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Curriculum Vitae.
Name: Wenbin (Bean) Zhou
E-mail: wenbin.evolution@gmail.com
Current position
- 2021.9 – Present Postdoc at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Advisors: Dr. Corbin Jones and Dr. Alan Jones)
Education
- 2016.8 – 2021.8 Ph.D. in Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, USA. Advisor: Dr. Jenny Xiang
- 2013.8 – 2016.6 MSc in Plant Biology, Zhejiang University, China. Advisor: Dr. Yunpeng Zhao
- 2009.8 – 2013.6 BSc in Bio-technology, Zhejiang A & F University, China. Advisor: Dr. Bingsong Zheng
Projects
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Genome-environment interactions in grasses (Poaceae) using both illumina sequncing and Nanopore sequencing methods (Advisors: Dr. Corbin Jones and Dr. Alan Jones)
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Phylogenomic and biogeographic studies of Nyssa (Nyssaceae), Hamamelis (Hamamelidaceae), Castanea (Fagaceae), and Torreya (Taxaceae) using RAD-seq, Fluidigm sequencing, and Hyb-Seq methods (Advisor: Dr. Jenny Xiang)
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Comparative analyses of endophyte diversity in eastern Asian-Eastern North American disjunct plant species pairs (Advisor: Dr. Jenny Xiang)
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Phylogeography of Ginkgo biloba using plastid genomic and comparative transcriptomic approaches. (Advisor: Dr. Yunpeng Zhao)
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Contribution of environmental and genetic variation to chemical similarity of maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.) (Advisor: Dr. Yunpeng Zhao)
Major Awards
- 2019.3–2020.3 Shiu-Ying Hu Student/Post-Doctoral Exchange Award (Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University) (Spotlight in CALS, NCSU)
- 2019.5 Charles W. Stuber Graduate Student Award at NC State
- 2019.4 ASPT Travel Grant for Botany 2019 in Tucson
- 2018.7 Graduate Travel award from Plant & Microbial Biology at NC State
Publications
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Zhou, W., Armijos, C., Lee, C., Lu, R., Wang, J., Ruhlman, T., Jansen, R., Jones, A. and Jones, C., 2022. Plastid Genome Assembly Using Long-read Data (ptGAUL). bioRxiv.
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Zhang, Z., Xie, P., Guo, Y., Zhou, W., Liu, E. and Yu, Y., 2022. Easy353: A tool to get Angiosperms353 genes for phylogenomic research. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
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Du, Z.Y., Xiang, Q.Y., Cheng, J., Zhou, W., Wang, Q.F., Soltis, D.E. and Soltis, P.S., 2022. An updated phylogeny, biogeography, and PhyloCode‐based classification of Cornaceae based on three sets of genomic data. American Journal of Botany.
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Zhou, W., Harris, AJ, Xiang, Q.Y. 2022. 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.
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Zhou, W., Soghigian, J., Xiang, Q.Y., 2021. A new pipeline for removing paralogs in target enrichment data. Systematic Biology.
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Zhou, W.*, Xiang, Q.Y.’*, Wen, J., 2020. 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. (IF: 4.098, JCR: Q1)
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Lindelof, K., Lindo, J.A., Zhou, W., Ji, X., Xiang, Q.Y., 2020. 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.
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Wahlsteen, E., Zhou, W., Xiang, Q.Y., Rushforth, K., 2020. 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.
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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., 2019. Natural selection and repeated patterns of molecular evolution following allopatric divergence. Elife, 8, p.e45199.
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Chen, C., Zheng, L., Ma, Q., Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Fu, C., 2019, Impacts of Domestication on Population Genetics of a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Atractylodes macrocephala (Asteraceae), Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 57(3), pp.222-233.
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Zhou, W., Ji, X., Obata, S., Pais, A., Dong, Y., Peet, R., Xiang, Q.Y., 2018, 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.
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Koch, M., Hohmann, N., Wolf, E., Rigault, P., Zhou, W., Kiefer, M., Zhao, Y., Fu, C., 2018, 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.
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Guan, R., Zhao, Y., Zhang, H., Fan, G., Liu, X., Zhou, W., Shi, C., Wang, J., Liu, W., Liang, X., Fu, Y., 2016. Draft genome of the living fossil Ginkgo biloba. Gigascience, 5(1), p.49.
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Zhou, W., Cheng, Z., Zhao, Y.P., Fu, C.X., 2016. Contribution of environmental and genetic variation to chemical similarity of Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.). Journal of Zhejiang University, 42(6): 731-738.
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Sun, Z.S., Zhou, W., Jin, X., Ohi-Toma, T., Li, P., Fu, C.X., 2016. A tale of two islands: parallel evolution of dwarfism in Smilax biflora (Smilacaceae). Phytotaxa, 245(2), pp.89-106.
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Shao, R., Shen, Y., Zhou, W., Fang, J., Zheng, B., 2013. Recent advances for plant ATP-binding cassette transporters. Journal of Zhejiang AF University, 30, pp.761-768.
Papers in review or revision
- Zhou, W., Xiang, Q.Y. Major Revision. Phylogenomics and Biogeography of Castanea and Hamamelis - a comparison between RAD-seq and Hyb-Seq data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. (IF: 4.286, JCR: Q2)
Talks
Abstracts of Talks and Posters at Important Conferences
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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”).
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
- 2018.2 NCSU Plant Biology Recruitment Seminar
- 2018.4 NCSU Genomic Sciences & Biomathematics Symposium
- 2021.10 Hainan University Huafeng Wang Lab
- 2021.11 UNC Alan Weakley Lab
Teaching Experience
- 2018 - 2019 NCSU Plant Biology PB250 Lab TA
- 2019 NCSU Plant Biology PB200 Lab TA (non major students)
- 2020 - 2021 NCSU Plant Systematics PB403/503 Lab TA
- 2022.5.23-25 BAAGs workshop (basic assembly and annotation of genomes)
- 2022.6.20-24 Summer Institute on College Teaching at UNC
Professional Societies
- Botanical Society of America (BSA)
- Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB)