Mengying (Summer) Xia

  • 4th Year Graduate Student

Dissertation Mentor

Dr. Lans Taylor

Education & Training

  • MPhil. in Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
  • B.S. in Biological Science, Central South University, China

Representative Publications

He J.*, Xia M.*, Yeung P.K.K., Chung K.K., Chung S.K., and Xia J. (2018) PICK1 inhibits the E3 ligase activity of Parkin and reduces its neuronal protective effect. PNAS. 115, 7193-7201 *Co-first author

He J., Xia M., Tsang W.H., Chow K.L., and Xia J. (2015). ICA1L forms BAR-domain complexes with PICK1 and is crucial for acrosome formation in spermiogenesis. J Cell Sci. 128, 3822-3836.

Zhu Z., Man X., Xia M., Huang Y, Yuan D, Huang S. (2013) Collective effects of SNPs on transgenerational inheritance in Caenorhabditis elegans and budding yeast. Genomics. 106, 23-9.