PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Zeng TU
Gender: Male
Title: professor
Position: Deputy director of pathogen biology
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: tuz1980@126.com; tuzeng@cqmu.edu.cn
Address: No.1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing
Phone: +86-15123180699
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
1999.09-2003.07, Laiyang Agricultural College, Bachelor of Agriculture
2003.09-2006.07, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, Master of Science
2006.09-2009.09, Southwest University, Doctor of Agriculture
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2013.02-2019.01, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University.
2015.11-2016.10, Visiting scholar, Gastrointestinal Unit / Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts general Hospital.
2019.07-2019.08, Trainee, University of British Columbia
2009.07- Pathogen biology, college of basic medicine of Chongqing Medical University.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My main research interests are 1) interaction between microorganism and host, 2) development and application of beneficial bacteria, and 3) epidemiology and prevention of Clostridioides difficile.
HONOUR & AWARDS
QianDe key teacher Awards of Chongqing medical university, 2023
Excellent Graduate Instructor of Chongqing Medical University, 2023
PUBLICATIONS
1. Hao R, Liu Q, Wang L, Jian W, Cheng Y, Zhang Q, Hayer K, Kamarudin Raja Idris R, Zhang Y, Lu H, Tu Z*. Anti-inflammatory effect of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum T1 cell-free supernatants through suppression of oxidative stress and NF-κB- and MAPK-signaling pathways. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2023 Sep 13:e0060823. doi: 10.1128/aem.00608-23.（corresponding author）
2. Idris NFB, Jia Q, Lu H, Guo Y, Wang Y, Hao R, Tu Z*. Reduced Survival and Resistance of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Following Inhibition of Pigment Production by Naftifine. Curr Microbiol. 2023, 80(9):285.（corresponding author）
3. Qianqian Liu, Wenwen Jian, Lu Wang, Shenglin Yang, Yutian Niu, ShuaiJing Xie, Kim Hayer, Kun Chen, Yi Zhang, Yanan Guo, and Zeng Tu*. Alleviation of DSS-Induced Colitis in Mice by a new-isolated Lactobacillus acidophilus C4. Frontier in Microbiology, 14:1137701, 2023.（corresponding author）
4. Wang, Lu & Liu, Qianqian & Gong, Xue & Jian, Wenwen & Cui, Yihong & Jia, Qianying & Zhang, Jibei & Zhang, Yi & Guo, Yanan & Lu, He* & Tu, Zeng*. Cloning and Biochemical Characterization of a Hyaluronate Lyase from Bacillus sp. CQMU-D. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 33(2): 236–242, 2023.（Co-corresponding author）
5. Lin Yuan, Qianying Jia, Shenyong Yang, Nur Fazleen Binti Idris, Yimin Li, Yang Wang, Ya Zhao, Jieli Hu, Yuan Hu, Ailong Huang*, Zeng Tu*. ADAR1 promotes HBV replication through its deaminase domain. Frontiers In Bioscience, Landmark, 25 (4) , 710-721. 2020.（Co-corresponding author）
6. Nur Fazleen Binti Idris, Guowang Huang, Qianying Jia, Lin Yuan, Yimin Li, Zeng Tu*. Mixed Infection of Toe Nail Caused by Trichosporon asahii and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. Mycopathologia. 2020.（corresponding author）
