Yixing Han - The National Institutes of Health | LinkedIn (2025)

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• Speaking personally, as a team of public-service-motivated ex-NIHers, it breaks our heart to see what is being done to the intramural program. We…

  

  Speaking personally, as a team of public-service-motivated ex-NIHers, it breaks our heart to see what is being done to the intramural program. We…

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• To probationary federal employees who have been terminated:Democracy Forward has filed a first-of-its-kind class-wide complaintwith the Office of…

  

  To probationary federal employees who have been terminated:Democracy Forward has filed a first-of-its-kind class-wide complaintwith the Office of…

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• I've been able to take on several Ph.D.-level scientists as freelancers in the past week who were laid off from the federal government and are now…

  

  I've been able to take on several Ph.D.-level scientists as freelancers in the past week who were laid off from the federal government and are now…

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• Program VP

  Association for Women in Science

  May 2017 - Present 7 years 10 months

  https://www.awis.org/

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  Vice President | Executive Committee Member

  US-Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association

  2017 - Present 8 years

  http://www.cba-usa.org/

• Lead Guest Editor

  Journal of Medical Market, a peer-reviewed SAGE publication

  2017 - Present 8 years

  https://journals.sagepub.com/home/bbi

• Scientific Editor of Fellows Editorial Board

  The National Institutes of Health

  2015 - 2018 3 years

  The NIH Fellows Editorial Board edits and provides written feedback on scientific manuscripts submitted by fellows for publication and scientific merits.

• Career Development Workshop Developer and Instructor

  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  2017 - 2018 1 year

• Judge

  American Society of Human Genetics

  2019 - Present 6 years

  ASHG DNA Day Essay Contest Judge

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  Judge/Leading Judge

  FARE, NIH Postbac Day, NCI CCR-FYI Colloquim, etc.
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  Peer Reviewer

  Multiple Scientific Journals and Publishers

  2014 - Present 11 years

• Lsh/HELLS regulates self-renewal/proliferation of neural stem/progenitor cells

  Scientific Reports Apr 2017

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• Integrating Epigenomics into the Understanding of Biomedical Insight

  Bioinformatics and Biology Insights Dec 2016

  See publication

• Malignant Transformation and Epigenetics, Epigenetics and Dermatology, 1st Edition

  Elsevier Dec 2015

• Advanced Applications of RNA Sequencing and Challenges

  Bioinformatics and Biology Insights November 15, 2015

  See publication

• Malignant Transformation and Epigenetics

  In book: Epigenetics and Dermatology 2015

  See publication

• The ATP binding site of the chromatin remodeling homologue Lsh is required for nucleosomal density and de novo DNA methylation at repeat sequences

  Nucleic Acids Research Jan 2015

• Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in LSH mutant reveals de-repression of repeat elements and redundant epigenetic silencing pathways

  Genome Research Aug 2014

• CG hypomethylation in Lsh-/- MEFs is associated with de novo H3K4me1 formation and altered cellular plasticity

  PNAS Mar 2014

• Stress-associated H3K4 methylation accumulates during postnatal development and aging of Rhesus macaque brain

  Aging Cell Sep 2012

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• Ab initio identification of transcription start sites in the Rhesus macaque genome by histone modification and RNA-Seq

  Nucleic Acids Research Mar 2011

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• Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE) 2017, NIH

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  2016

• Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE) 2015, NIH

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  2014

• English

  Full professional proficiency

• Chinese

  Native or bilingual proficiency

• Association for Women In Science

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  2017 - Present

  AWIS provides a unique national platform where essential research meets advocacy, innovation, and practice in supporting the advancement of women in STEM.

• Fellows Advisory Board, NIDDK, NIH

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  2016 - 2018

• NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE) 2016 committee

  Committee member

  2015 - 2016

  The Fellows Award for Research Excellence begun in 1995 to recognize the outstanding scientific research performed by intramural postdoctoral fellows. The award is sponsored by the NIH Fellows Committee, the Scientific Directors, and the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education, and is funded by the Scientific Directors. Fellows submit an abstract of their research, which is peer reviewed in a blind study section competition.

• NCI CCR Fellows and Young Investigators Steering Committee

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  2014 - 2016

  CCR-FYI enhances the intramural training program, fosters communication among fellows and the CCR research community, and serves as a liaison to CCR senior management on programs affecting the training experience.

• This article from one of my predecessors, Dr. Harold Varmus, ran on a day when an unconscionable disruption to the workforce at NCI, and across HHS…

  

  This article from one of my predecessors, Dr. Harold Varmus, ran on a day when an unconscionable disruption to the workforce at NCI, and across HHS…

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• I am not ashamed to admit that yesterday I cried, and honestly, I barely had a claim to weep. That right belongs to all the dedicated public servants…

  

  I am not ashamed to admit that yesterday I cried, and honestly, I barely had a claim to weep. That right belongs to all the dedicated public servants…

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• I am happy to share our new protocol for direct cDNA cap analysis of gene expression for paired-end patterned flow cell sequencing. Here, CAGE…

  

  I am happy to share our new protocol for direct cDNA cap analysis of gene expression for paired-end patterned flow cell sequencing. Here, CAGE…

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• The biomedical research community owes so much to Dr. Lawrence Tabak - a pioneer in field of glycobiology and an academic leader who for the past 25…

  

  The biomedical research community owes so much to Dr. Lawrence Tabak - a pioneer in field of glycobiology and an academic leader who for the past 25…

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• NIH has just announced that it will save $4 billion by capping university indirect costs on federal grants. Will this actually save money? Bottom…

  

  NIH has just announced that it will save $4 billion by capping university indirect costs on federal grants. Will this actually save money? Bottom…

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• If NIH is interested in shifting money from indirects to fund more research directly, scientists can definitely use that extra $4B. But that would…

  

  If NIH is interested in shifting money from indirects to fund more research directly, scientists can definitely use that extra $4B. But that would…

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• Weekend thoughts:I don't have to tell anyone in research what a crazy week it has been, the last 24 hours especially! We're about 1 month into a 3…

  

  Weekend thoughts:I don't have to tell anyone in research what a crazy week it has been, the last 24 hours especially! We're about 1 month into a 3…

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