Bokun Xie

EDUCATION

B.S. in Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, China       2015 Sep – 2019 May

Ph.D. in Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA                                      2019 Aug – 2024 Sep

Research advisor: Marcus Smolka

AWARDS AND HONORS

Outstanding Undergraduates, University of Science and Technology of China (2019)

Best Poster Award, BMCB-GGD symposium, Cornell University (2022)

Best Poster Award, Genetic Recombination and Genome Rearrangements (FASEB) (2024)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Xie B, Sanford EJ, Hung S-H, Wagner M, Heyer W-D & Smolka MB (2024) Multi-step control of homologous recombination via Mec1/ATR suppresses chromosomal rearrangements. EMBO J 43: 3027–3043

Sun Y, Gaio D, Xie B, Noma K, Wu Z & Jin Y (2024) Loss of function in rpms-1 does not enhance phenotypes of rpm-1 mutants. MicroPubl Biol

Sun Y, Zhou J, Debnath A, Xie B, Wang Z & Jin Y (2025) Multiple regulators constrain the abundance of C. elegans DLK-1 in ciliated sensory neurons. G3 (Bethesda)