Xin Chen, CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
Xin Chen, PhD
HHMI Investigator, Professor
The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology
137 Levi Hall, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: 410-516-4576; Fax: 410-516-5213
Email: xchen32@jhu.edu; Website: https://bio.jhu.edu/directory/xin-chen/
Google scholar website: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vSjk9e8AAAAJMyBibliography:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/xin.chen.2/bibliography/40605388/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending
Education and Professional Experience
HHMI Investigator (Oct. 1, 2021- )Professor (July 1, 2020- )Department of Biology
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Epigenetics Center
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Associate Professor (2015- 2020)
Department of Biology
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Assistant Professor (2008- 2014)
Department of Biology
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2002–2007)
Laboratory of Dr. Margaret T. Fuller
Dept. of Developmental Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Tissue-specific TAFs (TATA Binding Protein Associated Factors) regulate germ cell differentiation
Ph.D. in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (1996-2001)
Laboratory of Dr. Janice A. Fischer
University of Texas at Austin, TX
Structure/Function analysis of the Drosophila Fat facets deubiquitinating enzyme and analysis of the fat facetsdependent signaling pathway
B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology (1991-1996)
University of Science & Technology, Hefei, China
Honors and Awards
2021
2019
2018

Finalist of the HHMI 2021 Investigator Competition
SCBA (Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America) Kenneth Fong Young Investigator Award,
Co-recipient
Semi-finalist of the HHMI 2018 Investigator Competition

