Areas of Focus
- Maize Tassel Development
- Response to High Temperature Stress
Work Experience
- 2018-07~2018-12 - University of Nebraska - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2015-03~2018-06 - Stanford University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2014-06~2014-12 - University of Minnesota - Visiting Scholar
- 2013-06~2014-06 - China Agricultural University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-09--2013-06 PhD: China Agricultural University
- 2004-09--2008-06 Bachelor's Degree: China Agricultural University
Publications
- Exploring key developmental phases and phase-specific genes across the entirety of anther development in maize, Han, Yingjia, Hu, Mingjian, Ma, Xuxu, Yan, Ge, Wang, Chunyu, Jiang, Siqi, Lai, Jinsheng, Zhang, Mei, 2022
- CHH DNA methylation increases at 24-PHAS loci depend on 24-nt phased small interfering RNAs in maize meiotic anthers, Zhang, Mei, Ma, Xuxu, Wang, Chunyu, Li, Qing, Meyers, Blake C, Springer, Nathan M, Walbot, Virginia, 2021
- Parent-of-origin-dependent nucleosome organization correlates with genomic imprinting in maize, Dong, Xiaomei, Chen, Jian, Li, Tong, Li, En, Zhang, Xiangbo, Zhang, Mei, Song, Weibin, Zhao, Haiming, Lai, Jinsheng, 2018
- Extensive intraspecific gene order and gene structural variations between Mo17 and other maize genomes, Sun, Silong, Zhou, Yingsi, Chen, Jian, Shi, Junpeng, Zhao, Haiming, Zhao, Hainan, Song, Weibin, Zhang, Mei, Cui, Yang, Dong, Xiaomei, Liu, Han, Ma, Xuxu, Jiao, Yinping, Wang, Bo, Wei, Xuehong, Stein, Joshua C, Glaubitz, Jeff C, Lu, Fei, Yu, Guoliang, Liang, Chengzhi, Fengler, Kevin, Li, Bailin, Rafalski, Antoni, Schnable, Patrick S, Ware, Doreen H, Buckler, Edward S, Lai, Jinsheng, 2018
- Dynamic and Antagonistic Allele-Specific Epigenetic Modifications Controlling the Expression of Imprinted Genes in Maize Endosperm, Dong, Xiaomei, Zhang, Mei, Chen, Jian, Peng, Lizeng, Zhang, Nan, Wang, Xin, Lai, Jinsheng, 2017
- Genome-wide high resolution parental-specific DNA and histone methylation maps uncover patterns of imprinting regulation in maize, Zhang, Mei, Xie, Shaojun, Dong, Xiaomei, Zhao, Xin, Zeng, Biao, Chen, Jian, Li, Hui, Yang, Weilong, Zhao, Hainan, Wang, Gaokui, Chen, Zongliang, Sun, Silong, Hauck, Andrew, Jin, Weiwei, Lai, Jinsheng, 2014
- Extensive, clustered parental imprinting of protein-coding and noncoding RNAs in developing maize endosperm, Zhang, Mei, Zhao, Hainan, Xie, Shaojun, Chen, Jian, Xu, Yuanyuan, Wang, Keke, Zhao, Haiming, Guan, Haiying, Hu, Xiaojiao, Jiao, Yinping, Song, Weibin, Lai, Jinsheng, 2011