Qinghua Liu PhD

Qinghua Liu, Ph.D was born and grew up in Wuhan, China. He obtained my B.S. degree in Biochemistry from Wuhan University. He received my Ph.D. training with Professor Steve Elledge at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston), where he studied the DNA damage checkpoints and developed a novel cloning method called UPS. He went on to do my postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Xiaodong Wang, from whom he learn the art of classical biochemistry. He joined the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2004. His research group currently focuses on understanding the molecular circuits of RNAi/microRNA and sleep regulation by combining genetics and biochemistry.