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Xiaoyu Tu
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Genomics
Epigenetics
Genetics
C4 Plants
Photosynthesis
Carbon Assimilation
Dna Methylation
Transcription Factors
High-Throughput Sequencing
Artificial Intelligence
Areas of Focus
- Plant Functional Genomics
- Epigenetic Regulation
- Genetic Regulation
Work Experience
- 2021.09 - Present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tenured Associate Professor, Group Leader, Doctoral Supervisor
- 2019.11-2021.08 - The Chinese University of Hong Kong / South China Botanical Garden, CAS, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2018.05-2019.07 - Cornell University, Boyce Thompson Institute, Visiting Scholar
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2015.11-2019.10 PhD: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Publications
- Limited conservation in cross-species comparison of GLK transcription factor binding suggested wide-spread cistrome divergence, Tu, X., Ren, S.†, Shen, W.†, Li, J.†, Li, Y., Li, C., Li, Y., Zong, Z., Xie, W., Grierson, D., Fei, Z., Giovannoni, J., Li, P.*, Zhong, S.*, 2022
- Reconstructing the maize leaf regulatory network using ChIP-seq data of 104 transcription factors, Tu, X., Mejía-Guerra, M.K.†*, Valdes Franco, J.A., Tzeng, D., Chu, P., Shen, W., Wei, Y., Dai, X., Li, P.*, Buckler, E.S., Zhong, S.*, 2020
- A combinatorial indexing strategy for low-cost epigenomic profiling of plant single cells, Tu, X., Marand, A.P.†, Schmitz, R.J.*, Zhong, S.*, 2022
- Histone H2A monoubiquitination marks are targeted to specific sites by cohesin subunits in Arabidopsis, Zhang, Y., Ma, M.†, Liu, M.†, Sun, A.†, Zheng, X., Liu, K., Yin, C., Li, C., Jiang, C.*, Tu, X.* (共同通讯), Fang, Y.*, 2023
- 3D chromatin architecture of large plant genomes determined by local A/B compartments, Dong, P., Tu, X.† (共同一作), Chu, P.†, Lü, P., Zhu, N., Grierson, D., Du, B., Li, P.*, Zhong, S.*, 2017
- Tissue-specific Hi-C analyses of rice, foxtail millet and maize suggest non-canonical function of plant chromatin domains, Dong, P., Tu, X.† (共同一作), Li, H., Zhang, J., Grierson, D., Li, P.*, Zhong, S.*, 2020
- Chromatin and regulatory differentiation between bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in maize, Dai, X., Tu, X.† (共同一作), Du, B., Dong, P., Sun, S., Wang, X., Sun, J., Gang, L., Lu, T.*, Zhong, S.*, Li, P.*, 2022
Awards
- 2024.01-2027.12 - Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 2023 - Selected for Shanghai Jiao Tong University '2030 Plan' Class C Project
- 2022 - Selected for Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Introduction Plan
- 2022.01-2024.12 - Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China Young Scientist Fund
- 2021.09-2024.12 - Principal Investigator, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Double First-Class Construction Project
- 2021 - Selected for Guangdong Province 'Pearl River Talent Plan' Postdoctoral Funding Project
- 2021.07-2021.08 - Principal Investigator, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Special Grant
- 2020.07-2021.08 - Principal Investigator, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant
