POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Xin obtained his PhD in Biochemistry and Microbiology with Dr. Jan Martin van Dijl at the University of Groningen, where he studied Staphylococcus aureus host-pathogen interaction. He then completed postdoctoral training with Drs. Cheng-Ming Chiang and Guo-Min Li at UTSW, where he studied the role of BRD4 phosphorylation in transcription and mismatch repair-mediated DNA damage response.

Xin joined the Banaszynski Lab in 2023. He is interested in chromatin biology in the context of development and cancer.

Key Publications
The mismatch recognition protein MutSα promotes nascent strand degradation at stalled replication forks
Zhang J, Zhao X, Liu L, Li H-D, Gu L, Castrillon DH, Li G-M. (2022) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 119, e2201738119. [paper]

Exoproteomic profiling uncovers critical determinants for virulence of livestock-associated and human-originated Staphylococcus aureus ST398 strains
Zhao X, Chlebowicz-Flissikowska MA, Wang M, Vera Murguia E, de Jong A, Becher D, Maab S, Buist G, van Dijl JM. (2020) Virulence 11, 947-963. [paper]

Exoproteome Heterogeneity among Closely Related Staphylococcus aureus t437 Isolates and Possible Implications for Virulence
Zhao X, Palma Medina LM, Stobernack T, Glasner C, de Jon A, Utari P, Setroikromo R, Quax WJ, Otto A, Becher D, Buist G, van Dijl JM. (2019) J Proteome Res 18, 2859-2874. [paper]