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2017
2017
2016
2016

Johns Hopkins Discovery Award with Drs. Jie Xiao and Taekjip Ha
Finalist of the President’s Frontier Award, Johns Hopkins University
Finalist for the 2016 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,and the Simons Foundation Faculty Scholar
2016
Finalist of the President’s Frontier Award, Johns Hopkins University
2015
Inaugural Catalyst Award, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University
2009- 2014 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
2011- 2012 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts andSciences, Johns Hopkins University
2009- 2011
Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes
2008- 2011
The 49th Mallinckrodt Scholar, Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation
2006 – 2010 NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
2005 – 2006 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Special Fellow, Stanford, CA
2005
NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, NICHD (declined)
2002
Outstanding Dissertation award from Graduate School, University of Texas, Austin. Oneof four awardees for academic years 2001 –2002, UT, Austin
1996 – 1998 Molecular Biology Institute Fellowship for Predoctoral Studies, UT, Austin
1995
The Eighth Zhang Zhong-Zhi Technology Scholarship, USTC, China
1991
The Fourth Zhang Zhong-Zhi Technology Scholarship in honor of First Place in the
National-wide College Entrance Examination in Auhui province, USTC, China
GrantsCurrent:
Principle Investigator (PI):2018- 2023 National Institutes of Health, NIGMS, MIRA R35 GM127075-01, Chen (PI)Study epigenetic inheritance during development and across generations using multiple modelorganisms
Total Award: $1,103,540
Annual direct cost: $220,708
2020- 2025 National Institutes of Health, NICHD, R01 HD102474-01, Chen (PI)
Epigenetic Regulation of Germ Cell Differentiation from a Stem Cell Lineage
Total Award: $1,075,000
Annual direct cost: $215,0002021- 2028 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Investigator, Chen (PI)
Deciphering dynamic epigenetic regulation in cell fate determination using multiple modelorganisms
Completed:2016- 2021 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Simons Foundation
Faculty Scholars
2009- 2014 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, No cost extension 2014- 2021
Single-cell analyses of gene expression and chromatin structure in programming germline stem
cells
2014- 2018 National Institutes of Health, NIGMS
R01GM112008
Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying asymmetric histone inheritance
Co-PI: Dr. Jie Xiao, JHMI
2015- 2017 National Institutes of Health, NICHD
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R21HD084959, No cost extension 2017- 2018
Study the generality of asymmetric histone inheritance
2011-2016 National Institutes of Health, NICHD
R01 HD065816
Epigenetic regulation of germ cell differentiation in a stem cell lineage
2010-2013 National Institutes of Health, NICHDR21HD065089
Epigenetic inheritance in germline stem cell lineage
2008-2012 Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Young Investigator Award
Characterization of single-cell transcriptome in an adult stem cell lineage
2009-2011 American Federation for Aging Research Grant
Histone turnover during stem cell homeostasis and aging
2009-2011 March of Dimes, Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
Dissection of germ cell terminal differentiation program
2008-2011 National Institutes of Health, NICHD
R00HD055052
Epigenetic Regulation of Germ Cell Differentiation from a Stem Cell Lineage
Publications
Independent stage:Peer-reviewed Research Papers:
1. Ranjan, R.#,*, Snedeker, J.#, Wooten, M.#, Chu, C., Bracero, S., Mouton, T. and Chen, X.* (2022) Differential
condensation of sister chromatids coordinates with Cdc6 to ensure distinct cell cycle progression in Drosophilamale germline stem cell lineage, Developmental Cell, https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S15345807(22)00247-7 (#: equal contribution; *: co-corresponding)
2. Kahney, E.W., Zion, E. H., Sohn, L., Viets-Layng, K., Johnston, R. and Chen, X. (2021) Characterization ofhistone inheritance patterns in the Drosophila female germline, EMBO Reports, 22(7): e51530, PMCID:
PMC8406404.
3. Ranjan, R.* and Chen, X.* (2021) Super-resolution live cell imaging of subcellular structures. Journal of
Visualized Experiments (JoVE), doi: 10.3791/61563, video at: https://www.jove.com/v/61563, PMCID:
PMC8197282. (* co-corresponding authors)
Note: this is a peer-reviewed method paper.
4. Bohrer, C.H., Yang, X-X, Weng, X., Tenner, B., Thakur, S., McQuillen, R., Ross, B., Wooten, M., Chen, X.,
Lakadamyali, M., Zhang, J., Roberts, E., and Xiao, J. (2021) A Pairwise Distance Distribution Correction (DDC)
algorithm to eliminate blinking-caused artifacts in super-resolution microscopy, Nature Methods, 18, 669–677.
PMCID: PMC9040192.
5. Ma, B. Trieu, T., Habib, S. and Chen, X. (2020) Establishing mouse embryonic stem cells as a system tostudy histone inheritance pattern at single-cell resolution, STAR Protocols, 1,100178,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100178. PMCID: PMC7757403
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6. Ma, B., Trieu, T., Cheng, J., Zhou, S., Tang, Q., Xie, J., Liu, J., Zhao, K., Habib, S. and Chen, X. (2020)
Differential histone distribution patterns in induced asymmetrically dividing mouse embryonic stem cells, Cell
Reports, 32, 108003. Recommended in Faculty Opinions. PMCID: PMC7962874
7. Shi, Z.*, Lim, C.*, Tran, V., Cui, K., Zhao, K. and Chen, X. (2020) Single-cyst transcriptome analysis of
Drosophila male germline stem cell lineage, Development, 147 (8): dev184259. PMCID: PMC7174844 (* equal
contribution).
8. Wooten, M., Li, Y.*, Snedeker, J.*, Nizami, Z., Gall, J., and Chen, X. (2020) Superresolution imaging ofchromatin fibers to visualize epigenetic information on replicative DNA, Nature Protocols, 15:1188-1208.
PMCID: PMC7255620 (* equal contribution).
Note: this is a peer-reviewed protocol paper.
9. Ranjan, R., Snedeker, J., and Chen, X. (2019) Asymmetric centromeres differentially coordinate with mitotic
machinery to ensure biased sister chromatid segregation in germline stem cells, Cell Stem Cell, 25:666-681
e665. PMCID: PMC6842444. Featured in Faculty of 1000 Biology.
10. Wooten, M., Snedeker, J.*, Nizami, Z.*, Yang, X-X*, Ranjan, R., Urban, E., Kim, J-M., Gall, J., Xiao, J. andChen, X. (2019) Asymmetric histone inheritance via strand specific incorporation and biased replication fork
movement, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 26: 732–743. PMCID: PMC6684448. (* equal contribution)
Featured in Faculty of 1000 Biology.
11. Feng, L., Shi, Z.*, Xie, J.*, Ma, B.* and Chen, X. (2018) Enhancer of Polycomb maintains germline activity
and genome integrity in Drosophila testis, Cell Death & Differentiation, 25(8):1486-1502, PMCID: PMC6113212(* equal contribution).
12. Phatarphekar, A., Su, Q., Eun, S., Chen, X. and Rokita, S. (2018) The importance of a halotyrosine
dehalogenase for Drosophila fertility, Journal of Biological Chemistry 293:10314-10321, PMCID: PMC6028978.
13. Feng, L., Shi, Z. and Chen, X. (2017) Enhancer of Polycomb coordinates multiple signaling pathways topromote both cyst and germline stem cell differentiation in Drosophila adult testis, PLoS Genetics
13:e1006571. PMCID: PMC5308785.
14. Eun, S.*, Feng, L.*, Cedeno-Rosario, L., Gan, Q., Wei, G., Cui, K., Zhao, K., and Chen, X. (2017)
Polycomb group gene E(z) is required for spermatogonial dedifferentiation in Drosophila adult testis, Journal of
Molecular Biology, 429:2030-2041, PMCID: PMC5516936 (* equal contribution).
15. Lim, C., Gandhi, S., Biniossek,M., Feng, L., Schilling, O., Urban, S. and Chen, X. (2015) An
aminopepetidase acts in the Drosophila testicular niche for germline stem cell maintenance andspermatogonial dedifferentiation, Cell Reports, 13(2):315-325. PMCID: PMC4607668.
16. Xie, J., Wooten, M., Tran, V., Chen, B-C., Pozmanter, C., Simbolon, C., Betzig, E. and Chen, X. (2015)
Histone H3 Threonine phosphorylation regulates asymmetric histone inheritance in the Drosophila malegermline, Cell, 163(4): 920–933. PMCID: PMC4636931. Featured in Faculty of 1000 Biology.
Previewed by Pirrotta, V. (2015) Histone Marks Direct Chromosome Segregation, Cell, 163(4): 792–793.
Highlighted by Strzyz, P. (2015) Stem cells: Histone mark of stemness. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol., 16(12):703.
17. Tarayrah, L.*,#, Li, Y. *, Eun, S., Shi, Z., Gan, Q. and Chen, X.# (2015) Histone demethylase Lid maintains
germline stem cells through regulating JAK-STAT signaling pathway activity, Biology Open, 4(11):1518-1527 (*equal contribution; # co-corresponding authors). PMCID: PMC4728359.
18. Eun, S., Shi, Z., Cui, K., Zhao, K. and Chen, X. (2014) A non-cell autonomous role of E(z) to prevent germ
cells from turning on a somatic cell marker. Science, 343(6178):1513-1516, PMCID: PMC4040133. Featured in
Faculty of 1000 Biology.
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19. Eun, S., Stoiber, P.M., Wright, H. J., McMurdie, K.E., Choi, C.H., Gan, Q., Lim, C., Chen, X. (2013)
MicroRNAs downregulate Bag of marbles to ensure proper terminal differentiation in Drosophila male germline
lineage. Development, 140: 23-30, PMCID: PMC3513990.
20. Tarayrah, L., Herz, H-M., Shilatifard, A. and Chen, X. (2013) Histone demethylase dUTX directly
antagonizes JAK-STAT signaling to maintain the Drosophila testis niche architecture. Development, 140: 10141023, PMCID: PMC3583039. Featured article “In this issue”.
