Gene regulation of tissue regeneration
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We develop and deploy cutting-edge functional genomics tools to understand the fundamental gene regulation mechanisms controlling tissue regeneration in healthy and disease.
Welcome to the Diao lab!
As a hard-core functional genomics lab, we have been developing innovative technologies to understand how changes of chromatin structure and function impact spatial-temporal gene expression. As a group of cell biologists, we are excited to apply these cutting-edge functional tools to delineate the mechanisms controlling skeletal muscle regeneration in normal and disease conditions, such as aging (sarcopenia), ischemic insult, and cancer (rhabdomyosarcoma). Our long-term goal is to develop effective regenerative therapeutics by further our understanding on gene regulation of tissue repair.  
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 genomics and gene regulation, stem cell and regeneration, cancer research, bioinformatics and computational biology, please contact us to set up a rotation!