Jian Zheng, BS

Graduate Student (BCMB)
Jian Zheng

Email

[email protected]

Mentor

Xiaolan Zhao, PhD

Start Year

2023

Education

BS, Cornell University

Graduate School - Honors & Awards & Services

  • T32 awarded trainee - NIH T32 Molecular Biophysics Training Program
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program (NSF GRFP) – Honorable Mention
  • Biochemistry and Structural Biology Teaching Assistant
  • Vincent du Vigneaud Memorial Research Symposium Co-Chair
  • Weill Cornell Graduate School Recruitment Chair
  • RockEDU Jumpstart Mentor

Publications

Chang JT, Miller-Browne V, Chua GNL, Zheng J, Beckwitt EC, Li S, Katch BJ, O’Donnell ME, Liu S, Zhao X. (2026). Molecular determinants of Smc5/6 association with DNA junctions. Nat Commun. 

Li S, Yu Y, Zheng J, Miller-Browne V, Ser Z, Kuang H, Patel DJ, Zhao X. (2023). Molecular basis for Nse5-6 mediated regulation of Smc5/6 functions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120:e2310924120.

Beyrent E, Wei DT, Beacham GM, Park S, Zheng J, Paszek MJ, Hollopeter G. (2024). Dimerization activates the Inversin complex in C. elegans. Mol Biol Cell. 35:ar127. 

Beacham GM, Wei DT, Beyrent E, Zhang Y, Zheng J, Camacho MMK, Florens L, Hollopeter G. (2022). The Caenorhabditis elegans ASPP homolog APE-1 is a junctional protein phosphatase 1 modulator. Genetics. 222:iyac102. 

Marecos S, Brigham R, Dressel A, Gaul L, Li L, Satish K, Tjokorda I, Zheng J, Schmitz AM, Barstow B. (2022).  Practical and thermodynamic constraints on electromicrobially accelerated CO2 mineralization. iScience. 25:104769.