21. Chen, H-Y., Chen, X. and Zheng, Y-X. (2013) The nuclear lamina regulates germline stem cell nicheorganization via modulation of EGFR signaling. Cell Stem Cell, 13 (1):73–86, PMCID: PMC3703100.
22. Tran, V.*, Lim, C.*, Xie, J. and Chen, X. (2012) Asymmetric division of Drosophila male germline stem cellshows asymmetric histone distribution. Science, 338(6107): 679-682, PMCID: PMC3532436 (* equal
contribution). Featured in Faculty of 1000 Biology.
23. Tran, V., Gan, Q. and Chen, X. (2012) Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) using Drosophila tissue.
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), PMCID: PMC3460569. Note: this is a peer-reviewed method paper.
24. Cuddapah, S.*, Roh, T-Y., Cui, K., Fuller, M.T., Zhao, K. and Chen, X.* (2012) A novel human polycomb
binding site acts as a functional polycomb response element in Drosophila, PLoS One 7(5):e36365, PMCID:
PMC3343078. (* co-corresponding authors).
25. Chen, X.*, Lu, C., Morillo Prado, J. R., Eun, S. and Fuller, M.T.* (2011) Sequential changes atdifferentiation gene promoters as they become active in a stem cell lineage. Development 138: 2441-2450,
PMCID: PMC3100706. Featured article “In this issue”.
*: I am the co-corresponding author of this paper; a postdoc Suk Ho Eun in my lab contributed to this work andis a co-author of this paper.
26. Gan, Q*, Chepelev, I*, Wei, G, Tarayrah, L, Cui, K, Zhao, K and Chen, X. (2010) Dynamic regulation ofalternative splicing and chromatin structure in Drosophila gonads revealed by RNA-seq. Cell Research 20(7):763-783. PMCID: PMC2919574 (* equal contribution).
27. Gan, Q, Schones, DE, Eun, S, Wei, G, Cui, K, Zhao, K and Chen, X. (2010) Monovalent and unpoised
status of most genes in undifferentiated cell-enriched Drosophila testis. Genome Biology 11(4):R42. PMCID:
PMC2884545.
Research Papers Submitted or In Revision:
28. Zion, E. and Chen, X. Asymmetric histone inheritance regulates stem cell fate in Drosophila midgut,
submitted to Cell Reports, biorxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.15.252403.
29. Gleason, R.J.*, Semancik, C.S., Lakshminarayanan, G. and Chen, X.* Developmentally programmed
epigenome regulates cellular plasticity at the parental-to-zygote transition, under revision at Science Advances,
bioRxiv: https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.03.01.482564v1. (*: co-corresponding)
Preprint highlighted at Prelights: https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/developmentally-programmedepigenome-regulates-cellular-plasticity-at-the-parental-to-zygote-transition/
Reviews and Book Chapters:
30. Urban, J.*, Ranjan, R.* and Chen, X. (2022) Asymmetric Inheritance of Histones/Chromatin, Annual
Review of Genetics, Volume 56, in press, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-genet-072920-125226. (* equal
contribution)
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31. Ranjan, R. * and Chen, X.* (2021) Mitotic drive in asymmetric epigenetic inheritance, Biochemical Society
Transactions, Portland Press, in press. (* equal contribution as co-corresponding authors)
32. Vidaurre, V. and Chen, X. (2021) Epigenetic regulation in Drosophila female and male germline,
Developmental Biology, 473:105-118. PMCID: PMC7992187.
33. Zion, E.* and Chen, X.* (2021) Asymmetric Epigenetic Inheritance, The Biochemist, 43 (1): 14–19. (* cocorresponding authors), PMCID: PMC8330550.
34. Zion, E.*, Chandrasekhara, C.* and Chen, X. (2020) Asymmetric inheritance of epigenetic states inasymmetrically dividing stem cells, Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 67: 27-36, PMCID: PMC7736099(* equal contribution)
35. Urban, J. and Chen, X. (2020) Stem cells and their niches in Drosophila, invited review for eLS (thepremier online reference in the life sciences published by Wiley), In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester.
doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0021854.pub2.
36. Wooten, M.*, Ranjan, R.* and Chen, X. (2020) Asymmetric histone distribution in stem cells. Invited review
to Trends in Genetics, 36(1): 30-43. (* equal contribution) PMCID: PMC6925335.
37. Kahney, E.*, Snedeker, J.* and Chen, X. (2019) Regulation of Drosophila germline stem cells. Current
Opinion in Cell Biology 60:27-35. PMCID: PMC6756965.
38. Gleason, R.J.*, Anand, A.*, Kai T.§ and Chen, X.§ (2018) Protecting and diversifying the germline, invitedreview to FlyBook Genetics, 208 (2): 435-471, PMCID: PMC5788515 (* equal contribution; § co-corresponding
authors).
39. Kahney, E.*, Ranjan, R.*, Gleason, R.J. * and Chen, X. (2017) Symmetry from asymmetry or asymmetry
from symmetry? Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 82:305-318, PMC6245645 (* equal contribution).
40. Xie, J.*, Wooten, M.*, Tran, V. and Chen, X. (2017) Breaking symmetry — asymmetry histone inheritancein stem cells, invited review to Trends in Cell Biology, 27:527-540, PMCID: PMC5476491 (* equal contribution).
41. Snedeker, J.*,#, Wooten, M.*,# and Chen, X.# (2017) The inherent asymmetry of DNA replication, Annual
Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 33:291-318, PMCID: PMC5695668 (* equal contribution; # cocorresponding authors).
42. Feng, L.J. and Chen, X. (2015) Epigenetic Regulation of Germ Cells— Remember or Forget? Invitedreview to Current Opinion in Genes and Development 31:20-27. PMCID: PMC4470759.
43. Chepelev, I. and Chen, X. (2013) Alternative splicing switching in stem cell lineages. Invited review to
Frontiers in Biology 8(1):50-59. PMCID: PMC3566875.
44. Tran, V.*, Feng, L.J.* and Chen, X. (2013) Asymmetric distribution of histones during Drosophila malegermline stem cell asymmetric divisions. Invited review to Chromosome Research 21(3):255-269, PMCID:
PMC4008969 (* equal contribution).
45. Tarayrah, L.* and Chen, X.* (2013) Epigenetic regulation in adult stem cells and cancers. Invited review toCell and Bioscience, 3:41. PMCID: PMC3852361 (* equal contribution)
46. Lim, C.*, Tarayrah, L.* and Chen, X. (2012) Transcriptional regulation during Drosophila spermatogenesis.
Invited review to Spermatogenesis 2(3):158-166, PMCID: PMC3469439. (* equal contribution)
47. Eun, S*, Gan, Q* and Chen, X. (2010) Epigenetic regulation of germ cell differentiation.
Invited review to Current Opinion in Cell Biology 22, 737-743. PMCID: PMC2993805. (* equal contribution)
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48. Chen, X. (2008) Stem cells- what can we learn from flies? Invited review to Fly 2-1: 19- 28.
Review Papers Submitted:
49. Gleason, R.J. Chen, X. Epigenetic inheritance in animals and plants: Roles in buffering genetic andenvironmental perturbations during germ-cell and totipotency cycles. Current Opinion in Genetics &Development, in preparation for submission by Aug. 15, 2022.
Postdoc stages (all research papers):
50. Barckmann, B., Chen, X., Jayaramaiah-Raja, S., Kaiser, S., Rathke, C., Fuller, M.T., Renkawitz-Pohl, R.
(2013) Three levels of regulation lead to protamine and Mst77F expression in Drosophila. Developmental
Biology 377:33-45, PMCID: PMC4154633.
51. Morillo Prado, J. R., Chen, X. and Fuller, M.T. (2012) Polycomb group genes Psc and Su(z)2 maintainsomatic stem cell identity and activity in Drosophila. PLoS One 7(12):e52892, PMCID: PMC3528704.
52. Kracklauer, M.P., Wiora, H.M., Deery, W.J., Chen, X., Bolival, B., Romanowicz, D., Simonette, R.A., Fuller,
M.T., Fischer, J.A. and Beckingham, K.M. (2010) The Drosophila SUN protein Spag4 cooperates with thecoiled-coil protein Turi Gagarin to maintain association of the basal body and spermatid nucleus. Journal of
Cell Science 123 (16): 2763- 2772. PMCID: PMC2915878.
53. Krishnamoorthy, T., Chen, X., Govin, J., Cheung, W.L., Dorsey, J., Schindler, K., Winter, E., Allis, C. D.,
Khochbin, S., Fuller, M. T., and Berger, S. L. (2006) Phosphorylation of histone H4 Ser1 regulates sporulationin yeast and is conserved in fly and mouse spermatogenesis.
Genes and Development, 20: 2580–2592. One of the cover stories.
- This paper was commented by Wendt K.D. and Shilatifard in Genes and Development (2006) 20: 2487–2491.
54. Chen, X., Hiller, M., Sancak, Y. and Fuller, M. T. (2005) Tissue specific TAFs counteract Polycomb to turnon terminal differentiation. Science 310: 869- 872.
- This paper was reviewed by Ringrose, L. in BioEssays (2006) 28:330-334; and featured in
Faculty of 1000 Biology.
55. Hiller, M., Chen, X., Pringle, M.J., Suchorolski, M., Sancak, Y., Viswanathan, S., Bolival, B., Marino, S. andFuller, M.T. (2004) Testis-specific TAF homologs collaborate to control a tissue-specific transcription program.
Development 131: 5297-5308.
Graduate student stages (all research papers):
56. Overstreet, E., Chen, X., Wendland, B., and Fischer, J. A. (2003) Either part of a Drosophila Epsin protein,
divided after the ENTH domain, functions in endocytosis of Delta in the developing eye.
Current Biology 13: 854-860.
57. Chen, X. and Fischer, J. A. (2002) A P element transformation vector for high levels of gene expression in
germline cells of the ovary and undifferentiated cells in the developing eye of Drosophila. Plasmid 47: 61- 65.
58. Chen, X., Zhang, B. and Fischer, J. A. (2002) A specific protein substrate for deubiquitinating enzyme:
Liquid facets is the substrate of Fat facets. Genes and Development 16: 289-294.
- One of the cover stories.
59. Chen, X., Overstreet, E., Wood, S. A. and Fischer, J. A. (2000) On the conservation of function of the
Drosophila Fat facets deubiquitinating enzyme and Fam, its mouse homolog. Dev. Genes Evol. 210: 603-610.

