PhD (Genetics), Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK

Master of Science (Bioinformatics), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

BSc (honours) (Bioinformatics), Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

Choo Siew Woh FRSB graduated from the University of Cambridge in the UK with a Ph.D. in genetics. He participated in the world’s first international human ENCODE project of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Choo is currently a professor at Wenzhou-Kean University, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), the founder and principal investigator of International Pangolin Research Consortium, a member of the Experts Committee of  China  Biodiversity  Conservation  and  Green  Development  Foundation (CBCGDF), Council member and Director of China Pangolin Research Centre, Council member of Zhejiang Bioinformatics Society, Wenzhou Ouyue Haizhi Plan Talent, Suzhou SEID Excellent Scientific and Educational Talent, Wenzhou Overseas Elite Programme Talent. He is committed to the bioinformatics, genomics, pangolin conservation, and drug development research, and has mastered a number of high-end core technologies. He has received grants worth up to RMB 17 million and published more than 70 academic papers in international authoritative journals, including 1 《Nature》, 3 《Genome research》and 1《Conservation Letters》with a total of 7,115 citations. He has presided over a number of national scientific research projects, including the International Young Scientist Fund program of Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Malaysia’s High Impact Research Fund, National Concept-to-Commercialization Gap Fund (CCGF), and National Cradle Seed Fund, as well as has a number of granted patents.

朱绍和 FRSB，英国剑桥大学遗传学博士，曾参与美国国立卫生研究院的全球首个人类ENCODE项目。现任温州肯恩大学研究教授、英国皇家生物学会会士、国际穿山甲研究理事会创办人兼首席科学家、中国绿发会专家委员会专家、中国穿山甲研究中心理事兼主任、浙江省生物学会理事、瓯越海智计划入选者、江苏省苏州市科教创新区高端人才集聚工程科教杰出人才获得者、温州市全球精英引进计划人才。致力于生物信息学、基因组学穿山甲保育和药物开发研究，并掌握了多项高端核心技术。所获基金资助高达1700万人民币，已在国际权威期刊上发表了学术论文70余篇包括1篇 《自然》和3篇《基因组研究》，总引用次数7,115次。主持多项国家级的科研项目包括中国自然科学基金外青项目、马来西亚高影响力研究资助、国家Concept-to-Commercialization Gap Fund (CCGF)基金及国家摇篮种子基金等，以及拥有多项授权专利。

Introduction to Bioinformatics

Essentials of Bioinformatics

Introductory Biology

Foundations of Environmental Science

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

Bioinformatics I

Bioinformatics II

Introduction to Environmental Science

Independent Research

Final Year Project

Research Methodology

Intern/Extern Research

Problem-based Learning

Bioinformatics databases and tools

2020-present: Professor, College of Science and Technology, Wenzhou-Kean University

2016-2020: Associate Professor, XJTLU, China

2013-present: Founder and Principal Investigator, International Pangolin Research Consortium

2013-2016: Full-time Consultant, Universiti Malaya

2011-2016: Founder and PI, Genome Informatics Research Group, Universiti Malaya

2011-2013: Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaya

2008-2011: SLAI Fellow, Universiti Malaya

2007-2008: Senior Scientist & Consultant, Adrenalin Internet Systems Pvt Ltd

2005-2006: Bioinformatics Specialist, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

2004-2005: Bioinformatics Specialist, Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR, Singapore

Choo has been engaged in the research in bioinformatics and omics. Main research fields:

1. Bioinformatics and genomics;
2. Modernization of traditional Chinese medicine: discover and develop innovative drugs to cure human diseases (e.g., infectious diseases, cancer, inflammation, aging, depression, and immunity-related diseases), as well as the functional and innovative products (e.g., antimicrobial laundry detergents and cosmetics);
3. Pangolin genomics and conservation

朱教授一直从事生物信息学和组学的研究。主要研究领域：

1. 生物信息学和基因组学；
2. 中医药现代化：挖掘并开发治疗人类疾病（如传染病、癌症、炎症、衰老、抑郁症和免疫相关疾病）的创新药物，以及功能创新产品（如抗微生物洗衣液和化妆品等）;
3. 穿山甲基因组学与保护

