2002 - 2008 PhD in Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
1999 - 2002 Master of Science in Genetics, Peking University
1995 - 1999 Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology and Genetics, Peking University
2022 - Present, Ministry of Education Yangtze River Scholar Distinguished Professor
2022 - Present, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
2020 - 2021, Researcher/Long-term Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
2013 - Present, Researcher/Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
2008 - 2013, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
2022 Yangtze River Scholar Distinguished Professor
2021 National Advanced Individual in Science and Technology System Against COVID-19
2020 Peking University COVID-19 Epidemic Hero
2012 National Talent Program Young Project
2006 National Outstanding Self-financed Students Scholarship (Award Amount: $5000)
Research
Molecular evolution and genomics Mechanisms and evolutionary drivers of protein translation regulation Genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of environmental adaptation in Drosophila Molecular evolution and global dynamics of COVID-19 virus
The high diversity of SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses in pangolins alters potential ecological risks, Peng MS, Li JB, Cai ZF, Liu H, Tang X, Ying R, Zhang JN, Tao JJ, Yin TT, Zhang T, Hu JY, Wu RN, Zhou ZY, Zhang ZG, Yu L, Yao YG, Shi ZL, Lu XM, Lu J, Zhang YP, 2021
VarEPS: an evaluation and prewarning system of known and virtual variations of SARS-CoV-2 genomes, Sun Q, Shu C, Shi W, Luo Y, Fan G, Nie J, Bi Yu, Wang Q, Qi J, Lu J, Zhou Y, Shen Z, Meng Z, Zhang X, Yu Z, Gao S, Wu L, Ma J, Hu S, 2021
SARS-CoV-2's origin should be investigated worldwide for pandemic prevention, Wu Z, Jin Q, Wu G, Lu J, Li M, Guo D, Lan K, Feng L, Qian Z, Ren L, Tan W, Xu W, Yang W, Wang J, Wang C, 2021
On the origin of SARS-CoV-2—The blind watchmaker argument, Wu CI, Wen H, Lu J, Su X, Hughes AC, Zhai W, Chen C, Chen H, Li M, Song S, Qian Z, Wang Q, Chen B, Guo Z, Ruan Y, Lu X, Wei F, Jin L, Kang L, Xue Y, Zhao G, Zhang YP, 2021
The concordance between the evolutionary trend and the clinical manifestation of the two SARS-CoV-2 variants, Hu B, Liu R, Tang X, Pan Y, Wang M, Tong Y, Ye G, Shen G, Ying R, Fu A, Li D, Zhao W, Peng J, Guo J, Men D, Yao X, Wang Y, Zhang H, Feng Z, Yu J, Chen L, Deng Z, Lu X, Zhang YP, Li Y, Liu B, Yu L, Li Y, Lu J, Liu T, 2021
Evolutionary driving forces of A-to-I editing in metazoans, Duan Y, Tang X, Lu J, 2021
Functional and adaptive significance of promoter mutations that affect divergent myocardial expressions of TRIM72 in primates, Feng Y, Xu H, Liu J, Xie N, Gao L, He Y, Yao Y, Lv F, Zhang Y, Lu J, Zhang W, Li CY, Hu X, Yang Z, Xiao RP, 2021
Determinants of genome-wide distribution and evolution of uORFs in eukaryotes, Zhang H, Wang Y, Wu X, Tang X, Wu C, Lu J, 2021
Evolutionary analysis and lineage designation of SARS-CoV-2 genomes, Tang X, Ying R, Yao X, Li G, Wu C, Tang Y, Li Z, Kuang B, Wu F, Chi C, Du X, Qin Y, Gao S, Hu S, Ma J, Liu T, Pang X, Wang J, Zhao G, Tan W, Zhang Y, Lu X, Lu J, 2021
