2024
11/2024 A postdoc position immediately open in Zhong lab, Candidates with their PhD degrees within two years and at least one first-authored publication from their PhD work are required. Please send a CV, brief statement of research accomplishments and future research goals, and names and contact information for 3 academic references to Xuehua Zhong (xuehuazhong@wustl.edu).
11/2024 The Zhong lab awarded WashU 2024 Global Incubator Seed Grants, Congratulation!
11/2024 Please check out our research news on How plants evolved multiple ways to override genetic instructions!
10/2024 Congratulations on Jia and Sherry for the acceptance of Science Advances paper!
10/2024 Congratulation on Sherry Ji for successfully passing her PhD candidacy exam. Well done, Sherry!
09/2024 We had our annual lab summer lunch for welcoming new students and farewell to Hide!
08/2024 Welcome Eli Flomenhoft (PMB program) joining our lab as a rotation graduate student!
8/2023 Welcome our new undergraduate students Felix Guo and Shafay Asghar.
07/2024 Congratulations on Lihua, Huy and Sherry receiving the travel awards to attend the 34th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research at UC San Diego andCarl and Jia for the selection of an oral talk at this meeting.
6/2024 Welcome our new undergraduate student Veronica Kostenko and Xinheng Lyu!
5/2024 Welcome our new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Huayang Tian!
3/2024 Congratulations to Jie on his tenure-track faculty position at Yazgouwan National Laboratory!
3/2024 New research offers insights into the inner workings of DNA methylation! Please check out the news on one of our recently published work.
3/2024 Congratulations to Zhang-Wei on his tenure-track faculty position at Shandong Agricultural University!
2/2024 Jie’s paper is accepted by Nature Communications, Congratulation!
1/2024 Jie’s paper is accepted by Plant Physiology, Congratulation!
1/2024 Welcome our new undergraduate student Jenny Chen!
2023
11/2023 Our joint paper with Dr. Jikui Song’s lab at UC-Riverside has been accepted by Journal of Biological Chemistry, great job Jie!
10/2023 Congratulation Jia Gwee winning the 2023 Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence!
10/2023 Please check out Faculty Spotlight Dr. Xuehua Zhong on epigenetics research and teaching!
09/2023 Congratulation on Carl Simmons for successfully passing his PhD candidacy exam. Well done, Carl!
08/2023 We had so much fun for 5-hour float trip at Huzzah Valley for our annual lab summer outing!
8/2023 Welcome Sherlyn Contreras (PMB program) joining our lab as a rotation graduate student!
8/2023 Welcome our new undergraduate students Dylan Setiawan and Jill Mark.
8/2023 Welcome Professor Hidetaka Ito from HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY joining us as a visiting professor.
06/2023 Zhong lab are exciting to share the media report A plant research powerhouse at WashU! We are glad to be part of it.
06/2023 Farewell party for Zhang-wei, we wish you all the best!
05/2023 Jia Gwee passed her PhD qualification exam. Good job and congratulations!
05/2023 Zhong Lab outing/lunch at St Louis Gateway Arch national Park.
03/2023 Zhang-Wei’s paper is published by Nuclei Acids Research, Congratulation!
02/2023 Our joint paper with Xiangsong Chen’s lab at Wuhan University was accepted by New Phytologist,Congratulation!
2022
12/2023 Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Lihua Zhang, arrives the lab. Welcome!
11/2023 Welcome Sherry join the lab as a graduate student from Plant & Microbial Biosciences program.
08/30/2022 Ray successfully defended his thesis work, Congratulations Dr. Scheid!
07/2022 Zhong Lab joined to Department of Biology, Washington University at Saint Louis. Thanks everyone for a smooth move. Here is the profile introduction for Xuehua and Zhong lab!
06/2022 Our joint paper with Dr. Jikui Song’s lab at UC-Riverside has been accepted by Nature Communications, great job Jianjun and Sarah!
06/2022 Zhangwei and Carl‘s invited review article on chromatin dynamics and organization was accepted by Current Opinion in Plant Biology, congratulations!
06/2022 Sarah successfully defended her thesis work, congratulations Dr. Leichter!
05/2022 Huy passed his PhD qualification exam. Excellent job and congratulations!
01/2022 Sarah‘s invited review book chapter on Structure and mechanism of plant DNA methyltransferases was accepted by DNA methyltransferases – Role and Function (Springer), congratulations!
2021
12/2021 Congratulations to Jianjun on his tenure-track faculty position at Henan University!
