Nature is GOD! You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in Nature.
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I will give a presentation about my Z-DNA work in the BioConference Live on Nov 17, 2009. (Agenda)
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
-- Marie Curie
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
-- Albert Einstein
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Research Interests
As long as it's a scientific question, it's worth being studied.
I am interested in discovering the truth and underlying reasons of our complex biology phenomena
in the light of evolution, as well as application in solving reality problems by Computational Biology study.
So far, my research fields are as follows:
Education
- 9/2004-9/2009: PhD in Bioinformatics, James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PRC.
Dissertation:Identification and analyses of functional elements in plant genomics
Major advisors: Prof. Bailin Hao and Prof. Ying Xu.
In between, I spent more than two years at T-Life Research Center,
Fudan University, under Prof. Bailin Hao from 5/1/2005-8/31/2007.
Then I visited Computational Systems Biology Lab at University of Georgia,
under Prof. Ying Xu from 9/1/2007-9/1/2009.
- 9/2000-7/2004: B.S. in Mathematics, Science Class at
Chu Kochen Honors College,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PRC.
Bechelor Thesis: Exact distribution of the occurrence number for K-tuples
Thesis advisors: Prof. Bailin Hao(FDU) and Prof. Huimin Xie(SZU).
I entered into the Dept. of Mathematics in 9/2000, then transferred to study in Science Class of CKHC in 1/2001 because of outstanding performance during the 1st semester at the Dept. of Mathematics.
- 8/2005: Complexity System Summer School, held by SantaFe Institute &
Institute of Theoretical Physics of
Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), at Beijing, PRC.
- 8/2005: Plant Molecular Cell Biology Summer School, held by Peking University, PRC.
- 8/2004: Evolutional Genomics Summer School, held by Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ) of CAS, PRC.
Academic services
Reviews for journals: Plos One
Work Experience
- 9/2006-9/2007 Organizing the weekly seminar of T-Life Research Center:
arrange the order of speakers, determine the general form and topics,
post notifications, write summary reports, etc.
- 6/2006-9/2007 System administrator of T-Life Research Center Computer Server in Linux (Debian,
Fedora Core, CentrOS). I use Ubuntu in my desktop.
- 6/2006-9/2007 Webmaster of T-Life Research Center webpage.
- 3/2006-7/2006 Teaching Assistant,
Graduate and undergraduate course "Elementary Chaos Dynamics",
Dept. of Physics at FDU, PRC.
- 4/2006-6/2007 Commissary in charge of publicity, ZJU, PRC.
- 2002 - 2004 Commissary in charge of studies, ZJU, PRC
- 2001 - 2002 Commissary in charge of physical labor, ZJU, PRC.
- 2000 - 2001 Commissary in charge of publicity and organization, ZJU, PRC.
Publications
- [6]Chan Zhou, Yanbin Yin, Phuongan Dam and Ying Xu,
Identification of novel proteins
involved in plant cell-wall synthesis based on protein-protein interactions,
Submitted to New Phytologist, 2009. [Website]
- [5] Fenglou Mao, Yanbin Yin, Fengfeng Zhou, Wen-Chi Chou, Chan Zhou, Huiling Chen,
and Ying Xu, pDAWG: an Integrated Database for Plant Cell-Wall Genes,
accepted by BioEnergy Research, 2009. [Website]
- [4] Chan Zhou, Fengfeng Zhou and Ying Xu, Comparative analyses of distributions and functions
of Z-DNA in Arabidopsis and rice, Genomics, 93(2009): 383-391.PubMed
- [3] Li Xia* and Chan Zhou*, Phase transition in sequencce unique reconstruction,
Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 20(2007): 18-29. SpringLink
- [2] Camille Stephan-Otto Attolini, Liang Gao and Chan Zhou, Sympatric speciation in
sexual populations, Bulletin of Santa Fe Institute Complex System Summer School, 2005. [PDF]
- [1] Chan Zhou and Huimin Xie, Exact distribution of the occurrence number for
K-tuples over
an alphabet of non-equal probability letters, Annals of Combinatorics, 8(2004): 499-506. SpringLink
* indicates these authors contribute equally to that work.
Conference posters and invited talks
- 9/27/2009,
Dept. of Bioinformatics & Biostatistics,
Shanghai Jiaotong University, PRC.
Chan Zhou, Fengfeng Zhou, Ying Xu.
"Comparative analyses of distributions and functions of Z-DNA in Arabidopsis and rice,"
invited talk.
- 6/22-6/24/2009, The 3rd Science Retreat of BioEnergy Science Center,
Asheville, NC, USA
Chan Zhou, Fengfeng Zhou, Ying Xu. "Protein-protein interaction network in Populus trichocarpa and its application in cell wall biosynthesis", poster.
- 12/1-12/3/2008, The 2nd Science Retreat of BioEnergy Science Center, Chattanooga, TN, USA.
Chan Zhou, Yanbin Yin, Phuongan Dam and Ying Xu,. "Identification of novel genes involved in cell wall biosynthesis by Protein protein interaction", poster.
- 6/24-6/26/2007, The 5th International Bioinformatics Workshop, Weihai, Shandong, PRC. Attendee.
- 3/10-3/6/2006,
Graph Theory and Computational Biology Symposium, CAS-MPG Partner Institute, Shanghai, PRC.
Li Xia* and Chan Zhou*, "Phase transition in sequence unique reconstruction", invited talk.
- 6/24-6/26/2004, The Cross-Straits Workshop on Biology-Inspired Theoretical Sciences, Xiamen University, PRC. Attendee
- 8/2003, International Algebra Summer School & Symposium, Center of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PRC. Attendee.
Awards & Honors
- 2004 Excellent Graduate of Zhejiang Province, PRC.
- 2004 Excellent Graduate, ZJU, PRC.
- 2004 Excellent Graduate Thesis, ZJU, PRC.
- 2004, 2003 Shiing-shen Chern Scholarship in Mathematics for
the best four students majoring in mathematics in the Science Honors Class, ZJU, PRC.
- 2002 State Scholarship (tuition and stipend), Ministry of Education, PRC.
- 2003, 2002, 2001 Excellent Student Awards, for top 5% students who are exceptional in
academic performance and extracurriculum activities, ZJU, PRC.
Misc
I was born and grown up at Jinyun County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, PRC.
In my childhood, I enjoyed the beautiful landscape of my hometown and the colorful outdoor activities and they made me fascinated by NATURE.
I am willing to devote my life in discovering the truth of our nature as well as applying them in improving our society. Besides, I also like mathematics and am good at abstract thinking. And I do hope to apply the beautiful math to solve biological problems. That's why I chose math as my major during undergraduate years.
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Last updated: Nov 05, 2009
