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Name	Nian Liu
Contact Information	liunian88@tsinghua.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Beijing

Name

Nian Liu

Contact Information

liunian88@tsinghua.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Tsinghua University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2010 - Bachelor: University of Science and Technology of China 2015 - PhD: University of Chicago
Work Experience	2015-2019 - Stanford University: Postdoctoral Researcher 2019-2022 - Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences - Joint Center for Life Sciences: Assistant Professor 2022-Present - Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences - Joint Center for Life Sciences: Associate Professor
Awards	Benyuan Fund – Young Investigator Exploration Fellowship in Life Sciences (2024) Bayer Investigator Award (2020) Jane Coffin Child Foundation Fellowship (2016-2019) RNA Society / Scaringe Graduate Student Award (2016) Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2016) Aldrich Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation (2015)

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Tsinghua University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2010 - Bachelor: University of Science and Technology of China
2015 - PhD: University of Chicago

Work Experience

2015-2019 - Stanford University: Postdoctoral Researcher
2019-2022 - Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences - Joint Center for Life Sciences: Assistant Professor
2022-Present - Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences - Joint Center for Life Sciences: Associate Professor

Awards

Benyuan Fund – Young Investigator Exploration Fellowship in Life Sciences (2024)
Bayer Investigator Award (2020)
Jane Coffin Child Foundation Fellowship (2016-2019)
RNA Society / Scaringe Graduate Student Award (2016)
Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2016)
Aldrich Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation (2015)

Areas of Focus	Transposons: DNA elements capable of moving and integrating into new positions within the genomes of living organisms. They are considered 'dark matter' of the genome.
Publications	LINE-1 transcription activates long-range gene expression, Liu N et al., 2023 SAFB restricts contact domain boundaries associated with L1 chimeric transcription, Liu N et al., 2024 Selective silencing of euchromatic L1s revealed by genome-wide screens for L1 regulators, Liu N et al., 2018 N6-methyladenosine-dependent RNA structural switches regulate RNA–protein interactions, Liu N et al., 2015 N6-methyladenosine-coded RNA Epigenetics, Liu N et al., 2016 N6-methyladenosine alters RNA structure to regulate binding of a low-complexity protein, Liu N et al., 2017 Probing N6-methyl-adenosine RNA modification status at single nucleotide resolution in mRNA and long noncoding RNA, Liu N et al., 2013

Areas of Focus

Transposons: DNA elements capable of moving and integrating into new positions within the genomes of living organisms. They are considered 'dark matter' of the genome.

Publications

LINE-1 transcription activates long-range gene expression, Liu N et al., 2023
SAFB restricts contact domain boundaries associated with L1 chimeric transcription, Liu N et al., 2024
Selective silencing of euchromatic L1s revealed by genome-wide screens for L1 regulators, Liu N et al., 2018
N6-methyladenosine-dependent RNA structural switches regulate RNA–protein interactions, Liu N et al., 2015
N6-methyladenosine-coded RNA Epigenetics, Liu N et al., 2016
N6-methyladenosine alters RNA structure to regulate binding of a low-complexity protein, Liu N et al., 2017
Probing N6-methyl-adenosine RNA modification status at single nucleotide resolution in mRNA and long noncoding RNA, Liu N et al., 2013

Transposons Dna Genomics Dark Matter Integration Movement Biological Mechanisms Embryonic Development Neurodevelopment Diseases

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Xin Tu - Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Yan Guo - Xi'an Jiaotong University

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