Education
BS, Biochemistry Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 1987
MS, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China, 1996
Bio
Xi has educational background of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, and years of technological experience in the fields of molecular biology and genomics in academic and core facility laboratory settings. She has acquired and built-up competencies in lab management, project management, and technical training as well.
Research Focus
Utilize high-throughput genomic techniques to study transcriptional regulatory elements, their interactions, and mechanisms of diseases driven by their variants.
Biswas P, Jiang X, Pacchia A, Dougherty J, Peltz S. The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 ribosomal frameshifting site is an invariant sequence determinant and an important target for antiviral therapy. Journal of virology. 2004;78(4):2082-7.