User:Xiaowei JIANG

I did my PhD in the Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, which was generously funded by the Embark Initiative Scholarship from the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology. I also studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for my MSc degrees. In 2012 I received the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (国家优秀自费留学生奖学金) from the China Scholarship Council.

My research interest
I have broad interests in evolutionary biology.
 * Understanding the molecular basis of adaptive evolution and natural selection.
 * Molecular evolution.
 * Population genetics and non-adaptive/adaptive processes.
 * Evolution of host-pathogen interactions
 * Origin and evolution of protein-protein interactions.
 * Evolution of protein posttranslational modifications and intrinsically disordered proteins.
 * Origin and evolution of biological complexity.
 * Somatic evolution in cancer.
 * Evolution of Epigenetic modifications
 * Potential therapeutic targets.

Hobby

 * Traveling
 * RPG-role-playing game