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60. Chen, X.*, Li, Q.* and Fischer, J. A. (2000) Genetic analysis of the Drosophila DNAprim gene: The functionof the 60-kD primase subunit of DNA polymerase opposes the fat facets signaling pathway in the developing
eye. Genetics 156: 1787-1795. (* indicating authors of equal contribution.)
61. Chen, X. and Fischer, J. A. (2000) In vivo structure/function analysis of the Drosophila fat facets
deubiquitinating enzyme gene. Genetics 156: 1829-1836
Presentations
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Invited speaker at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) workshop “Understanding
Stem Cells Through Imaging”, “Imaging in the Nervous System” section.
Invited speaker at the EMBO workshop on new advances towards EVOCHROMO field, Vienna or
Aarhus/Copenhagen in Denmark.
Invited speaker, Cell Polarity Signaling Gordon Research Conference, New London, New Hampshire.
Invited speaker, The 13th CSHL Meeting on Germ Cells, Cold Spring Harbor.
Invited speaker at the Keystone Symposia on Epigenetics, Chromatin, Development and Disease /Chromatin Architecture in Development and Human Health. Fairmont Banff Springs in Banff, AB,
Canada, postponed due to COVID-19.
Eukaryotic DNA Replication & Genome Maintenance Conference, Sep. 8-12, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory.
Invited speaker at the Annual Retreat for NIH T32 Developmental Biology Training Grant, University of
Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Invited speaker at ‘genetic puzzles’ workshop at the Allied Genetics Conference (GSA/TAGC),
Washington, DC. Online due to COVID-19.
The Socially Distant Centromere” (TSDC) seminar series as part of the Gordon Research Conference
Invited speaker, Swedish Epigenetics and Chromatin (Epichrom) meeting, Umeå, Sweden. Cancelled
trip due to COVID-19.
Invited speaker, 1st International Meeting of “Replication of non-genomic codes”, Kyoto, Japan,
rescheduled.
Invited guest speaker at University of Tokyo institutional retreat, Hakone, Japan, rescheduled.
Invited speaker, Keystone Symposia on Leveraging the Revolution in Resolution: Imaging acrossScales, Snowbird, Utah.
Invited speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Germinal Stem Cell Biology, Hong Kong, China.
Award seminar at the 2019 SCBA (Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America) Symposium “Scientific
Discovery for Human Health”, Kunming, China.
Invited speaker, Cold Spring Harbor Asia (CSHA) meeting for “Chromatin, Epigenetics & Transcription”,
Suzhou, China.
Invited speaker, SCBA (Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America) Scientific Symposium at
Washington D. C., Mechanistic Insight and Disease Targeting.
Invited speaker, 82nd Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium on Quantitative Biology Chromosome Segregation & Structure, Cold Spring Harbor.
Invited speaker, The 50th Anniversary meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, “50 Yearsof SSR Research, Looking Back and Moving Forward”, in a Symposium entitled “Epigenetics in theGermline”, Washington, D.C.
Invited speaker, Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Epigenetics titled “Epigenetics in action: frommechanisms to biological impacts“, Holderness School, Holderness, New Hampshire.
Invited speaker, The Second International Symposium of Epigenetic Mechanism and Human Health,Wuhan, China.
Invited speaker, Ray Wu Symposium, The Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in
Beijing, China.
Invited speaker, The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) annual meeting,
Mechanisms of asymmetric cellular division” session, San Francisco, California.
Invited speaker, The 10th CSHL Meeting on Germ Cells, Cold Spring Harbor.

