|
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health |
NIA Home
Research Programs Intramural
|
![]() |
Sige Zou, Ph.D., Investigator Functional Genomics Unit Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology E-mail: zous@mail.nih.gov |
CURRICULUM VITAE |
||
| Name | ||
| Sige Zou | ||
| Present Address | ||
| Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology National Institute on Aging 251 Bayview Blvd, Suite #100 Baltimore, MD 21224-6825 Phone: 410-558-8461 Fax: 410-558-8450 E-mail: zous@mail.nih.gov |
||
| Education | ||
| 1997-2003 | Postdoctoral training at University of California at San Francisco. Mentor: Yuh-Nung Jan |
|
| 1996 | Ph.D., Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Programs of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Mentor: Dr. Daniel F. Voytas |
|
| 1990 | B.S., Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China Department of Genetics and Genetic Engineering Major: Genetics and Genetic Engineering |
|
| Brief Chronology of Employment | ||
| 2009-Present | Adjunct Assistant Professor at Clemson University. | |
| 2004-Present | Tenure-track Investigator, Head of Functional Genomics Unit, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland. | |
| 2004 | Assistant Specialist, University of California at San Francisco, California. | |
| 2003-2004 | Senior Scientist, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, California. | |
| 1997-2003 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at San Francisco. | |
| 1994 | Teaching Assistant for Genetics 520L, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. | |
| 1990-1992 | Technician, Fruit Development Corporation of Dongguan Dongguan, Guangdong Province, P.R. China. |
|
| Societies | ||
| The American Aging Association. | ||
Honors and Other Special Scientific Recognition |
||
| 2000-2003 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship. | |
| 1997-2000 | Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Award. | |
| 1996 | Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University. | |
| 1995 | MCDB Competitive Research Fellowship, Iowa State University. | |
Research grants |
||
| 2004-present | The Intramural Research Program at the National Institute on Aging. | |
| 2010-2011 | The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements Research Grant for the proposal titled “Evaluation of the Anti-Aging Effects of an Açai Pulp Extract.” | |
| 2008-2009 | The Wisconsin Cranberry Board, Inc. Award for the proposal titled “The Effects of Cranberry on Delaying Pathogenesis of a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease”. | |
| 2006-2007 | The NIA Intramural Competitive Grant for the Inter-Laboratory Collaboration for the proposal titled “Molecular Mechanisms of Lifespan Extension by Dietary Deprivation in C. elegans.” (Co-PI). | |
| 2006-2007 | The NIA Intramural Competitive Grant for the Inter-Laboratory Collaboration for the proposal titled “Anti-Aging Effects of Cranberry Supplementation in Rats.” (Co-PI). | |
| 2006-2007 | The Ellison Medical Foundation Award for the proposal titled “Developing a Large-Scale Fly Resource to Screen Aging Interventions” (as the Collaborator Investigator). | |
| 2005-2006 | The Cranberry Institute Award for the proposal titled “Anti-aging Effects of Cranberry: A Cross-species Study”. | |
| 2005-2006 | The NIA Intramural Competitive Grant for the Inter-Laboratory Collaboration for the proposal titled “Defining germline functions of the longevity-control FOXO genes in C. elegans, Drosophila and mice.” (Co-PI). | |
| Invited Talks | ||
| 2009 | Cranberry Health Research Conference, Savannah, GA. | |
| 2009 | The Asia-Pacific Congress of Entomology 6th Annual Conference, Beijing, P. R. China (as aCo-Chair of the Genomics Session). | |
| 2009 | Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China. | |
| 2009 | Department of Neurology, Nafang Hospital, Guangzhou, P. R. China. | |
| 2009 | Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung University, Taiwan. | |
| 2009 | Department of Pathology, Nagasaki University, Nagashaki, Japan. | |
| 2009 | The Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Biomedical Gerontology, Yokohama, Japan. | |
| 2008 | Center for Integrated Biosystems, Utah State University, Logan, UT. | |
| 2007 | The Gerontological Society of America 60th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA. | |
