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* 07/15/2020. We are one of the winners of the Columbia Precision Medicine Pilot Grants.  With this seed fund, we will work on a high-throughput screening approach of splicing-regulatory elements. [http://cancer.columbia.edu/pilot-grants-advance-innovative-precision-medicine-research news release].
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* 06/23/2019. Our mCross paper is now published in [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276519300929?dgcid=author Molecular Cell].  see [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/novel-computational-tool-models-rna-binding-specificity-provides-better-understanding-of-gene news release].
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* 04/09/2019. Congrats Yocelyn Recinos, graduate student in the lab, for winning the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
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* 04/02/2019. Chaolin is officially approved for tenure at Columbia.  Congratulate him on [http://twitter.com/chaolinzhang/status/1111669605620170753 twitter]!
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* 01/24/2019. "The splicing code goes deep" - A preview on splicing is published in [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867419300467?dgcid=author Cell].
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* 10/08/2018. Congratulate Huijuan Feng and Suying Bao for winning the poster award in Systems Biology departmental retreat!
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* 09/25/2018. A [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40484-018-0152-7 special issue on RNA processing and regulation] co-edited by Chaolin Zhang is out in Quantitative Biology.
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* 08/06/2018. Congratulations to Suying Bao, postdoc in the lab, on being named as Precision Medicine Research Fellow. Read the [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/postdoc-suying-bao-named-precision-medicine-fellow news] here.
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* 07/20/2018. Our [http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XPn83vVUP60qL LIN28/let-7 paper] is out in Molecular Cell as the cover story in the July 19 issue.  See also [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/new-insights-on-how-the-reprogramming-factor-lin28-regulates-its-targets news release] from our department.
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* 07/10/2018. Chaolin gave an invited speech at [https://irbgroup.org/rna-sig-18/speakers.html ISMB 2018].
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* 06/30/2018. We welcome two new graduate students, Dan and Yocelyn, to join the Zhang lab!
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* 06/06/2018. Our developmental splicing paper is now online in Nature Communications [http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04559-0 here].
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* 05/25/2018. [[CTK|CLIP Tool Kit (CTK) v1.0.8]] is now released.  This is a major update with various improvement.
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* 05/10/2018. Sebastien Weyn, a recent graduate, is [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/phd-graduate-sebastien-weyn-wins-coan-prize-
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for-exceptional-research spotlighted] on our  departmental website.
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* 04/17/2018. Congratulate Sebastien Weyn,  a recent graduate, to be a recipient of the 2018 Titus M Coan Prize for Excellence in Research.
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* 04/13/2018. Congratulate Lekha Yesantharao for winning the SURF grant from the Simons Program for Undergraduate Summer Research.
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* 03/29/2018. Congratulate Joy Pai, a former undergraduate student working in the lab, for starting her graduate study at Stanford University this coming fall!
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* 02/01/2018. Our new Rbfox paper is now online in [http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(18)30023-0 Neuron].  See also [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/research-unveils-a-developmental-splicing-program-controlling-neuronal-maturation-and press release].
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* 01/25/2018. Our [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.23147/epdf D-score] is incorporated by SFARI as one of the Gene Score metrics to prioritize autism genes. See SFARI news [http://www.sfari.org/2017/12/14/third-party-gene-scores-added-to-sfari-gene/ here].
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* 01/16/2018. We released the preprint of our neurodevelopmental splicing code paper. See [http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/01/14/247601 bioRxiv].
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* 01/16/2018. Congratulations to Sebastien Weyn, on his successful [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=ms.c.eJw1yskJADAIBMCOwup69t9YiMHnwBCWSgHpJtmHz9oaUenEN~_GAolzWMr9qf4ybF3iSD9Y~-.bps.a.304314830061673.1073741841.276353369524486&type=3 defense for his PhD (actually a month ago)] - two of first two from the Zhang lab.
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* 12/27/2017. The Zhang lab won an NIH R01 award to study how genetic variation affects RNA regulation.
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* 09/23/2017. Congratulations to Sebastien Weyn, student in the lab, for winning [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/department-honors-outstanding-young-investigators-at-annual-retreat the best poster award] in Systems Biology retreat.
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* 06/08/2017. Congratulations on Martin Jacko's successful PhD thesis defense - first graduate student in the Zhang lab (joint with Wichterle lab)
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* 05/17/2017. Congratulations to Ankeeta Shah for being accepted by the Graduate Program in Molecular Biosciences at U Chicago.
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* 05/02/2017. Justin Wong won Simons Foundation Undergraduate Summer Research Program award to work in the lab.
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* 04/09/2017. We got an R03 grant from NIH/NHGRI to continue the development of the [[CTK | CLIP Tool Kit]].
 
