Qinghua Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Endowed Title: W.A. "Tex" Moncrief Jr. Scholar in Medical Research

Department: Biochemistry

Graduate Programs: Biological Chemistry

Education

Undergraduate Wuhan University - China (1992), Biochemistry
Graduate School Baylor College of Medicine (2001), Cell Biology

Research Interests

  • Biochemical mechanism of RNA interference
  • Drosophila germline stem cells
  • MicroRNA-mediated translational repression
  • Regulation of RNA interference

Publications

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Featured Publications

Phosphorylation of the human micro-RNA generating complex mediates MAPK/Erk signaling

Z. Paroo, X. Ye, S. Chen, and Q. Liu Cell October 2009 139 112-122

C3PO, an endoribonuclease that promotes RNAi by facilitating RISC activation

Y. Liu, X. Ye, F. Jiang, C. Liang, D. Chen, P. Jun, L.N. Kinch, N.V. Grishin, Q. Liu Science August 2009 325 750-753

The functional anatomy of Drosophiila microRNA-generating enzyme

X. Ye, P. Zain, and Q. Liu J. Biol. Chem. July 2007 282 (39) 28373-28378

The miRNA pathway intrinsically controls self-renewal of Drosophila germline stem cells.

J. Park*, X. Liu*, T. Strauss, D. McKearin, and Q. Liu Curr. Biol. 2007 17 533-538

Dicer-1 and R3D1-L catalyze miRNA maturation in Drosophila.

F. Jiang, X. Ye, X. Liu, L. Fincher, D. McKearin, Q. Liu Genes Dev. 2005 19 1674-1679

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Honors/Awards

  • Damon Runyon Scholar Award
    (2005)
  • Deborah and W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Scholar in Medical Research
    (2004)