A benchmark and an algorithm for detecting germline transposon insertions and measuring de novo transposon insertion frequencies, Yu T, Huang X, Dou S, Tang X, Luo S, Theurkauf WE, Lu J, Weng Z, 2021
A-to-I RNA editing in honeybees shows signals of adaptation and convergent evolution, Duan Y, Dou S, Porath HT, Huang J, Eisenberg E, Lu J, 2021
On the founder effect in COVID-19 outbreaks: how many infected travelers may have started them all?, Ruan Y, Luo Z, Tang X, Li G, Wen H, He X, Lu X, Lu J, Wu CI, 2021
Combinatorial regulation of gene expression by uORFs and microRNAs in Drosophila, Zhang H, Wang Y, Tang X, Dou S, Sun Y, Zhang Q, Lu J, 2021
On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2, Tang X, Wu C, Li X, Song Y, Yao X, Wu X, Duan Y, Zhang H, Wang Y, Qian Z, Cui J, Lu J, 2020
The use of SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses from bats and pangolins to polarize mutations in SARS-Cov-2, Li T, Tang X, Wu C, Yao X, Wang Y, Lu X, Lu J, 2020
The Evolutionary Arms Race between Transposable Elements and piRNAs in Drosophila melanogaster, Luo S, Zhang H, Duan Y, Yao X, Clark AG, Lu J, 2020
Function and evolution of upstream ORFs in eukaryotes, Zhang H, Wang YR, Lu J, 2019
Recent advances in ribosome profiling for deciphering translational regulation, Wang YR, Zhang H, Lu J, 2019
Metazoan tsRNAs: biogenesis, evolution and regulatory functions, Dou SQ, Wang YR, Lu J, 2019
Diversification of transposable elements in arthropods and its impact on genome evolution, Wu CC, Lu J, 2019
Biosynthetic energy cost for amino acids decreases in cancer evolution, Zhang H, Wang YR, Li J, Chen H, He XL, Zhang HW, Liang H, Lu J, 2018
Genome-wide maps of ribosomal occupancy provide insights into adaptive evolution and regulatory roles of uORFs during Drosophila development, Zhang H, Dou SQ, He F, Luo JJ, Wei LP, Lu J, 2018
Drosophila tsRNAs preferentially suppress general translation machinery via antisense pairing and participate in cellular starvation response, Luo SQ, He F, Luo JJ, Dou SQ, Wang YR, Guo AN, Lu J, 2018
MicroRNA duplication accelerates the recruitment of new targets during vertebrate evolution, Luo JJ, Wang YR, Yuan J, Zhao ZL, Lu J, 2018
Linkage of A-to-I RNA editing in metazoans and the impact on genome evolution, Duan YG, Dou SQ, Luo SQ, Zhang H, Lu J, 2018
Adaptation of A-to-I RNA editing in Drosophila, Duan YG, Dou SQ, Luo SQ, Zhang H, Lu J, 2017
Silencing of transposable elements by piRNAs in Drosophila: an evolutionary perspective, Luo SQ, Lu J, 2017
MicroRNAs in the same clusters evolve to coordinately regulate functionally related genes, Wang YR, Luo JJ, Zhang H, Lu J, 2016
Differential TGFβ pathway targeting by miR-122 in humans and mice affects liver cancer metastasis, Yin S, Fan Y, Zhang H, Zhao Z, Hao Y, Li J, Sun C, Yang J, Yang Z, Yang X, Lu J, Xi JJ, 2016
Suppression of endogenous gene silencing by degradation of normal cytoplasmic RNA in Arabidopsis, Zhang XY, Zhu Y, Liu XD, Hong XY, Xu Y, Zhu P, Shen Y, Ji YS, Wen X, Zhang C, Zhao Q, Wang YC, Lu J, Guo HW, 2015
Population genomics analyses of 962 whole genomes of humans reveal natural selection in non-coding regions, Yu FL, Lu J, Liu XM, Gazave E, Chang D, Raj S, Hunter-Zinck H, Blekhman R, Arbiza L, Hout C, Morrison A, Johnson AD, Bis J, Cupp