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Invited speaker, The Stem Cell Society Singapore (SCSS) symposium with the theme of “Modeling Cell
Fate & Development”, Singapore.
Invited Keynote speaker, The Royal Society Theo Murphy meetings on “Mechanisms of Asymmetric
Cell Division”, Chicheley Hall, Chicheley Buckinghamshire, UK.
Invited speaker, The 3rd Asia-Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC3), Beijing, China.
Invited speaker, The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2015 in Biology, Stem Cells: Frombasic biology to translational research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Invited speaker, The 3rd International Symposium of the TRR81 “Chromatin changes in differentiationand malignancy”, University of Marburg, Germany.
Invited speaker, The 55th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA.
Invited speaker, The Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental Biology Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, Crete Drosophila Meeting, Crete, Greece.
Invited speaker, Symposium on regenerative medicine, JHMI, Baltimore, MD.
Invited speaker, The Key mechanisms in the regulation of testis function, Justus-Liebig-University
Giessen, Germany.
Invited speaker, Genome Instability and Stem Cell Biology Mini-Symposium, Montreal, Canada.
Invited speaker, The 14th International Symposium, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, Xi’an,
China.
Invited speaker, The CBIS (Chinese Bioscience Investigator Society) meeting, Cancun, Mexico.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, The 53rd Annual Drosophila Conference, Chicago, IL.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, Crete Drosophila Meeting, Crete, Greece.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, FASEB meeting: Transcriptional Regulation during Cell
Growth, Differentiation and Development, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, Germ Cell meeting at Cold Spring Harbor.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, The Stem Cells and Developmental Mechanisms
conference at Cold Spring Harbor Conferences Asia, Suzhou Industrial Park.
Invited speaker, The XXIst North American Testis Workshop, Montreal, Canada.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, The 13th International Symposium, Society of Chinese
Bioscientists in America, Guangzhou, China.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, The Stem Cell Biology meeting at Cold Spring Harbor.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, FASEB meeting: Transcriptional Regulation during Cell
Growth, Differentiation and Development, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, Germ Cell meeting at Cold Spring Harbor.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, The 49th Annual Drosophila Conference, San Diego,
CA.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, International Developmental Systems Biology, Beijing,
China.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, FASEB meeting: Transcriptional Regulation during Cell
Growth, Differentiation, and Development, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, The 48th Annual Drosophila Conference, Philadelphia,
PA.
Platform presentation selected from abstracts, The 10th Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription
meeting at Cold Spring Harbor.