* 03/07/2017. Our [http://wires.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WiresArticle/wisId-WRNA1418.html microexon review] featured by  [http://www.advancedsciencenews.com/microexons-discovery-regulation-function Advanced Science News].
 
* 03/07/2017. Our [http://wires.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WiresArticle/wisId-WRNA1418.html microexon review] featured by  [http://www.advancedsciencenews.com/microexons-discovery-regulation-function Advanced Science News].
 
* 02/15/2017. Small exons with big roles.  See our most recent [http://wires.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WiresArticle/wisId-WRNA1418.html review] on WIRES RNA.
 
* 02/15/2017. Small exons with big roles.  See our most recent [http://wires.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WiresArticle/wisId-WRNA1418.html review] on WIRES RNA.
 
* 02/12/2017. The autism mutation paper is profiled by [https://spectrumnews.org/news/toolbox/method-reads-brain-cell-signatures-reveal-risky-mutations/ Spectrum News].  
 
* 02/12/2017. The autism mutation paper is profiled by [https://spectrumnews.org/news/toolbox/method-reads-brain-cell-signatures-reveal-risky-mutations/ Spectrum News].  
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* 12/13/2016. The autism mutation paper is profiled by [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/damages-a-method-for-predicting-rare-disease-risk-genes our department]. See [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.23147/full preprint].
 
* 12/13/2016. The autism mutation paper is profiled by [http://systemsbiology.columbia.edu/news/damages-a-method-for-predicting-rare-disease-risk-genes our department]. See [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.23147/full preprint].
 
* 11/14/2016. The autism mutation paper is accepted by Human Mutation. See [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.23147/full preprint].
 
* 11/14/2016. The autism mutation paper is accepted by Human Mutation. See [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.23147/full preprint].
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* 03/01/2016. Congratulate Ankeeta Shah on winning the 2016 SURF/Amgen fellowship!
 
* 03/01/2016. Congratulate Ankeeta Shah on winning the 2016 SURF/Amgen fellowship!
 
* 02/16/2016. Our R21 proposal received a 4% at the NMG study section
 
* 02/16/2016. Our R21 proposal received a 4% at the NMG study section
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* 09/30/2015. mRIN paper highlighted by Nature Methods
 
* 09/30/2015. mRIN paper highlighted by Nature Methods
 
* 08/03/2105. mRIN paper published on Nature Communications
 
* 08/03/2105. mRIN paper published on Nature Communications
 
* 06/19/2105. Chaolin Zhang received an R01 award from NIH/NINDS
 
* 06/19/2105. Chaolin Zhang received an R01 award from NIH/NINDS
 
* 03/06/2015. Discovery of new AS exons in the brain published on PNAS
 
* 03/06/2015. Discovery of new AS exons in the brain published on PNAS
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* 07/29/2014. Chaolin Zhang received a 3 year Research Award from Simons Foundation
 
* 07/29/2014. Chaolin Zhang received a 3 year Research Award from Simons Foundation
 
* 03/06/2014. Rbfox CLIP and integrative modeling paper published on Cell Reports
 
* 03/06/2014. Rbfox CLIP and integrative modeling paper published on Cell Reports
 
* 01/10/2014. Step by step guide of CIMS analysis published on Nature Protocols
 
* 01/10/2014. Step by step guide of CIMS analysis published on Nature Protocols
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* 09/24/2013. Chaolin Zhang received an Explorer Award from Simons Foundation
 
* 09/24/2013. Chaolin Zhang received an Explorer Award from Simons Foundation
 
* 04/26/2013. mCarts paper published on NAR
 
* 04/26/2013. mCarts paper published on NAR
 
* 04/26/2013. OLego paper published on NAR
 
* 04/26/2013. OLego paper published on NAR

Revision as of 12:52, 17 July 2020

  • 07/15/2020. We are one of the winners of the Columbia Precision Medicine Pilot Grants. With this seed fund, we will work on a high-throughput screening approach of splicing-regulatory elements. news release.
  • 06/23/2019. Our mCross paper is now published in Molecular Cell. see news release.
  • 04/09/2019. Congrats Yocelyn Recinos, graduate student in the lab, for winning the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
  • 04/02/2019. Chaolin is officially approved for tenure at Columbia. Congratulate him on twitter!
  • 01/24/2019. "The splicing code goes deep" - A preview on splicing is published in Cell.


for-exceptional-research spotlighted] on our departmental website.