11/2021 Welcome Carl join the lab as a graduate student from Genetics program.
11/2021 Our joint paper with Dr. Wei Xu’s lab is accepted by Nucleic Acids Research, Congratulation!
10/2021 Check out our joint paper on “Commentary: Quality control and evaluation of plant epigenomics data” published in Plant Cell.
09/2021 Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Wewen Tian, arrives the lab. Welcome!
08/2021 Welcome Jia Gwee join the lab as a graduate student from CMB program.
08/2021 Our joint paper with Dr. Hidetaka Ito’s lab has been accepted by PLoS Genetics, great job Jiani, Jianjun, and Sarah!
05/2021 Lab outing/picnic at Devils lake
05/2021 Congratulations to Xuehua for her H. I. Romnes Faculty Award!
05/2021 Our joint paper with Dr. Jixian Zhai’s lab has been accepted by Plant Cell, congratulation!
05/2021 Congratulation on Rachel for her 2021 Outstanding Senior Award! We are so proud of you, Rachel!
05/2021 Katie, Rachel, and Dannielle graduate, congratulations and best wishes!
04/2021 Congratulate Isabel for being accepted into Genetics graduate program at the Cornell University!
04/2021 Welcome our new undergraduate student, Xinrui Ji.
03/2021 Our joint paper with Dr. Jikui Song’s lab at UC-Riverside has been accepted by Science Advances, great job Sarah and Jianjun!
01/2021 Ray and Jiani‘s invited review article on plant histone reader proteins was accepted by Current Opinion in Plant Biology, congratulations!
2020
12/2020 The Zhong lab received a New NSF grant, Congratulation!
12/2020 JJ’s UVR8 paper is accepted by Nature plants, Congratulation!
12/2020 Welcome Huy join the lab as a graduate student from Genetics training program.
11/2020 Congratulations to Jiani on her new position! We will miss you!
11/2020 Jiani’s paper is accepted by New Phytologist, Congratulation!
09/2020 Welcome rotation students Huy Le (Genetics) and Soyong Jung (Cellular and Molecular Biology)!
07/2020 Zhong lab received a joint WARF Accelerator award to develop innovative technology for genome and epigenome research, congratulations!
05/2020 Check out our review article on linking signaling pathways to chromatin dynamics in Journal of Experimental Botany, congratulations on Jianjun and Adeline!
03/2020 Our joint paper with Dr. Jikui Song’s lab at UC-Riverside is now on Biorxiv, great job Sarah and Jianjun!!
03/2020 Congratulations on Rachael Kabara for her Hilldale research fellowship award!
01/2020 Congratulations to Dr. Li Lu on her faculty position at Wuhan University!
2019
12/2019 Our joint paper with Dr. Michael Purugganan’s lab at NYU is accepted by Nature Plants, Congratulation!
12/2019 Our joint paper with Dr. Jian Hua’s lab at Cornell University is accepted by New Phytologist, Congratulation!
12/2019 Check our review article on plant HDACs in Science China Life Science, great job Xiangsong and Adeline!
11/2019 Welcome rotation students Cristobal Carrera Carriel (Genetics) and Zack Harmer (Cellular and Molecular Biology)!
10/2019 Check out the reports on our research and outreach activities!
10/2019 Farewell party for Bo, we wish you all the best! Thanks Ray for hosting the party.
10/2019 Welcome Genetics rotation student Ryan Ward!
9/2019 Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Jie Liu, arrives the lab. Welcome! Welcome Zhengxu joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher!
9/2019 Sarah is awarded a spot on T32 Biotechnology Training Program (BTP). Congratulations!
8/2019 Sarah and Ray passed their PhD qualification exam. Good job and congratulations!
7/2019 In collaboration with Morgridge outreach team, Sarah and Ray hosted the plant epigenetics Summer Science Camp for rural Wisconsin science teachers and high school students.
7/2019 Lab picnic party at Vilas park.
7/2019 The Zhong lab welcomes visiting Professor Dr. Hidetaka Ito from Hokkaido University!
5/2019 Congratulations to Xuehua on being awarded the Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award.
2/2019 Welcome Adeline Ding joins the lab as a Assistant Researcher. Welcome Danielle joins the lab as undergraduate researchers!
2/2019 Xuehua received Vilas Associates Award, Congratulations!
1/2019 Kevin and Xiangsong’s HOS15 paper was accepted by Plant Physiology, Congratulations!
