Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Science/Programme Manager
I have been lecturing in nutrition, anatomy and physiology, preventive medicine and participated in research projects in a number of educational settings since I qualified with a degree in medicine.
I have developed a keen interest in zinc nutrition and been awarded three Chinese national grants and several prizes. I have taken part in research projects supported by MRC, BBSRC, British Heart Foundation and Wellcome Trust.
Recently I have been involved in a £1m research project funded by the UK Food Standard Agency and led by Professor John Beattie. The research is on zinc nutritional biomarker discovery by using combined techniques of proteomics and metabolomics.
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Qualifications
- MSc, PhD in Nutrition, Harbin Medical University
- BM (equal to MBBS in UK), in medicine, Harbin Medical University
Teaching expertise
- Nutrition
- Anatomy and physiology
- Research project
Research interests
- Zinc nutrition
- The mechanism of herbal medicine on treatment cancer
- New resources of food in weight management
Research projects
- Zinc nutritional biomarker discovery
- Nutrition and herbal tea in weight management
- Nutrients and herbal extracts in anti-cancer
External roles
- Honorary Professor, Jia Musi University, P.R. China.
- Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Diabetic and Nutritional Science, School of Medicine, King’s College London
Publications
- Wang JJ, Li QW, Li K, Han ZS, Wang P, Zhou S. Recombination adenovirus-mediated human lactoferrin cDNA inhibits the growth of human MCF-7 breast cancer cells. J. Pharm. Pharmaco. 2012,64(3):457-463.
- Favé G, Beckmann M, Lloyd AJ, Zhou S, Harold G, Lin W, Tailliart K, Draper J Mathers J. Development and validation of a standardized protocol to monitor human dietary exposure by metabolite fingerprinting of urine samples Metabolomics 2011. 7 (4), 469-484,
- Wang JJ, Li QW, Ou YT, Han ZS,Li Q,Wang PH, Zhou S Recombinant Human lactoferrin mediated by adenovirus vectors inhibits tumor growth by inducing tumor cell apoptosis in mice bearing EMT6 breast cancer. Archives of Pharmacal Research, 2011 34 (6), 987-995,
- Lu Y, Zhou S and LI B, Environmental Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) Exposure on Children in a Rural Area in North East of China. (Biomed Environ Sci. 2010 23(3):230-3)
- Fave G, S. Zhou, ME Beckmann,G. Harold,W. Lin,KN Tailliart,JH Draper and JC Mathers The MEtabolomics to characterise Dietary Exposure (MEDE) Study:kinetics of metabolite responses to a test breakfast. Proceedings of the Nutritional Society. 2010, 69: E87
- Tian Z,Li Z,Zhou S, Liang Y,Wang D, He D. Differentially expressed proteins of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells affected by Zilongjin, a complementary Chinese herbal medicine. Proteomics Clin Appl. 2010 , 4(5):550-9
- YuS and Zhou S. Chapter 6, Special nutrition and dietary needs for people working in cold temperature. J-F Gu (edited). Scientific Publisher, Beijing
- Nicholas AP, Lubin FD, Hallett PJ, Vattem P, Ravenscroft P, Bezard E, Zhou S, Fox SH, Brotchie JM, Sweatt JD, Standaert DG. Striatal histone modifications in models of levodopa-induced dyskinesia. J Neurochem. 2008;106(1):486-94.
- ZhangT, Li Q,Li K, Li Y, Li J, Wang G, Zhou S. Anti-tumor Effects of Saponin from Patrinia villosa (Thunb.) Juss on Mice Bearing U14 Cervical Cancer. Phytother Res. 2008;22(5):640-5.
- Fernandez-Solà J, Preedy VR, Lang CH, Gonzalez-Reimers E, Arno M, Lin JC, Wiseman H, Zhou S, Emery PW, Nakahara T, Hashimoto K, Hirano M, Santolaria-Fernández F,González-Hernández T, Fatjó F, Sacanella E, Estruch R, Nicolás JM, Urbano-Márquez A.. Molecular and cellular events in alcohol-induced muscle disease. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007, 31 (12):1953-62.
- Nadjar A, Brotchie J, Guigoni C, Li Q, Zhou S, Wang G, Ravenscroft P, Georges F, Crossman A, Bezard E. Phenotype of striatofugal medium spiny neurons in parkinsonian and dyskinetic non-human primates: a call for a reappraisal of the functional organization of the basal ganglia. J Neurosci. 2006 26(34):8653-61.
- Zhou S., Mann CJ., Dunn MJ., Preedy VR. Emery PW. Measurement of specific radioactivity in proteins separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Electrophoresis. 2006, 27, 1147-1153
- Zhou S., Bailey MJ., Dunn MJ., Preedy VR. Emery PW. A quantitative investigation into the losses of proteins at different stages of a two-dimensional gel electrophoresis procedure. Proteomics, 2005, 5:2739-2747
- Hallett PJ, Dunah AW, Ravenscroft P, Zhou S, Bezard E, Crossman AR, Brotchie JM, Standaert DG. Alterations of striatal NMDA receptor subunits associated with the development of dyskinesia in the MPTP-lesioned primate model of Parkinson's disease. Neuropharmacology, 2005, 48, 503-516
- Zhou S. Bailey MJ., Dunn MJ., Preedy VR. Emery PW. A systematic investigation in the recovery of radioactively labeled proteins from sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gels. Electrophoresis. 2004, 25(1), 1-7
Contact details
T: +44 (0)1582 743541
E: shabou.zhou@beds.ac.uk
