Areas of Focus
- Genome regulation
- R-loop biology
Work Experience
- 2014-Present Researcher, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences
- 2014-2021 Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
- 2022-Present Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-2004 Bachelor: Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Life Sciences
- 2004-2009 PhD: Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Life Sciences
- 2009-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher: John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Publications
- Primase promotes the competition between transcription and replication on the same template strand resulting in DNA damage, Weifeng Zhang, Zhuo Yang, Wenjie Wang, Qianwen Sun, 2024
- DNA polymerase ε harmonizes topological states and R-loops formation to maintain genome integrity in Arabidopsis, Qin Li, Jincong Zhou, Shuai Li, Weifeng Zhang, Yingxue Du, Kuan Li, Yingxiang Wang, Qianwen Sun, 2023