Rongwei Zhao, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Doctor of Philosophy Cell Biology Carnegie Mellon University 07/2025
• Bachelor of Science Biological Sciences Beijing Normal University 07/2019
• Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles 02/2018

Websites

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• Google Scholar (scholar.google.com)

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
DNA RepairTelomere HomeostasisPromyelocytic Leukemia ProteinTelomereTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseRNA, Long NoncodingEscherichia coli ProteinsSUMO-1 ProteinProtein MultimerizationRad52 DNA Repair and Recombination ProteinChorioallantoic MembraneTrimethoprimSumoylationSmall Ubiquitin-Related Modifier ProteinsEscherichia coli

• DNA2 and FANCM function in two distinctive pathways in disrupting TERRA R-loops and suppressing replication stress at ALT telomeres.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025 Ragupathi A, Abid HZ, Chen Y, Zhao R, Kosiyatrakul ST, Yetil DI, Neiswander J, Feltman R, Thomas S, Yusupov B, Singh M, Zheng L, Shen B, Zhang H, Chu HC, Schildkraut CL, Xiao M, Zhang D
• Telomeric SUMO level influences the choices of APB formation pathways and ALT efficiency.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025 Zhao R, Wivagg A, Lackner RM, Salsman J, Dellaire G, Matunis MJ, Chenoweth DM, Zhao X, Zhang H
• SUMO promotes DNA repair protein collaboration to support alternative telomere lengthening in the absence of PML.
  Genes & development 2024 Zhao R, Xu M, Yu X, Wondisford AR, Lackner RM, Salsman J, Dellaire G, Chenoweth DM, O'Sullivan RJ, Zhao X, Zhang H
• TERRA-LSD1 phase separation promotes R-loop formation for telomere maintenance in ALT cancer cells.
  Nature communications 2024 Xu M, Senanayaka D, Zhao R, Chigumira T, Tripathi A, Tones J, Lackner RM, Wondisford AR, Moneysmith LN, Hirschi A, Craig S, Alishiri S, O'Sullivan RJ, Chenoweth DM, Reiter NJ, Zhang H
• SUMO Promotes DNA Repair Protein Collaboration to Support Alterative Telomere Lengthening in the Absence of PML.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024 Zhao R, Xu M, Wondisford AR, Lackner RM, Salsman J, Dellaire G, Chenoweth DM, O'Sullivan RJ, Zhao X, Zhang H

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• CRISPR Cas13-Based Tools to Track and Manipulate Endogenous Telomeric Repeat-Containing RNAs in Live Cells.
  Frontiers in molecular biosciences 2022 Xu M, Chigumira T, Chen Z, Tones J, Zhao R, Dahl KN, Chenoweth DM, Zhang H
• Chemical Dimerization-Induced Protein Condensates on Telomeres.
  Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE 2021 Zhao R, Chenoweth DM, Zhang H
• Nuclear body phase separation drives telomere clustering in ALT cancer cells.
  Molecular biology of the cell 2020 Zhang H, Zhao R, Tones J, Liu M, Dilley RL, Chenoweth DM, Greenberg RA, Lampson MA
• Comparing Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Model Established in Mouse Kidney and on Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane.
  Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE 2020 Ishihara M, Hu J, Zhang X, Choi Y, Wong A, Cano-Ruiz C, Zhao R, Tan P, Tso JL, Wu L