2018
12/2018 Zhong lab party to celebrate Dean’s graduation, Xiangsong and Li’s new job, Bo and Sarah’s birthday, and the holidays!
11/2018 Congratulations to Xiangsong on his faculty position at Wuhan University!
11/2018 Dean successfully defended his thesis work, congratulations Dr. Sanders!
10/2018 Our joint paper with Dr. Narlikar’s lab (UCSF) and Dr. Jacobsen‘s lab (UCLA) is accepted by Molecular Cell, Congratulation!
9/2018 Welcome genetic rotation students Auguste Dutcher, Jaime Cordova and John Crandall.
8/2018 Check out the news report on our Nature Genetics paper. UW News.
6/2018 Lab picnic party at Devil’s lake state park.
5/2018 Welcome Dr. Zhang-wei Liu joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow.
5/2018 Shuiming‘s EBS paper (collaborate with Du lab) was accepted by Nature Genetics, Congratulation!
5/2018 Shuiming and Ray‘s SHL paper (collaborate with Du lab) was accepted by Nature Communications, Congratulation!
2/2018 Welcome Bo Wang joins the lab as a visiting graduate student.
2/2018 Welcome Katie and Isabel join the lab as undergraduate researchers!
1/2018 Li and Xiangsong‘s paper was accepted by Nature Communications, Congratulation!
1/2018 Xiangsong‘s paper was accepted by The Plant Cell, Congratulation! News report!
1/2018 Our joint paper with Dr. Jing Zhang’s lab is accepted by Leukemia, Congratulation!
1/2018 Our joint paper with Dr. Rick Amasino’s lab is accepted by Plant Journal, Congratulation!
2017
12/2017 Sarah is awarded a spot on T32 Biotechnology Training Program (BTP). Congratulations!
12/2017 Ray is awarded a spot on T32 Genetics Training Program (GTP). Congratulations!
12/2017 Welcome Ray and Sarah join the lab as graduate students.
11/2017 We are celebrating Holiday season!
10/2017 Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Jiani Chen, arrives the lab. Welcome!
9/2017 Welcome our rotation students, Ray Scheid, Victoria Harms, Sunnie Grace McCalla, Brandon Phan, Sarah Leichter and Matt Lollar.
8/2017 Xuehua receives 5-Year Outstanding Investigator Award from NIH. See details here. Congratulations!
7/2017 In collaboration with Morgridge, our lab participitated the plant epigenetic Summer Science Camp for rural Wisconsin science teachers and high school students.
7/2017 The Zhong lab welcomes visiting undergraduate student Zhouyuan Shen from Shanghai Jiaotong University joined the lab.
7/2017 Xuehua was interviewed by GROW magazine (Wisconsin’s Magazine for Life Sciences) about our epigenetic research. See details here.
6/2017 Welcome Sharon Yan, a high school student from West High School, joins the lab as Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE).
6/2017 Lab picnic party at Governor Nelson state park.
6/2017 Li was invited to give a talk at the 2017 ICAR annual meeting, congratulation!
4/2017 Both Xiangsong and Li were awarded for travel grant to attend the 2017 ICAR meeting at St. Louis, Congratulation!
2/2017 Dean‘s paper is accepted by Plant Physiology, Congratulation!
1/2017 The Zhong lab welcomes undergraduate student Phu Nguyen joined the lab.
1/2017 Xuehua spoke to Hope Kirwan of Wisconsin Public Radio about our epigenetic work.
2016
11/2016 Check out the seasonal news report on our eLife paper. UW News & WID featured story.
11/2016 Our joint paper with Dr. Xuemei Chen’s lab is accepted by PNAS, Congratulation!
10/2016 Xiangsong‘s paper is accepted by eLife, Congratulation!
10/2016 Xuehua co-organized the first UW-Madison Epigenetics mini-symposium. This event was very successful with 28 mini-oral presentation followed by poster presentation.
10/2016 Our joint paper with Dr. Jing Zhang’s lab is accepted by Blood, Congratulation!
10/2016 Our joint paper with Dr. Wei Xu’s lab is accepted by BMC Genomics, Congratulation!
9/2016 The Zhong lab welcomes visiting graduate graduate student Gaofeng Liu from Nanjing Agricultural University.
9/2016 Jianjun received the postdoctoral fellowship from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Congratulation!
9/2016 Postdoctoral fellow, Jianjun Jiang, arrives at the lab, welcome!
8/2016 The Zhong lab says goodbye to our high school student Lorenzo and visiting student Ruirong. We will miss you.
