·   2016.09-2021.08 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Marine Environmental Science, Ph.D.

·   2012.09-2015.06 Central China Normal University, Zoology, M.S.

·   2008.09-2012.06 Hubei University of Education, Pedagogy of Natural Science, B.S.

·   2023.02-2024.06: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Postdoc

·   2021.10-2023.01: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Postdoc

Research Interests

·   Mechanism of interaction between deep-sea viruses and their hosts

·   Fractionation effect of symbiotic microorganisms in cold-water corals

Projects

Young Talents Program (oversea) of Shanghai (2024-2026). Project lead: Dr. Kun Zhou

Publications

Recent publications (#co-first author，*corresponding author)

·   Zhou K, Zhang T, Chen X-W, Xu Y*, Zhang R*, Qian P-Y*. Viruses in Marine Invertebrate Holobionts: Complex Interactions Between Phages and Bacterial Symbionts. Annual Review of Marine Science 2024, 16: 467-485. (impact factor= 17.3)

·    Zhou K, Wong T-Y, Long L, Anantharaman K, Zhang W, Wong W-C, Zhang R*, Qian P-Y*. Genomic and transcriptomic insights into complex virus–prokaryote interactions in marine biofilms. The ISME Journal 2023, 17(12): 2303-2312. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01546-2 (impact factor= 11.0)

·   Zhou, K, Xu, Y*, Zhang, R* and Qian, P-Y*. Phages associated with animal holobionts in deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 2022, p.103900. (封面文章).

·   Zhou K, Xu Y*, Zhang R*, Qian P-Y*. Arms race in a cell: Genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic insights into intracellular phage–bacteria interplay in deep-sea snail holobionts. Microbiome 2021, 9(1): 1-13. (impact factor= 16.837)

·   Zhou K, Qian P-Y, Zhang T, Xu Y*, Zhang R*. Unique phage-bacterium interplay in sponge holobionts from the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal vent. Environmental Microbiology Reports 2021, 13(5): 675-683. (被Microbiologist杂志列为必读文章)

·    Zhou K#, Zhang R#, Sun J, Zhang W, Tian R-M, Chen C, Kawagucci S, Xu Y*. Potential interactions between clade SUP05 sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and phages in hydrothermal vent sponges. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2019, 85(22): e00992-00919. (被选为Spotlight文章)

·   Zhang T#, Zhou K#, Wang Y, Xu J, Zheng Q, Luo T*, Jiao N*. Genomic insights into the adaptation of Synechococcus to the coastal environment of Xiamen. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023, 14.

·   Rong C, Zhou K, Li S, Xiao K, Xu Y, Zhang R, Yang Y*, Zhang Y*. Isolation and characterization of a novel cyanophage encoding multiple auxiliary metabolic genes. Viruses. 2022, 14(5): 887.

·   Lan Y, Sun J, Chen C, Sun Y, Zhou Y, Yang Y, Zhang W, Li R, Zhou K, Wong W-C, Kwan, Y-H, Cheng A, Bougouffa S, Van Dover C-L, Qiu, J-W, Qian, P-Y*. Hologenome analysis reveals dual symbiosis in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail Gigantopelta aegis. Nature Communications 2021, 12(1): 1165.

·   Yan W*, Feng X, Lin T-H, Huang X, Xie L, Wei S, Zhou K, Chen Y-L, Luo W, Xu W, Zhang W, Nawaz M-Z, Luo, Y-W, Zeng Q-L, Zhang R*, Jiao N-Z*. Diverse subclade differentiation attribute to the ubiquity of Prochlorococcus high-light adapted clade II. mBio 2022, https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03027-21

·   Song Z-M, Wang K-L, Zhou K, Zhang J-L, Liang J-Y, Yue L-M, Zhang Y, Xu Y*. Anthraquinones as potential anti-biofilm agents against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology 2021, 12: 709826.