Postdoctor, Major in Bioinformatics Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Quzhou) University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Email: 1179520342@qq.com Advisor: Professor Quan Zou

Education

• PhD in Forestry, Northwest A&F University, China

• Master in Forest Protection, Northwest A&F University, China

• Bachelor in Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, China

Research

My research interests include

• 16S rRNA and Metagenomics data analysis of animal gut microbiota

• Microbial Ecology

• Machine Learning Technology

Publications

• Yao Zou, Quan Zou, Guohua Huang. Gut microbial alteration in pediatric autism spectrum disorder based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Current Bioinformatics, 2026, 21: e15748936421910. (In press).

• Yao Zou, Quan Zou, Zhen Li. Integrative Bioinformatics and Experimental Validation Establish CCNB1 as a Potential Biomarker for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 2025; 47(12): 1026.

• Yao Zou, Quan Zou, Yansu Wang, Chongxuan Han. Metagenomics reveals seasonal changes of intestinal microbes in Eospalax rothschildi. BMC Microbiology, 2025, 25: 693.

• Yao Zou, Xuan Zou, Chen Lin, Chongxuan Han, Quan Zou. Inference of functional differentiation of intestinal microbes between two wild zokor species based on metagenomics. Pest Management Science, 2025, 81(4): 1860-1872.

• Yao Zou, Quan Zou, Hui Yang, Chongxuan Han. Investigation of Intestinal Microbes of Five Zokor Species Based on 16S rRNA Sequences. Microorganisms, 2024, 13(1): 27.

• Yao Zou, Chongxuan Han, Xuxin Zhang, Xiaoning Nan. The associations between intestinal bacteria of Eospalax cansus and soil bacteria of its habitat. BMC Veterinary Research. 2022, 18(1): 129.

• Yao Zou, Nannan Liang, Xuxin Zhang, Chongxuan Han, Xiaoning Nan. Functional differentiation related to decomposing complex carbohydrates of intestinal microbes between two wild zokor species based on 16SrRNA sequences. BMC Veterinary Research. 2021, 17(1): 216.

• Yao Zou, Miao Xu, Shien Ren, Nannan Liang, Chongxuan Han, Xiaoning Nan, and Jianning Shi. Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationship of zokors. Journal of Genetics. 2020, 99: 38.

• Yao Zou, Shien Ren, Miao Xu, Nannan Liang, Xuxin Zhang, Chongxuan Han, and Xiaoning Nan. Skull Morphology of Four Species of Zokors (Rodentia, Myospalacinae). Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 2022, 54(3): 1037.

Funding

• Intestinal microbial data mining and biomarker screening: A case study of zokor, Youth Found of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 62402344.

• Cell cycle-related prognostic risk model for colorectal cancer patients based on single-cell RNA sequencing, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2025M771595.