Recent News

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!
September 16, 2025

Alison, Anna, Ryan and Siqi present their work at the QCB retreat!
September 6, 2025

Check out the UCLA Newsroom feature on our study: “How fast mRNA degrades linked to autoimmune disease risk“! Huge thanks to Holly Ober for writing such a clear and engaging piece!
September 6, 2025

Our paper “Genetic variants affecting RNA stability influence complex traits and disease risk” is published in Nature Genetics. Congratulations to our outstanding first author, Elaine Huang, for leading this challenging and impactful study, and all coauthors for their critical contributions. This work was made possible through fantastic collaborations with Jessica Li’s lab and Mats Ljungman’s lab.
September 4, 2025

We are grateful for a Catalyst Award from UCLA’s BSCRC!
August 15, 2025

Congratulations to Angela for a strong wrap-up of the BIG summer program, winning the Research Excellence Award and the DASL Research Award!

Thanks to Ting for her outstanding mentorship!
August 6, 2025

We welcome undergraduate students Arek, Prannay, Summer, Yinuo to our lab.
July 29, 2025

Congratulations to Weijian for passing the OQE with flying colors!
June 20, 2025

Congratulations to Tadeo for completing his MS degree in Bioinformatics!
June 17, 2025

We are glad to have contributed to this collaborative project with Dr. Desmond Smith’s lab: “Differing Genetics of Saline and Cocaine Self-Administration in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel“, published at Genes, Brain and Behavior.

Recent Events

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