8/2016 We had a fun summer including our annual Summer party to celebrate Xiangsong and Li‘s birthday, a visit to South Dakota, and so on…
7/2016 In collaboration with Morgridge outreach team, the Zhong lab participated the plant epigenetics Summer Science Camp for rural Wisconsin science teachers and high school students. We had 5 teachers and 26 high school students from five rural Wisconsin summer science camps (Fennimore, Rhinelander, Tomah, Monticello, and Chequamegon).
7/2016 Xuehua received Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Award, congratulation!
6/2015 Welcome Ruirong, a senior student from University of Science and Technology of China, joins the lab as summer undergraduate researcher.
6/2016 Welcome Lorenzo, a high schoolstudent from Ronald Reagan High School joins the lab as Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE).
5/2016 Welcome Ray joins the lab as an associate research specialist!
Congratulate Rachael for being accepted into Microbiology graduate program at the Cornell University!
4/2016 Congratulate Dean Sanders for being chosen for an oral presentation at 2016 ASPB meeting.
3/2016 Welcome Gage Moreno joins the lab as undergraduate researcher.
3/2016 In collaboration with Morgridge outreach team, Kevin & Dean presented at the DIY (Do-it-yourself) Science on the “Beyond Your Wildest Genes: The Role of Epigenetics”.
2/2016 Zhiqiang& Xuehua won the first Epigenetics Table Tennis Tournament, Congratulation!
1/2016 Welcome Dr. Ziqiang Liu joins the lab as a visiting scientist.
2015
12/2015 Xuehua received her NSF CAREER award to study Arabidopsis DNA methylation, Congratulation!
12/2015 Kevin is awarded a spot on T32 Genetics Training Program (GTP). Congratulations!
12/2015 Welcome Kevin joins the lab.
10/2015 Devil’s lake fall picnic and hiking.
10/2015 Li’s manuscript on genome-wide profiling of histone acetylation marks was accepted by Epigenetics. Congratulation!
9/2015 Dean passed his PhD qualification exam. Good job and congratulation!
9/2015 Yang, Our YAP student, is admitted into UW-Madison, majoring in Microbiology. Congratulations!
8/2015 Please check out our research and outreach featured on WID top stories: Beyond genetics: ideas from a flowering plant
http://wid.wisc.edu/featured-science/beyond-genetics-ideas-from-a-flowering-plant/
7/2015 Welcome Hang Zhang, a senior student from University of Science and Technology of China, joins the lab as summer undergraduate researcher.
7/2015 Welcome Reeken Patel, a high schoolstudent from J.I. Case High School joins the lab as Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE).
7/2015 Xuehua’s review on DNA methylation evolution is published byNew Phytologist.
6/2015 Lab picnic party at Lake Wingra. Also, happy birthday to Dean!
5/2015 Welcome Caitilin Hoffman joins the lab as undergraduate researcher.
3/2015 Welcome Karolina Barej joins the lab as undergraduate researcher.
1/2015 Xuehua published her DRM3 work on PNAS, Xuehua and Dr. Jacobsen are both corresponding authors.
2014
11/2014 Welcome Rachael Fieweger joins the lab as undergraduate researcher.
8/2014 Lab picnic party to celebrate Li, Zoey and Xiangsong‘s birthday, happy birthday!
7/2014 Xuehua published a paper on plant Histone variant H2A.W at Cell, the first author is Dr. Yelagandula from Dr. Berger lab.
5/2014 Xuehua published her DRM2 work at Cell as part of her postdoc work in Dr. Jacobsen lab.
5/2014 Welcome Dr. Li Lu joins the lab as postdoc researcher.
3/2014 Xuehua published a paper on RNA polymerase V at Nature, the fist author is Dr. Johnson from Dr. Jacobsen lab.
2/2014 Welcome Yang Chen joins the lab as Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship Program (YAP) high school student research trainee.
1/2014 Xuehua published a paper on non-CG methylation at Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, the first author is Dr. Stroud from Dr. Jacobsen lab.
1/2014 Welcome Dr. Xiangsong Chen joins the lab as postdoc researcher.
2013
12/2013 Dean is awarded a spot on T32 Genetics Training Program (GTP). Congratulations!
12/2013 Welcome Dean joins the lab as a graduate student.
11/2013 Welcome Zoey Zou joins the lab as Undergraduate researcher
9/2013 Welcome Ray Scheid joins the lab as Undergraduate researcher