Dr. Alisa Zou integrates a strong background in life sciences with a long-standing family tradition in Traditional Chinese Medicine. 

I hold a Master’s degree in Life Sciences and spent over a decade working at the University of Alberta, where I was involved in molecular biology research related to disease mechanisms. During this time, I collaborated with colleagues and co-authored more than ten peer-reviewed publications in internationally recognized scientific journals. This experience provided me with a rigorous scientific foundation and a detailed understanding of human physiology and disease processes.

Following my family’s long-standing tradition in Chinese medicine, I later pursued full-time professional training in acupuncture in Edmonton. After completing a three-year accredited acupuncture program, I became a Registered Acupuncturist.

By integrating a life sciences research background with traditional Chinese medical principles, I approach patient care with both analytical precision and a holistic perspective. In clinical practice, I emphasize careful assessment, targeted treatment strategies, and gentle, effective techniques tailored to each individual’s condition and goals.

 Zou, Chunxia was a researcher associated with the University of Alberta, particularly within the Department of Chemistry and the Alberta Glycomics Centre, known for work on neuraminidases (NEU1, NEU3) and sialic acid, developing selective inhibitors, and contributing to studies on cell adhesion and inflammation, often collaborating with groups like the Cairo Lab on designing and synthesizing small molecules for biological studies. She has held roles like Technician/Assistant and contributed to research published in journals like {Link: PLOS One and PubMed. Key Affiliations & Roles:

• University of Alberta: Department of Chemistry, Alberta Glycomics Centre.

Now Dr. Alisa Chunxia Zou is a member of  

International Collaboration Center of TCM Clinical Research in Canada

World Federation of Chinese Medicine Society (WFCMS)

 The link of the punlications: https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/825033/publications

Glycoform Remodeling Generates a Synthetic T Cell Phenotyp

Chunxia Zou
Ravi Sankar Loka
Yi Zhang
Christopher W Cairo

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Published on 06 Jun 2013
Insight into substrate recognition and catalysis by the human neuraminidase 3 (NEU3) through molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis

Amgad Albohy
Matthew D. Li
Ruixiang B Zheng
Chunxia Zou
Christopher W Cairo 

Glycobiology 
Published on 28 May 2010

Neuraminidases 1 and 3 Trigger Atherosclerosis by Desialylating Low‐Density Lipoproteins and Increasing Their Uptake by Macrophages

Ekaterina P. Demina
Victoria Smutova
Xuefang Pan
A. Fougerat
Tianlin Guo
Chunxia Zou
few more

Journal of the American Heart Association

Published on 06 Feb 2021

Picodiscs for Facile Protein-Glycolipid Interaction Analysis

Aneika C. Leney
Reza Rezaei Darestani
Jun Li
Sanaz Nikjah
Elena N. Kitova
Chunxia Zou
Christopher W Cairo
Zi-Jian Xiong
Gilbert G Privé
John S. KlassenAnalytical 

Chemistry

Published on 09 Apr 2015

Enhanced Cross-Linking of Diazirine-Modified Sialylated Glycoproteins Enabled through Profiling of Sialidase Specificities

Janet E. McCombs
Chunxia Zou
Randy B. Parker
Christopher W Cairo
Jennifer J. Kohler

ACS Chemical Biology

Published on 16 Nov 2015

Screening Glycolipids Against Proteins in Vitro Using Picodiscs and Catch-and-Release Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry

Jun Li
Xuxin Fan
Elena N. Kitova
Chunxia Zou
Christopher W Cairo
Luiz Eugenio
Kenneth K. S. Ng
Zi-Jian Xiong
Gilbert G Privé
John S. Klassen

Analytical Chemistry

Published on 20 Apr 2016Reject

Galectin-3 alters the lateral mobility and clustering of β1-integrin receptors

Esther H. Yang
Julia Rode
Amran Howlader
Marina Eckermann
Jobette T. Santos
Daniel Hernandez Armada
Ruixiang B Zheng
Chunxia Zou
Christopher W Cairo

PLoS ONE

Published on 10 Oct 2017Reject

Human Neuraminidase Isoenzymes Show Variable Activities for 9‑O‑Acetyl-sialoside Substrates

Carmanah Hunter
Neha Khanna
Michele Richards
Reza Rezaei Darestani
Chunxia Zou
John S. Klassen
Christopher W Cairo

ACS Chemical Biology

Published on 17 Jan 2018

Selection of galectin‐3 ligands derived from genetically encoded glycopeptide libraries

Daniel Ferrer Vinals
Pavel I. Kitov
Zhijay Tu
Chunxia Zou
Christopher W Cairo
Hans Chun‐Hung Lin
Ratmir Derda

Peptide Science

Published on 14 Sep 2018Reject

A tyrosine sulfation–dependent HLA-I modification identifies memory B cells and plasma cells

Justin Tze Ho Chan
Yanling Liu
Srijit Khan
Jonathan St-Germain
Chunxia Zou
14 more 

Götz R.A. Ehrhardt

Science Advances

Published on 02 Nov 2018

Persistent reduction in sialylation of cerebral glycoproteins following postnatal inflammatory exposure

Ekaterina P. Demina
Wyston C Pierre
Annie L.A. Nguyen
Irene Londono
Béla Reiz
Chunxia Zou and 4 more

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Published on 05 Dec 2018

Crystal structures of human lysosomal EPDR1 reveal homology with the superfamily of bacterial lipoprotein transporters

Yong Wei
Zi-Jian Xiong
Jun Li
Chunxia Zou
Christopher W Cairo
John S. Klassen
Gilbert G Privé

Communications Biology

Published on 05 Feb 2019

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