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+ | * 06/21/2024. Our MAPT/tau spllcing evolutoin paper is officially out in Cell Genomics. http://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(24)00129-0 | ||
* 03/26/2024. Preprint release - [http://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.22.586363v1 DeltaSplice] for quantitative prediction of splicing and splicing-altering mutations. | * 03/26/2024. Preprint release - [http://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.22.586363v1 DeltaSplice] for quantitative prediction of splicing and splicing-altering mutations. | ||
* 03/22/2024. Congrats Yocelyn Recinos, recent graduate from the lab, for winning the [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/yocelyn-recinos-recipient-of-the-2024-dean’s-award-for-excellence-in-research 2024 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research]. | * 03/22/2024. Congrats Yocelyn Recinos, recent graduate from the lab, for winning the [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/yocelyn-recinos-recipient-of-the-2024-dean’s-award-for-excellence-in-research 2024 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research]. | ||
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* 10/02/2023. (Belated news) Welcome new PhD students Albertine Albertine Neal, Fahad Paryani, and Tianji Yu for rotating in the lab! | * 10/02/2023. (Belated news) Welcome new PhD students Albertine Albertine Neal, Fahad Paryani, and Tianji Yu for rotating in the lab! | ||
* 07/17/2023. Welcome Madeline Scalon, Vivian Coraci, and Matthew Yuan for joining the lab as visiting high school students to perform their summer research! | * 07/17/2023. Welcome Madeline Scalon, Vivian Coraci, and Matthew Yuan for joining the lab as visiting high school students to perform their summer research! | ||
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Revision as of 06:31, 21 June 2024
Introduction of the Zhang Laboratory
We are part of the Department of Systems Biology, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and the Motor Neuron Center at Columbia University Medical Center. We are fascinated by the complexity of the mammalian nervous system and its underlying molecular mechanisms. While mammals have a similar number of genes compared to phenotypically simpler organisms (such as worms), one apparent feature of mammalian genes is their more complicated gene structures, providing an opportunity for sophisticated regulation at the RNA level. The focus of the Zhang lab is to dissect RNA regulatory networks in the nervous system as a way to understand the mammalian complexity manifested in evolutionary-developmental (evo-devo) processes and in several neuronal disorders. The lab has a mixed dry and wet setup, and takes a multidisciplinary approach that tightly integrates high-throughput biochemistry, genomics and computational approaches applied to mouse models and in vitro neuronal differentiation systems from pluripotent stem cells. On the mechanistic side, the Zhang lab focuses on fundamental understanding of the targeting specificity of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), how they regulate alternative splicing in various cellular contexts, especially in the nervous system, and how such regulation can be disrupted by mutations and genetic variations. On the functional side, the lab aims to uncover the roles of RBPs in determining the neuronal cell fate, morphological and functional properties during neural differentiation and maturation. The lab has also been working on translating fundamental knowledge on RNA regulation to precision genetic medicine, with a particular focus on multiple devastating monogenic diseases affecting the central nervous system.
2023 Systems Biology Department Retreat (Woodloch Pines Resort, PA) |
Lab News
Chaolin Zhang will co-organize the 2024 Cold Spring Harbor Asia meeting "Computational Biology of the Genome", held in Suzhou China on Oct 21-25. |
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Where We Are
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center (image credit: internet) |
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