Current Interests:

Determination of splicing mechanisms of a small group I intron from fungi. We have been characterizing splicing in a very small (68 nucleotides) group I intron. We are to selectively mutagenizing specific nucleotide sites (and regions) to determine their effects on splicing. In effect we are dissecting group I intron splicing using molecular biology tools. We also plan to partner with another lab to determine the structure of the intron using X-ray crystallographic methods.

Background Education:

08/2008--- 06/2010: MS in Biological Science Department, Bowling Green, OHIO

09/2004---06/2008: BS in the College of Life Sciences, Northwest University

09/2001---06/2004: Yang Zhou Middle School, Jiang Su

Lab Experience:

2005/07—2005/08 Internship in QingLing Forest, searched a lot of plants and pests, learnt their characters and living surroundings
2006/09—2006/12 Worked in Professor Liu Jianli’s laboratory, extraction and detection of the effective component in Japanese fleece-flower-leaf
2006/10—2006/10 Experiment for the cause of “Boiling Cola”
2007/06—2007/07 Detection Center for Health Product, ShaanXi

2007/07—2007/09 Worked in Professor Li Duowei’s lab, to extract and detect the effective component in Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc，used DNA molecular marker to analyze genetic relationship between Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc and other kind of Cordyceps to search for genetic diversity

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Email me: xingc@bgsu.edu