• Stefania Militi, Feng Liu, Reshma Nibhani, Mai Abdel Mouti, Martin Pook, Liuyang Cai, Siew Woh Choo^#, Siim Pauklin^#. BAZ2A-SUV39H1-SMAD2/3-OCT4 regulates stemness, cell cycle exit and chemoresistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, PREPRINT at Research Square Molecular Cancer. (Under revision) 2023
• Xuechen Tian, Wee Fei Aaron Teo, Wei Yee Wee, Yixin Yang, Halah Ahmed, Nicholas S Jakubovics^#, Siew Woh Choo^#, Geok Yuan Annie Tan^#. Genome characterization and taxonomy of Actinomyces acetigenes sp. nov., and Actinomyces stomatis sp. nov., previously isolated from the human oral cavity. BMC Genomics. 2023 Dec;24(1):1-5.
• Kunping Song, Li Chen, Nanhua Suo, Xinyi Kong, Juexi Li, Tianyu Wang, Lanni Song, Mengwei Cheng, Xindian Guo, Zhenghe Huang, Zichen Huang, Yixin Yang, Xuechen Tian, Siew Woh Choo^#. Whole-transcriptome analysis reveals mechanisms underlying antibacterial activity and biofilm inhibition by a malic acid combination (MAC) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PeerJ. 2023 Dec 7;11:e16476.
• Lanni Song, Chen Li, Jia Yu, Yixin Yang, Xuechen Tian^#, Siew Woh Choo^#. The anti-cancer effect and mechanism of animal scale-derived extract on malignant melanoma cells. Scientific Reports. 2023 Aug 2;13(1):12548.
• Ka Yun Tan, Siwei Deng, Tze King Tan, Ranjeev Hari, Frankie Thomas Sitam, Rofina Yasmin Othman, Kum Thong Wong, Taznim Begam Mohd Mohidin, Siew Woh Choo^#. Genome sequence analysis of Malayan pangolin (Manis javanica) forensic samples reveals the presence of Paraburkholderia fungorum sequences. PeerJ. 2023;11.
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Ju Lian Chong^#, Philippe Gaubert, Alice Catherine Hughes, Stephen O'Brien, Anne Lise Chaber, Agostinho Antunes, Sara Platto, Nick Ching Min Sun, Li Yu, Klaus Peter Koepfli, Tulshi Laxmi Suwal, Mukesh Thakur, Stephan Ntie, Elisa Panjang, Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran, Tariq Mahmood, Sean P Heighton, Dago Dorji, Bi Sery Gonedele, Bryan Raveen Nelson, Chabi AMS Djagoun, Hoe Loh, Prativa Kaspal, Siim Pauklin, Toby Michelena, Hongxiang Zhu, Leonard Lipovich, Xuechen Tian, Siwei Deng, Christopher E Mason, Jingyang Hu, Robert White, Nicholas S Jakubovics, Wei Yee Wee, Tze King Tan, Kum Thong Wong, Steve Paterson, Ming Chen, Yixin Zhang, Rofina Yasmin Othman, Larry C Brown, Bairong Shen, Guanghou Shui, Mia Yang Ang, Yunqi Zhao, Yongming Li, Bo Zhang, Cheng Tung Chong, Yu Meng, Aloysius Wong, Jianzhong Su, Hasmahzaiti Omar, Hua Shen, Choo Hock Tan, Hongyu Xu, Ian C Paterson, Minyan Wang, Chee Kai Chan, Siyuan Zhang, Avirup Dutta, Tay Sun Tee, Noel PD Juvigny-Khenafou, Naresh VR Mutha, Muhamad Afiq Aziz. A collective statement in support of saving pangolins. Science of the Total Environment. 2022, 824
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Yu Zhong, Edward Sendler, Anton-Scott Goustin, Juan Cai, Donghong Ju, Mary Ann Kosir, Roberta Giordo, Leonard Lipovich^#. Estrogen distinctly regulates transcription and translation of lncRNAs and pseudogenes in breast cancer cells. Genomics. 2022, 110421
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Sara Platto, Daniel WS Challender. Helping to save pangolins from extinction, Conservation Letters. 2022, e12871
• Miaojuan Fan, Tongtong Pan, Wei Jin, Jian Sun, Shujun Zhang, Yali Du, Xinwei Chen, Qiong Chen, Wenxin Xu, S Choo, Guanghui Zhu, Yongping Chen, Jie Zhou. 2022. FGF4, A New Potential Regulator in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Frontiers in Pharmacology.13:827617
• Dingyu Yan^#, Xiangyan Zeng, Miaomiao Jia, Xiaobing Guo, Siwei Deng, Li Tao, Xiaolu Huang, Baocai Li, Chang Huang, Tengcheng Que, Kaixiang Li, Wenhui Liang, Yao Zhao, Xingxing Liang, Yating Zhong, Sara Platto, Siew Woh Choo^#. Successful captive breeding of a Malayan pangolin population to the third filial generation. Communications Biology. 4:1212
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Waleed K. Mohammed, Naresh V. R. Mutha, Nadia Rostami, Halah Ahmed, Natalio Krasnogor, Geok Y. A. Tan, Nicholas S. Jakubovics^#. 2021. Transcriptomic Responses to Coaggregation between Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus oralis. Applied Environment and Microbiology. doi:10.1128/AEM.01558-21
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Jinfeng Zhou^#, Xuechen Tian, Siyuan Zhang, Shen Qiang, Stephen J. O’Brien4, Ka Yun Tan, Sara Platto, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Agostinho Antunes, Frankie Thomas Sitam. 2020. Are pangolins scapegoats of the COVID-19 outbreak-CoV transmission and pathology evidence Conservation Letters. 2020; e12754.
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Shusruto Rishik, Wei Yee Wee^#, 2020. Comparative genome analyses of Mycobacteroides immunogenum reveals two potential novel subspecies. Microbial Genomics. 2020; 6(12).
• Wei Yee Wee, Avirup Dutta, Jayasyaliny Jayaraj, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2019. Comparative genome sequencing and analyses of Mycobacterium cosmeticum reveal potential for biodesulfization of gasoline. PLoS ONE. 14 (4)
• Naresh V. R. Mutha, Waleed K. Mohammed, Natalio Krasnogor, Geok Y. A. Tan, Siew Woh Choo^#, Nicholas S. Jakubovics^#. Transcriptional changes in Streptococcus gordoniiin response to coaggregation with Veillonella parvula using Dual RNA-Seq. Scientific Reports. 2019; 9 (1), 1-14
• Naresh V. R. Mutha, Waleed K. Mohammed, Natalio Krasnogor, Geok Y. A. Tan, Siew Woh Choo^#, Nicholas S. Jakubovics^#. 2018. Transcriptional responses of Streptococcus gordoniiand Fusobacterium nucleatum to coaggregation. Molecular Oral Microbiology.  2018; 33:450–464.
• Helen C. Nash, Wirdatetib, Gabriel W. Low, Siew Woh Choo, et al. 2018. Conservation genomics reveals possible illegal trade routes and admixture across pangolin lineages in Southeast Asia. Conservation Genetics. Volume 19, Issue 5, pp 1083–1095
• Wenning Zheng, Ian Patereson, Nick Jakubovics, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2017. Distinct biological potential of Streptococcus gordoniiand Streptococcus sanguinis revealed by comparative genome analysis. Scientific Reports.7:2949
• Sherif El-Sharnouby, Bettina Fischer, Jose Paolo Magbanua, Benjamin Umans, Rosalyn Flower, Siew Woh Choo, Steven Russell, Robert White. 2017. Regions of very low H3K27me3 partition the Drosophilagenome into topological domains. PLoS ONE. 12(3): e0172725
• Yock Ping Chow, Lu Ping Tan, San Jiun Chai, Norazlin Abdul Aziz, Siew Woh Choo, et al. 2017. Exome sequencing identifies potentially druggable mutations in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Scientific Reports. 42980 doi:10.1038/srep42980
• Wei Yee Wee, Avirup Dutta, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2017. Comparative genome analyses of mycobacteria give better insights into their evolution. PLoS ONE. 12(3): e0172831
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Mike Rayko, Tze King Tan, Ranjeev Hari, Aleksey Komissarov, Wei Yee Wee, Yurchenko Andrey, Sergey Kliver, Agostinho Antunes, Richard K. Wilson, Wesley C. Warren, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Patrick Minx, Ksenia Krasheninnikova, Ian C. Paterson, Pavel Dobrynin, Pasha Dobrynin, Frankie Thomas Sitam, Jeffrine Rovie Ryan Japning, Warren Johnson, Aini Mohamed Yusoff, Shu-Jin Luo, Kayal Vizi Karuppannan, Gang Fang,  Deyou Zheng, Mark B. Gerstein, Leonard Lipovich, Stephen J. Obrien^# and Guat Jah Wong. 2016. Pangolin genomes and the evolution of mammalian scalesand immunity. Genome Research. 26(10): 1312-1322
• Ching Yew Beh, Sherif El Sharnouby, Aikaterini Chatzipli, Steven Russell, Siew Woh Choo^#, Robert White^#. 2016. Roles of cofactors and chromatin accessibility in Hox protein target specificity. Epigenetics and Chromatin. 9 (1):1
• Mia Yang Ang, Dutta A, Wee WY, Dymock D, Paterson IC, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2016. Comparative genome analysis of oral Fusobacterium nucleatum. Genome Biology Evolution. 8(9):2928-2938
• Aini Mohamed Yusoff, Tze King Tan, Ranjeev Hari, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Wei Yee Wee, Agostinho Antunes, Frankie Thomas Sitam, Jeffrine Japning Rovie-Ryan, Kayal Vizi Karuppannan, Guat Jah Wong, Leonard Lipovich, Wesley C. Warren, Stephen J. O’Brien, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2016. De novo sequencing, assembly and analysis of eight different transcriptomes from the Malayan pangolin. Scientific Reports. 6: 1-11
• Wenning Zheng, Tze King Tan, Ian C Paterson, Naresh VR Mutha, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Shi Yang Tan, Lesley A Old, Nicholas S Jakubovics, Siew Woh Choo^#. StreptoBase:  an Oral Streptococcus Mitis group genomic resource and analysis platform. PLoS ONE. 11(5): e0151908
• Shi Yang Tan, Irene Kit Ping Tan, Mui Fern Tan, Avirup Dutta, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2016.Evolutionary study of Yersinia genomes deciphers emergence of human pathogenic species. Scientific Reports. 31.6:36116
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Avirup Dutta, Guat Jah Wong, Wei Yee Wee, Mia Yang Ang, Cheuk Chuen Siow. 2016. Comparative genomic analysis reveals a possible novel non-tuberculous Mycobacterium species with high pathogenic potential. PLoS ONE. 11(4): e0150413
• Tze King Tan, Ka Yun Tan, Ranjeev Hari, Aini Mohamed Yusoff, Guat Jah Wong, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Naresh VR Mutha, Mike Rayko, Aleksey Komissarov, Pavel Dobrynin, Ksenia Krasheninnikova, Gaik Tamazian, Ian C Paterson, Wesley C Warren, Warren E Johnson, Stephen J O’Brien, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2016. PGD: A pangolin genome hub for research community. Database. doi:doi:10.1093/database/baw063
• Wei Yee Wee, Tze King Tan, Nicholas S. Jakubovics, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2016.Whole-genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Mycobacterium brisbanense reveals a possible soil origin and industrial potential capability in fertiliser synthesis. PLoS ONE. 11(3): e0152682
• Wenning Zheng, Naresh VR Mutha, Hamed Heydari, Avirup Dutta, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Nicholas S Jakubovics, Wei Yee Wee, Shi Yang Tan, Mia Yang Ang, Guat Jah Wong, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2016. NeisseriaBase: a specialised Neisseria genomic resource and analysis platform. PeerJ. 4:e1698
• Ranjeev Hari, Ian C. Paterson, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2016. A new complete mitogenome of the critically endangered Chinese pangolin, Manis pentadactyla. Conservation Genetics Resources. pp1-4
• Joon LiangTan, Yun Fong Ngeow, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2015. Support from Phylogenomic networks and subspecies signatures for separation of Mycobacterium massiliense from Mycobacterium bolletii, Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 53(9)3042-3046
• Mui Fern Tan, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Avirup Dutta, Naresh VR Mutha, Wei Yee Wee, Hamed Heydari, Shi Yang Tan, Mia Yang Ang, Guat Jah Wong, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2015. Development of ListeriaBase and comparative analysis of Listeria monocytogenes. BMC Genomics. 16:755
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Ang MY, Dutta A, Tan SY, Siow CC, Heydari H, Mutha NV, Wee WY, Wong GJ. MycoCAP: a comparative analysis platform for mycobacteria. 2015. Scientific Reports. 15;5:18227
• Shi Yang Tan, Avirup Dutta, Nicholas S Jakubovics, Mia Yang Ang, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Naresh VR Mutha, Hamed Heydari, Wei Yee Wee, Guat Jah Wong, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2015. YersiniaBase: a genomic resource and analysis platform for comparative analysis of Yersinia. BMC Bioinformatics. 16:9. doi: 10.1186/s12859-014-0422-y
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Wei Yee Wee, Yun Fong Ngeow, Wayne Mitchell, Joon Liang Tan, Guat Jah Wong, Yongbing Zhao, Jingfa Xiao. 2014. Genomic reconnaissance of multiple, clinically isolates of emerging human pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus reveals high evolutionary potential. Scientific Reports. 4, 406
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Mia Yang Ang, Hanieh Fouladi, Shi Yang Tan, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Naresh VR Mutha, Hamed Heydari, Wei Yee Wee, Jamuna Vadivelu, Mun Fai Loke, Vellaya Rehvathy, Guat Jah Wong. 2014. HelicoBase: a Helicobacter genomic resource and analysis platform. BMC Genomics. 15 (1),600
• Joon Liang Tan, Yun Fong Ngeow, Wei Yee Wee, Guat Jah Wong, Hien Fuh Ng, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2014. Comparative genomic analysis of Mycobacterium iranicumUM_TJL against representative mycobacterial species suggests its environmental origin. Scientific Reports. 4:7169. doi:10.1038/srep07169
• Hamed Heydari, Naresh VR Mutha, Mahafizul Imran Mahmud, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Wei Yee Wee, Guat Jah Wong, Amir Hessam Yazdi, Mia Yang Ang, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2014. StaphyloBase: a specialised genomic resource for the staphylococcal research community. Oxford-Database. bau010. doi: 10.1093/database/bau010
• Hamed Heydari, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Mui Fern Tan, Nick S Jakubovics, Wei Yee Wee, Naresh VR Mutha, Guat Jah Wong, Mia Yang Ang, Amir Hessam Yazdi, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2014. CoryneBase: Corynebacteriumgenomic resources and analysis tools at your fingertips. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086318
• Mia Yang Ang, Hamed Heydari, Nick S Jakubovics, Mahafizul Imran Mahmud, Avirup Dutta, Wei Yee Wee, Guat Jah Wong, Naresh VR Mutha, Shi Yang Tan, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2014. FusoBase: an online Fusobacterium comparative genomic analysis platform. Oxford-Database. 22, pii: bau082
• Wee Fei Aaron Teo, Wei Yee Wee, Siew Woh Choo^#, Geok Yuan Annie Tan^#. Draft genome sequence of a marine actinobacteria Sciscionella strain SE31.2014. Marine Genomics. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2014.12.006
• Joon Liang Tan, Tsung Fei Khang, Yun Fong Ngeow^#, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2013. A phylogenomic approach to bacterial subspecies classification: proof of concept in Mycobacterium abscessus, BMC Genomics. 14:897
• Yalda Khosravi, Vellaya Rehvathy, Wei Yee Wee, Susana Wang, Primo Baybayan, Siddarth Singh, Meredith Ashby, Junxian Ong, Arlaine Anne Amoyo, Shih Wee Seow, Siew Woh Choo, Tim Perkins, Eng Guan Chua, Alfred Tay, Barry James Marshall, Mun Fai Loke, Khean Lee Goh, Sven Pettersson and Jamuna Vadivelu. 2013. Comparing the genomes of Helicobacter pyloriclinical strain UM032 and mice-adapted derivatives. Gut Pathogens. 5(25)
• Siew Woh Choo^#, Yan Ling Wong, Mee Lian Leong, Hamed Heydari, Chia Sui Ong, Kee Peng Ng, Yun Fong Ngeow^#. 2012. Analysis of the genome of Mycobacterium abscessus strain M94 reveals an uncommon cluster of tRNAs. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(20):5724
• Yun Fong Ngeow#, Yan Ling Wong, Joon Liang Tan, Chia Sui Ong, Kee Peng Ng, Siew Woh Choo#. 2012. Genome Sequence of the Mycobacterium abscessus strain M152. Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (23): 6662
• Siew Woh Choo^#, et al. 2012. Genome sequence of the Mycobacterium abscessus strain M93. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(12):3278
• Siew Woh Choo^#, et al. 2012. Annotated genome sequence of Mycobacterium massiliense strain M154, belonging to the recently created taxon, Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies bolletii comb. nov.. Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (17):4778
• Siew Woh Choo^#, et al. 2012.Genome analysis of Mycobacterium massiliense strain M172 with a putative mycobacteriophage. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(18):5128. doi: 1128/JB.01096-12
• Yun Fong Ngeow^#, Yan Ling Wong, Joon Liang Tan, Ramitha Arumugam, Guat Jah Wong, Chia Sui Ong, Kee Peng Ng, Siew Woh Choo^#. 2012.Genome sequence of Mycobacterium massiliense M18 isolated from a lymph node biopsy. Journal of Bacteriology. 194:4125
• Siew Woh Choo, Steve Russell, Rob White. 2011. Genome-wide analysis of the binding of the Hox protein Ultrabithorax and the Hox cofactor Homothorax in Drosophila. PLoS One. 6(4):e14778
• Siew Woh Choo and Steve Russell. 2011. Genomic approaches to understanding Hox gene function. Advances in Genetics. 76:55-91
• The ENCODE Project Consortium (including Siew Woh Choo) .2007. Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project. Nature. 447, 799-816
• Deyou Zheng, Adam Frankish, Robert Baertsch, Philipp Kapranov, Alexandre Reymond, Siew Woh Choo, et al. 2007. Pseudogenes in the ENCODE regions: consensus annotation, analysis of transcription and evolution. Genome Research. 17: 839-851
• Yijun Ruan, Hong Sain Ooi, Siew Woh Choo, et al. 2007. Fusion transcripts and transcribed retrotransposed loci discovered through comprehensive transcriptome analysis using Paired-End diTags (PETs). Genome Research. 17: 828-838

