周吉隆，男，中共党员，江苏无锡人。华中农业大学副研究员、博士生导师。2017年6月于南京农业大学动物遗传育种与繁殖专业获得博士学位，2017年7月加入华中农业大学克隆与干细胞研究团队开展博士后研究。2020年7月全职加入华中农业大学动物繁殖与特经系参加工作。围绕卵泡发育生殖生理，卵母细胞成熟，早期胚胎发育及干细胞多能性调控及干性能级转化机制开展科学研究。主持国家自然科学基金青年项目、中国博士后科学基金特别资助、中国博士后科学基金面上项目，中央高校科研启动专项，湖北省自然科学基金，湖北省干细胞开放课题等，担任国家科技部重点研发项目子课题骨干。目前以第一或通讯作者在Autophagy, Biology of Reproduction, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Theriogenology等发表SCI论文9篇。担任Journal of Biochemistry, Cell Report, Communication Biology等期刊专业审稿人。承担本科生《干细胞生物学》《发育生物学》，研究生《干细胞与胚胎生物学前沿》等教学工作。

代表性论文：

1. Zhou J*, He H*, Zhang JJ*, Liu X, Yao W, Li C, Xu T, Yin SY, Wu DY, Dou CL, Li Q, Xiang J, Xiong WJ, Wang LY, Tang JM, Xue Z, Zhang X, Miao YL#. ATG7-mediated autophagy facilitates embryonic stem cell exit from naive pluripotency and marks commitment to differentiation. Autophagy. 2022. 

2. He H*, Wang J*, Mou X, Liu X, Li Q, Zhong M, Luo B, Yu Z, Zhang J, Xu T, Dou C, Wu D, Qing W, Wu L, Zhou K, Fan Z, Wang T, Hu T, Zhang X, Zhou J#, Miao YL#. Selective autophagic degradation of ATP citrate lyase maintains citrate homeostasis and promotes oocyte maturation. Autophagy. 2022. 

3. Zhou J*, Ji T*, He HN, Yin SY, Liu X, Zhang X, Miao YL. Induction of autophagy promotes porcine parthenogenetic embryo development under low oxygen conditions. Reproduction, fertility, and development 2020; 32:657-66.

4. Yin SY, Sun BM, Xu T, Liu X, Huo LJ, Zhang X, Zhou JL#, Miao YL#. CHIR99021 and rpIL6 promote porcine parthenogenetic embryo development and blastocyst quality. Theriogenology 2020; 158:470-6.

5. Zhou J*, Li C*, Yao W, Alsiddig MC, Huo L, Liu H#, Miao YL#. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α-dependent autophagy plays a role in glycolysis switch in mouse granulosa cells. Biol Reprod. 2018. 99:308-318.

6. Zhou J*, Yao W, Li C, Wu W, Li Q, Liu H#. Administration of follicle-stimulating hormone induces autophagy via upregulation of HIF-1α in mouse granulosa cells. Cell Death Dis. 2017. 8: e3001.

7. Zhou J, Yao W, Liu K, Wen Q, Wu W, Liu H#, Li Q#. MicroRNA let-7g regulates mouse granulosa cell autophagy by targeting insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor. The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2016; 78:130-40.

8. Zhou J, Liu J, Pan Z, Du X, Li X, Ma B, Yao W, Li Q#, Liu H#. The let-7g microRNA promotes follicular granulosa cell apoptosis by targeting transforming growth factor-beta type 1 receptor. Molecular and cellular endocrinology 2015; 409:103-12.