Recent News

February 16, 2026

Our paper “Allele-specific splicing modulates protein isoforms and Alzheimer’s risk” is on BioRxiv. Congratulations Alison and all coauthors!
February 15, 2026

Our paper “Allele-specific alternative polyadenylation links noncoding genetic variation to Alzheimer’s disease risk” is BioRxiv. Congratulations Ryan and all coauthors!
February 12, 2026

Our paper “Genetic variation shapes human mRNA translation and disease risk” is on BioRxiv. Congratulations to Siqi!
February 4, 2026

We welcome undergraduate student Ryan Slohn to our lab!
January 5, 2026

We welcomes Chris George and Qingru Xu to rotate in our lab!
December 8, 2025

Carlos, Jonatan and Ryo defended their dissertations! Congratulations, Dr. Gonzalez-Figueroa, Dr. Hervoso and Dr. Yamamoto!!!
November 25, 2025

Congratulations to Angela for being awarded the MARC scholarship!
November 16, 2025

Ryo’s paper on “Cell-Type-Resolved Isoform Atlas of Human Tissues Reveals Age and Alzheimer’s Disease-Associated Splicing Changes” is on BioRxiv! Congratulations, Ryo and coauthors!
November 1, 2025

Our paper “Long-read RNA-seq demarcates cis- and trans-directed alternative RNA splicing” is published at Nature Communications. Congratulations Gio and Kofi!
October 4, 2025

We are glad to have contributed to this paper: Meta-analysis of genetic regulation of RNA editing in the human brain identifies new genes underlying neurological disease. A great collaboration with Winston, Jack, Towfique and others on the team!

Recent Events

Dec 2025, 3 PhDs!!!
Dec 2025, the lab after Carlos’ defense!
Dec 2025, Jonatan’s dissertation defense!
Dec 2025, Carlos dissertation defense!
Dec 2025, Ryo’s dissertation defense!
Nov 2024, Gio, Winner of Research Excellence Award of ASHG!
Nov 2024, Jonatan’s poster at ASHG!
Nov 2024, Elaine’s Platform talk at ASHG!
Nov 2024, Gio’s Plenary talk at ASHG!
Nov 2024, Xiao Lab goes to ASHG!
Oct 2024, Elaine presents at Riboforum!
June 2024, we celebrate Alison’s and Ryan’s graduation!
June 2024, Alison and Ryan graduate!
Feb 2024, Farewell to Kofi, Welcome Cong!
Nov 2023, Gio presents at RSGDREAM!
Nov 2023, Ryo presents at RSGDREAM!
Nov 2023, Siqi presents at RSGDREAM!
Nov 2023, Ryo presents at ASHG!
Nov 2023, Gio, Kofi, Ryo at ASHG!
Oct 2023, Happy B-day, Ryo!
September 2023, Gio presents at QCB retreat!
September 2023, Sari presents at MBI retreat!
September 2023, Anna wins best WQE award!
September 2023, Lab retreat!
September 2023, Lab retreat!
August 2023 Kofi defends his dissertation!
June 2023 Christina defends her dissertation!
Christina defends her dissertation!
June 2023, Dr. Ting Fu!
June 2023, Tadeo earns BS degree!
June 2023, Tadeo earns BS degree!
2023 March Birthdays!
2023 Jan, Soccer Stars 🙂
Xiao Lab Holiday Party Dec 2022
2022 Dec, Birthdays!
2022 Nov, Zhiheng farewell
2022, Nov, Dr. Choudhury!
2022 Nov, Tracey visits
2022 July, BIG Summer Social
2022 Aug, Dr. Fu!
2022, Aug, lab lunch
2021, Sept. Dr. Chan!
2022, Sept. lab lunch
2021, Sept. Dr. Quinones!
2022, Sept. lab lunch
2020 Mar, remote zoom