Xiaohui Zhao

This study shows that substrate stiffness affects neuronal maturation by regulating Piezo1-mediated TTR activity, delaying synapse formation and electrical maturation.

The paper shows that defective folate metabolism leads to germline epigenetic instability and identifies Hira transcript expression as a biomarker for maternal phenotypic inheritance.

The paper investigates how REC8-cohesin interacts with chromatin and transcription to regulate meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis.

The paper maps meiotic crossovers in Arabidopsis thaliana disease resistance genes, finding that interhomolog divergence suppresses crossover frequency and that local context influences recombination outcomes in mutants.

The paper maps meiotic DSBs in Arabidopsis using SPO11-1-oligonucleotides and shows their association with chromatin features and transposon activity.

This study shows that disrupting H3K9me2 and non-CG DNA methylation in Arabidopsis increases meiotic DSBs in centromeres and crossovers in pericentromeric heterochromatin.