Chi Zhou

Assistant Professor, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Member of the Graduate Faculty

William J. Parker Agricultural, N109

Chi Zhou, Ph.D.

Lab website: https://sites.arizona.edu/chizhou-lab/

Positions:

  • 2020 - current Assistant Professor of Physiology, School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • 2021 - current Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Honors (Past 6 years):

  • 2022 ACE Award, 69th annual scientific meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), Denver, CO, USA.
  • 2019-2022 American Heart Association (AHA), Career Development Award, USA.
  • 2019 Outstanding Paper by an Associate Member Award, Perinatal Research Society (PRS), Brooklyn Park, MN, USA.
  • 2019 SRI NIH Travel Grant Award, Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), Paris, France.
  • 2017-2018 American Heart Association (AHA), Postdoctoral Fellowship, USA.
  • 2016 Young Investigator Award, Perinatal Research Society (PRS), Itasca, IL, USA.

Invited Lectures and Research Seminars:

  • 2021 Nov. No Name Society meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
  • 2021 April. Perinatal Research Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
  • 2020 Aug. Department of OB/Gyn, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
  • 2020 Mar. Vascular Biology Research Colloquium, Cardiovascular Research Center, UW-Madison, WI.
  • 2020 Jan. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
  • 2019 Nov. Animal and Avian Sciences Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
  • 2019 Nov. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, FL.
  • 2019 Sept. Basic biomedical Science, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, SD.
  • 2019 Sept. School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, AZ.
  • 2019 Aug. Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, OH.
  • 2019 Aug. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NorthShore University Health System, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, IL.
  • 2019 April. Animal Reproduction & Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Science, Colorado State University, CO.
  • 2019 Jan. Vascular Biology Research Colloquium, Cardiovascular Research Center, UW-Madison, WI.
  • 2017 Nov. Vascular Biology Research Colloquium, Cardiovascular Research Center, UW-Madison, WI.

Professional affiliations:

  • 2016-current: Perinatal Research Society.
  • 2015-current: Society for Reproductive Investigation.
  • 2015-current: American Heart Association.
  • 2013-current: Society for the Study of Reproduction.

Professional service:

  • 2016-Present Abstracts Reviewer and Poster Judge for the annual scientific meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI)
  • 2018 Mar. Modulator of the "Preeclampsia II" scientific session at the 65th annual Scientific meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), San Diego, CA, USA.

Journal reviewer:

Biology of Reproduction; Journal of Cellular Physiology, Journal of Clinical Medicine; Nutrients; Medicina; International Immunopharmacology; International Journal of Molecular Sciences; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Experimental and Molecular Pathology; Cells; Biomolecules; Reproductive Sciences; Scientific Reports; AJP-heart-circ; FASEB; Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Publications:
Full list of Peer-Reviewed Publications:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1TmkW4baZzbkC/bibliography/public

Book Edited:

  1. Jing Zheng, PhD., and Chi Zhou, Ph.D. (Editors). Hypoxia and Human Diseases. Intech - Open Access Publisher, 2017. DOI: 10.5772/62960 (https://www.intechopen.com/books/hypoxia-and-human-diseases).

Electronic Publications:

  1. Zhou C, Zheng J. 2018. Sexual dimorphisms of preeclampsia-dysregulated transcriptomic profiles and endothelial function in fetal endothelial cells. NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Data Series # GSE116428 (contain 27 datasets). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE116428
  2. Tsoi S, Zhou C. Agilent-031068 EmbryoGene Porcine Array V.1 (EMPV1; Probe Name version). NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Platform # GPL18148.
  3. Zhou C. Gene expression profile changes during blastocysts hatching of embryos produced from parthenogenesis and in vivo. NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Data Series # GSE48290 (contain 12 datasets).
  4. Zhou C. Comparison of hatched blastocyst derived from in vivo (IVV), parthenogenetic activation (PA), and chromatin transfer (CT). NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Data Series # GSE48291 (contain 9 datasets).
  5. Zhou C. Gene expression profile changes during blastocysts hatching of embryos. NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Data Series # GSE48292 (contain 21 datasets).
  6. Tsoi S, Zhou C. Agilent-031068 EmbryoGene Porcine Array Version 1 (EMPV1) [Probe version]. NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Platform # GPL17779.
  7. Tsoi S, Zhou C. Agilent-031068 EmbryoGene Porcine Array Version 1 (EMPV1). NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Platform # GPL14925.
  8. Zhou C. EMPV1 technical repeat. NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) Data Series # GSE34157 (contain 1 dataset).
Research Interest
Pregnancy Complications, Placental Biology, Fetal Endothelial Function, Sexual Dimorphisms of Fetal Endothelial/Vascular Programming, Preeclampsia, Obesity
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Yes
Prerequisite Courses
Knowledge or strong interest in molecular biology, cell biology, and/or reproductive physiology is a plus.
Majors Considered
Biology Physiology Molecular and Cellular Biology Biochemestry Microbiology Animal Sciences
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