Junqin Zhu

Substrate stress relaxation regulates monolayer fluidity and leader cell formation for collectively migrating epithelia.

This study shows that epithelial monolayers migrate faster on viscoelastic substrates with slower stress relaxation, due to increased fluidity and leader cell formation.

Tuning methylation-dependent silencing dynamics by synthetic modulation of CpG density

The paper constructs promoters with varying CpG content to study how CpG density affects silencing rate via DNMT recruitment, finding a strong correlation and identifying a key CpG site.

Synthetic mammalian signaling circuits for robust cell population control

This paper designs a synthetic mammalian circuit using auxin for population control, showing it limits growth more robustly than non-paradoxical designs.

Tet1 isoforms differentially regulate gene expression, synaptic transmission and memory in the mammalian brain.

This study identifies two Tet1 isoforms with distinct roles in gene expression, synaptic transmission, and memory in the mammalian brain.