Hou Wei Chook

Biography

Background

Hou Wei completed a dual award Integrative Biomedical Sciences undergraduate programme at the Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute in June 2022. During his undergraduate studies, he performed bioinformatic analyses on novel bacteriophage genomes, with a particular interest in evaluating the suitability of these bacteriophages for phage therapy. In September 2022, Hou Wei began his PhD at the Roslin Institute, under the supervision of Dr Eleanor Gaunt and Prof. Paul Digard. His project focusses on the identification and characterisation of species A rotavirus accessory gene products via experimental and bioinformatic means. Hou Wei is funded by the Edinburgh Doctoral College Scholarship - Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

Qualifications

BS Biomedical Sciences | Zhejiang University

BSc (Hons) Integrative Biomedical Sciences (First Class Honours) | The University of Edinburgh

 

Current research interests

Rotavirus, Viral gene expression

Past research interests

Bacteriophage genetics

Invited speaker

April 2026 - Microbiology Society Annual Conference, Belfast. Offered talk: Characterisation of an upstream, in-frame start codon in the species A rotavirus NSP3 segment

April 2025 - Microbiology Society Annual Conference, Liverpool. Poster: Identification of non-canonical open reading frames through large scale screening of rotavirus genome segments

April 2024 -  Microbiology Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh. Offered talk: Large scale screening of species A rotavirus genome segments for alternative open reading frames

 

 

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