Direct prediction of profiles of sequences compatible with a protein structure by neural networks with fragment-based local and energy-based nonlocal profiles, Li, Z., Yang, Y., Faraggi, E., Zhan, J. & Zhou, Y., 2014
- Energy Functions in De Novo Protein Design: Current Challenges and Future Prospects, Li, Z., Yang, Y., Zhan, J., Dai, L. & Zhou, Y., 2013
Awards
- 2019 APLAR Best Abstract Award
