Zhen Xu Lecturer
Department of Sanitary Toxicology and Sanitary ,
School of Public HealthTianjin Medical University
22 Qixiangtai Road
Tianjin 300070
Phone: +86-22-83336638
Email Address: xuzhen@tmu.edu.cn
Education
Ph D Microbiology, Queen Mary University of London, 2016
MA.Sc. Microbiology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2012
B.S. Life Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2009
Professional Background
2016.12-now Lecturer, Department of Sanitary Chemistry, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
Publications
1.Qiu M, Xu Z. Berberine hydrochloride reduces staphyloxanthin synthesis by inhibiting fni genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus[J]. Molecular Biology Reports, 2024, 51(1): 761.
2. Xu Z, Yuan C*. Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in China Reveals the Key Gene Features Involved in Epidemic Transmission and Adaptive Evolution. Microbiology Spectrum. 2022 :e0156422.
3.Xu Z*, Chen L, Chen X, Tang A, Huang D, Pan Q, Fang Z*. Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci Recovered from Public Shared Bicycles in China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022; 19(8 ):4492. (IF: 4.614)3.
4.Liu Y, Chen L, Duan Y, Xu Z*. Molecular Characterization of Staphylococci Recovered from Hospital Personnel and Frequently Touched Surfaces in Tianjin, China. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2022 Aug 10;2022:1061387.
5. Xu Z, Li X, Tian D, Sun Z, Guo L, Dong C, Tang N, Mkrtchyan HV. Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus recovered from hospital personnel. J Med Microbiol. 2020 Dec;69(12):1332-1338
6. Xu Z, Cave R, Chen L, Yangkyi T, Liu Y, Li K, Meng G, Niu K , Zhang W, Tang N, Shen J, Mkrtchyan H*.Antibiotic resistance and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis recovered from hospital personnel in China[J]. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020; doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.02.013.
7. Xu Z, Chen J, Vougas K, Shah A, Shah H, Misra R, Mkrtchyan H*., Comparative Proteomic Profiling of Methicillin-Susceptible and Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 2020, 20(2): e1900221.
8. Xu Z, Liu S , Chen L , Liu Y, Tan L, Shen J* and Zhang W. Antimicrobial resistance and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant coagulase negative staphylococci from public shared bicycles in tianjin, china. Journal of global antimicrobial resistance. 2019, 19: 231-235
9. Xu Z, Misra R, Jamrozy D, Paterson G, Cutler R, Holmes M, Gharbia S, Mkrtchyan H*. Whole Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics Analysis of Multi-drug Resistant Environmental Staphylococcus epidermidis ST59[J]. G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, 2018.4.23, 8:2225-2230
10. Xu Z, Shah H, Misra R, Chen J, Zhang W, Liu Y, Cutler R, Mkrtchyan H*. The prevalence, antibiotic resistance and mecA characterization of coagulase negative staphylococci recovered from non-healthcare settings in London, UK[J]. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 2018.6.6, 7:73.
11. Xu Z, Mkrtchyan H V*, Cutler RR*. Antibiotic resistance and mecA characterization of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from three hotels in London, UK. Frontiers in microbiology. 2015, Volume 6, Article 947.
12. Xu Z, Xu Q, Zheng Z, Huang Y*. Kribbella amoyensis sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of a pharmaceutical plant, Typhonium giganteum Engl. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2012, 62(Pt 5): 1081-1085.
Grants
1.Tianjin Science Commission. Molecular epidemiology characterization of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from healthcare workers. (17JCYBJC43000). 2017.10-2020.9.
2. Tianjin Xiqing Joint program. Transmission of MRSA in ICU of Tianjin Xiqin Hospital. (XQYYKLT202104), 2021.7-2023.8
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China. Mechanism study of goiter caused by iodine overdose based on Pax8 pathway by single cell sequencing (82073549),2021.01.01-2024.12.31
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China. Mechanism study of goiter caused by iodine overdose based on Pax8 pathway (81703218). 2018.1-2021.12