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Bolu Zhou

Address: 2-340 BSBPhoto of Bolu Zhou
Phone: (319) 335-8926
Email: bolu-zhou@uiowa.edu

Mentor: Matt Potthoff, PhD

Undergraduate Institution: Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Graduate Program: Pharmacology

Year Entered Into Program: 2017

Research Description

Awards

  • University of Iowa Ballard & Seashore Dissertation Fellowship, Spring 2022
  • University of Iowa Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Award, Spring 2020

Publications

  1. Zhou, B., Claflin, K.E., Tadinada, S.M., Flippo, K.H., Jensen-Cody, S.O., Abel, T., Potthoff, M.J. Central FGF21 production regulates memory but not metabolism. Cell Repor. In revision.

  2. Claflin, K.E., Flippo, K.H., Zhou, B., Neff, T., Jensen-Cody, S.O., Naber, M., Potthoff, M.J. Conditional gene targeting using Ucp-1Cre mice directly targets the central system beyond thermogenic adipose tissues. Mol. Metab.

  3. Flippo, K.H., Trammell, S.A.J., Gillum, M.P., Aklan, I., Yavuz, Y., Smith, N.K., Jensen-Cody, S.O., Perez, M.B., Zhou, B., Claflin, K.E., Beierschmitt, A., Fink-Jensen, A., Knop, F.K., Palmour, R.M., Grueter, B.A., Atazoy, D., Potthoff, M.J. FGF21 suppresses alcohol consumption through an amygdalo-striatal circuit. Cell Metab.