Curriculum Vitae
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name, Middle name, First name
ZHOU, Chao (No middle name)
Nationality
Chinese
Prof. Dr. Chao Zhou
l Current Address:
China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China.
E-mail: zhouchao@ctgu.edu.cn
Research filed:
Bioinformatics, Epigenetics
l EDUCATION
PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2011 - 2018
Huazhong Agricultural Unversity, Wuhan, China
BA in Food Science and Engineering 2007 - 2011
Southwest University, Chongqing, Chinar
l WORK EXPERIENCE:
Work in China Three Gorges University (CTGU) 2018-present
Professor 2024-present
Associate professor 2020-2024
College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, CTGU
Chutian scholar 2019-2024
Awarded by Hubei Provincial Department of Education
Laboratory director 2019-present
Yichang Key Laboratory of Omics‑Based Breeding for Chinese Medicines,CTGU
l RESEARCH PAPERS (#First author, *Corresponding author)：
1. Qing Xu#, Chang Liu#, Bin Li, Kewei Tian, Lei You, Li Xie, Huang Wang, Meide Zhang, Wuxian Zhou, Yonghong Zhang*, Chao Zhou*. A chromosome-scale genome assembly and Epigenomic profiling reveal temperature-dependent histone methylation in iridoid biosynthesis regulation in Scrophularia ningpoensis. Horticulture Research. 2025 Mar 4;12(3):uhae328.
2. Bintao Guo#, Xinlin Wei#, Shuangcheng Liu, Wenchao Cui*, Chao Zhou*. Deep learning modeling of RNA ac4C deposition reveals the importance of plant alternative splicing Plant Molecular Biology. 2024 Oct 28;114(6):118.
3. Kewei Tian, Chang Liu, Yanjun Cai, and Chao Zhou. Role of 6mA in the regulation of metabolic biosynthesis in Sorghum callus. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2024 Aug 28; 72(34):19232-19245.
4. Chao Zhou*#, Xinlin Wei#, Shuangcheng Liu#, Chang Liu, Kexin Tian, Dechun Zhang*. Global Characterization of DNA Methylation during Rice Leaf Angle Development. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2024 Aug 28;72(34):19219-19231.
5. Siqi Ma#, Hanlin Zhou#, Tingting Ren, Er‑ru Yu, Bin Feng, Juying Wang, Chengsheng Zhang, Chao Zhou*, Yiqiang Li*. Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis revealed that HaMYB1 modulates anthocyanin accumulation to deepen sunflower flower color. Plant Cell Reports. 2024 Feb 43, 74.
6. Zhe Wang#, Sen Xiang#, Chao Zhou* and Qing Xu. DeepMethylation: a deep learning based framework with GloVe and Transformer encoder for DNA methylation prediction. PeerJ. 2023 Sep 25:11:e16125.
7. Zhou H#, Yan R#, He H#, Wei X, Liu S, Guo B, Zhang Y, Liu X, Rahman SU, Zhou C*, He Z*. Transcriptional profiling of long noncoding RNAs associated with flower color formation in Ipomoea nil. Planta. 2023 May 23;258(1):6.
8. Zhou H#, Yuan Z#, Han S#, He H, Rong J, Guo D, Zhang Y, Zhang D, Liu X*, Zhou C*. Global Decrease in H3K9 Acetylation in Sorghum Seed Postgermination Stages. J Agric Food Chem. 2023 Apr 12;71(14):5836-5850.
9. Lanlan Zheng#, Chao Zhou#, Tonghui Li, Zhu Yuan, Hanlin Zhou, Yosuke Tamada,Yongheng Zhao, Jing Wang, Qian Zheng, Xincai Hao, Ping Huang, Xiangyin Luo,Xiao Xiao, Lei You, Qinhua Chen, Zhubing Hu, Xuanbin Wang, Kun Meng,Guodong Wang*, Yonghong Zhang*, Chen Li*. Global transcriptome analysis reveals dynamic gene expression profiling and provides insights into biosynthesis of resveratrol and anthraquinones in a medicinal plant Polygonum cuspidatum. Industrial Crops & Products. 2021; 171(1) .
10. Chao Zhou#*, Xiaoyun Liu#, Xinglei Li#, Hanlin Zhou, Sijia Wang, Zhu Yuan, Yonghong Zhang, Sanhe Li, Aiqing You, Lei Zhou*, Zhengquan He*. A genome doubling event reshapes rice morphology and products by modulating chromatin signatures and gene expression profiling. Rice (N Y). 2021 Aug 4;14(1):72.
