Education:
2005.9-2009.6 Southeast University, Biological Engineering, B.Eng. 2009.9-2015.1 Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Genetics, Ph.D. Professional Experience: 2015.4-present Teacher, School of Food & Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University 2015.6-present Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Food & Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University Scientific Research Field: Enzymes from extremophiles Food biotechnology Social academic post and honor: Teaching Courses: Microbiology Published papers: (1) Hou J, Cui HL*. In vitro antioxidant, antihemolytic, and anticancer activity of the carotenoids from halophilic archaea. Current Microbiology, 2018, 75, 266-271 (2) Hou J, Zhao YJ, Zhu L, Cui HL*. Salinirubellus salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2018, 68, 1874-1878 (3) Hou J, Xiang H*, Han J*. Propionyl coenzyme A (propionyl-CoA) carboxylase in Haloferax mediterranei: indispensability for propionyl-CoA assimilation and impacts on global metabolism. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2015, 81(2), 794-804 (4) Hou J, Han J*, Cai L, Zhou J, Lü Y, Jin C, Liu J, Xiang H*. Characterization of genes for chitin catabolism in Haloferax mediterranei. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014, 98, 1185-1194 (5) Hou J, Feng B, Han J*, Liu H, Zhao D, Zhou J, Xiang H*. Haloarchaeal-type β-ketothiolases involved in poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) synthesis in Haloferax mediterranei. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013, 79(17), 5104-5111 (6) Han J#, Hou J#, Zhang F, Ai G, Li M, Cai S, Liu H, Wang L, Wang Z, Zhang S, Cai L, Zhao D, Zhou J, Xiang H*. Multiple propionyl coenzyme A-supplying pathways for production of the bioplastic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) in Haloferax mediterranei. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013, 79(9), 2922-2931 (Spotlight article) (#Co-first author) (7) Hou J, Xu WM, Cui HL*. Screening of extracellular protease-producing haloarchaea from Chaidamin salt lake and its enzyme properties. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2018, 44(3), 91-96 (8) Hou J, Xu JQ, Li Y, Zhou Y, Cui HL*. Identification of halophilic archaea producing protease from Yipinglang salt mine and its enzymatic properties. Science and Technology of Food Industry, 2017, 23(38), 124-128 Main Scientific Research Projects: (1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31600002), 2017.1-2019.12, PI (2) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (No. 2015M581728), 2015.8-2017.6, PI (3) Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds (No. 1501069C), 2015.6-2017.6, PI (4) The opening project of State key Laboratory of Microbial Resources (No. SKLMR-20150603), 2015.6-2017.5, PI (5) Advanced Talent Foundation of Jiangsu University (No. 15JDG062), 2015.4-2018.4, PI Patents: Scientific Research Achievements and Awards Number of postgraduates under supervision 1 Number of supervised masters and Ph.D. Number of supervised undergraduates 9 The above information updated Sep.2018 |