• 2023: 云南大学省部共建云南生物资源保护与利用国家重点实验室 动物基因组测序和表型数据分析, RMB90,000, Principal Investigator
• 2022-2023: 温州科技“青苗计划”, RMB24,000, Principal Investigator
• 2022-2023: 华润信托-腾格里沙漠环境慈善信托资助项目 保护黄河区域生物多样性和濒危动物, RMB400,000, Principal Investigator
• 2021-2022: 中铁信托-明德1号宜化环保慈善信托慈善基金项目 中国一级保护动物穿山甲的研究与保护, RMB500,000, Principal Investigator
• 2022-2025: Wenzhou-Kean University International Collaborative Research Programs (ICRP), 探究卤夫酮对抑制胰腺导管癌干细胞的表观遗传机制, RMB 300,000, Principal Investigator
• 2022-2023: Student Partnering with Faculty (SpF)，RMB30,000, Principal Investigator
• 2022-2023: Student Partnering with Faculty (SpF)，RMB30,000, Principal Investigator
• 2021: Wenzhou Municipal Key Laboratory for Applied Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Informatics/ Wenzhou Municipal Government, RMB 800,000, Co-Researcher
• 2021: WKU Internal Faculty Grant, Does the pangolin have infectious endogenous retroviruses?, RMB 96,000, Co-Researcher
• 2021: Wenzhou Overseas Elite Introduction Programme, RMB 50,000, Principal Investigator
• 2020: Zhejiang Bioinformatics International Science and Technology Cooperation Center, Co-Researcher, RMB 1,000,000, Co-Researcher
• 2021-2022: Student Partnering with Faculty (SpF) 1，RMB25,000, Principal Investigator
• 2021-2022: Student Partnering with Faculty (SpF) 2，RMB25,000, Principal Investigator
• 2021-2022: Student Partnering with Faculty (Spf) 3，RMB25,000, Principal Investigator
• 2020-2025: The high-level talent recruitment programme for academic and research platform construction (Reference Number: 5000105)，RMB 3,500,000, Principal Investigator
• 2018-2021: Research Development Fund, RMB 75,000, Principal Investigator
• 2018-2019: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Research Fund for International Young Scientists (Grant No. 31750110452) , RMB 157,000, Principal Investigator
• 2016-2017: Cradle CIP500 Seed Fund (National Level), RM 500,000 (~RMB 806,451), Principal Investigator
• 2015-2016: Concept to Commercialization Gap Fund (under National High Impact Programme in SME Master Plan 2012-2020), Malaysia (National Level), RM 610,000 (~RMB983,000), Principal Investigator
• 2013-2014: UMRG Grant, RM 181,000 (RMB 291,935), Principal Investigator
• 2013-2014: IPPP Postgraduate Grant, RM 18,000 (~RMB29,000), Principal Investigator
• 2011-2015: National High Impact Research Grant, Medical Bioinformatics Programme, RM 5,070,000 (RMB 8,177,419), Principal Investigator

