Research groups
Xin Sun
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
I first studied biology in Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. I completed an M.Phil degree working on abscisic acid signalling in Arabidopsis in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. I then moved to Canada and completed my PhD investigating the role of a chromatin remodeling factor BAF60C in mouse heart development, in Dr Benoit Bruneau's and Dr Janet Rossant's labs.
In 2013, I moved to Oxford for my first postdoc, in Professor Liz Robertson's lab. In 2015, I joined Professor Paul Riley's lab to investigate the role of extracellular matrix in heart development and characterise the cardiac lymphatic vasculature in the developing heart.
Recent publications
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The extracellular matrix protein agrin is essential for epicardial epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition during heart development.
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Sun X. et al, (2021), Development, 148
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Tissue-resident macrophages regulate lymphatic vessel growth and patterning in the developing heart.
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Cahill TJ. et al, (2021), Development, 148
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Macrophages directly contribute collagen to scar formation during zebrafish heart regeneration and mouse heart repair.
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Simões FC. et al, (2020), Nat Commun, 11
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Dynamic BAF chromatin remodeling complex subunit inclusion promotes temporally distinct gene expression programs in cardiogenesis.
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Hota SK. et al, (2019), Development, 146
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Cardiac-enriched BAF chromatin-remodeling complex subunit Baf60c regulates gene expression programs essential for heart development and function.
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Sun X. et al, (2018), Biol Open, 7