Reseach Interests

Retrotransposons, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Combination of Imaging and Sequencing Methods

Education

Ph.D. in Basic Medicine

School of Medicine

Advisor: Prof. Xiaohua Shen

Tsinghua University, 2013-2021

Visiting Student

Institute of Crop Sciences

Advisor: Prof. Cunxiang Wu

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2012-2013

B.Eng. in Bioengineering

School of Life Sciences

Advisor: Prof. Yongjun Feng

Beijing Institute of Technology, 2009-2013

Experience

Postdoctoral scholar

School of Medicine

Advisor: Prof. Xiaohua Shen

Tsinghua University, 2021-Present

Publications

Also see my Google Scholar Profile.

	Phase separation of RNA-binding protein promotes polymerase binding and transcription Shao, W., Bi, X., Pan, Y., Gao, B., ... Zhan, G., ..., Shen, X.# Nature Chemical Biology, 2022 [Paper]
	Homotypic clustering of L1 and B1/Alu repeats compartmentalizes the 3D genome Lu, J. Y., Chang, L., Li, T., Wang, T., Yin, Y., Zhan, G., ..., Shen, X.# Cell Research*, 2021 [Paper]
	RNA Targets Ribogenesis Factor WDR43 to Chromatin for Transcription and Pluripotency Control Bi, X., Xu, Y., Li, T. , Li, X. , Li, W. , Shao, W. , Wang, K. , Zhan, G. , ..., Shen, X.# Molecular Cell*, 2019 [Paper]
	Analysis of C. elegans muscle transcriptome using trans-splicing-based RNA tagging (SRT) Ma, X., Zhan, G., Sleumer, M. C., Chen, S., Liu, W., Zhang, M. Q., Liu, X.# Nucleic Acids Research, 2016 [Paper]

Awards

The CSH Asia fellowship by reason of delivering outstanding poster presentation at CSHA meeting on Nuclear Architecture and Function, Suzhou, China, 2025.
Outstanding Flash Talk, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology Conference, Wuhan, China, 2023.
Outstanding Postdoctoral Fund, Center for Life Science ($3282), 2022-2024.
Outstanding Poster Prize in Ph.D. Forum, Tsinghua University, 2021.

Technical Skills

Programming & Libraries

Software

Systems

Wet Lab

EU-seq, Hi-C, ChIP-seq, NAD-seq, DNA-FISH, IF, High-resolution microscopy, CRISPR-a/i, Auxin-inducible degron, SILAC, Molecular Clone, Cell Culture, etc.

	Phase separation of RNA-binding protein promotes polymerase binding and transcription Shao, W., Bi, X., Pan, Y., Gao, B., ... Zhan, G., ..., Shen, X.# Nature Chemical Biology, 2022 [Paper]
	Homotypic clustering of L1 and B1/Alu repeats compartmentalizes the 3D genome Lu, J. Y., Chang, L., Li, T., Wang, T., Yin, Y., Zhan, G., ..., Shen, X.# Cell Research*, 2021 [Paper]
	RNA Targets Ribogenesis Factor WDR43 to Chromatin for Transcription and Pluripotency Control Bi, X., Xu, Y., Li, T. , Li, X. , Li, W. , Shao, W. , Wang, K. , Zhan, G. , ..., Shen, X.# Molecular Cell*, 2019 [Paper]
	Analysis of C. elegans muscle transcriptome using trans-splicing-based RNA tagging (SRT) Ma, X., Zhan, G., Sleumer, M. C., Chen, S., Liu, W., Zhang, M. Q., Liu, X.# Nucleic Acids Research, 2016 [Paper]

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