Areas of Focus
- Bioinformatics
- Computational Transcriptomics
- Regulation of Gene Expression by Repeat Sequences
- Transcription and Function of Non-coding RNAs
- Multi-omics High-throughput Data Integration and Computational Biology Algorithm Development
Work Experience
- 2016-2020 - Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
- 2020-Present - Professor at Tongji University, School of Life Sciences and Technology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011 - Bachelor in Bioengineering from Huazhong Agricultural University
- 2011 - Bachelor in Computer Science and Technology from Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- 2016 - PhD in Computational Biology from Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talents Introduction Plan for Young Professionals
Publications
- TE-TSS: an integrated data resource of human and mouse transposable element (TE)-derived transcription start site (TSS), Gu X, Wang M, Zhang XO†, 2024
- BCL2 is a major regulator of haploidy maintenance in murine embryonic stem cells, Sun S*, Zhao Q*, Zhao Y, Geng M, Wang Q, Gao Q, Zhang XO†, Zhang W†, Suai L†, 2023
- Investigating the potential roles of SINEs in the human genome, Zhang XO, Pratt HE, Weng Z†, 2021
- Comprehensive identification of alternative back-splicing in human tissue transcriptomes, Zhang P*, Zhang XO*, Jiang T, Cai L, Huang X, Liu Q, Li D, Lu A, Liu Y, Xue W, Zhang P†, Weng Z†, 2020
- Genome-wide analysis of polymerase III–transcribed Alu elements suggests cell-type–specific enhancer function, Zhang XO, Gingeras TR, Weng Z†, 2019
- The temporal landscape of recursive splicing during Pol II transcription elongation in human cells, Zhang XO, Fu Y, Mou H, Xue W, Weng Z†, 2018
- Diverse alternative back-splicing and alternative splicing landscape of circular RNAs, Zhang XO*, Dong R*, Zhang Y, Zhang JL, Luo Z, Zhang J, Chen LL†, Yang L†, 2016
- Complementary sequence-mediated exon circularization, Zhang XO*, Wang HB*, Zhang Y, Lu X, Chen LL†, Yang L†, 2014
- Species-specific alternative splicing leads to unique expression of sno-lncRNAs, Zhang XO*, Yin QF*, Wang HB, Zhang Y, Chen T, Zheng P, Lu X, Chen LL†, Yang L†, 2014
- Circular intronic long noncoding RNAs, Zhang Y*, Zhang XO*, Chen T, Xiang JF, Yin QF, Xing YH, Zhu S, Yang L†, Chen LL†, 2013
Awards
- Wu Rui Scholarship
- CAS President's Special Award
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- BHP Billiton Scholarship
- Zou Chenglu Outstanding Research Paper Award
