January 2024

• Pin’s RO1 renewal, “Transcription factor in kidney development” is awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

September 2023

• Jinshu’s paper, “Smarca4 deficiency induces Pttg1 oncogene upregulation and hyperproliferation of tubular and interstitial cells during kidney development.” is published in Front Cell Dev Biol.

April 2023

• Ting’s paper, “The role of Eya1 and Eya2 in the taste system of mice from embryonic stage to adulthood.” is published in Front Cell Dev Biol.

May 2022

• Jun and Chunming’s paper, “The transcriptional coactivator Eya1 exerts transcriptional repressive activity by interacting with REST corepressors and REST-binding sequences to maintain nephron progenitor identity.” is published in Nucleic Acids Research.

February 2022

• Jinshu’s paper, “Six1 and Six2 of the Sine Oculis Homeobox Subfamily are Not Functionally Interchangeable in Mouse Nephron Formation.” is published in Front Cell Dev Biol.

November 2021

• Jun and Jinshu’s paper, “Chromatin remodelers interact with Eya1 and Six2 to target enhancers to control nephron progenitor cell maintenance.” is published in J Am Soc Nephrol.

May 2021

• Pin’s RO1 renewal, “Role of the ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling enzyme BRG1 in inner ear morphogenesis” is awarded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

March 2021

• Ting’s paper, “Eya2 expression during mouse embryonic development revealed by Eya2^lacZ knockin reporter and homozygous mice show mild hearing loss.” Is published in Dev Dyn .
• Jinshu, Jun and Ting’s paper, “Chromatin remodelers and lineage specific factors interact to target enhancers to establish pro-neurosensory fate within otic ectoderm.” is published in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.

August 2020

• Pin’s grant on “Developing New Strategies for Hearing Restoration Based on Transcriptional Reprogramming” was awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

April 2020

• Jun and Ting’s paper, “Dynamic changes in cis-regulatory occupancy by Six1 and its cooperative interactions with distinct cofactors drive lineage-specific gene expression programs during progressive differentiation of the auditory sensory epithelium.” is published in Nucleic Acids Res.