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.S. in Bioengineering

School of Life Sciences

Advisor: Prof. Yongjun Feng

Beijing Institute of Technology, 2009-2013

Postdoctoral scholar

School of Medicine

Advisor: Prof. Xiaohua Shen

Tsinghua University, 2021-2024

	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]

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.

Molecular Clone, Cell Culture, ATAC-seq, Smart-seq2, mRNA Display, Mutagenesis, CRISPR Knockout, CRISPR Knockin, CRISPR Screen, Lentivirus, 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]