jian zhou

Dr. jian zhou

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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 October 2011 in Bone
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JZjian zhou
jian zhou
LMLei-Guo Ming
Lei-Guo Ming
BGBao-Feng Ge
Bao-Feng Ge
JWJia-Qi Wang
Jia-Qi Wang
RZRui-Qing Zhu
Rui-Qing Zhu
KCKe-Ming Chen
Ke-Ming Chen

17 September 2024 in Nature Communications
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NZNa Zhao
Na Zhao
JZjian zhou
jian zhou
TTTianfu Tao
Tianfu Tao
QWQi Wang
Qi Wang
JTJie Tang
Jie Tang
GWGang Wang
Gang Wang
Continuous directed evolution of base editors (BEs) has been successful in bacteria cells, but not yet in mammalian cells. Here, we report the development of a Continuous Directed Evolution system in Mammalian cells (CDEM). CDEM enables the BE evolution in a full-length manner with Cas9 nickase. We harness CDEM to evolve the deaminases of cytosine base editor BE3 and adenine base editors, ABEmax and ABE8e. The evolved cytidine deaminase variants on BE4 architecture show not only narrowed editing windows, but also higher editing purity and low off-target activity without a trade-off in on-targeting activity. The evolved ABEmax and ABE8e variants exhibit narrowed or shifted editing windows to different extents, and lower off-target effects. The results illustrate that CDEM is a simple but powerful approach to continuously evolve BEs without size restriction in the mammalian environment, which is advantageous over continuous directed evolution system in bacteria cells.


13 January 2026 in Sensors and Actuators Reports
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JZjian zhou
jian zhou
NZNa Zhang
Na Zhang
YRYing-Jie Ren
Ying-Jie Ren
XRXue-Mei Ren
Xue-Mei Ren
XWXin Wang
Xin Wang
ZLZhuo Li
Zhuo Li