Lingzhen Kong

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: Zhongsheng You, PhD

Undergraduate university: Cornell University, 2017

Enrollment year: 2017

Research summary
Mechanistic dissection of a Ca2+-mediated genome protection pathway during DNA replication

Graduate publications
Context-dependent pro- and anti-resection roles of ZKSCAN3 in the regulation of fork processing during replication stress.
Yang Z, Lemacon DS, Li S, Cheruiyot A, Kong L, Tan K, Cheng C, Turkay E, He D, You Z.. 2022 Context-dependent pro- and anti-resection roles of ZKSCAN3 in the regulation of fork processing during replication stress. J Biol Chem, 298(8):102215.

Goodman JV, Yamada T, Yang Y, Kong L, Wu DY, Zhao G, Gabel HW, Bonni A. 2020 The chromatin remodeling enzyme Chd4 regulates genome architecture in the mouse brain. Nat Commun, 11(1):3419.

Li S, Lavagnino Z, Lemacon D, Kong L, Ustione A, Ng X, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Zheng B, Piwnica-Worms H, Vindigni A, Piston DW, You Z. 2019 Ca 2+-Stimulated AMPK-Dependent Phosphorylation of Exo1 Protects Stressed Replication Forks From Aberrant Resection. Mol Cell, 74(6):1123-1137.e6.