LAB NEWS:
04/23/2024: Runwei hosted Dr. Sergiu Pasca for a Neuroscience seminar.
01/30/2024: Xiangbin received a Pilot Award from the Center for Motor Neuron Disease.
11/11/2023: Runwei gave a talk at the 2023 SfN annual meeting in D.C.
10/31/2023: The new study “Infernape uncovers cell type–specific and spatially resolved alternative polyadenylation in the brain” is online at Genome Research. Congratulations to Bowei and the team!
10/26/2023: Our full-length single-cell RNA-Seq study of the the human cerebral organoid is online today at Cell Reports. Congratulations to Yalan, Runwei, and all co-authors!
09/30/2023: Sofia and Pinky presented at the Southside Science Festival.
09/12/2023: Our single-cell and spatial polyadenylation work led by Bowei is accepted by Genome Research. Another great collaboration with the Wang group. Congratulations to Bowei and all co-authors!
07/05/2023: Sofia Montoto joins the lab. Welcome!
06/06/2023: Our PIE-Seq work is online today at Nature Communications:“PIE-seq: identifying RNA-binding protein targets by dual RNA-deaminase editing and sequencing”. Congratulations to Xiangbin for spearheading this project!
05/31/2023: Xiaochang presented at the 2023 RNA meeting.
05/17/2023: Congratulations to Hang for passing the Qualifying Exam!
05/2023: Runwei received the MHFP Translational Grant Award.
05/05/2023: Xiangbin presented the PIE-Seq work at the Mitchell Trainee Symposium.
05/2023: Grace is awarded the Developmental Neurobiology Undergraduate Fellowship (DNUFO).
04/2023: Rachel is awarded the Neuroscience Early Stage Scientist Training Program Internship (NESSTP).
03/23/2023: Congratulations to Pinky for passing the Qualifying Exam!
03/13/2023: Thanks to strong supports from HG and the Neuroscience Institute, our SYNGAP1 work “Upregulation of SYNGAP1 expression in mice and human neurons by redirecting alternative splicing” is online today. Congratulations to Runwei and all co-authors! Our collaborative work with Prof. Alfredo Garcia and Prof. Christian Hansel suggests that redirecting alternative splicing can alleviate SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency in disease models (read the coverage by Matt Wood, and Spectrum news by Angie Voyles Askham).
02/22/2023: Our Lab is awarded its first R01. Thanks to NIMH for supporting our research!
02/2023: Welcome undergraduate students Romy Li and Grace Hu to the group!
08/2022: GGSB graduate student Hang Chen joins the lab. Welcome, Hang!
07/2022: DRSB graduate student Pinky Lee joins the lab. Welcome, Pinky!
07/2022: Max Chu (CMB) starts the summer rotation. Welcome, Max!
06/2022: Welcome UofC undergrads Rachel and Doris!
03/2022: Welcome Hang and Changyu! We are excited to have you on board!
02/2022: Welcome Kayla Siemannn to join our group!
01/2022: Welcome Pinky Lee and Kay LaPre to work with the group!
12/2021: Welcome Dr. Yalan Yang to the lab!
09/2021: Our work “Variants in ADD1 cause intellectual disability, corpus callosum dysgenesis, and ventriculomegaly in humans” has been accepted for publication in Genetics in Medicine. Congratulations to Cai Qi, Irena Feng, and all co-authors!
08/2021: Welcome Dr. Runwei Yang to the lab!
06/2021: Welcome Duhman Muhtaseb to rotate with us!
04/2021: Welcome Ashleigh Polo to rotate with us!
03/2021: Welcome Dr. Kaining (Ken) Hu to the lab!
03/2021: Our manuscript “Progenitor cell diversity in the developing mouse neocortex” has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations to Xiangbin, Bowei, and all co-authors!
10/2020: Welcome Shalise Burch to rotate in the lab!
07/2020: Bowei Kang joins the lab as a Computational Scientist. Welcome Bowei!
07/2020: Kevin Li from UC Berkeley joins us as a summer intern. Kevin is interested in aging. Welcome!
06/2020: Jasper Lee accepted a position at The Rockefeller University. We are so happy for you!
03/2020: We received a Pilot Award from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI).
03/2020: Welcome Dr. Rong Zhong to join our group!
02/2020: Welcome Steph Ran from the College to work with us!
01/2020: Nikita Mehta, a graduate student in Neurobiology, started rotation with us. Welcome Nikita!
10/2019: Xiaochang receives the NIH Director's New Innovator Award! (DP2, link)
08/2019: Xinran (Sherry) Feng received the International Student Fellowship (BSD). Congratulations!
07/2019: Undergraduate students Denise Fischer (UChicago) and Yuheng Liu (TsingHua) joined our group! Welcome Denise and Yuheng!
06/2019: UChicago undergraduate Jasper Lee joined the lab. Welcome Jasper!
09/2018: Our RNA splicing project receives new support.
08/2018: Xinran (Sherry) Feng, a graduate student in Human Genetics, starts in our Department! Welcome Sherry!
08/2018: Xiangbin (Cham) Ruan from Beijing joins the lab as a postdoc associate! Welcome!
07/2018: Zhuoyue Shi, a graduate student in GGSB, starts rotation with us! Welcome Zhuoyue!
07/2018: Cai Qi from Yale joins us as a postdoc associate! Welcome Cai!
06/2018: Nate Westneat, a high school student joins the lab for summer research. Welcome Nate!
06/2018: Irena Feng, majoring in biochemistry, and Isadora Kucera an inaugural DNUFO fellow join the lab. Welcome!
04/2018: Grazyna Bozek joins the lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome Grazyna!
01/2018: The Zhang lab @ UChicago started in the Department of Human Genetics and the Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior.