Zhai Jixian
Associate Professor
Biology
South University of Science and Technology of China
China
Biography
Zhai Jixian graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2008, 2008 in the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Cao Xiaofeng under the guidance of master's degree in genetics, 13 years under the guidance of Professor Blake Meyers received the University of Delaware PhD ( And completed two master's degrees in bioinformatics and statistics), and then joined the University of California, Los Angeles, American Academy of Sciences Steve Jacobsen research group engaged in postdoctoral research. 16 years selected in the group of "thousands of people plan" youth project and joined the Southern University of Science and Technology Department of biology. A total of 42 articles have been published in mainstream journals, including eight authors, including Cell, PNAS, Genes & Development, The Plant Cell, and PLoS Genetics.
Research Interest
Cell, PNAS, Genes & Development, The Plant Cell, and PLoS Genetics.
Publications
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Zhai J, Zhao Y, Simon SA, Huang S, Petsch K, et al. (2013) Plant microRNAs display differential 3’-truncation and tailing modifications which are ARGONAUTE1-dependent and conserved across species. The Plant Cell 25: 2417-2428.
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Zhai J, Zhang H, Arikit S, Huang K, Nan G, et al. (2015) Spatiotemporal and cell-type dependent phasiRNA biogenesis in maize male reproduction. PNAS 112: 3146-3151.
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Zhai J, Bischof S, Meyers BC, Ausin I, Jacobsen SE, et al. (2015) A One precursor, One siRNA model for Pol IV-dependent siRNA Biogenesis. Cell 163: 445–455.
