Tong Zhou

Tong Zhou is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. His research focuses on bioinformatics and computational biology, particularly translational bioinformatics and computational RNA biology.

• B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University, China
• M.S., Bioinformatics, Southeast University, China
• Ph.D., Bioinformatics, Southeast University, China

Key research areas include:

• Development of computational tools for omics data analysis
• Investigation of noncanonical small noncoding RNAs (tsRNAs, rsRNAs)
• Environmental stressor/diet-induced RNA code and epigenetic inheritance
• RNA modifications and regulatory mechanisms

Recent publications highlight his work on small RNAs in disease contexts (2022-2020), including SARS-CoV-2 inflammation, cardiac hypertrophy, and biomarkers in cancer/pulmonary diseases. His methodological contributions include AQUARIUM and PANDORA-seq algorithms for RNA analysis.