The Xiao Tian Lab at Sanford Burnham Prebys studies the fundamental mechanisms of aging and how aging leads to chronic diseases.

2019 Chen Y, Zhang H, Xu Z, Tang H, Geng A, Cai B, Su T, Shi J, Jiang C, Tian X, Seluanov A, Huang J, Wan X, Jiang Y, Gorbunova V, Mao Z. A PARP1-BRG1-SIRT1 axis promotes HR repair by reducing nucleosome density at DNA damage sites.

Xiao Tian is an Assistant Professor in the Degenerative Diseases Program and the Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. He opened the Tian lab in January 2024 to understand the fundamental biology of aging and its contribution to age-related diseases.

Xiao Tian is an Assistant Professor in the Degenerative Diseases Program and the Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. He opened the Tian lab in January 2024 to understand the fundamental biology of aging and its contribution to age-related diseases.

Xiao Tian Lab. Home. Research. Team. Publications. News. Join us. Contact. Events. More. Research Interests. Our research focuses on the role of epigenetic changes in the aging process. Ample evidence including our recent work in epigenetic reprogramming suggests that the progressive loss of epigenetic information over time is a key driver of ...

Students in the lab will receive adequate training from the PI to become independent researchers, with emphasis on running a project, designing experiments, scientific presentations, fellowship/grant applications, and establishing collaborations. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Xiao Tian directly at xiaotian@sbp.edu.

Xiao Tian Lab. Home. Research. Team. Publications. News. Join us. Contact. Events. More < Back. Carolina Cano Macip. PhD student. Carolina got her B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from SDSU in 2020. She first joined SBP as an undergrad CIRM intern in Peter Adams lab, where she investigated chromatin homeostasis and cellular senescence.

Xiao Tian Lab. Home. Research. Team. Publications. News. Join us. Contact. Events. More < Back. Jason Zhang. CIRM SPARK Intern. I'm Jason, a rising senior in high school currently interning through the SPARK program. I joined the Tian lab due to my interest in how epigenetics plays a role in various phenomena ranging from cancer to aging.

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Xiao Tian Lab. Home. Research. Team. Publications. News. Join us. Contact. Events. More < Back. Erik Hultenius. PhD student. Hello! My name is Erik and I recently graduated from the University of California, San Diego where I double majored in Human Biology and Global Health. I am particularly interested in understanding the biological ...