The Bee lab
PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATORS
Xin Zhou
Ph. D., Professor
College of Plant Protection,
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Email: xinzhou(a)cau.edu.cn
ORCiD: 0000-0002-1407-7952
WORK EXPERIENCE
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health
2016-2020
Senior PI
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Canada
2007-2010
Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Scientist
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
Committee of Pollinator Insects & Insect Genomics, Entomological Society of China
2014-
Chair, Deputy Chair, Committee Member
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
(Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, ZFMK), Bonn, Germany
2012-2022
Research Associate
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATIONS
Apiculture of China 中国蜂业杂志
2024-
Associate Editor
Guest editor:
Current Opinion in Insect Science, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Biodiversity Science, Genome
Referee:
Biological Invasion, BMC Biology, BMC Genomics, Conservation Biology, Entomologica Fennica, Entomological Science, Freshwater Science, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, GigaScience, Insect Science, Insects, Journal of Apicultural Research, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Resources, Philippine Journal of Science, PLoS One, Science Advances, Systematic Biology, Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Zookeys, Zoological Research, Zootaxa, 昆虫学报, 生态学报, 生物多样性, 中国科学
Grant reviewer:
NSF-China, NSERC (Canada), France Génomique (France)
EDUCATION
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bee evolution and genomics
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Qiu, L., J. Dong, X. Li, S. H. Parey, K. Tan, M. Orr, A. Majeed, X. Zhang, S. Luo, X. Zhou, C. Zhu, T. Ji, Q. Niu, S. Liu*, and X. Zhou*. 2023. Defining honeybee subspecies in an evolutionary context warrants strategized conservation. Zoological Research 44(3): 483-493.
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Ji, Y.#, X. Li#, T. Ji*, J. Tang#, L. Qiu, J. Hu, J. Dong, S. Luo, S. Liu, P. B. Frandsen, X-G Zhou, S. H. Parey, Q. Niu*, and X. Zhou*. 2020. Gene reuse facilitates rapid radiation and independent adaptation to diverse habitats in the Asian honeybee. Science Advances 6: eabd3590.
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Li, Y., R. Zhang, S. Liu, A. Donath, R. S. Peters, J. Ware, B. Misof, O. Niehuis, M. E. Pfrender*, and X. Zhou*. 2017. The molecular evolutionary dynamics of Oxidative Phosphorylation (OXPHOS) genes in Hymenoptera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 269.
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Peters, R. S. *, L. Krogmann, C. Mayer, A. Donath, S. Gunkel, K. Meusemann, A. Kozlov, L. Podsiadlowski, M. Petersen, R. Lanfear, P. A. Diez, J. Heraty, K. M. Kjer, S. Klopfstein, R. Meier, C. Polidori, T. Schmitt, S. Liu, X. Zhou, T. Wappler, J. Rust, B. Misof, and O. Niehuis*. 2017. Evolutionary history of the Hymenoptera. Current Biology 27(7):1013-1018. F1000 Cover Story
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Misof, B.*, S. Liu, K. Meusemann, R. S. Peters, A. Donath, C. Mayer, P. B. Frandsen, J. Ware, T. Flouri, R. G. Beutel, O. Niehuis, M. Petersen, F. Izquierdo-Carrasco, T. Wappler, J. Rust, A. J. Aberer, U. Aspöck, H. Aspöck, A. Blanke, D. Bartel, S. Berger, A. Böhm, T. Buckley, B. Calcott, J. Chen, F. Friedrich, M. Fukui, M. Fujita, C. Greve, P. Grobe, S. Gu, Y. Huang, L. S. Jermiin, A. Y. Kawahara, L. Krogmann, M. Kubiak, R. Lanfear, H. Letsch, Y. Li, Z. Li, J. Li, H. Lu, R. Machida, Y. Mashimo, P. Kapli, D. McKenna, G. Meng, Y. Nakagaki, J. L. Navarrete-Heredia, M. Ott, Y. Ou, G. Pass, L. Podsiadlowski, H. Pohl, B. M. v. Reumont, K. Schütte, K. Sekiya, S. Shimizu, A. Slipinski, A. Stamatakis, W. Song, X. Su, N. U. Szucsich, M. Tan, X. Tan, M. Tang, J. Tang, G. Timelthaler, S. Tomizuka, M. Trautwein, X. Tong, T. Uchifune, M. G. Walzl, B. Wiegmann, J. Wilbrandt, B. Wipfler, T. K. F. Wong, Q. Wu, G. Wu, Y. Xie, S. Yang, Q. Yang, D. K. Yeates, K. Yoshizawa, Q. Zhang, R. Zhang, W. Zhang, Y. Zhang, J. Zhao, C. Zhou, L. Zhou, T. Ziesmann, S. Zou, Y. Li, X. Xu, Y. Zhang, H. Yang, J. Wang, J. Wang*, K. M. Kjer*, and X. Zhou*. 2014. Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. Science 346 (6210): 763-767. F1000 Cover Story
Pollinator diversity and network
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Liu, S.#, D. Lang#, G. Meng, J. Hu, M. Tang, and X. Zhou*. 2022. Tracing the origin of honey products based on metagenomics and machine learning. Food Chemistry 371: 131066.