1. Siew Woh Choo, Xuechen Tian; Human interferon-ε and interferon-γ combination medicine and application. Mar 31,2020, China. 202010241103.2- Granted
2. Siew Woh Choo, Xuechen Tian; the combination drug of interferons, 2021, International (Patent number: 2021102398)- Granted
3. Siew Woh Choo, Li Chen, Lanni Song, Xuechen Tian; An anticancer bioactive peptide and its synthetic method, China (Patent application number: 202110623109.0) – Granted
4. Siew Woh Choo, Hajie Lin, Zhengyi Lin, Haiyi Zhao, Xuechen Tian; Anti-inflammatory polypeptide and synthetic method thereof, China (Patent application number: 202110622991.7) - Granted
5. Siew Woh Choo, Li Chen, Lanni Song, Xuechen Tian; A Bioactive Peptide and Its Synthesis Method, International (Patent application number: 2021105757) – Granted
6. Siew Woh Choo, Haojie Lin, Zhengyi Lin, Haiyi Zhao, Xuechen Tian; An Anti-inflammatory Polypeptide and Correspondence Synthesis Method, International (Patent application number: 2021104341) – Granted
7. Siew Woh Choo, Li Chen, Kunping Song, Xuechen Tian. A Composition and Its Antibacterial Application Thereof, China (Patent application number: 202111195294) – Granted
8. Siew Woh Choo, Li Chen, Kunping Song, Xuechen Tian. A Composition and Antibacterial Usage Thereof, International (Patent application number: LU102887) – Granted
9. Siew Woh Choo, Aikaterini Chatzipli, Beh Ching Yew, Inducible PMT-GFPABDA vector construct and its uses thereof, International (PI2014702995) – Granted
10. Siew Woh Choo, Aikaterini Chatzipli, Beh Ching Yew, Inducible PMT-GFPLABIAL vector and its uses thereof, International (PI2014702994) – Granted
11. Siew Woh Choo, Aikaterini Chatzipli, Beh Ching Yew, Inducible PMT-GFPUBX vector and its uses thereof, International (PI2014702982) – Granted
12. Siew Woh Choo, Li Chen, Kunping Song, Xuechen Tian, A composite and its antibacterial application. PCT (22PT1010AF)
13. Siew Woh Choo, Xuechen Tian; Application of human interferon-ε in cancer therapy. Mar 31, 2020, China. 202020140579.4
14. Siew Woh Choo, Haojie Lin, Haohong Tu, An anti-inflammatory peptide and its synthesis method, International (LU504878)
15. Siew Woh Choo, Haojie Lin, Haohong Tu, 一种抗炎多肽及其合成方法, China (2023111669386)

