Department of Biological Sciences,

Humboldt State University

 
 

Tel: 707-826-5554, FAX: 707-826-3201

 jz15@humboldt.edu

 
 
           

 

 

Jianmin Zhong, Ph.D.

 

 

 


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

á      August 2006 to date: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University. Arcata, CA 95521

 

á      August 2005 to July 2006: Instructor, Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA.

 

á      July 1991-July 1994: Full-time Instructor, Department of Parasitology, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China.

                                   

EDUCATION

 

á      Postdoctoral, August 2001 to July 2006. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.

 

á      Ph. D., June 2001. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tennessee, Health Science Center. Memphis, TN 38163. Dissertation title ÒCharacterization of IHF and SET Proteins of Chlamydia trachomatisÓ.

 

á      Master of Medicine, June 1991. Shanghai Medical University (Shanghai Medical College Fudan University), Shanghai, China. Thesis title ÒCharacterization of Der f I, a Major asthma Allergen of DermatophagoidesÓ.

 

á      Bachelor of Science in Medicine, June 1988. Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

á      Assistant Professor, August 2006 to date. Department of Biological Science, Humboldt State University.  Teach General Microbiology and Medical Microbiology.

 

á      Instructor, August 2005 to date. Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton.  Teach General Microbiology (93 undergraduates) and Introduction to Bioinformatics (13 graduate students).

 

á      Supervisor, Dr. Alan BarbourÕs lab, UCI.  Teach and direct student research

á      April Lynn Phillips, graduate student, Jan. 2005-to date

á      Hung Le, undergraduate student, Sept. 2002-May 2004. Hung had an oral presentation on May 15, 2004 in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Symposium of UCI titled ÒGene Expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi thyX and Functional Analysis of its Gene ProductÓ.

á      Tolga Turan, graduate student, Sept. 2002-Dec. 2002 

 

á      Teaching Assistant, 1995-1996. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tennessee, Health Science Center. Memphis, Tennessee.  Plan, organize, and implement the Medical Microbiology class.

 

á      Instructor, July 1992-July 1994. Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China. Instruct the course of Parasitology lecture and lab (~100 undergraduates) every year.

 

á      Instructor, July 1991-June 1992. Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China. Teach the full Parasitology lab course.

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

á      Postdoctoral fellow, August 2001 to July 2006. Investigating pathogenesis and gene expression of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii, agents of Lyme Borreliosis and relapsing fever; and Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q-fever.

 

á      Ph.D. graduate research. 1994-2001. Department of Microbiology and Immunology.  University of Tennessee, Health Science Center. Memphis, TN.

 

AWARDS

 

á      The Biomedical Informatics Training Program Trainee, UCI. Jan. 2004 to July 2006.

 

á      Research Excellence Recognition Award. Oct. 1992. Research paper title: ÒDer f I, a Major Allergen of DermatophagoidesÓ. Granted by the Chinese Association of Sciences and Technology for research works in the Youth Satellite Symposium on Life Sciences and Biotechnology, First Academic Meeting of Youth Cast, China.

 

á       ÒGuang HuaÓ ScholarshipÓ. Oct. 1990, granted by the School of Graduate Studies, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China.

 

á      Excellent undergraduate thesis. June 1988, granted by the School of Medicine, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China.

 

MEMBERSHIPS

 

á      Member, International Symbiosis Society (2006 to date)

 

á      Member, American Society for Microbiology (1997 to date)

 

á      Member, Shanghai Association of Parasitology, China (1993 to 1994)

PUBLICATIONS

 

  1. Zhong J., Jasinskas A., and Barbour A.G. Antibiotic Treatment of the Tick Vector Amblyomma americanum Reduced Reproductive Fitness. PLoS ONE. 2007 May; 2:e405.

 

  1. Jasinskas A., Zhong J., and Barbour A. G. Highly prevalent Coxiella sp. bacterium in the tick vector Amblyomma americanum. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Jan; 73(1): 334-336.

 

  1. Zhong J, Skouloubris S, Dai Q, Myllykallio H, and Barbour AG. Function and evolution of plasmid-borne genes for pyrimidine biosynthesis in Borrelia spp. J Bacteriol. 2006 Feb;188(3):909-918.

 

  1. Zhong J and Barbour AG. Cross-species Hybridization of a Borrelia burgdorferi DNA Array Reveals Infection- and Culture-associated Genes of the Unsequenced Genome of the Relapsing Fever Agent Borrelia hermsii. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51(3):729-748.

 

  1. Putteet-Driver AD, Zhong J, Barbour AG. Transgenic Expression of RecA of the Spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii in Escherichia coli Revealed Differences in DNA Repair and Recombination Phenotypes. J Bacteriol. 2004; 186(8):2266-2274.

 

  1. Zhong J, Douglas AL, and Hatch TP. Characterization of Integration Host Factor (IHF) Binding Upstream of the Cysteine-Rich Protein operon (omcAB) Promoter of Chlamydia trachomatis LGV Serovar L2. Mol Microbiol. 2001; 41: 451-462.

 

  1. Zhong J and Hatch TP.  Characterization of the Chlamydia trachomatis SET-Domain Protein.  Submitted.

 

  1. Zhong J and Wen TW. Purification and Physicochemical Characterization of Der f I Allergen. Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases. 1993;11(3): 206-208.

 

  1. Zhong J and Wen TW. The Immunochemical Characterization of Der f I Allergen.  Acta Academiae Medicinae Shanghai. 1993;20(5): 355-358.

 

  1. Zhong J and Wen TW. Advances in the Immunological Research of the House Dust Mites. Guo Wai Yi Xue Ji Sheng Chong Fen Ce. 1992;19(5): 193-196.

 

  1. Wen TW, Cai L, Wang H, and Zhong J. Mite Prevalence and Mite Sensitivity in China. J Korean Society Allergology. 1991;11(2).suppl: 89-101.

 

 

 

INVITED SPEAKER, POSTERS AND ABSTRACTS

 

á      Zhong J and Barbour AG. Rapid Detection of Genome Difference between Lyme Borreliosis and Relapsing Fever Borrelia Species by Array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization. Biology of Spirochetes, Gordon Conference. Ventura, California, USA. January 2004. Also in: 2nd Annual Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics (IGB) Biomedical Informatics Training (BIT) Symposium. May, 2004.

 

á      Zhong J and Barbour AG. DNA Microarray Analysis of the Bacterial Pathogen Borrelia hermsii Growing in the Blood of Infected Mice. The 103th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.  Washington D.C., USA. May 2003.

 

á      Zhong J and Barbour AG. DNA Microarray Analysis of Differential Gene Expression due to Temperature Shift-One Lab Experience. Biology of Spirochetes, Gordon Conference. Ventura, California, USA. January 2002.

 

á      Zhong J and Hatch TP. Chlamydia trachomatis L2 SET Domain DNA-binding Protein Interacts with a Late-stage Chlamydia 20-kDa Protein. Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of the European Society for Chlamydia Research. Helsinki, Finland. August 2000.

 

á      Zhong J and Hatch TP. Expression of Chlamydia trachomatis SET-domain Gene and Association of SET Protein with Other Chlamydial Proteins. The 100th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Los Angeles, USA. May 2000.

 

á      Zhong J and Hatch TP. Characterization of a Protein-Binding Site Upstream of the omcAB Operon.  Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Human Chlamydial Infection. Napa, USA. June 1998.

 

á      Zhong J and Wen TW.  Der f I Allergen Purified from the Spent Culture Medium by McAb. XIV International Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology. Kyoto, Japan. Oct. 1991.