Zha Lab

Scientist #mom interested in #DNA repair #mouse genetics #immunodeficiency #lymphoma, and #leukemia. Opinions are my own.

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Excited to share our new paper on Nature - how Ku accommodates Alu expansion in primates by binding to dsRNA, providing a clue for both the high levels of Ku and its essentiality in human cells. Thank @chaolinzhang @hchung03 @LenaSteckelberg More to come
https://t.co/MQhQUK3soO

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank Dong for a very dynamic talk on transcription. Two rising stars will visit Social DNAing this week! Tune in. https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q

[Fred Hutch Cancer Center @fredhutch]

🔬 Fred Hutch Cancer Center is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in the Basic Sciences Division @HutchBasicSci. Join a world-class research community in Seattle and help advance discoveries in fundamental biology. Apply: https://t.co/hACiOj2z8E

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank David for a very clear talk as always. Is transcription a friend or an enzyme of DNA repair? Let us learn from Dr. Wang about how trancription works? https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q

[BryanRoth @zenbrainest]

Hmmmm…Chicago !

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank Xuefei for a great talk. Social DNAing will welcome an old friend - Dr. David Cortez this week to share insights on DNA replication and replication stress. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thanks Irene for a very elegant talk! Dr. Xuefei Zhang from Peking University will take us to explore how chromatin dynamic affect antibody diversification! Sign up by https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS

[Jay Shendure @JShendure]

Thrilled to post thread re: new single-cell lineage of mouse embryo reconstructed w/ DNA Typewriter. One animal, zygote to late organogenesis (E13.5). Tree has 1,340,794 transcriptionally profiled, annotated tips (cells), 1,142,588 dated internal nodes, rooted at zygote
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[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Join us on Social DNAing NOW for the talk from Dr. Irene Chiolo to see how heterochromatin DSB dances in the nuclear!
https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank Dr. John Maciejowski for a wonderful talk. Dr.Travis Stracker will tell us how to target replication stress in cancer therapy. Please sign up https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank Dr. Bin Wang for a tour of ubiquitination signaling upon DDR. Dr. John Maciejowski from MSKCC will untangle gene amplification in cancer and immuno-implications for us this week. Please sign up https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

This week Dr. Bin Wang, who first discribed the role of MDC1 and 53BP1 in DNA damage response will share her insights on DDR!! Signup at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

@chaolinzhang Would this encourage the reviewer to demand multiple rounds of reviewing?

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Rising stars are rising - just like the upcoming 250th birthday. Wait, let us celebrate DNA replication and epigenetic with some sparking single mol analyses with Dr. Shixin Liu Please RT Sign up https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank Ralph for the mind-provoking talk! Three rising stars will take the stage this week Please RT. Sign up https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank Dr. Bermejo for the great talk. Dr. Ralph Scully will dive deeper into stalled forks. Please RT. Sign up https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q

[Taekjip Ha @taekjip]

We are thrilled to announce an opening for a tenure-track assistant professor in PCMM, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Immunology! Apply by August 2, 2026.

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

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[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Breaking: "DNA" is the official theme song of the World Cup⚽https://t.co/eTbsvHlV0T. To find out whether it is repaired by HR, NHEJ or MMEJ, sign up to Social DNAinghttps://www.cancer.columbia.edu/research/programs/cancer-genomics-and-epigenomics/social-dnaing

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank Dr. Priyanka Verma wfor a great story! Dr. Bermejo will dive more into replication fork protection Sign uphttps://www.cancer.columbia.edu/research/programs/cancer-genomics-and-epigenomics/social-dnaing

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

@landau_lab @CellCellPress Congratulations! Cool!