Areas of Focus
- Inner Ear Developmental Biology
- Auditory Hair Cell Regeneration
- Gene Expression Regulation
Work Experience
- 2022-07~Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu Institute of Biology - Researcher
- 2013-09~2021-10 - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2011-05~2013-05 - Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005-09--2011-04 PhD: Wuhan University
- 2001-09--2005-07 Bachelor's Degree: Wuhan Institute of Technology
Publications
- The transcriptional coactivator Eya1 exerts transcriptional repressive activity by interacting with REST corepressors and REST-binding sequences to maintain nephron progenitor identity, First Author, 2022
- Six1 and Six2 of the Sine Oculis Homeobox Subfamily are Not Functionally Interchangeable in Mouse Nephron Formation, Second Author, 2022
- Chromatin remodelers and lineage-specific factors interact to target enhancers to establish proneurosensory fate within otic ectoderm, Second Author, 2021
- Chromatin Remodelers Interact with Eya1 and Six2 to Target Enhancers to Control Nephron Progenitor Cell Maintenance, First Author, 2021
- Dynamic changes in cis-regulatory occupancy by Six1 and its cooperative interactions with distinct cofactors drive lineage-specific gene expression programs during progressive differentiation of the auditory sensory epithelium, First Author, 2020
- EYA1's Conformation Specificity in Dephosphorylating Phosphothreonine in Myc and Its Activity on Myc Stabilization in Breast Cancer, First Author, 2017
- Eya1 Interacts with Six2 and Myc to Regulate Expansion of the Nephron Progenitor Pool during Nephrogenesis, Fourth Author, 2014