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- Associate Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
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- MESODERMAL CELL FATE SPECIFICATION IN C. ELEGANS awarded by NATL INST OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES, NIH 2008 - 2013
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- Emerin and LEM2: essential roles in C. elegans development, muscle function and mitosis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23:543-552. 2012
- Somatic muscle specification during embryonic and post-embryonic development in the nematode C. elegans. WIREs Developmental Biology. 1:203-214. 2012
- The C. elegans SoxC protein SEM-2 opposes differentiation factors to promote a proliferative blast cell fate in the postembryonic mesoderm. Development. 138:1033-1043. 2011
- The FoxF/FoxC factor LET-381 direclty regulates both cell fate specification and cell differentiation in C. elegans mesoderm development. Development. 137:1451-1460. 2010
- The RGM protein DRAG-1 positively regulates a BMP-like signaling pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development. 137:2375-2384. 2010
- A conserved Six-Eya cassette acts downstream of Wnt signaling to direct non-myogenic versus myogenic fates in the C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm. Developmental Biology. 331:350-360. 2009
- Caudal-like PAL-1 directly activates the bodywall muscle module regulator HLH-1 in C. elegans to initiate embryonic muscle gene regulatory network. Development. 136:1241-1249. 2009
- Inactivation of the C. elegans lipin homolog leads to ER disorganization and to defects in the breakdown and reassembly of the nuclear envelope. Journal of Cell Science. 122:1970-1978. 2009
- Nuclear Envelope and Lamins: Organization and Dynamics. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. . 2009
- Two Hox cofactors, the Meis/Hth homolog UNC-62 and the Pbx/Exd homolog CEH-20, function together during C. elegans postembryonic mesodermal development. Developmental Biology. 334:535-546. 2009
- Dorsoventral patterning of the C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm requires both LIN-12/Notch and TGF-beta signaling. Developmental Biology. 313:256-266. 2008
- Mesodermal expression of the C. elegans HMX homolog mls-2 requires the PBC homolog CEH-20. Mechanisms of Development. 125:451-461. 2008
- A Zn finger/FH2 domain containing protein FOZI-1 acts redundantly with CeMyoD to specify striated body wall muscle fates in the C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm. Development. 134:19-29. 2007
- An antagonistic role for the C. elegans Schnurri homolog SMA-9 in modulating TGF-beta signaling during mesodermal patterning. Development. 133:2887-2896. 2006
- An unusual Zn-finger/FH2 domain protein controls a left/right asymmetric neuronal fate decision in C. elegans. Development. 133:3317-3328. 2006
- A lamin-dependent pathway that regulates nuclear organization, cell cycle progression and germ cell development. Novartis Found Symp. 264:231-240. 2005
- Age-related changes of nuclear architecture in C. elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102:16690-16695. 2005
- The HMX homeodomain protein MLS-2 regulates cleavage orientation, cell proliferation and cell fate specification in the C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm. Development. 132:4119-4130. 2005
- MAN1 and emerin have overlapping function(s) essential for chromosome segregation and cell division in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA. 100:4598-4603. 2003
- The Caenorhabditis elegans schnurri homolog, sma-9, mediates stage- and cell type- specific responses to DBL-1 BMP-related signaling. Development. 130:6453-6464. 2003
- Lamin-dependent localization of UNC-84, a protein required for nuclear migration in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13:892-901. 2002
- The expression, lamin-dependent localization and RNAi depletion phenotype for emerin in C. elegans. Journal of Cell Science. 115:923-929. 2002
- C. elegans nuclear envelope proteins Emerin, MAN1, lamin, and nucleoporins reveal unique timing of nuclear envelope breakdown during mitosis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11:3089-3099. 2000
- Essential roles for Caenorhabditis elegans lamin gene in nuclear organization, cell cycle progression and spatial organization of nuclear pore complexes. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11:3937-3947. 2000
- Overlapping roles of two Hox genes and the exd ortholog ceh-20 in diversification of the C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm. Development. 127:5179-5190. 2000
- Nuclear entry of the Drosophila melanogaster nuclear lamina protein YA correlates with developmentally regulated changes in its phosphorylation state. Developmental Biology. 210:124-34. 1999
- Analysis of a Caenorhabditis elegans twist homolog identifies conserved and divergent aspects of mesodermal patterning. Genes & Development. 12:263-2635. 1998
- Functional dissection of YA, an essential, developmentally regulated nuclear lamina protein in Drosophila. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18:188-197. 1998
- Developmental modulation of the nuclear envelope. Current Topics in Developmental Biology. 35:47-70. 1997
- Formation of the male pronuclear lamina in Drosophila. Developmental Biology. 184:187-196. 1997
- Mutational analyses of fs(1)Ya, a developmentally regulated nuclear envelope protein in Drosophila. Genetics. 141:1473-1481. 1995
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awards and honors
- National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontier of Science Fellow, 2006
- NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1997
- The Liu Memorial Fund and the Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarship, 1996
- Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1994
- Honored outstanding student, Awarded the First (Highest) Level Scholarship, 1988
- B.S. with honors; and exempted from entrance examination for graduate study, on basis of excellence of undergraduate record, 1988
- Chosen for CUSBEA program (China-U.S. Biology Examination and Application) for graduate study in the US, based on a competition, 1988
- Honored outstanding student every year. First (Highest) Level Scholarship, 1988
- Honored outstanding student, Awarded the First (Highest) Level Scholarship, 1987
- The New Star Scholarship in Mathematics and Biology, 1987
- Honored outstanding student, Awarded the First (Highest) Level Scholarship, 1986
- Second prize winner in comprehensive knowledge competition, 1986
- Third prize winner in Mathematics competition, 1986
- Honored outstanding student, Awarded the First (Highest) Level Scholarship, 1985
- Third prize winner in Chinese and Writing competition, 1985
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