Phd Candidate (Feng Zhang Lab)
Cambridge, Ma, Us
- Developing and applying CRISPR-Cas and TAL effector genome engineering technologies- Investigating the epigenetic regulation of neuropsychiatric disease- Inventor on multiple patents and patent applications related to genome editingSELECTED PUBLICATIONS (*denotes equal contribution)Hsu PD, Lander ES, Zhang F (2014). Development and applications of the CRISPR nuclease Cas9 for genome engineering. Cell. Wu X, Scott DA, Kriz AJ, Chiu AC, Hsu PD, Dadon DB, Cheng AW, Trevino AE, Konermann S, Chen S, Jaenisch R, Zhang F, Sharp PA (2014). Genome-wide binding of Cas9 in mammalian cells. Nature Biotechnology.Nishimasu H, Ran FA, Hsu PD, Konermann S, Shehata S, Dohmae N, Ishitani R, Zhang F, Nureki O (2014). Crystal structure of Cas9 in complex with guide RNA and target DNA. Cell.Pyzocha NK, Ran FA, Hsu PD, Zhang F. (2014). RNA-guided genome editing of mammalian cells. Methods Mol. Biol.Ran FA*, Hsu PD*, Wright J, Agarwala V, Scott DA, Zhang F. (2013). Genome engineering using the CRISPR-Cas9 system. Nature Protocols.Ran FA*, Hsu PD*, Lin CY, Gootenberg JS, Konermann S, Trevino AE, Scott DA, Inoue A, Matoba S, Zhang Y, Zhang F. (2013). Double nicking by RNA-guided CRISPR Cas9 for enhanced genome editing specificity. Cell.Konermann S, Brigham MD, Trevino AE, Hsu PD, Heidenreich M, Cong L, Platt RJ, Scott DA, Church GM, Zhang F. (2013). Optical control of mammalian endogenous transcription and epigenetic states. Nature.Hsu PD*, Scott DA*, Weinstein JA, Ran FA, Konermann S, Agarwala V, Li Y, Fine EJ, Wu X, Shalem O, Cradick TJ, Marraffini LA, Bao G, Zhang F. (2013). DNA targeting specificity of RNA-guided Cas9 nucleases. Nature Biotechnology. Cover publication Cong L, Ran FA, Cox D, Lin S, Barretto R, Habib N, Hsu PD, Wu X, Jiang W, Marraffini LA, Zhang F. (2013). Multiplex genome engineering using CRISPR/Cas systems. ScienceHsu PD, Zhang F. (2012). Dissecting neural function using targeted genome engineering technologies. ACS Chemical Neuroscience.