11. Lanlan Zheng, Chen Li, Xueping Ma, Hanlin Zhou, Yuan Liu, Ping Wang, Huilan Yang, Yosuke Tamada, Ji Huang, Chunfei Wang, Zhubing Hu, Xuening Wang, Guodong Wang, Haihong Li, Juntao Hu, Xiaoyun Liu*, Chao Zhou*, Yonghong Zhang*. Functional interplay of histone lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation and acetylation in Arabidopsis under dark-induced starvation. Nucleic Acids Research. 2021 Jul 21;49(13):7347-7360.
12. Chao Zhou#, Sijia Wang#, Hanlin Zhou, Zhu Yuan, Tao Zhou, Yonghong Zhang, Sen Xiang, Fang Yang, Xiangling shen, Dechun Zhang*. Transcriptome sequencing analysis of sorghum callus with various regeneration capacities. Planta. 2021 Jul 21;254(2):33.
13. Xiaoyun Liu, Junling Luo, Tiantian Li, Huilan Yang, Ping Wang, Lufang Su, Yu Zheng, Chun Bao, Chao Zhou*. SDG711 Is Involved in Rice Seed Development through Regulation of Starch Metabolism Gene Expression in Coordination with Other Histone Modifications. Rice (N Y). 2021 Mar 5;14(1):25.
14. Chao Zhou*, Hanlin Zhou, Xueping Ma, Huilan Yang, Ping Wang, Guodong Wang, Lanlan Zheng, Yonghong Zhang*, Xiaoyun Liu*. Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Main Histone Modifications in Sorghum Decipher Regulatory Mechanisms Involved by mRNA and Long Noncoding RNA Genes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2021 Feb 24;69(7):2337-2347.
15. Chao Zhou*, Zhu Yuan, Xueping Ma, Huilan Yang, Ping Wang, Lanlan Zheng, Yonghong Zhang*, Xiaoyun Liu*. Accessible chromatin regions and their functional interrelations with gene transcription and epigenetic modifications in sorghum genome. Plant communications. 2021 Jan 11; 2(1): 100140.
16. Chao Zhou, Changshi Wang, Hongbo Liu, Qiangwei Zhou, Qian Liu, Yan Guo, Ting Peng, Jiaming Song, Jianwei Zhang, Lingling Chen, Yu Zhao, Zhixiong Zeng and Dao-Xiu Zhou*. Identification and analysis of adenine N6-methylation sites in the rice genome. Nature Plants. 2018 Aug;4(8):554-563.
17. Shaoli Zhou#, Xiaoyun Liu#, Chao Zhou#, Qiangwei Zhou, Yu Zhao, Guoliang Li, and Dao-Xiu Zhou*. Cooperation between the H3K27me3 Chromatin Mark and Non-CG Methylation in Epigenetic Regulation. Plant Physiology. 2016 Oct;172(2):1131-1141.
18. Feng Tan#, Chao Zhou# , Qiangwei Zhou#, Shaoli Zhou, Wenjing Yang, Yu Zhao, Guoliang Li, and Dao-Xiu Zhou*. Analysis of Chromatin Regulators Reveals Specific Features of Rice DNA Methylation Pathways. Plant Physiology. 2016 Jul;171(3):2041-54.
l CONFERENCE REPORTs：
1. Chao Zhou. Development of a Genotype-Independent Efficient Genetic Transformation System for Sorghum. The 13th Hubei Province Plant Biology Congress, 2024.
2. Chao Zhou. Epigenome in Sorghum seedling. The 12th Hubei Province Plant Biology Congress, 2023.
3. Chao Zhou, Epigenome in Rice. The 9th Central and East China Bioinformatics Seminar, 2020.
4. Chao Zhou, Qian Liu, Yu Zhao, Dao-Xiu Zhou. Identification and analysis of adenine N6-methylation sites in the rice genome. The 19th National Plant Genome Symposium, 2018.
5. Chao Zhou, Feng Tan, Shaoli Zhou, Xiaoyun Liu, Yu Zhao, Dao-Xiu Zhou. OsDRM2’s function in Rice DNA methylome. The 15th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics, 2017.
