Areas of Focus
- Epigenomics and non-coding regulatory elements in disease
Work Experience
- 2015 – 2020 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Bing Ren’s Lab
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006 – 2010 Bachelor's Degree: Peking University, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- 2010 – 2015 Ph.D.: University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry, Dr. Chuan He’s Lab
- 2013 – 2015 HHMI International Student Research Fellowship
- 2014 National Excellent Self-financed International Student Scholarship
- 2019 Selected for Shanghai Overseas High-level Talent Program
Publications
- MAPS: Model-based analysis of long-range chromatin interactions from PLAC-seq and HiChIP experiments, Juric, I., Yu, M., Abnousi, A., Raviram, R., Fang, R., Zhao, Y., Zhang, Y., Qiu, Y., Yang, Y., Li, Y., Ren, B., Hu, M., 2019
- The three-dimensional organization of mammalian genomes, Yu, M., Ren, B., 2017
- Mapping of long-range chromatin interactions by proximity ligation-assisted ChIP-seq, Fang, R., Yu, M., Li, G., Chee, S., Liu, T., Schmitt, A.D., Ren, B., 2016
- Base-resolution detection of N4-methylcytosine in genomic DNA using 4mC-TAB-seq, Yu, M., Ji, L., Neumann, D.A., Groom, J., Chung, D., Westpheling, J., He, C., Schmitz, R.J., 2015
- Detection of mismatched 5-hydroxymethyluracil in DNA by selective chemical labeling, Yu, M., Song, C.X., He, C., 2015
- Tet-assisted bisulfite sequencing of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, Yu, M., Hon, G.C., Szulwach, K.E., Song, C.X., Jin, P., Ren, B., He, C., 2012
- Base-resolution analysis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in the mammalian genome, Yu, M., Hon, G.C., Szulwach, K.E., Song, C.X., Zhang, L., Kim, A., Li, X., Dai, Q., Shen, Y., Park, B., Min, J.H., Jin, P., Ren, B., He, C., 2012
Awards
- HHMI International Student Research Fellowship (2013 – 2015)
- National Excellent Self-financed International Student Scholarship (2014)
- Selected for Shanghai Overseas High-level Talent Program (2019)
