Research Assistant – Ph.D. Student
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 210 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-3170
Fax: (323) 442-2981
qiongmao@usc.edu
Jishou University, Hunan, China
B.S., 2022
Biological Sciences
Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China
M.Sc., 2025
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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2025 – present – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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2022 – 2025 – Research Assistant – Sino-French Hoffman Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdon China
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2023 – 2024 – Laboratory Assistant – The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, China
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2021 – 2022 – Undergraduate Research Assistant – College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Hunan, China
Zhao H, Park YM, Zheng Y, Mao Q, Collet C, Hu B, Zhou T, Lin L, Wong S, Pan Y, Monreal AV, Sinha UK, Sedghizadeh P, Soragni A, Lin DC. Genetically Defined Organoid Models Reveal Mechanisms Driving Squamous Cell Neoplastic Evolution and Identify Potential Therapeutic Vulnerabilities. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jan 22:2025.01.18.631624. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.18.631624. PMID: 39896470; PMCID: PMC11785044.
Liang Y, Liu M, Liu B, Ziman B, Peng G, Mao Q, Wang X, Jiang L, Lin DC, Zheng Y. Comprehensive analysis of H3K27me3 LOCKs under different DNA methylation contexts reveal epigenetic redistribution in tumorigenesis. Epigenetics Chromatin. 2025 Jan 20;18(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s13072-025-00570-0. PMID: 39833880; PMCID: PMC11748335.
Um JH, Zheng Y, Mao Q, Nam C, Zhao H, Koh YW, Shin SJ, Park YM, Lin DC. (2024) Genomic and single-cell characterization of patient-derived tumor organoid models of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jul 2:2024.06.28.601068. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.28.601068. Update in: Cancer Res. 2025 Jul 15;85(14):2726-2742. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-2850. PMID: 39005427; PMCID: PMC11244938.
Ding W, Wang JX, Wu JZ, Liu AC, Jiang LL, Zhang HC, Meng Y, Liu BY, Peng GJ, Lou EZ, Mao Q, Zhou H, Tang DL, Chen X, Liu JB, Shi XP. (2023) Targeting proteasomal deubiquitinases USP14 and UCHL5 with b-AP15 reduces 5-fluorouracil resistance in colorectal cancer cells. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2023 Dec;44(12):2537-2548. doi: 10.1038/s41401-023-01136-0. Epub 2023 Aug 1. PMID: 37528233; PMCID: PMC10692219.