周雪，女，1981年3月生，博士，副教授，博士生导师。2003年7月获武汉大学环境科学专业学士学位，2010年4月获美国纽约大学环境健康科学专业博士学位，2010年8月作为人才引进到华中科技大学工作。研究领域为环境分子毒理学，从事环境污染物的表观遗传调控研究，主要包括环境污染物对组蛋白甲基化修饰的影响和机制，以及组蛋白甲基化与致癌过程的关系等。2011年以来作为负责人主持高等学校博士学科点专项科研基金项目、华中科技大学自主创新研究基金项目和国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目。
已发表的学术论文
1. Deng H, Lin P, Li W, Xin S, Zhou X* and Yang J*. Hydroxypropyl chitosan/organic rectorite-based nanofibrous mats with intercalated structure for bacterial inhibition. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. DOI:10.1080/09205063.2012.695711.
2. Yang G*, Zhou X*, Wang J, Zhang W, Zheng H, Lu W, Yuan J*. MEHP-induced oxidative DNA damage and apoptosis in HepG2 cells correlates with p53-mediated mitochondria-dependent signaling pathway. Food Chem Toxicol. 2012, 50(7):2424-2431.
3. Deng H*, Lin P, Xin S, Huang R, Li W, Du Y, Zhou X*, Yang J*. Quaternized chitosan-layered silicate intercalated composites based nanofibrous mats and their antibacterial activity. Carbohydr Polym. 2012, 89(2):307-313.
4. Jiang Y*, Zhou X*, Chen X*, Yang G, Wang Q, Rao K, Xiong W, Yuan J*. Benzo(a)pyrene-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death in p53-null Hep3B cells. Mutat Res. 2011, 726(1):75-83.
5. Zhou X*, Sun H, Chen H, Zavadil J, Kluz T, Arita A, Costa M*. Hypoxia induces trimethylated H3 lysine 4 by inhibition of JARID1A demethylase. Cancer Res. 2010, 70(10): 4214-4221.
6. Deng H*, Zhou X, Wang X, Zhang C, Ding B, Zhang Q, Du Y*. Layer-by-layer structured polysaccharides film-coated cellulose nanofibrous mats for cell culture. Carbohydr polym. 2010, 80(2), 474-479.
7. Arita A*, Zhou X*, Ellen TP*, Liu X, Bai J, Rooney JP, Kurtz A, Klein CB, Dai W, Begley TJ, Costa M*. A genome-wide deletion mutant screen identifies pathways affected by nickel sulfate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Genomics. 2009, 10: 524.
8. Zhou X*, Arita A*, Ellen TP*, Liu X, Bai J, Rooney JP, Kurtz AD, Klein CB, Dai W, Begley TJ, Costa M*. A genome-wide screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals pathways affected by arsenic toxicity. Genomics. 2009, 94(5): 294-307.
9. Sun H*, Zhou X*, Chen H, Li Q, Costa M*. Modulation of histone methylation and MLH1 gene silencing by hexavalent chromium. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2009, 237(3): 258-266.
10. Zhou X*, Li Q, Arita A, Sun H, Costa M*. Effects of nickel, chromate, and arsenite on histone 3 lysine methylation. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2009, 236(1): 78-84.
11. Zhou X*, Sun H*, Ellen TP, Chen H, Costa M*. Arsenite alters global histone H3 methylation. Carcinogenesis. 2008, 29(9): 1831-1836.