Zhao Zhang, Ph.D.

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2014 - PhD - Bioinformatics - Zhejiang University
  • 2009 - BS - Bioinformatics - Huazhong University of Science And Technology

  Training

  • 2015 - Postdoc Fellow - Cancer epigenetics - UT Health San Antonio

  Appointments

  • 04/2021 - Assistant Professor/Research - UT Health San Antonio
  • 04/2021 - Director of Laboratory of Spatial Genomics at BASiC - UT Health San Antonio

• Publications

  • Enhancer RNAs Mediate Estrogen-Induced Decommissioning of Selective Enhancers by Recruiting ERα and Its Cofactor
  • Epigenomics-Based Identification of Estrogen-regulated Long Noncoding RNAs in ER+ Breast Cancer
  • Enhancer reprogramming driven by high-order assemblies of transcription factors promotes phenotypic plasticity and breast cancer
  • A non-canonical role of YAP/TEAD is required for activation of estrogen-regulated enhancers in breast cancer