Professional Preparation
PhD - Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
Cornell University
BS - Biochemistry
Nankai University, China
Research Areas
Meiotic recombination in budding yeast and mice
miRNA regulation of cell polarization in cultured mammalian cells
Mitotic spindle checkpoint in budding yeast
Publications
- publications
A hierarchical combination of factors shapes the genome-wide topography of yeast meiotic recombination initiation.
Cell 144:719-31. 2011 -
publications
ATM controls meiotic double-strand break formation.
Nature 479:237-40. 2011 -
publications
Pan J and Keeney S. Detection of SPO11-oligonucleotide complexes from mouse testes. Methods Mol Biol 557:197-207. 2009 - publications
Molecular cartography: mapping the landscape of meiotic recombination.
PLoS Biol 5:e333. 2007 -
publications
Endonucleolytic processing of covalent protein-linked DNA double- strand breaks.
Nature 436:1053-1057 2005 -
publications
Spindle checkpoint regulates Cdc20p stability in S. cerevisiae. Gene Dev 18:1439-1451. 2004 - publications
Awards
NIH Cancer Center Postdoctoral Training Grant -
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Postdoctoral Fellow -
Appointments
Senior Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas [2013–Present]
Research Scientist
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [2009–2013]
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center [2004–2008]
Graduate Research Assistant
[1998–2004]
Cornell University
Activities
Courses
Biochemistry Laboratory (BIOL3380)
Genes to Genomes (BIOL5375)
Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology (BIOL3302)
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory (BIOL4380)
RNA world (BIOL6V29)