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Sirui Zhou

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor,ÌýDepartment of Human Genetics

Member, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine

Investigator, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine

Sirui Zhou
Contact Information
Address: 

740 Dr Penfield Ave, Room 7101
Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3A 0G4

Email address: 
sirui.zhou [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
(514) 398-8364
Department: 
Human Genetics
Area(s): 
Genetics
Infectious Diseases
Degree(s): 

PhD, Université de Montréal, 2017. Under the supervision of Dr. Guy Rouleau, the Neuro.

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Biography: 

SiruiÌýZhou joined the Department of Human Genetics and the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine as an assistant professor in January 2022. She obtained her PhD from the Université de Montréal in 2017, under the supervision of Dr. Guy Rouleau at the Neuro. Her PhD trainings were focused on the genetic architecture of Nunavik Inuit and intracranial aneurysms in founder populations of Quebec. Later, she pursued her studies in the lab of Dr. Brent Richards at the LDI, as a CIHR postdoctoral fellow. She leveraged multi-omics data and used genetic epidemiological methods to identify tractable biomarkers for osteoporosis, and during the pandemic, to identify potential drug targets for severe COVID-19.

Current research: 

Blood proteins can reflect the biological processes in tissues and thus are the first indicators of disease. They could be directly targeted for therapeutic intervention if the causal relationship between proteins and diseases are elucidated. Environmental and genetic factors associated with different ancestries may also reflect the change in proteomics and interactions between different omics, which could be leveraged to identify targets for disease. Currently, I am interested in using the proteomic, metabolomic and genomic data from the BQC19 (Banque québécoise de la COVID-19) and other large biobanks to explore potential targets that contribute to the risks to severe SARS-CoV2 infection and other related traits in multiple populations

Selected publications: 
  • Butler-Laporte, G, Gonzalez-Kozlova, E, Su, CY, Zhou, S, Nakanishi, T, Brunet-Ratnasingham, EÌýet al.. Correction: The dynamic changes and sex differences of 147 immune-related proteins during acute COVID-19 in 580 individuals. Clin Proteomics. 2022;19 (1):40. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
  • Lu, T, Forgetta, V, Greenwood, CMT, Zhou, S, Richards, JB. Circulating Proteins Influencing Psychiatric Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Biol Psychiatry. 2023;93 (1):82-91. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌý.
  • Sun, X, Xiao, W, Li, Z, Zhou, S, Dong, M, Huang, CÌýet al.. Does vitamin D supplementation improve bone health, body composition and physical performance beyond endurance exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes: A secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial. Front Physiol. 2022;13 :1003572. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
  • Butler-Laporte, G, Gonzalez-Kozlova, E, Su, CY, Zhou, S, Nakanishi, T, Brunet-Ratnasingham, EÌýet al.. The dynamic changes and sex differences of 147 immune-related proteins during acute COVID-19 in 580 individuals. Clin Proteomics. 2022;19 (1):34. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
  • Paranjpe, I, Jayaraman, P, Su, CY, Zhou, S, Chen, S, Thompson, RÌýet al.. Proteomic Characterization of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized with SARS-CoV2 Infection. medRxiv. 2022; :. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
  • Smith-Byrne, K, Cerani, A, Guida, F, Zhou, S, Agudo, A, Aleksandrova, KÌýet al.. Circulating Isovalerylcarnitine and Lung Cancer Risk: Evidence from Mendelian Randomization and Prediagnostic Blood Measurements. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022;31 (10):1966-1974. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
  • Duncan, CJA, Skouboe, MK, Howarth, S, Hollensen, AK, Chen, R, Børresen, MLÌýet al.. Life-threatening viral disease in a novel form of autosomal recessive IFNAR2 deficiency in the Arctic. J Exp Med. 2022;219 (6):. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
  • Brunet-Ratnasingham, E, Anand, SP, Gantner, P, Dyachenko, A, Moquin-Beaudry, G, Brassard, NÌýet al.. Integrated immunovirological profiling validates plasma SARS-CoV-2 RNA as an early predictor of COVID-19 mortality. Sci Adv. 2021;7 (48):eabj5629. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
  • Chen, Y, Forgetta, V, Richards, JB, Zhou, S. Health Effects of Calcium: Evidence From Mendelian Randomization Studies. JBMR Plus. 2021;5 (11):e10542. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
  • Nilsson, KH, Henning, P, El Shahawy, M, Nethander, M, Andersen, TL, Ejersted, CÌýet al.. RSPO3 is important for trabecular bone and fracture risk in mice and humans. Nat Commun. 2021;12 (1):4923. doi:Ìý. PubMedÌýÌýPubMed CentralÌý.
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