2020-present, Associate professor, Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection, CAS 

2016-2020, Postdoc, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2011-2016, Ph.D.,Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2007-2011, Shandong Agricultural University

Yi-Zhou Gao，Associated professor from Unit of Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis and Symbiosis of Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association. His research fields mainly involve gut symbiotic microorganisms and microbial metabolism of small molecular, the evolution and regulation of bacterial metabolic genes.

Selected publications

l  2023

l  1、Yi-Zhou Gao, Wang, Y., Ji, M., Zhou, N.Y.*, and Huang, W.E*. A Whole-Cell Hydrogen Peroxide Biosensor and Its Application in Visual Food Analysis. The Innovation Life 1(1): 100011 (2023). doi: 10.59717/j.xinn-life.2023.100011

2、Jin W-Y, Guo J-X, Zhang M, Teng L-Z, Chao Y, Sansonetti PJ*, Yi-Zhou Gao*. 2023. Absolute quantification of the microbiota spatial distribution in the murine large intestine. The Innovation Life doi:10.59717/j.xinn-life.2023.100030:100030.

3、Tang, R., Sansonetti, P. J*. & Yi-Zhou Gao*. Stem cell retrograde: A new reason why colorectal cancer is more common than small intestinal cancer? The Innovation. 2023，4： doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2023.100387.（IF₂₀₂₃=32）

4、Luo, M., Zhang, D., Tian, C., Sun, B., Huang, T., Zhang, H., Shi, Y., Yi-Zhou Gao, Luo, R., and Zhu, J.K. The Innovation Life: An International Journal of Life Sciences. The Innovation Life 1(1), 100001 (2023). doi: 10.59717/j.xinn-life.2023.100001

5、Shi Huang*, Chengyong He, Jiufeng Li, Yi-Zhou Gao, Zuoyun Wang, and Yongjun Wei. Emerging paradigms in exploring the interactions among diet, probiotics, and cancer immunotherapeutic response. The Innovation 4, doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2023.100456 (2023). （IF₂₀₂₃=32）

6、Du Y, Liu L, Ma W, Yan W, Mao W, Du Y, Cui K, Yu P, Li Z, Sansonetti PJ, Yi-Zhou Gao*, Zhao H*. 2023. The role of extratumoral and intratumoral microorganisms in cancer immunotherapy. The Innovation Life doi:10.59717/j.xinn-life.2023.100016:100016.

7、Xu, C. *, Kadosh, D., Sun, D., Zeng, G. & Yi-Zhou Gao. Editorial: Omics-originated exploration of pathogenic patterns and molecular mechanisms in human and animal fungal pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology 14, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1243709 (2023). （IF₂₀₂₃=5.2）

2021

1、Yi‐Zhou Gao， Mallory L. Palatucci， Lisa A. Waidner， Tao Li， Yuan Guo， Jim C. Spain (*), Ning‐Yi Zhou (*). A Nag‐like dioxygenase initiates 3,4‐dichloronitrobenzene degradation via 4,5‐dichlorocatechol in Diaphorobacter sp. strain JS3050. Environmental Microbiology. 2021, 23(2): 1053-1065. （IF₂₀₂₁=5.5）

2、Tao Li, Yi-Zhou Gao, Jia Xu, Shu-Ting Zhang, Yuan Guo, Jim C. Spain, Ning-Yi Zhou. 2021. A Recently Assembled Degradation Pathway for 2,3-Dichloronitrobenzene in Diaphorobacter sp. Strain JS3051. mBio. 2021, 12(4), e02231-21（IF₂₀₂₁=7.8）

2020

1、Yi-Zhou Gao, Xiao-Yang Liu, Hong Liu, Yuan Guo, Ning-Yi Zhou*. A Bph-like nitroarene dioxygenase catalyzes the conversion of 3-nitrotoluene to3-methylcatechol from Rhodococcus sp. strain ZWL3NT. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2020. 86(4): e02517-19. （IF₂₀₂₀=4.8）

2、Donglei Sun (#), Yi-Zhou Gao (#), Xing-Yi Ge (#), Zheng-Li Shi, Ning-Yi Zhou*. Special features of bats microbiota differ from terrestrial mammals. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020. 11: 1040. （IF₂₀₂₀=5.6）

2019

1、Lei Wang (#)，Yi-Zhou Gao (#)，Huan Zhao，Ying Xu，Ning-Yi Zhou(*).Biodegradation of 2-bromonitrobenzene by Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2019. 138:87-91. （IF2019=4.1）

2、Shi-Kai Deng, Wen-Mao Zhang, Jin-Pei Wang, Yi-Zhou Gao, Ying-Xu, Ning-Yi Zhou*. Single point mutation in the transcriptional regulator PnpR renders Pseudomonas sp. strain WBC-3 capable of utilizing 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2019. 143: 104732-104739. （IF₂₀₁₉=4.1）

2016

1、Yi-Zhou Gao，Hong Liu，Hong-Jun Chao，Ning-Yi Zhou (*). Constitutive expression of a nag-like dioxygenase gene through an internal promoter in the 2-chloronitrobenzene catabolism gene cluster of Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2016. 82:3461-70. （IF₂₀₁₆=3.8）