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Name	Xiaohui Zhou
Contact Information	zhouxh@sustech.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Xiaohui Zhou

Contact Information

zhouxh@sustech.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Southern University of Science and Technology
Faculty	Medical School
Academic Background & Achievements	2008 - PhD in Microbiology: Washington State University Selected for the National High-level Talent Plan
Work Experience	2022 – Present: Southern University of Science and Technology - Professor 2013 – 2022: University of Connecticut, Department of Pathobiology - Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Tenured Professor, Researcher (PI) 2010 – 2013: Harvard Medical School/HHMI - Research Assistant 2008 – 2010: Washington State University - Postdoctoral Researcher

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Southern University of Science and Technology

Faculty

Medical School

Academic Background & Achievements

2008 - PhD in Microbiology: Washington State University
Selected for the National High-level Talent Plan

Work Experience

2022 – Present: Southern University of Science and Technology - Professor
2013 – 2022: University of Connecticut, Department of Pathobiology - Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Tenured Professor, Researcher (PI)
2010 – 2013: Harvard Medical School/HHMI - Research Assistant
2008 – 2010: Washington State University - Postdoctoral Researcher

Areas of Focus	Pathogenic microorganisms and host interactions and molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis Development and research of infectious disease vaccines Antibiotic resistance mechanisms and development of new anti-infective drugs
Publications	Ferric chloride induces ferroptosis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and heals wound infection in a mouse model, Zhou X, 2023 Ferrous sulfate-loaded hydrogel cures Staphylococcus aureus infection via facilitating a ferroptosis-like bacterial cell death in a mouse keratitis model, Zhou X, 2022 Nucleolar c-Myc recruitment by a Vibrio T3SS effector promotes host cell proliferation and bacterial virulence, Zhou X, 2021 S-nitrosylation mediated activation of a histidine kinase represses T3SS1 gene expression and promotes virulence of an enteric pathogen, Zhou X, 2020 Identification of the first tail tubular proteins receptor that mediates phage adsorption to a marine pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Zhou X, 2020 A σE-mediated temperature gauge controls a switch from LuxR-mediated virulence gene expression to thermal stress adaptation in Vibrio alginolyticus, Zhou X, 2016 A sensor histidine kinase is a beta-lactam receptor and induces resistance to beta-lactam, Zhou X*, 2016 A Vibrio parahaemolyticus type III effector mediates pathogenesis by independently enabling intestinal colonization and inhibiting TAK1 activation, Zhou X, 2013

Areas of Focus

Pathogenic microorganisms and host interactions and molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis
Development and research of infectious disease vaccines
Antibiotic resistance mechanisms and development of new anti-infective drugs

Publications

Ferric chloride induces ferroptosis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and heals wound infection in a mouse model, Zhou X*, 2023
Ferrous sulfate-loaded hydrogel cures Staphylococcus aureus infection via facilitating a ferroptosis-like bacterial cell death in a mouse keratitis model, Zhou X*, 2022
Nucleolar c-Myc recruitment by a Vibrio T3SS effector promotes host cell proliferation and bacterial virulence, Zhou X*, 2021
S-nitrosylation mediated activation of a histidine kinase represses T3SS1 gene expression and promotes virulence of an enteric pathogen, Zhou X*, 2020
Identification of the first tail tubular proteins receptor that mediates phage adsorption to a marine pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Zhou X*, 2020
A σE-mediated temperature gauge controls a switch from LuxR-mediated virulence gene expression to thermal stress adaptation in Vibrio alginolyticus, Zhou X*, 2016
A sensor histidine kinase is a beta-lactam receptor and induces resistance to beta-lactam, Zhou X*, 2016
A Vibrio parahaemolyticus type III effector mediates pathogenesis by independently enabling intestinal colonization and inhibiting TAK1 activation, Zhou X, 2013

Pathogens Host Interaction Molecular Mechanisms Pathogenesis Vaccines Infectious Diseases Antibiotic Resistance Anti-Infective Drugs Drug Development Microbiology

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Baoli Zhu - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jie Feng - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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