Hui Zou, PhD

Associate Professor
Molecular Biology
Graduate Program: Cancer Biology
Cell Regulation

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-5192
Office Fax: 214-648-1488

hui.zou@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolColumbia University in the City of New York (1997)
UndergraduateUniversity of Science Technology - China (1990)

Research Interests

Cancer
Cell Biology
Chromosome Stability
Chromosome Structure
Mitosis

Publications

A novel acetylation of β-tubulin by San modulates microtubule polymerization via down-regulating tubulin incorporation

Chu, C.W., Hou, F., Zhang, J., Phu, L., Loketv, A.V., Kirkpatrick, D.S., Jackson, P.K., Zhao, Y., Zou, H. , Mol. Biol. Cell. , February 2011; (in press)

Two Human Orthologues of Eco1/Ctf7 Acetyltransferases Are Both Required for Proper Sister-Chromatid Cohesion

Fajian Hou, and Hui Zou , Molecular Biology of the Cell , August 2005; (8/16):3908-3918

Separase is recruited to mitotic chromosomes to dissolve sister chromatid cohesion in a DNA-dependent manner

Yuxiao Sun, Martin Kucej, Heng-Yu Fan, Hong Yu, Qing-Yuan Sun, and Hui Zou , Cell , 2009; (137):123-132

The acetyltransferase activity of San stabilizes the mitotic cohesin at the centromeres in a shugoshin-independent manner

Hou, F., Chu, C.W., Kong, X., Yokomori, K., Zou, H , J Cell Biology , 2007; (177):587-597

Nuclear Exclusion of Separase Prevents Cohesin Cleavage in Interphase cells

Sun, Y., Yu, H., and Zou, H , Cell Cycle , 2006; (5):2537-2542

Honors/Awards

American Cancer Society Scholar

(2005)

Damon Runyon Scholar

(2003)

Fellow of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

(1998)

Go Moro Award

(1990)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996-2001

American Society of Cell Biology, 1999-present