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Name

Ren X

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Hubei

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1997 Bachelor of Biology: Wuhan University 2003 PhD in Genetics: Wuhan University
Work Experience	2003-2005 Postdoctoral Researcher: Human Genome Research Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 2006- Associate Professor: College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

Work Experience

2003-2005 Postdoctoral Researcher: Human Genome Research Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2006- Associate Professor: College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Areas of Focus	Genetic diseases Gene function in development and disease
Publications	Mutation in NPPA causes atrial fibrillation by activating inflammation and cardiac fibrosis in a knock-in rat model, Ren X et al., 2019 Knockout of mafba Causes Inner-Ear Developmental Defects in Zebrafish via the Impairment of Proliferation and Differentiation of Ionocyte Progenitor Cells, Ren X et al., 2021 Tulp1 deficiency causes early-onset retinal degeneration through affecting ciliogenesis and activating ferroptosis in zebrafish, Ren X et al., 2022 IFT27 regulates the long-term maintenance of photoreceptor outer segments in zebrafish, Ren X et al., 2024 The splicing factor Prpf31 is required for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell expansion during zebrafish embryogenesis, Ren X et al., 2024

Areas of Focus

Genetic diseases
Gene function in development and disease

Publications

Mutation in NPPA causes atrial fibrillation by activating inflammation and cardiac fibrosis in a knock-in rat model, Ren X et al., 2019
Knockout of mafba Causes Inner-Ear Developmental Defects in Zebrafish via the Impairment of Proliferation and Differentiation of Ionocyte Progenitor Cells, Ren X et al., 2021
Tulp1 deficiency causes early-onset retinal degeneration through affecting ciliogenesis and activating ferroptosis in zebrafish, Ren X et al., 2022
IFT27 regulates the long-term maintenance of photoreceptor outer segments in zebrafish, Ren X et al., 2024
The splicing factor Prpf31 is required for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell expansion during zebrafish embryogenesis, Ren X et al., 2024

Genetics Diseases Gene Function Development Pathogenesis Muscular Dystrophy Atrial Fibrillation Cardiac Fibrosis Zebrafish Ciliogenesis

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