  • 04/17/2018. Congratulate Sebastien Weyn, a recent graduate, to be a recipient of the 2018 Titus M Coan Prize for Excellence in Research.
  • 04/13/2018. Congratulate Lekha Yesantharao for winning the SURF grant from the Simons Program for Undergraduate Summer Research.
  • 03/29/2018. Congratulate Joy Pai, a former undergraduate student working in the lab, for starting her graduate study at Stanford University this coming fall!
  • 02/01/2018. Our new Rbfox paper is now online in Neuron. See also press release.
  • 01/25/2018. Our D-score is incorporated by SFARI as one of the Gene Score metrics to prioritize autism genes. See SFARI news here.
  • 01/16/2018. We released the preprint of our neurodevelopmental splicing code paper. See bioRxiv.
  • 01/16/2018. Congratulations to Sebastien Weyn, on his successful defense for his PhD (actually a month ago) - two of first two from the Zhang lab.


  • 12/27/2017. The Zhang lab won an NIH R01 award to study how genetic variation affects RNA regulation.
  • 09/23/2017. Congratulations to Sebastien Weyn, student in the lab, for winning the best poster award in Systems Biology retreat.
  • 06/08/2017. Congratulations on Martin Jacko's successful PhD thesis defense - first graduate student in the Zhang lab (joint with Wichterle lab)
  • 05/17/2017. Congratulations to Ankeeta Shah for being accepted by the Graduate Program in Molecular Biosciences at U Chicago.
  • 05/02/2017. Justin Wong won Simons Foundation Undergraduate Summer Research Program award to work in the lab.
  • 04/09/2017. We got an R03 grant from NIH/NHGRI to continue the development of the CLIP Tool Kit.
  • 03/07/2017. Our microexon review featured by Advanced Science News.
  • 02/15/2017. Small exons with big roles. See our most recent review on WIRES RNA.
  • 02/12/2017. The autism mutation paper is profiled by Spectrum News.


  • 12/13/2016. The autism mutation paper is profiled by our department. See preprint.
  • 11/14/2016. The autism mutation paper is accepted by Human Mutation. See preprint.
  • 10/30/2016. The CLIP Tool Kit (CTK) paper is published on Bioinformatics. See documentation here.
  • 10/30/2016. Welcome our most recent lab member Andrew Arditi!
  • 06/30/2016. The Zhang lab gave one oral and two poster presentations at the 2016 RNA society meeting in Kyoto.
  • 06/23/2016. Congratulate Kevin for getting into the UCSF MD program!
  • 06/23/2016. Welcome Xiaojian, Ying, Jiaye for joining the lab!
  • 05/10/2016. Congratulate the Zhang lab on winning an R21 award from NIH/NINDS on study of neuronal RNA splicing.
  • 03/31/2016. Congratulate Ankeeta Shah on winning the prestigious Goldwater scholarship!
  • 03/15/2016. A tutorial on how to predict RBP motif sites using mCarts.
  • 03/11/2016. Congratulate Martin Jacko on winning 2016 RNA Society Meeting (Kyoto Japan) travel fellowship!
  • 03/01/2016. Congratulate Ankeeta Shah on winning the 2016 SURF/Amgen fellowship!
  • 02/16/2016. Our R21 proposal received a 4% at the NMG study section


  • 09/30/2015. mRIN paper highlighted by Nature Methods
  • 08/03/2105. mRIN paper published on Nature Communications
  • 06/19/2105. Chaolin Zhang received an R01 award from NIH/NINDS
  • 03/06/2015. Discovery of new AS exons in the brain published on PNAS


  • 07/29/2014. Chaolin Zhang received a 3 year Research Award from Simons Foundation
  • 03/06/2014. Rbfox CLIP and integrative modeling paper published on Cell Reports
  • 01/10/2014. Step by step guide of CIMS analysis published on Nature Protocols


  • 09/24/2013. Chaolin Zhang received an Explorer Award from Simons Foundation
  • 04/26/2013. mCarts paper published on NAR
  • 04/26/2013. OLego paper published on NAR