1. 2023-present: Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
2. 2023-present: Wenzhou Ouyue Haizhi Talent Plan（温州瓯越海智人才计划）
3. 2023-present: Member of the Special Committee of "Translational Informatics and Data Sharing Security" of the Chinese Bioinformatics Society.
4. 2023: Excellence Award in the finals of the 8th College Student Entrepreneurship Competition in Longwan District, Wenzhou
5. 2023: Wenzhou Experimental Middle School Education Group Alt_Space "Dream Partner"
6. 2023: First Prize in the 5th Wenzhou-Kean University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
7. 2023: The third prize of the semi-final of the 8th College Student Entrepreneurship Competition in Longwan District, Wenzhou
8. 2022: Award for excellence in research and creativity in academic year in 2021-2022
9. 2022: Group Award for Scientific Research and Creativity in 2021-2022 (Wenzhou Municipal Key Lab for Applied Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Informatics)
10. 2021: Wenzhou Overseas Elite Programme Award, China
11. 2019-present: Member, the Experts Committee, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, China
12. 2018-present: Visiting Professor, Management and Science University, Malaysia
13. 2018-2019: Suzhou SEID Excellent Scientific and Education Talents, Jiangsu Province
14. 2017-2019: PhD Supervisor, University of Liverpool, UK
15. 2016-2019: Honorary-recognized Teacher, University of Liverpool, UK
16. 2008-2011: Staff Training Scheme (SLAI) Award, Universiti Malaya
17. 2008-2011: PhD Fellowship, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
18. 2002-2004: Master’s Scholarship, Biomedical Sciences Institutes, Agency for
19. Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