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Lang, D.#, M. Tang#, J. Hu, and X. Zhou*. 2019. Genome-skimming provides accurate quantification for pollen mixtures. Molecular Ecology Resources 19: 1433-1446.
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Tang, M.#, C. Hardman#, Y. Ji#, G. Meng, S. Liu, M. Tan, S. Yang, E. Moss, J. Wang, C. Yang, C. Bruce, T. Nevard, S. G. Potts, X. Zhou*, and D. W. Yu*. 2015. High-throughput monitoring of wild bee diversity and abundance via mitogenomics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6: 1034-1043. Cover Story
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Tang, M., M. Tan, G. Meng, S. Yang, X. Su, S. Liu, W. Song, Y. Li, Q. Wu, A. Zhang, and X. Zhou*. 2014. Multiplex sequencing of pooled mitochondrial genomes – a crucial step toward biodiversity analysis using mito-metagenomics. Nucleic Acids Research 42(22): e166.
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Zhou, X.*, Y. Li, S. Liu, Q. Yang, X. Su, L. Zhou, M. Tang, R. Fu, J. Li, and Q. Huang. 2013. Ultra-deep sequencing enables high-fidelity recovery of biodiversity for bulk arthropod samples without PCR amplification. GigaScience 2: 4.
Caddisflies: molecular taxonomy and evolution
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Luo, S., M. Tang, P. B. Frandsen, R. J. Stewart, and X. Zhou*. 2018. The genome of an underwater architect, the caddisfly Stenopsyche tienmushanensis Hwang (Insecta: Trichoptera). GigaScience 7(12): giy143.
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Zhou, X.*, P. Frandsen, R. W. Holzenthal, C. R. Beet, K. R. Bennett, R. J. Blahnik, N. Bonada, D. Cartwright, S. Chuluunbat, G. V. Cocks, G. E. Collins, J. deWaard, J. Dean, O. Flint, M. R. Gonzalez, A. Hausmann, L. Hendrich, M. Hess, I. D. Hogg, B. C. Kondratieff, H. Malicky, M. A. Milton, J. Morinière, J. C. Morse, S. Pauls, A. Rinne, J. Robinson, J. Salokannel, M. Shackleton, B. Smith, A. Stamatakis, R. StClair, J. A. Thomas, C. Zamora-Muñoz, T. Ziesmann, and K. M. Kjer*. 2016. The Trichoptera barcode initiative: a strategy for generating a species-level Tree of Life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biology Science 371 (1702): 20160025. Cover Story
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Zhou, X.*, L. M. Jacobus, R. E. DeWalt, S. J. Adamowicz, and P. D. N. Hebert. 2010. Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera fauna of Churchill (Manitoba, Canada): insights into biodiversity patterns from DNA barcoding. Freshwater Science 29(3): 814-837.
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Zhou, X.*, S. J. Adamowicz, L. M. Jacobus, R. E. DeWalt, and P. D. N. Hebert. 2009. Towards a comprehensive barcode library for arctic life—Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Frontiers in Zoology 6:30.
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Zhou, X.*, K. M. Kjer, and J. C. Morse. 2007. Associating larvae and adults of Chinese Hydropsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) using DNA sequences. Freshwater Science 26(4): 719-742.
Host-gut microbiota interaction in honeybees
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Guo, L., J. Tang, M. Tang, S. Luo*, and X. Zhou*. 2023. Reactive oxygen species are regulated by immune deficiency and Toll pathways in determining host-specificity of honeybee gut bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 120(33): e2219634120.
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Li, C., M. Tang, X. Li*, and X. Zhou*. 2022. Community dynamics in structure and function of honey bee gut bacteria in response to winter dietary shifts. mBio 13(5): e01131-22.
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Su, Q. #, M. Tang#, L. Qiu, X. Zhang, Q. Niu, X. Li, X. Zhou, S. Luo*, and X. Zhou*. 2022. Significant compositional and functional variation reveals patterns of gut microbiota evolution among wide-spread Asian honeybee populations. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:934459.
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Yang, C., Q. Su, M. Tang, S. Luo, H. Zheng, X. Zhang*, and X. Zhou*. 2022. Amplicon sequencing of single-copy protein-coding genes reveals accurate diversity for sequence-discrete microbiome populations. Microbiology Spectrum 10(2): e02105-21.
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Zhang, W.#, X. Zhang#, Q. Su, M. Tang, H. Zheng, and X. Zhou*. 2022. Genomic features underlying evolutionary transitions of Apibacter to honeybee gut symbionts. Insect Science 29: 259-275. Cover Story