Lab Members

Rebecca De Frates

B.S. (University of Washington)

UC Davis Neuroscience Graduate Program (2019~2024)

PhD Student Researcher at Zhou lab: 2020~2024

Xuehong Gui

B.S./M.S. (Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine)

Staff Research Associate at Zhou lab 2020~

Kielson Le

B.S. (Univ Arkansas)

Research intern, Zhou lab 2019-2020

Congratulations to Kielson who will attend College of Podiatric Medicine in Pomona!

Moira McMahon

UC Berkeley Undergraduate Research Intern, Zhou lab 2018~2022.

• 2019. Ji et al. Cells 8:1173 (p1-40).
• 2020. Zhou et al., BBRC, 3:647-653.
• 2020. Ji et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-30.

Ratheya Rajakumar

UC Davis Undergraduate Research Intern, Zhou lab 2019~2021.

• 2020. Ji et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-30.

Yue Liu

UC Davis Undergraduate Research Assistant, Zhou lab 2018~2020.

Congratulations to Yue who will attend a graduate program at Columbia University in NYC!

• 2020. Zhou et al., BBRC, 3:647-653
• 2020. Ji et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-30.

Kurt Reynolds

B.S. (Univ. Illinois Urbana Champaign)

PhD candidate, BMCDB graduate program; Zhou lab 2018~2022.

• 2019. Reynolds, et al. Wnt signaling in orofacial clefts: crosstalk, pathogenesis and models. Disease Models & Mechanisms 12:1-24
• 2019. Kumar et al. Impaired neurodevelopmental pathways in autism spectrum disorder: a review of signaling mechanisms and crosstalk. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 11:10 (p1-14) doi.org/10.1186/s11689-019-9268-y
• 2019. Ji et al. Wnt signaling in neural crest ontogenesis and oncogenesis. Cells 8:1173 (p1-40).
• 2019. Wang et al. Olig2 regulates terminal differentiation and maturation of peripheral olfactory sensory neurons. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (pp1-13)
• 2020. Zhou et al., BBRC, 3:647-653.
• 2020. Reynolds et al. Genetics and signaling mechanisms of orofacial clefts. Birth Defects Research. pp1-47.
• 2020. Ji et al., Birth Defects Research pp1-30.
• 2020. Garland et al. In press.

Yu Ji

B.S. & M.Sci. (Lanzhou Univ.); PhD candidate, BMCDB graduate program;

Zhou lab 2016~2021.

• 2019. Ji et al. Wnt signaling in neural crest ontogenesis and oncogenesis. Cells 8:1173 (p1-40).
• 2019. Wang et al. Olig2 regulates terminal differentiation and maturation of peripheral olfactory sensory neurons. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (p1-13)
• 2019. Kumar et al. Impaired neurodevelopmental pathways in autism spectrum disorder: a review of signaling mechanisms and crosstalk. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 11:10 (pp1-14).
• 2019. Reynolds et al. Wnt signaling in orofacial clefts: crosstalk, pathogenesis and models. Disease Models & Mechanisms 12:1-24.
• 2020. Zhou et al., BBRC, 3:647-653. 2020. Reynolds et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-47.
• 2020. Ji Y, et al. Cellular and developmental basis of orofacial clefts. Birth Defects Research pp1-30.
• 2020. Garland et al. In press.

Michael Garland

B.S. (UC Davis) & Ph.D. (Oregon State University)

Postdoctoral Researcher at Zhou lab 2019~

• 2020. Zhou et al., BBRC, 3:647-653.
• 2020. Reynolds et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-47.
• 2020. Ji et al., Birth Defects Research pp1-30.
• 2020. Garland et al. Birth Defects Research. in press.

Bo Sun

M.B.B.S. (Harbin Medical University) & Ph.D. (University of Auckland)

Postdoctoral Researcher at Zhou lab 2019~

Shriners Hospitals for Children Postdoctoral Fellowship 2020.7~2022.6

• 2020. Zhou et al., BBRC, 3:647-653.
• 2020. Reynolds et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-47.
• 2020. Ji et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-30.
• 2020.Garland et al. in press.

Shuwen Zhang

Ph.D. (Washington State Univ.)

Postdoctoral Researcher at Zhou lab 2019~

• 2020. Zhou et al. BBRC, 3:647-653.
• 2020. Reynolds et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-47.
• 2020. Ji et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-30.
• 2020. Garland et al. in press.

Saharul Islam

Ph.D. (Kanazawa Univ.)

Research Scientist at Zhou lab 2019~

• 2020. Zhou et al., BBRC, 3:647-653.
• 2020. Ji et al. Birth Defects Research pp1-30.

Chengji Zhou

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. (Waseda University)

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of UC Davis, School of Medicine, 2005/2011/2017~