Education/Working Experience  

2000.01~2004.09: Ph.D. student in Karolinska Institute, Sweden

2002.11~2005.01: Staff and visiting student in Southampton University, UK

2005.03~2006.02: Guest scientist in Germany Cancer Research Center

2006.03~2012.11: Postdoctoral research fellow in Harvard Medical School, US

2012.12~present: Professor in Dalian Medical University, China  

Participation in the Academic Community  

RNA society member; PNIRS member  

Publication  

1. Li H, Hou S, Hao T, Azam S, Liu C, Shi L, Lei H. (2015) HuR antagonizes the effect of an intronic pyrimidine-rich sequence in regulating WT1 +/-KTS isoforms. RNA Biol. 12(12): 1364-71.

2. Haixin Lei, Bo Zhai, Shanye Yin, Steve Gygi and Robin Reed. (2013) Evidence that a consensus element found in naturally intronless mRNAs promotes mRNA export. Nucleic Acids Res. 41(4):2517-25

3. Haixin Lei, Anusha Dias and Robin Reed. (2011) Export and stability of naturally intronless mRNAs require specific coding region sequences and the TREX mRNX export complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 108(44):17985-90

For full publication list, please visit: http://home.dlmedu.edu.cn/ICSC/view.asp?id=152   

Research Projects/Grants  

1. LncRNA MEG3 and its binding proteins in the occurrence and progression of breast cancer

2. Mechanism on the export of naturally intronless mRNAs

3. Gene expression and alternative splicing regulated by Xab2  

Admission Plan/Requirements  

One Ph.D. student per year. Candidates should be fluent in English, preferably with good bench skills.