Assistant Professor, School of Life Science at Peking University, Joint Center for Life Science at Peking University and Tsinghua University, Beijing Advanced Center of RNA Biology

Research Area: Molecular Biology, RNA epitranscriptomics, non-coding RNA, chromatin regulation, cell fate determination

Award Citation: The AYSF committee acknowledge his pioneer work in developing generation biomedical and neural interfaces that connect living systems with non-living systems. His future research is highly innovative and aims to create advanced bioelectronic systems that integrate with biological tissues, harmonize with body's intrinsic signals, regenerative processes, and dynamic physiological responses.

Bio: Jun Liu received her B.S. and Ph.D. degree from Peking University. She then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago. In 2020, she jointed Peking University to begin her independent academic career. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms and biological functions of the RNA epitranscriptomics, aiming to elucidate the molecular basis by which RNA modifications and non-coding RNAs regulate chromatin function, to understand the physiological significance of specific regulatory events in cell fate determination, and to explore intervention strategies targeting RNA modifications for disease therapy. Her research findings have revealed the regulatory mechanisms by which RNA modifications modulate chromatin function-such as gene transcription and genome stability-and their critical roles in early embryonic development, stem cell fate determination, and cancer.

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