Yazhong Tao

Chapel Hill, NC

Higher Education

Aspirar Medical Lab
Director of Molecular Analysis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Scientist

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sep 2009 to 2000
Research Associate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Apr 2006 to Aug 2009
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California at Riverside
Riverside, CA
Oct 2004 to Mar 2006
Visiting Scholar

China Agricultural University
Jan 2001 to Jan 2004
Ph.D. in Genetics
China Agricultural University
Jan 1999 to Jan 2001
M.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hunan Agricultural University
Changsha
Jan 1995 to Jan 1999
B.S. in Biotechnology
China Agricultural University

Viral recombinant protein expression and purification Cell culture, Transient/Stable transfection,; Western blot, ELISA, Surface and Intracellular staining by FACS; Human blood sample separation, magnetic beads-based cell isolation, cell sorting; miRNA qRT PCR, RT-PCR, ChIP, Pull down assay, CoIP, luciferase reporter assay Southern/Northern/Western blots, miRNA Northern blot; Affymetrix microarrays and data analysis, Protein Assay; In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry Gene subcloning, overexpression and siRNA silencing;