Areas of Focus
- Stem Cell Regulation and Tissue Organ Regeneration
Work Experience
- 2013-10--2019-09 - Stowers Institute/HHMI Institute, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006-09--2013-07 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2015 Shanghai Graduate Excellent Achievement (Thesis)
- 2013 Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Excellence Award
Publications
- Integrin αEβ7+ T cells direct intestinal stem cell fate decisions via adhesion signaling, Cell Research, 2021
- Changes in regeneration-responsive enhancers shape regenerative capacities in vertebrates, SCIENCE, 2020
- Heat shock protein DNAJA1 stabilizes PIWI proteins to support regeneration and homeostasis of planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019
- Prospectively Isolated Tetraspanin+ Neoblasts Are Adult Pluripotent Stem Cells Underlying Planaria Regeneration, CELL, 2018
- Dynamic regulation of small RNAome during the early stage of cardiac differentiation from pluripotent embryonic stem cells, Genomics Data, 2017
- Small RNAome sequencing delineates the small RNA landscape of pluripotent adult stem cells in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, Genomics Data, 2017
- Elevated microRNA-155 promotes foam cell formation by targeting HBP1 in atherogenesis, CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH, 2014
- Heterochromatin protein 1 promotes self-renewal and triggers regenerative proliferation in adult stem cells, JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 2013
- AU-Rich-Element-Dependent Translation Repression Requires the Cooperation of Tristetraprolin and RCK/P54, MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 2012
- Argonaute-2 regulates the proliferation of adult stem cells in planarian, CELL RESEARCH, 2011
Awards
- 2015: Shanghai Graduate Excellent Achievement (Thesis)
- 2013: Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Excellence Award