Hongjie Yao
Principal Investigator
Biomedicine and health
GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH
China
Biography
Dr. Yao received his P.D. in Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. He received his post-doctoral training in Pennsylvania State University, US National Institutes of Health from 2005 to 2010. Then Dr. Yao worked as a Research associate in Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, US Department of Defense. In October 2011, Dr. Yao joined Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences as a Principal Investigator.
Research Interest
Nucleosome positioning and Transcription regulation,CTCF and chromatin organization,Long noncoding RNAs (LncRNAs) and their biological functions.
Publications
-
Ghirlando R, Giles K, Gowher H, Xiao T, Xu Z et al.(2012) Chromatin domains, insulators, and the regulation of gene expression. Biochim Biophys Acta.1819: 644-651.
-
Yao H, Li P, Venters B, Zheng S, Thompson PR et al.(2008) Histone Arg modifications and p53 regulate the expression of OKL38, a mediator of apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283: 20060-20068.
-
Yao H, Brick K, Evrard Y, Xiao T, Camerini-Otero RD et al(2010). Mediation of CTCF transcriptional insulationby DEAD-box RNA binding protein p68 and steroid receptor RNA activator SRA. Genes & Development. 24: 2543-2555.