• 凤凰网：大咖论剑温肯，青科会“同一健康国际论坛”隆重举行
• 走进科研之门，探索科学世界——记温州市科技“青苗计划”赵韫琦、朱绍和导师组活动
• 温肯理工学院教授朱绍和当选英国皇家生物学会会士
• 绿会专家《拯救穿山甲免于灭绝》获Conservation Letters发表
• 2022学生科研日 | 超500人参加的科研盛会，这就是温肯学生的科研力量！
• 人才强校｜校长座谈高层次人才代表，看看你都与哪些大咖一起做科研！
• “护甲行动”最新资讯
• 为“护甲”添砖加瓦
• 朱绍和博士加入《生物多样性保护与绿色发展》（BioGreen）编委团队
• 温肯理工学院学者领衔发布保护穿山甲的国际联合声明
• 温州肯恩大学与中铁信托和中国绿发会签三方合作协议
• 朱绍和：穿山甲科研工作的引路人 | 绿会推荐典赞系列之科研科普人物
• Xinhua Newspaper: 全球首个穿山甲基因组测序完成-鳞片和人类免疫系统有关
• CCTV央视网新闻: 穿山甲基因组揭示其进化出鳞片可能为增强自体免疫
• PLoS Blogs: How the Pangolin Got Its Scales – A Genetic Just-So Story
• MarketWatch (USA): Research into the scaly anteater genome could provide clues to human immunity
• 新华网: 中华穿山甲濒临灭绝？保护需提高到国家层面
• 科学网新闻: 揭开鳞片背后的进化奥秘
• 红星深度: 管轶论文揭示穿山甲样本携冠状病毒，专家：不一定是新冠
• Sina新闻中心: 穿山甲基因组揭示其进化出鳞片可能为增强自体免疫
• Wenzhou-Kean University researcher works to discover coronavirus treatments
• 穿山甲是新冠病毒潜在中间宿主？ 温肯科研团队开展紧急科研工作
• 为发现新冠病毒源头，中国绿发会穿山甲工作组飞赴江苏开展检测科研
• 神州学人: 西交利物浦大学：完成全球首次穿山甲全基因组测序