Meeting Organizer:
2021
2021
2020
2019
2016

Session chair for Eukaryotic DNA Replication & Genome Maintenance Conference, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory.
Reviewer of abstracts for the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Virtual Annual
Meeting, June 21-26, 2021.
Reviewer of abstracts for the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) annual meeting,
Boston, MA—changed to virtual.
Session Co-Chair for the “Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics” session at the 60th Annual Drosophila
Research Conference, Dallas, TX.
Reviewer for abstracts for the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) annual meeting,
San Francisco, CA.
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2016
2015
2014
2014
2013
2008

Co-chair for the Multicellular Interactions, Tissues, and Development minisymposium topic at the 2016
ASCB Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Session Chair on Chromatin and Epigenetics, The 55th Annual Drosophila Conference, Chicago, IL.
Session chair, Gene Regulation/Epigenetics Session, The Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental
Biology Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Session chair, Cold Spring Harbor Germ Cell Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Session co-chair, Stem Cell Session, The 14th International Symposium, Society of Chinese
Bioscientists in America, Xi’an, China.
Session Chair, The 49th Annual Drosophila Conference, San Diego, CA.

Departmental Seminars:
2022
2022

2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019

2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017

Yale School of Medicine Stem Cell Center, New Haven, CT
A general seminar series covering all areas of biology organized by Research Institute of MolecularPathology (IMP), University institutes (Max Perutz Labs), the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of theAustrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI) and Valneva, Vienna
Biocenter, Austria
Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology seminar series at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, virtual
seminar.
Andre Nussenzweig - Wei Yang Virtual Seminar Series, NCI/NIH, virtual seminar.
Distinguished Scientist lecture series, University of Montreal, virtual seminar.
DNA Dynamics Webinar Series, “Social DNAing”, Columbia University Medical Center, virtual seminar.
Stem Cells @ Lunch, postdoc invited seminar at the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
at King's College London, virtual seminar.
Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, postponed due to COVID-19.
Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, virtual seminar.
International webinar series at Kumamoto University, Japan, virtual seminar.
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Chromosome Biology, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto
University, Japan, rescheduled.
Barry Berman Memorial Lecture, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., virtual
seminar.
Biology Department, Emory University, virtual seminar.
Cell Regulation and Development (CRD) and Cell and Structural Biology Group (CSBG) of the Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of
Health, invited by post-doc seminar committee
Shanghai Technology University, Shanghai, China
Tong Ji Medical School, Shanghai, China
Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan, MI
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of
Public Health, MD
Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI, Madison
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Anderson Center for Cancer Research lecture, Rockefeller University, NY
Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Biochemistry & Biophysics Department, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University BioMed Division,
Providence, RI
2016 Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD
2016 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2016 The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Developmental Biology, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Yale School of Medicine Stem Cell Center, New Haven, CT
2016 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Epigenetics & Molecular
Carcinogenesisa, Keynote speaker at the Center for Cancer Epigenetics (CCE) retreat, Smithville, TX
2016 MCD Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
2016 Frontiers in Biology Seminar Series, Departments of Developmental Biology, Genetics andBiochemistry, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2016 Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL), Singapore
2015 NIDA IRP, NIH, Baltimore, MD2015 Departments of Cell and Developmental Biology, Pediatrics, and Craniofacial Biology, University ofColorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO2015 UT Southwestern, Department of Developmental Biology, Dallas, TX
2015 Rutgers University, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Piscataway, NJ
2014 Genetics and Genomics program, Duke University, NC
2014 Southern Agriculture University in China, Guangzhou, China
2014 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2014 NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD
2013 Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, MN
2013 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, NY
2013 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2012 The Southeast University, Nanjing, China
2012 The Reproductive Sciences Program, University of Michigan, MI
2011 Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
2011 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of
Public Health, MD
2011 The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, MD
2010 Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, the 29th Carnegie Symposium: Journey ofthe germ cell, invited by postdocs
2009 Epigenetics Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (JHMI), MD
2009 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH
2008 Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (JHMI), MD
2008 National Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Beijing, China
Professional Activities:
Journal Editor:

Board of Reviewing Editors (BRE) member of eLife
Editor, Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Journal Reviews: Science, Nature Genetics, Developmental Cell, PLoS Biology, PLoS Genetics, Genome
Biology, Science Advances, eLife, Cell Reports, Oncogene, Development, PNAS, Molecular Biology of theCell, Aging Cell, Developmental Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Cell Science, Chromosome
Research, Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, Nature Communications, BMC Biology, BMC Genomics, BMC
Developmental Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS One, Fly, Biology of Reproduction, Cell Biology International,
Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Trends in Genetics, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) Gene
Regulatory Mechanisms, Journal of Genetics and Genomics, Scientific Reports, iScience, Nature Review
Genetics

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Grant Reviews: NIGMS Established Investigator R35/MIRA study section (2020 and 2021), Consolidator
Grant of the Swedish Research Council (2020), NSF grant reviewer (2011, 2015), U.S.-Israel Binational
Science Foundation (2020), The French National Research Agency (ANR, 2011), AFAR (American Federationof Aging Research)’s National Scientific Advisory Council (NSAC, 2012), NIH DEV1 study section Ad hoc
reviewer (2012), NIH Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2013/05 ZES1 SET-J (TG) 1(Transgenerational Effects from Environmental Exposures, 2013), Israel Science Foundation (2013), European
Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (2014)
Other Services:2022- 2023: Chair of the Membership Committee, member of the SCBA (Society of Chinese Bioscientists in
America) Council
2022: Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) Site Visit review for the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) at
NHLBI/NIH
Membership: American Society of Genetics, American Society of Cell Biology, Society of Chinese
Bioscientists in America, Faculty of 1000 member
Trainees:
Postdoctoral fellows
202020202017-present
2015-present
2014-present
2016-20202012-20172011-2015
2008-2015
2008-20112008
2008-2009

Binbin Ma
Jason Palladino
Jennifer Urban
Ryan Gleason
Rajesh Ranjan
Chinmayi Chandrasekhara
Jing Xie
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Tong Ji Medical School, China
Zhen Shi
Current Position: co-founder of H2Clab Co., Ltd., China
Suk Ho Eun Current Position: Staff Scientist at Genomic Research, Inc., Austin, TX
Qiang Gan
Current Position: Scientist for cancer diagnosis at the DiaCarta, Inc.,
Richmond, CA
Dongfen Zhang
Current Position: Postdoc at University of California, San Diego
Selena Kremer-Caldwell
Current Position: FDA

Ph.D. Graduate Students
2019- present
2018- present
2018- present
2015-20202014-20202011-20162009-20142009-2014
2008-2013

Jonathan Snedeker
Emily Zion
Velinda Vidaurre, co-mentorship with Dr. Sua Myong
Elizabeth Kahney
Current position: Consultant at a consulting company
Matthew Wooten
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center
Lijuan Feng
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, Rockefeller University
Lama Tarayrah
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, Weizmann Institute
Vuong Tran
Current position: Scientist, Split Biosciences, Inc.
Cindy Lim
Current position: Senior Staff Scientist, FDA

Master Graduate Students
2018- 20192013- 2014

Carolina Chu
Yuping (Derek) Li

Defended in May, 2019
Current position: Medical student at Northwestern Medical School

