Gene regulation of tissue regeneration
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We develop and deploy cutting-edge functional genomics and genome engineering tools
​to understand gene regulation of tissue regeneration in healthy, aging, and diseases.
Welcome to the Diao lab!
We are part of the Department of Cell Biology and Regenerative Next Initiative at Duke University. As a functional genomics lab, we develop innovative technologies to study chromatin structure and function in three dimension and at single cell resolution. As a cell biology lab, our favorite model system is skeletal muscle regeneration. We work at the intersection of genomics, cell biology, mouse genetics, and computational biology, and employ these integrative approaches to further our understanding of gene regulation of muscle regeneration in normal and pathological conditions, such as muscular dystrophy, aging, ischemia, and cancers.
Contacts
307 Research Drive, 
373 Nanaline Duke Building, Box 3709
​Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC 27710
Email: diaolab@duke.edu
Telephone: 919-684-7090
Fax: 919-684-8090
If you are a Duke CMB, DSCB, and UPGG graduate student and you are interested in gene regulation, chromatin, single-cell genomics, stem cell, regeneration, aging, cancer research, genomic methods development, bioinformatics and computational biology, please contact us to set up a rotation!