Cheng-yu Lee
Robert H Bartlett Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences
Research Associate Professor
Life Sciences Institute
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
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Available to mentor
Cheng-yu Lee
Research Associate Professor
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
    • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
    • Center Member
      Rogel Cancer Center
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Post-transcriptional regulatory pre-complex assembly drives timely cell-state transitions during differentiation.
      Komori H, Rastogi G, Bugay JP, Luo H, Lin S, Angers S, Smibert CA, Lipshitz HD, Lee C-Y. bioRxiv, 2024 Apr 30; DOI:10.1101/2024.04.29.591706
      PMID: 38746105
    • Journal Article
      Low-level repressive histone marks fine-tune gene transcription in neural stem cells.
      Rajan A, Anhezini L, Rives-Quinto N, Chhabra JY, Neville MC, Larson ED, Goodwin SF, Harrison MM, Lee C-Y. Elife, 2023 Jun 14; 12: DOI:10.7554/eLife.86127
      PMID: 37314324
    • Preprint
      Low-level repressive histone marks fine-tune stemness gene transcription in neural stem cells
      Rajan A, Anhezini L, Rives-Quinto N, Neville MC, Larson ED, Goodwin SF, Harrison MM, Lee C-Y. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2022.11.18.517130
    • Journal Article
      Premature translation of the Drosophila zygotic genome activator Zelda is not sufficient to precociously activate gene expression.
      Larson ED, Komori H, Fitzpatrick ZA, Krabbenhoft SD, Lee C-Y, Harrison M. G3 (Bethesda), 2022 Aug 25; 12 (9): DOI:10.1093/g3journal/jkac159
      PMID: 35876878
    • Preprint
      Premature translation of the zygotic genome activator Zelda is not sufficient to precociously activate gene expression
      Larson ED, Komori H, Fitzpatrick ZA, Krabbenhoft SD, Lee C-Y, Harrison M. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2022.03.22.485419
    • Journal Article
      Regulation of Neural Stem Cell Competency and Commitment during Indirect Neurogenesis.
      Rajan A, Ostgaard CM, Lee C-Y. Int J Mol Sci, 2021 Nov 28; 22 (23): DOI:10.3390/ijms222312871
      PMID: 34884676
    • Journal Article
      Cell-type-specific chromatin occupancy by the pioneer factor Zelda drives key developmental transitions in Drosophila.
      Larson ED, Komori H, Gibson TJ, Ostgaard CM, Hamm DC, Schnell JM, Lee C-Y, Harrison MM. Nat Commun, 2021 Dec 9; 12 (1): 7153 DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-27506-y
      PMID: 34887421
    • Presentation
      Sequential activation of transcriptional repressors safeguards indirect neurogenesis by decommissioning the enhancer of stem cell functionality genes during progenitor commitment
      2021 Jul 1;