| 2007 | The American Aging Association 36th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. | |
| 2006 | Cranberry Health Research Conference, Charleston, SC. | |
| 2006 | Department of Biology, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX. | |
| 2006 | Molecular and Cell Biology Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. | |
| 2004 | Neuroscience Interest Group, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. | |
| 2004 | Department of Animal Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. | |
| Other Academic Activities | ||
| 2010-Present | Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences. | |
| 2009-Present | Member of the Laboratory Specialist Promotion Committee at the NIA. | |
| 2009-Present | Member of Associate Editors for the Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. | |
| 2009 | Member of the National Scientific Advisory Council for the American Federation for Aging Research. | |
| 2008-Present | Member of the Editorial Board for the AGE. | |
| 2007-Present | Member of the Editorial Board for the Open Longevity Science. | |
| 2008 | Reviewer in a NIH study section for Postdoctoral Fellowship. | |
| 2008 | Ad hoc Reviewer for the Research into Ageing Foundation. | |
| 2008 | Ad hoc Reviewer for Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship. | |
| 2008 | Ad hoc Reviewer for Israel Science Foundation. | |
| 2006 | Ad hoc Reviewer for NIH extramural grants. | |
| 2005-2006 | Panelist for the Student Program in the 34th and 35th Annual AGE meeting. | |
| 2005 | Co-Guest Editor for: AGE, 27 (3). | |
| 2004-Present | Ad hoc reviewer for various journals including Aging Research Reviews, Gerontology, Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Neurobiology of Aging, Aging Cell, The Journal of American Aging Association, The American Journal of Physiology, Genome Research, Experimental Gerontology, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Gerontology, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Rejuvenation Research. | |
| Patents held | ||
| Retrotransposon and methods. United States Patent No. 5,976,795 | ||
| Mentorship | ||
| 2006-2010 | Thomas Alberico, Postbaccalaureate Fellow. Position after leaving NIA: Medical student at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia. | |
| 2006-2008 | Joy Chang, Postbaccalaureate Fellow. Position after leaving NIA: Medical student at University of Maryland, Baltimore. Maryland. | |
| 2007-2008 | Jeanne Seeberger, Postbaccalaureate Fellow. Position after leaving NIA: Physician Assistant Program at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| 2004-2006 | Jason Sinclair, Postbaccalaureate Fellow. Position after leaving NIA: Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. | |
| 2007-2009 | Toshimitsu Komatsu, Postdoctoral Fellow. Current Position: Senior Technician, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. | |
| 2004-2007 | Haruyoshi Yamaza, Postdoctoral Fellow. Current position: Assistant Professor, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. | |
Publications (Peer-reviewed) |
||
|
||
| Invited Reviews and Book Chapters | ||
|
21. Poirier, L., de Cabo, R. and Zou, S. Dietary restriction and aging in Drosophila melanogasterBook Chapter in Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity. 22. Zou, S., and Wolkow, C.A.: Invertebrate models for studying human aging. AGE 27: iii-iv, 2005. 23. Dong, Y. and Zou, S. Sirtuins and aging. (in “Epigenetics of Aging” edited by Dr. Trygve Tollefsbol.). 2009 (peer-reviewed book chapter). 24. Allard, J.S., Perez, E, Zou, S. and de Cabo, R.: Dietary activators of Sirt1. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 299:58-63, 2009. (PMC2727669). 25. Wolkow, C.A., Zou, S., Mattson, M.P.: Aging of the nervous system. Book Chapter in Comparative Biology of Aging. Edited by Norm Wolf. 2009 (in press). 26. Zou, S., He, H.J., Zong, Y., Shi, L. and Wang, L. DNA microarrrays: Applications, future trends, and need for standardization, Book Chapter, Part C8 in 27. Carey, J.R., Zou, S. Theories of life span and aging. Book Chapter 5 in The Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics, 4th edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
|
||
| | LEG Home Page | | ||
|
Help Downloading Files on This Page IRP Home What's New Contact Us Accessibility Disclaimer Privacy Site Search Site Map NIA Home |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |