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Name: Wenbin (Bean) Zhou
E-mail: wenbin.evolution@gmail.com
Current position
- 2021 – Present Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Advisors: Dr. Corbin Jones and Dr. Alan Jones)
Education
- 2021 Ph.D. in Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, USA. Advisor: Dr. Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang
- 2016 MSc in Plant Biology, Zhejiang University, China. Advisor: Dr. Yunpeng Zhao
- 2013 BSc in Bio-technology, Zhejiang A & F University, China. Advisor: Dr. Bingsong Zheng
Major Awards
- 2019 Mar Shiu-Ying Hu Student/Post-Doctoral Exchange Award (Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University) (Spotlight in CALS, NCSU)
- 2019 Jun Charles W. Stuber Graduate Student Award at NC State
- 2019 May ASPT Travel Grant for Botany 2019 in Tucson
- 2018 May Graduate Travel award from Plant & Microbial Biology at NC State
Papers in review or revision
Sun, Y.X., Zhou, W., Xiang, Q.Y., Genomic data uncover complex hybridization and evolutionary history of the bunchberry species complex (Cornus L., Cornaceae), Horticulture Research. (Accepted).
Peer Reviewed Publications: (* Corresponding author)
2024, Lou, F., Zhou, W., Tunc-Ozdemir, M., Yang, J., Velazhahan, V., Tate, C.G. and Jones, A.M., VPS26 Moonlights as a β-Arrestin-like Adapter for a 7-Transmembrane RGS Protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemistry, 63(22), 2990-2999.
2024, Xie, P., Guo, Y., Teng, Y., Zhou, W. and Yu, Y., GeneMiner: A tool for extracting phylogenetic markers from next-generation sequencing data. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24(3), p.e13924.
2023, Du, Z.Y., Xiang, Q.Y., Cheng, J., Zhou, W., Wang, Q.F., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., An updated phylogeny, biogeography, and PhyloCode-based classification of Cornaceae based on three sets of genomic data. American Journal of Botany, 110(2), p.e16116.
2023, Zhou, W.*, Armijos, E.C., Lee, C., Lu, R.S., Wang, J., Ruhlman, A.T., Jansen, K.R., Jones, A.M., Jones, C.D., Plastid Genome Assembly Using Long-read data. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(6), 1442-1457.
2023, Zhou, W.*, Shi, W., Soltis, P.S., Soltis, D.E. and Xiang, Q.Y., Foliar endophyte diversity in Eastern Asian-Eastern North American disjunct tree species–influences of host identity, environment, phylogeny, and geographic isolation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, p.1274746.
2022, Zhang, Z., Xie, P., Guo, Y., Zhou, W., Liu, E. and Yu, Y., Easy353: A tool to get Angiosperms353 genes for phylogenomic research. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(12), p.msac261.
2022, Zhou, W.*, Xiang, Q.Y., Phylogenomics and Biogeography of Castanea and Hamamelis - a comparison between RAD-seq and Hyb-Seq data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 176, 107529.
2022, Zhou, W., Harris, AJ, Xiang, Q.Y., Phylogenomics and biogeography of Torreya (Taxaceae) – Integrating data from three organelle genomes, morphology, and fossils and a practical method for reducing missing data from RAD-seq. Journal of Systematics and Evolution.
2022, Zhou, W., Soghigian, J., Xiang, Q.Y., A new pipeline for removing paralogs in target enrichment data. Systematic Biology, 71(2), pp.410-425.
2020, Zhou, W.*, Xiang, Q.Y.’*, Wen, J., Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution of morphology and ecological niche of the eastern Asian‐eastern North American Nyssa (Nyssaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58(5), pp.571-603.
2020, Lindelof, K., Lindo, J.A., Zhou, W., Ji, X., Xiang, Q.Y., Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution of the blue‐or white‐fruited dogwoods (Cornus)‐insights into morphological and ecological niche divergence following intercontinental geographic isolation. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58(5), pp.604-645.
2020, Wahlsteen, E., Zhou, W., Xiang, Q.Y., Rushforth, K., Rediscovery of the lost little dogwood Cornus wardiana (Cornaceae)–its phylogenetic and morphological distinction and implication in the origin of the Arctic‐Sino‐Himalayan disjunction. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 59(2), 405-416.
2019, Dong, Y., Chen, S., Cheng, S., Zhou, W., Ma, Q., Chen, Z., Fu, C.X., Liu, X., Zhao, Y.P., Soltis, P.S., Wong, G.K.S., Natural selection and repeated patterns of molecular evolution following allopatric divergence. Elife, 8, p.e45199.
2019, Chen, C., Zheng, L., Ma, Q., Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Fu, C., Impacts of Domestication on Population Genetics of a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Atractylodes macrocephala (Asteraceae), Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 57(3), pp.222-233.