Postgraduate Students

• Cheng Mengwei (Master’s degree), Wenzhou-Kean University
• Zhuo Chu (Master’s degree), Wenzhou-Kean University
• Lanni Song (Master’s degree), Wenzhou-Kean University
• Jiankang Wang (Master’s degree), Wenzhou University
• Genliang Zhu (Master’s degree), XJTLU
• Xuechen Tian(Master’s degree), XJTLU
• Xuechen Tian (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Tan Ka Yuh (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Naresh VR Mutha (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Beh Ching Yew (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Wee Wei Yee (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Tan Zhe King (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Zheng Wenning (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Ranjeev Hari (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Tan Shi Yang (PhD), Universiti Malaya
• Leong Mee Lian (Master’s degree),Universiti Malaya
• Ramitha Arumugam (Master’s degree), Universiti Malaya
• Ang Mia Yang (Master’s degree), Universiti Malaya
• Tan Mui Fern (Master’s degree), Universiti Malaya
• Yasmin Aini Mohamed Yusoff (Master’s degree), Universiti Malaya

Undergraduate Students (Final Year Projects/Internships) 

• WKU: Haiyi Zhao, Xiangyi Liu, Yuxin Deng, Zhengyi Lin, Jia Yu, Hailu Qiu, Weikang Chen, Yuewen Fang, Ming Xie, Jiaqi Zhang, Haohong Tu, Kunping Song, Juexi Li, Tianyu Wang
• XJTLU: Zejiu Zhu,Yu Zhong, Zhiyun Gong, Lihuina Xu, Shuqian Chen, Jun Xiong, Yueying Wang
• Management & Science University: Ainul Aqilah bt Razali,Roy Ban Boon Hwei, Mahafizul Imran Mahmud
• Multimedia Univesity: Cheng Jia Ying, Tan Tze King, Tan Shi Yang, Tan Mui
• Fern, Zheng Wenning, Tan Joon Liang, Wee Wei Yee, Tan Ka Yun
• Universiti Malaya: Muhammad Wakiyuddin, Khairuldin Bin Abdul Majid, Ilhwan Khusairi, Thong Ming Hang, Tan Qing Kai

