Tian Hong

Associate Professor - Biological Sciences

(972) 883-6027
FO 3.704J
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Currently accepting undergraduate and graduate students

Professional Preparation

Postdoctoral Fellow - Mathematical Biology
University of California, Irvine

PhD - Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Virginia Tech

MS - Bioinformatics
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

BS - Biological Sciences
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Research Areas

Systems Biology

Bioinformatics

Cancer Biology

Developmental Biology

Mathematical Biology

Publications

EssSubgraph improves performance and generalizability of mammalian essential gene prediction with large networks 2025 - Journal Article

Intercellular signaling reinforces single-cell level phenotypic transitions and facilitates robust re-equilibrium of heterogeneous cancer cell populations 2025 - Journal Article

Rearrangement of 3D genome organization in breast cancer epithelial to mesenchymal transition and metastasis organotropism 2025 - Journal Article

Ectopic expression to synthetic design: Deriving engineering principles of lncRNA-mediated epigenetic regulation 2025 - Journal Article

Mathematical Modeling for Oscillations Driven by Noncoding RNAs 2025 - Book Chapter

An updated model of shoot apical meristem regulation by ERECTA family and CLAVATA3 signaling pathways in Arabidopsis 2024 - Journal Article

Widespread biochemical reaction networks enable Turing patterns without imposed feedback 2024 - Journal Article

Arp2/3-dependent endocytosis ensures Cdc42 oscillations by removing Pak1-mediated negative feedback 2024 - Journal Article

Awards

Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement Award - The University of Tennessee, Knoxville [2024]

Transdisciplinary Team Science Fellow - Virginia Bioinformatics Institute [2009]