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Undergraduate students
JHU Undergraduate students
2021202020192019- 2021
2018- 2021
2021
2019- 2021
2020- 2021
2019- 20202019- 20202018- 20192018- 20192018
2017- 20192016-20182016-20182016-20182016-20172015-20182017
2016-20172015-20162013-20152010-20142013-201420142013
2011-20132011-20132011-2013
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009-20102008-20092008-20102008
2008-20092008-2009
2008
2008

Luoyi LiAnnabelle Song
Kristina Rinaldi
Jonathan Susilo
Wingel Xue
Tabor Roderiques
Cindy Ow
Si Man Ao Ieong
Meletios Alex Tsantilas
Alexandra Perez
Isaiah Gao
Erini Papas
Zanzan Brink
Carolina Chu
Gita Lakshminarayanan
Jasmin Johnson
Lydia Sohn
Roy Cheng
Jonathan Snedeker
Sweta Sudhir
Monica Daubon
Aviana Duca
Katie Moosic
Yuping (Derek) Li
Kevin Son
Alyssa Wenzel
Wesley Wagers
Cindy Zhang
Michael Park
Patrick Stoiber
Desty Muturi
Dong Won Kim
Julia Zhang
Rodrigo Gacel Arzate Mejía, from Mexico Genome InstituteMichele Ly
Ankit Vartak
Caitlin Choi
Esteban Escobar
Andrew Mo
Derek Ho
Roxanne Radi
Shamini Parameswaran

Summer Research non-Hopkins Undergraduate Students
2021
2019
2018
2017

Christopher Semancik
Anh PhanRio Salazar
Kailah Ortiz
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2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2012
2011
2010

Sabrina Bracero
Linda Yarfi
Rebecca Tay
Savannah Klein
Aurelia Mapps
Martha Newell
Anthony Loder
Heather Wright
Tim Pierpont

Community Service: Research mentor to one high school student (Ben Henry) from Baltimore Polytechnic
Institute (2011). Speaker in “Women Serious about Science” series, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (2009)
Selected Talks by Lab Members:
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2016
2016
2016
2015
2015
2014
2013
2011

Rajesh Ranjan, Oral presentation selected from abstracts, the Genetics Society of America Research
Conference.
Emily Zion, Oral presentation selected from abstracts, Keystone Symposia on Epigenetic Mechanisms
and the Treatment of Cancer, rescheduled due to COVID-19.
Rajesh Ranjan, Platform presentation, ASCB Meeting. Online due to COVID-19.
Ryan Gleason, Oral presentation, the Genetics Society of America Research Conference. Online due
to COVID-19.
Jennifer Urban, “Rising Star” at DNA Dynamics Webinar Series, “Social DNAing”, Columbia University
Medical Center. Online due to COVID-19.
Emily Zion, Oral presentation selected from abstracts, Keystone Symposia on Tissue Plasticity:
Preservation and Alteration of Cellular Identity. Online due to COVID-19.
Rajesh Ranjan, Oral presentation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Virtual Meeting: Germ Cell Biology
Rajesh Ranjan, Platform presentation, Invited speaker at ‘genetic puzzles’ workshop at the Allied
Genetics Conference (GSA/TAGC), Washington, DC. Online due to COVID-19.
Elizabeth Kahney, Platform presentation, the 2nd Epigenetics Conference, Fusion Conferences,
BahamasRajesh Ranjan, Platform presentation, ASCB|EMBO Meeting, Washington, DC.
Emily Zion, Platform presentation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting: Stem Cell Biology
Matthew Wooten, Platform presentation, Epigenetics Gordon Research Conference (GRC), Holderness
School, Holderness, New Hampshire.
Matthew Wooten, Platform presentation, the 60th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Dallas.
Ryan Gleason, Platform presentation, the C. elegans Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Rajesh Ranjan, The Mid-Atlantic Mitosis and Meiosis Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Elizabeth Kahney, Platform presentation, Germ Cell meeting at Cold Spring Harbor.
Matthew Wooten, Platform presentation, the 57th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Florida.
Lijuan Feng, Platform presentation, the 57th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Florida.
Rajesh Ranjan, Presentation at Minisymposium, 2016 ASCB Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Lijuan Feng, Platform presentation, the 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Chicago.
Jing Xie, Platform presentation, The 3rd Asia-Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC3),
Beijing, China.
Vuong Tran, Platform presentation, Cold Spring Harbor Epigenetics & Chromatin Meeting.
Lama Tarayrah, Platform presentation, The 3rd Palestinian Forum for Biomedical Research
Symposium, Alquds University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Cindy Lim, Platform presentation, International Proteolysis Society meeting, San Diego, CA.

Grants/Awards for Lab Members
Postdocs:
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2021
2020
2019
2019
2017
2016
2013
2009

Jennifer Urban, MOSAIC Scholar, NIGMS/NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
Binbin Ma, Poster Prize, the first place, SCBA Winter Symposium
Jennifer Urban, American Cancer Society Postdoc Fellowship
Ryan Gleason, NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
Chinmayi Chandrasekhara, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual
Postdoctoral Fellows (F32 NRSA).
Jing Xie, The Young One Thousand Scientists Program in China
Ryan Gleason, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Postdoctoral
Fellows (F32 NRSA).
Jing Xie, Poster Prize, Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology and Biophysics (CMDB) Graduate
Program JHU Retreat
Suk Ho Eun, Poster Prize, CMDB retreat

Graduate students:
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2020
2019
2018
2017
2017
2016
2016
2015
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010