• 2023: Reviewer, Nature Communications
• 2023: Invited Speaker, International Biodiversity Symposium 2023, Malaysia
• 2023-present: Member, WKU Animal Ethics Committee
• 2023: Session Chair, One Health International Forum (World Young Scientist Summit)
• 2023: Invited Speaker, Yunnan University
• 2023: Reviewer, Integrative Zoology journal  
• 2023: Invited Speaker, Institutes for Systems Genetics, Sichuan University
• 2023: Reviewer, Journal of Human Genetics
• 2023: Invited Speaker, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences
• 2023-present:  Alt_Space "Dream Partner", Wenzhou Experimental School
• 2023: Co-organizer, International Biodiversity Symposium 2023, Malaysia
• 2023: Public welfare (Raise public awareness to protect pangolins and the Yellow River): Visited Ouhai District Disabled People's Home, Wenzhou
• 2023: Public welfare (Raise public awareness to protect pangolins and the Yellow River): Visited the lonely elderly at Seven Feng Lane, Wenzhou
• 2023: Public welfare (Raise public awareness to protect pangolins and the Yellow River): Visited poor families at Xiyuan Road, Ouhai District, Wenzhou
• 2022-present: Advisors of Yijia Guo, Jixi He, Jinfan Jiang, Xiayu Jiang, Zihui Wang, Tianrui Yang, Lifang Zhang, Zeya Zhou, Zhuanghan Zhou
• 2022-present: Member, Recruitment Committee (Biology), WKU
• 2022: Assessor of Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant, UK
• 2022: Examiner of PhD thesis, Jadavpur University, India
• 2022: Member, Recruitment Committee (Environmental Science), WKU
• 2022: Interviewer, Recruiting Committee Member (High Achieving Faculty)
• 2022: Judge, WKU Research Day 2022
• 2022: Member, Technical Program Committee of International Conference on Data Analytics and Computing 2022
• 2022: Organizer, Publicity Workshop for the Protection of Pangolins, WKU
• 2021: Reviewer, Communications Biology journal
• 2021-2022: Member, WKU Ethics Committee
• 2021-present:  Member, Wenzhou Municipal Key Laboratory for Applied Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Informatics
• 2021-present: Advisor of Master's Student (Yi Gao)
• 2021-present:  Advisor of Master's Student (Zhuo Chu)
• 2021-present: Reviewer of Internal Research Grant, WKU
• 2021: Reviewer, iScience journal 
• 2021: Member, Wenzhou-Kean University Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science Research Center 
• 2021-2022: Member, Seminars Committee, College of Science and Technology
• 2021: Assessor of a research grant of Wenzhou municipal government
• 2021: Member, High Performance Computer Technical Evaluation Committee
• 2021: Participant, The College of Science and Technology Open House
• 2021: Judge, WKU Research Day 2021
• 2021: Reviewer, Zoological Research journal  
• 2020-present: Member, the 1st Health Big Data and Translational Medicine Professional Committee, Bioinformatics Society of Zhejiang Province
• 2020-present: Deputy Director, Zhejiang Bioinformatics International Science and Technology Cooperation Center
• 2020: Assessor of Welcome Trust Fellowship, India 
• 2020: Judge, WKU Research Day 2020
• 2019-present: Council Member, Bioinformatics Society of Zhejiang Province
• 2019: Member, International Conference on Traditional Medicine and the Working Committee of the Group on Ethnic Botanical and Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 2019: Invited Speaker, the 5th International Conference on Biotechnology and Agricultural Engineering (ICBAE 2019), Japan
• 2018: Session Chair, the 8th International Conference on Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, Tokyo, Japan
• 2018: Session Chair, the 9th Gene World Convention Conference, Singapore
• 2018: Invited Speaker, the 9th Gene World Convention Conference, Singapore
• 2018-2020: Organizer of seminars, Department of Biological Sciences, XJTLU
• 2018-2020: Comprehensive Evaluation Admission Assessment Interviewer, XJTLU
• 2018-2020: Member, Final Year Project Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, XJTLU
• 2017-2020: Timetabling Officer, XJTLU  
• 2017-2020: Internal Exam Moderator, XJTLU
• 2017-2020: Special Guest, SCDA-LS bioinformatics reception, XJTLU
• 2017: Invited Speaker, Center for Systems Biology, Soochow University
• 2017: Invited Speaker, the 2nd International Conference on Genetics, China
• 2016: Head, Opening & closing of postgraduate conference Committee
• 2015-2018: Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group
• 2015-2016: Chairman, the Expert Panel to assess Provisional Accreditation for Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics of the AIMST University
• 2014: Invited Speaker, the 1st annual International Conference on Oral and Dental Medicine (CODM-2014), China
• 2014-2015: Associate Editor, Annals of Dentistry
• 2014: Speaker, the 8th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering in Suzhou (iCBBE2014), China
• 2013-2016: Expert, National Bioinformatics Appraiser Panel, National MQA
• 2013: Reviewer, Journal of Oxford Database
• 2013: Reviewer, Journal of Infection, Genetics and Evolution
• 2013: Chairman, Committee for the purchase of NGS machine
• 2013-2016: Examiner, Undergraduate Elective Course
• 2013: Member, Purchase of femtosecond laser with pump laser & amplifier committee     
• 2013: Member, Purchase of droplet amplification system committee              
• 2013: Member, the Expert Panel to assess Provisional Accreditation of Postgraduate Diploma in Bioinformatics of the University of Perdana
• 2012-2016: Auditor, Faculty of Dentistry, UM
• 2012: Chairman, Purchase of high-throughput bioinformatics analysis system committee
• 2012: Member, Purchase of capillary electrophoresis committee
• 2012: Member, Purchase of liquid chromatography/mass spec committee  
• 2012: Member, Purchase of chef pulsed field gel electrophoresis committee
• 2012: Member, Purchase of gas chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight committee
• 2012: Member, Purchase of microbial phenotype microarray system committee  
• 2011-2016: Founder and PI, International Pangolin Research Consortium
• 2011: Member, International Society for Computational Biology  
• 2011: Member, American Society for Microbiology
• 2011-2016: Member, Panel of proposal defense of postgraduate students  
• 2011-2016: Member, Panel of candidature defense of postgraduate students
• 2011-2012: Member, Purchase of high-throughput time PCR system committee
• 2011-2012: Member, Purchase of high-resolution mass spectrometry system committee
• 2011-2012: Member, Purchase of high throughput bench top flow cytometer committee
• 2011-2012: Member, Purchase of comprehensive bacterial bioluminescence imaging system committee