2018, Zhou, W., Ji, X., Obata, S., Pais, A., Dong, Y., Peet, R., Xiang, Q.Y., Resolving relationships and phylogeographic history of the Nyssa sylvatica complex using data from RAD-seq and species distribution modeling, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 126, pp.1-16.
2018, Koch, M., Hohmann, N., Wolf, E., Rigault, P., Zhou, W., Kiefer, M., Zhao, Y., Fu, C., Ginkgo biloba´s footprint of dynamic Pleistocene history dates back only 400,000 years ago and indicates multiple range expansions and retractions, BMC Genomics, 19(1), p.299.
2016, Guan, R., Zhao, Y., Zhang, H., Fan, G., Liu, X., Zhou, W., Shi, C., Wang, J., Liu, W., Liang, X., Fu, Y., Draft genome of the living fossil Ginkgo biloba. Gigascience, 5(1), p.49.
2016, Zhou, W., Cheng, Z., Zhao, Y.P., Fu, C.X., Contribution of environmental and genetic variation to chemical similarity of Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.). Journal of Zhejiang University, 42(6): 731-738.
2016, Sun, Z.S., Zhou, W., Jin, X., Ohi-Toma, T., Li, P., Fu, C.X., A tale of two islands: parallel evolution of dwarfism in Smilax biflora (Smilacaceae). Phytotaxa, 245(2), pp.89-106.
2013, Shao, R., Shen, Y., Zhou, W., Fang, J., Zheng, B., Recent advances for plant ATP-binding cassette transporters. Journal of Zhejiang AF University, 30, pp.761-768.
Talks
- Abstracts of Talks and Posters at Important Conferences
2022 Zhou, W., Jones, A.M., Jones, C.D., Hybrid genome sequencing to reveal genomic evolution associated with different environmental niches in Grasses. Botany 2022, July 24, Anchorage, AK, US. (poster)
2021 Zhou, W., Harris, AJ, Xiang, Q.Y. An integrative approach to test biographical hypotheses in nutmeg yew (Torreya) and a practical method for reducing missing data from RAD-seq. Botany 2021, July 18-23, online. (Invited presentation for a Colloquium “Mechanisms underlying exceptional plant diversity across eastern Asia”).
2020 Zhou, W., Soghigian, J., Xiang, Q.Y. A new approach for cleaning paralogs in Hybseq data from Angiosperm353 kit – application for the phylogenomic studies of Castanea and Hamamelis with comparison to RAD-seq data. Botany 2020, July 27-31, online. (Presentation)
2019 Zhou, W., Xiang, Q.Y. Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Post-Isolation Divergence of Eastern Asia-North American Disjunct Genera Castenea, Hamamelis, Nyssa, and Torreya – Insights into Morphostasis. Botany 2019, July 27-31, Tucson, AZ, US. (Presentation)
2018 Zhou, W., Wen, J., Xiang, Q.Y. Phylogenomics of Nyssa from single-copy genes and Fluidgim sequencing – insights into biogeography and character evolution. Botany 2018. July 21-25, Rochester, MN, US. (Presentation)
2018 Zhou, W., Xiang, Q.Y. Species delineation & phylogenomics in an eastern Asian-eastern North American disjunct genus – Nyssa. 2018 Genomic Sciences Biomathematics Symposium, April. Raleigh, NC, US. (Presentation)
2017 Zhou, W., Li, S., Xiang, Q.Y. Understanding functional diversity and mechanisms of plant community assembly of eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct forests through global secondary metabolite profiling: a test of HPLC-MS non-target method. XIX International Botanical Congress. July 23-29, Shenzhen, China. (Poster)
2016 Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Koch, M., Fu, C.X. Plastid genomes revealed three lineages of Ginkgo biloba diverged in the mid- to late-Pleistocene. 27th NC Plant Molecular Biology Retreat. International Biogeography Society (IBS) Special Meeting. May 4-8, Beijing, China. (Poster)
- Invited Talks at Universities
- 2023 Aug Duke University Pryer & Windham Lab
- 2021 Nov UNC Alan Weakley Lab
- 2021 Oct Hainan University Huafeng Wang Lab
- 2018 Feb NCSU Plant Biology Recruitment Seminar
- 2018 Apr NCSU Genomic Sciences & Biomathematics Symposium
Teaching Experience
- 2023 May UNC Pembroke Guest Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology
- 2022 Jun Summer Institute on College Teaching at UNC
- 2022 May BAAGs workshop (basic assembly and annotation of genomes)
- 2021 NCSU Plant Systematics PB403/503 Lab TA
- 2020 NCSU Plant Systematics PB403/503 Lab TA
- 2019 NCSU Plant Biology PB250 Lab TA
- 2019 NCSU Plant Biology PB200 Lab TA (non major students)
- 2018 NCSU Plant Biology PB250 Lab TA