Full Name: Wen-Quan Zou
Gender: Male  
Education (Degree/Major): MD/PhD  
Birthplace: China
Position /Title: Assistant Professor/Associate Director
Working Unit: Department of Pathology/National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, Case Western Reserve University Research Interest: Neuroscience, Prion Diseases, Prion Protein.
Work Experience: Most in protein aggregation especially including prion protein aggregation using a combination of molecular biology, cell biology and protein chemistry.
Publications:
1.Xiao, X., Yuan, J., Dong, Z., Jing, K., Wyza, R., MacLennan, G. T., Kong, Q., Ghetti, B., Gambetti, P. & Zou, WQ. Prion protein detection in the uterine and gestational tissues from a gravida with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Am J Pathol. Revised, 2008.
2.Notari, S., Strammiello, R., Capellari, S., Giese, A., Cescatti, M., Grassi, J., Ghetti, B., Langeveld, J. P., Zou, W. Q., Gambetti, P., Kretzschmar, H. A., Parchi, P. Characterization of truncated forms of abnormal prion protein in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. J. Biol. Chem. 283:30557, 2008.
3.Maddox, R. A., Belay, E. D., Curns, A. T., Zou, W. Q., Nowicki, S., Lembach, R. G.,  Geschwind, M. D.,Haman, A., Shinozaki, N., Nakamura, Y., Borer, M. K. & Schonberger, L. B., Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in recipients of corneal transplants. Cornea 27:851, 2008.
3.*Gambetti P, Dong Z, Yuan J, Xiao X, Zheng M, Alshekhlee A, Castellani R, Cohen M, Barria MA, Romero DG, Belay ED, Schonberger LB, Marder K, Harris C, Burke JR, Montine T, Wisniewski T, Dickson DW, Soto C, Hulette CM, Mastrianni JA, Kong Q, *Zou W. Q. A novel human disease with abnormal prion protein sensitive to protease. Ann. Neurol. 63:697, 2008. *Corresponding author.
4.Kong, Q., Zheng, M., Casalong, C., Qing, L., Huang, S., Chakraborty, B., Wang, P., Chen, F., Cali, I., Corona, C., Martucci, F., Iulini, B., Acutis, P., Wang, L., Liang, J., Wang, M., Li, X., Monaco, S., Zanusso, G., Zou, W. Q., Caramelli, M. & Gambetti, P. Evaluation of the human transmission risk of an atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy prion strains. J. Virol. 82:3697, 2008.
5.Yuan, J., Dong, Z., Guo, J.-P., McGeehan,J., Xiao, X., Wang, J., Cali, I., McGeer, P. L., Cashman, N. R., Bessen, R., Surewicz, W. K., Kneale,G., Petersen, R. B., Gambetti, P. & *Zou, W. Q. Accessibility of a critical prion protein region involved in strain recognition and its implications for the early detection of prions. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 65:631, 2008 *Corresponding author.