Shengmin Zhou

Shengmin Zhou

Ph.D, Associate professor, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, ECUST.

Education

1998.9 ~ 2002.7　　B.S,Department of Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology.

2004.4 ~ 2006.3　　M.S, Department of Biotechnology,University of Tokyo, Japan.

2006.4 ~ 2009.3　　Ph.D, Department of Biotechnology,University of Tokyo, Japan.

Professional Experience

2009.04~2010.05　Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biotechnology,University of Tokyo, Japan.

2010.06~2011.03   Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences ,University of Tsukuba, Japan.

2011.04~2013.03　 JSPS Research Fellowship, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

2013.04~2014.08　 Research Scientist,Department of Life and Environmental Sciences ,University of Tsukuba, Japan.

2014.08~ Associate professor, State Key Lab of Bioreactor Engineering, ECUST, China

Research Interests

1. Global analysis of NO resistance genes in fungi, and identifying novel fungicide targets.

2. Elucidation of oxidative stress tolerance systems in fungi.

3. Investigation of oxidative stress related regulation of secondary metabolism in fungi.

4. Survey of the NO syntheses system and the NO signal pathway in fungi.

Publication

(1).Jia Wei, Xiaodan Cao, Shengmin Zhou, Chao Chen, Haijun Yu, Yao Zhou, Ping Wang. Soluble expression and purification of the catalytic domain of human vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 in Escherichia coli.Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.In press, 2015.

(2). Shunsuke Masuo, Lisa Osada,Shengmin Zhou, Tomoya Fujita,Naoki Takaya. Aspergillus oryzae pathways that convert phenylalanine into the flavor volatile 2-phenylethanol.Fungal Genetics and Biology. 77: 22-30, 2015.

(3).Shengmin Zhouand Naoki Takaya. Novel fungal nitrosothionein peptide involved in tolerance to nitric oxide. Bioscience&industry.72(2): 55-56,2014.

(4).Masanori Toyofuku, Shengmin Zhou, Isao Sawada, Naoki Takaya, Hiroo Uchiyama andNobuhiko Nomura.Membrane vesicle formation is associated with pyocin production under denitrifying conditions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Environmental Microbiology. 16(9):2927-2938,Sep, 2014,

(5).Shengmin Zhou, Toshiaki Narukami, ShunsukeMasuo, Motoyuki Shimizu, Tomoya Fujita, Yuki Doi, Yosuke Kamimura, Naoki Takaya. NO-inducible nitrosothionein mediates NO removal in tandem with thioredoxin. Nature Chemical Biology.9(10): 657-663, Aug, 2013.

(6).Tomoya Fujita, HieuDuc Nguyen, Takashi Ito, Shengmin Zhou, Lisa Osada, Seiji Tateyama, Tatsuo Kaneko, Naoki Takaya.Microbial monomers custom-synthesized to build true bio-derived aromatic polymers.Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.97(20):8887-8894, Aug, 2013.

(7).Wenjing Cui, Xiaoyan Yang, Yueqin Fang,Shengmin Zhou, Song Liu, Guocheng Du, Kun Du, Jian Chen, Guanjun Tao and Zhemin Zhou. Discovery of two transglutaminases derived from same zymogen for the Streptomyces hygroscopicus and analysis of their formation processes.Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 93(7): 1711-1717, May, 2013.

(8).Morio Miyahara, Sang-Wan Kim,Shengmin Zhou, Shinya Fushinobu, Takeshi Yamada, Wakako Ikeda-Ohtsubo, Akira Watanabe, Keisuke Miyauchi, Ginro Endo and Hirofumi Shoun.Survival of the aerobic denitrifier Pseudomonas stutzeri strain TR2 during co-culture with activated sludge under denitrifying conditions.Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 76(3): 495-500, Mar, 2012.

(9).Shengmin Zhou, Toshiaki Narukami, MisuzuNameki, Tomoko Ozawa, Yosuke Kamimura, Takayuki Hoshino and Naoki Takaya. Heme-biosynthetic porphobilinogen deaminase protects Aspergillus nidulans from nitrosative stress.Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(1): 103-109, Jan, 2012.

(10).Shengmin Zhou,Shinya Fushinobu,Sang-Wan Kim, Yoshito Nakanishi, Jun-ichi Maruyama,  Katsuhiko Kitamoto, Takayoshi Wakagi, and Hirofumi Shoun.Functional analysis and subcellular location of two flavohemoglobins from Aspergillus oryzae.Fungal Genetics and Biology, 48(2): 200-207, Feb, 2011.

(11).Sang-Wan Kim, Shinya Fushinobu,Shengmin Zhou,Takayoshi Wakagi and Hirofumi Shoun.The possible involvement of copper-containing nitrite reductase (NirK) and flavohemoglobin in denitrification by the fungus Cylindrocarpon tonkinense.Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry.74 (7): 1403-1407, Jul, 2010.

(12).Shengmin Zhou*, Yoshito Nakanishi*,Shinya Fushinobu, Sang-Wan Kim, Jun-ichi Maruyama, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, Takayoshi Wakagi, and Hirofumi Shoun. A eukaryotic copper-containing nitrite reductase derived from a NirK homolog gene of Aspergillus oryzae.Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry.74(5):984-991, May, 2010.Co-first author.

(13).Shengmin Zhou, Shinya Fushinobu, Sang-Wan Kim, Yoshito Nakanishi, TakayoshiWakagi, and Hirofumi Shoun.Aspergillusoryzaeflavohemoglobins promote oxidative damage by hydrogen peroxide. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.394(3):558-561, Apr, 2010.

(14).Sang-Wan Kim, Shinya Fushinobu, Shengmin Zhou, Takayoshi Wakagi, and Hirofumi Shoun.Eukaryotic nirK genes encoding copper-containing nitrite reductase: originating from the protomitochondrion?Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75 (9): 2652-2658, Mar, 2009.

(15).Shengmin Zhou, Shinya Fushinobu, Yoshito Nakanishi, Sang-Wan Kim, Takayoshi Wakagi and Hirofumi Shoun.Cloning and characterization of two flavohemoglobins from Aspergillus oryzae.Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 381 (1): 7-11, Jan, 2009.

Contact information:

Tel: 021-64250223

Email: shengminzhou@hotmail.com