Jonathan Snedeker, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral
Fellows (F31 NRSA).
Emily Zion, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows(F31 NRSA).
Velinda Vidaurre, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral
Fellows (F31 NRSA).
Elizabeth Kahney, Poster Prize, CMDB retreat.
Elizabeth Kahney, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral
Fellows (F31 NRSA).
Lijuan Feng, Oppenheimer Thesis Award, The CMDB Graduate Program
Matthew Wooten, Poster Prize, CMDB retreat.
Matthew Wooten, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral
Fellows (F31 NRSA).
Matthew Wooten, Travel fellowship for The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series in Biology,
Stem Cells: From basic biology to translational research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, July 06 - 10, 2015.
Matthew Wooten, Travel fellowship for The 3rd Asia-Pacific Drosophila Research Conference(APDRC3), Beijing, China, May 11-14, 2015.
Vuong Tran as one of the ten finalist winners of the ASCB Kaluza Prize supported by Beckman-Coulter.
Vuong Tran and Cindy Lim, the 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference image award finalist.
Vuong Tran, “Hot topic” oral presentation at CMDB retreat.
Lama Tarayrah, Travel fellowship for CDB symposium on Epigenetic Landscape in Development andDisease, Mar. 14-16, Kobe, Japan.
Cindy Lim, Outstanding Research Poster Award at the Regulated Proteolysis of Cell Surface Proteins
Gordon conference (4 awards were given in total).
Cindy Lim, Travel award selected by the International Proteolysis Society (IPS) Council to go to the2011 IPS meeting at San Diego, CA
Lama Tarayrah, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral
Fellows (F31 NRSA) fellowship.
Cindy Lim, Poster Prize, CMDB retreat.
Lama Tarayrah, Poster Prize, CMDB retreat.

Undergraduate students:
2020
2018
2018
2017
2016
2015

Cindy Ow, the Beta Beta Beta Research Foundation Award
Jonathan Snedeker, Owen Scholars Fellowship
Jonathan Snedeker, The McElroy Award for meritorious research in the biological sciences
Roy Cheng, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)
Jonathan Snedeker, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)
Jonathan Snedeker, The Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship
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2011
2010
2010

Derek Yuping Li, The Danny Lee Award for meritorious research in the biological sciences
Heather Wright, the NSF SURE program student working in my lab in summer, 2011, Poster
presentation at the SACNAS (San Jose, CA).
Andrew Mo, The Danny Lee Award for meritorious research in the biological sciences.
Dong Won Kim, The Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Teaching and University Service
Teaching:
2008-present Genomes & Development (020.637)
SpringGraduate core course of approximately 15-25 students
Co-teach with Mark Van Doren, Allan Spradling, Alex Bortvin, James Taylor, Cheng-Min Fan,
Marnie Halpern, Joe Gall, William Ludington.
I teach 1/3 of this 3-credit class and also am the director of the course from 20162016-present Epigenetics (020.385)
Fall
Upper level elective course for undergraduate students of approximately 20 students
I teach 1/2 of this 3-credit class with John Kim
2012-2017
SpringStem Cell & the Biology of Aging and Disease (020.337)
Upper level elective course for undergraduate students of approximately 120-160 students
I teach one 2-hour lecture as a team teaching course with Barry Zirkin and other faculty

2010-2014
Fall

Stem cell biology (020.620)
Upper level elective course for undergraduate students of approximately 15 students
I teach 1/2 of this 2-credit class with Yixian Zheng in 2010, 2012 and 20142009-2012
SpringDevelopmental Biology (020.363)
Undergraduate course of approximately 140-160 students
I teach 1/3- 1/2 of this 3-credit class with Mark Van Doren and Carolyn Norris

2009-2012
SpringEpigenetics (ME:260.710)
Graduate course of 20-30 students
Co-teach with Andy Feinberg and other faculty at School of Medicine

2013
Fall

Stem Cells and the Biology of Aging and Disease (120.627)
Graduate class of 25-40 students
Co-teach with Daniela Drummond-Barbosa and other faculty at School of Public HealthSupport of Graduate Students:
2008-present Mentor for 10 Graduate Student Thesis Research (see Trainees)
2008-present Mentor for 52 Graduate Student Rotations (≥ 4 students per year)
2008-present Thesis committee member for 33 Graduate Students (including 6 students from JHMI, 1 student
from JHSPH and 2 students from NIH)
2008-present Administered Graduate Board Oral Exam for 60 Graduate Students
Support of Undergraduate Students:
2008-present Mentor for 32 Undergraduate Students’ Research (see Trainees, including 1 visiting student from
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Hosted and trained 12 non-Hopkins undergraduate students for the NSF-BioREU summer
research program (see Trainees)
2008-present Advisor for 35-40 Undergraduate Students
2016
Speaker at “Dean’s Dinner” event with undergraduate students
2019
Fall Tri-Beta Faculty Speaker, news at https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2019/11/bioprofessor-researches-dna-inheritance-patterns
2020
Natural Sciences Meet the Faculty Panel for perspective undergraduate students
Departmental Committees/Activities:
2009- present Graduate Admission Committee for International Applicants2017-2018
Chair of Biology Department Genetics & Genomics Faculty Search Committee
2015- present Internal faculty mentor for Assistant Professor Christian Kaiser in Biology Department
2011- present Faculty mentor and perform the Lecturer Annual Review with Dr. Carolyn Norris
2011-2012
Biology Department Faculty Search Committee
2013-2014
Biology Department Faculty Search Committee
2009-2014
Biology Department Website Committee
2014-2016
Biology Department Communications Committee
2008- 2012 Biology Department Seminar Series Committee
University Committees/Activities:
2019- 2022 Reviewer for Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award
2022, 2020
Reviewer for Johns Hopkins Discovery Award
2017- present Internal reviewer for Packard Fellowship
2020
Integrated Imaging Center (IIC) Steering Committee Member
2020
Integrated Imaging Center (IIC) Director Search Committee Member
2020
Ad hoc committee member for the promotion of an assistant professor in the Biomedical
Engineering Department
2019
Reviewer for internal nomination of Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Scholar Award
2019
Reviewer for Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D
2018
External faculty mentor for Maya Gomes' LAUNCH Committee Meeting
2018
Reviewer for Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award
2016
Internal reviewer for Graduate Student Fellowship nomination
2016- 2017 JHU Biomedical Workforce Committee
2017
Hopkins on the Hill Event Presenter17