How to meet your advisor?
Several trainees including PhD students, postdocs and technicians, have already been working in the lab for the past few months. I was so excited by their joining. Meanwhile, the way these guys met me for project discussion soon reminded me that I may be should list some suggestions about how to talk with your advisors. …
2020 Resolution
2020:A preliminary laboratory,A warm and effective scientific team,The peaceful and thoughtful family. 2021:Harvest 1-2 funding(s),Submit 1-2 manuscript(s),Keep exercise twice a week,Balance the work and family better.
We are still about to launch
Even in these special and tough days, we are about to launch. We sincerely thank Cell Stem Cell for this great opportunity to briefly introduce our forthcoming lab to the community. The original text is as follows: Cell Fate and Embryogenesis Fan Zhou Tsinghua University My forthcoming lab focuses on understanding how multi-dimensional molecular architecture…
Ready for a postdoc application?
The COVID-19 epidemic has been getting better in BJ. Over the past weeks, I have been meeting postdoc candidates both online and in person. So far, here are some thoughts about what I generally care about. Hope this could be helpful to some extent, Both the Chinese and English cover letters are okay with me,…
The special journey between COVID-19 quarantines
After being trapped in Hubei for 9 weeks, the day before yesterday, I finally got a chance for the 7th special train (1,135km/4.5 hrs) back to Beijing. It is the second day of my strict self-isolation in Beijing. The Hubei-Beijing special train runs smoothly. Some people wore full-body protective clothing and some took off masks…
Working from home?
The whole world is not peaceful with the COVID-19 pandemic around more than 100 countries. I has been blocked at home for nearly two months since the COVID-19 outbreaks. I have to schedule my work at home although I was never a work-from-home guy before. Mostly I think that the home is too comfortable to…
The first lecture qualification
Just finished my first lecture qualification, entitled ‘Cell fate and single-cell analysis’, in COVID-19 epidemic area with Zoom. I got some suggestions from the kind and senior teachers, the inspection officers at THU. I wrote them down to make some memories and remind myself all the time. Due to the isolation and the block with…
Come on join the Zhou Lab at Tsinghua
Hi, everyone. I’m delighted to announce that the Zhou Lab at Tsinghua is about to launch. We aim to understand the principle and regulatory mechanisms of cell fate decision/transition during embryonic development and disease evolution, with new technologies of single-cell in vivo and in vitro functional identification, single-cell omics analysis and genetics strategies. Our work…
In the 2019-nCoV quarantine
I returned to my hometown Xiaogan, a small town 70km from Wuhan, before the lunar New Year. Now: • Coronavirus sickens 24,363; 491 have died in China • All the major roads around have been blocked for over 10 days; my families didn’t leave the house • The official report of infectious disease suggested that…
Happy Chinese New Year, dad!
I grew up at countryside along the Hanjiang River, a main branch of Yangtzi River at Hubei, China. My parents met each other under an arranged date. Dad bought a single apple as a first-date gift for mom. Mom often said that it was kinda embarrassing since the unmentionable poverty in both families. But I…
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