Haixia Zhou

Post-doc (co-mentored with Alan Brown)

617-432-2927

Education
2010-2014 B.A. Biology (Biotechnology) Northwest A&F University, China
2014-2019 Ph.D Structural Biology Tsinghua University, China (Supervisor: Xinquan Wang)
2019-present Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School (Supervisors: Alan Brown and Johannes Walter)
Awards and honors
2011 National Scholarship, the Ministry of Education (MOE) of China
2012 National Scholarship, the Ministry of Education (MOE) of China
2013 National Scholarship, the Ministry of Education (MOE) of China
2014 Outstanding Graduated Students
2015 Comprehensive Scholarship of Tsinghua University
Publications

Zhou H, Zaher MS, Walter JC, Brown A (2021) Structure of CRL2Lrr1, the E3 ubiquitin ligase that promotes DNA replication termination in vertebrates.Nucleic Acids Res. 49(22):13194-13206

Zhou H, Zhang S, Wang X. 2019, Crystallization and Structural Determination of MERS-CoV Receptor Binding Domain. Springer Protocol2099:39-50.

Zhou H*, Chen Y*, Zhang S, Niu P, Qin K, Jia W, Huang B, Zhang S, Lan J, Zhang L, Tan W, Wang X. 2019, Structural definition of a new neutralization epitope on the N-terminal domain of MERS-CoV spike glycoprotein. Nature Communications10:3068.

Jia W*, Channappanavar R*, Zhang C*, Li M, Zhou H, Zhang S, Zhou P, Xu J, Shan S, Shi X, Wang X, Zhao J, Zhou D, Perlman S, Zhang L. 2019, Single intranasal immunization with chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine induces sustained and protective immunity against MERS-CoV infection. Emerg Microbes Infect8(1):760-772.

Gui M*, Song W*, Zhou H, Xu J, Chen S, Xiang Y, Wang X. 2017, Cryo-electron microscopy structures of the SARS-CoV spike glycoprotein reveal a prerequisite conformational state for receptor binding. Cell Research27: 119-129.

Meng D, Liu, X, Dong S, Wang YF, Ma XQ, Zhou H, Wang X, Yao LS, Feng Y, Li FL. 2017, Structural insights into the substrate specificity of a glycoside hydrolase family 5 lichenase from Caldicellulosiruptor sp. F32. Biochem J474(20): 3373-3389.

Hobbies

CrossFit, cooking and traveling