Mar 31, 2025
Congratulations to Zhengyao Shao!!
The protocol “Protocol for Chromatin Immunoprecipitation followed by re-Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP-reChIP) to Investigate Bivalent Histone Modification Dynamics in Response to Warm Ambient Temperature” is accepted by Star Protocol!!
Mar 12, 2025
Congratulations to Chia-Yang Chen and Zhengyao Shao!!
Their co-first author paper “Histone acetyltransferase HAF2 associates with PDC to control H3K14ac and H3K23ac in ethylene response” is accepted by Cell Reports!!
Mar 3, 2025, the best news of 2025!
Congratulations to Tiffany Zhou and Josh Leong!!
Tiffany has been accepted into the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy.
Josh has been accepted by- UT Southwestern Medical School
Sep 13, 2024
Congratulations to Zhengyao Shao!
His first author paper “LHP1 And INO80 Cooperate with Ethylene Signaling for Warm Ambient Temperature Response by Activating Specific Bivalent Genes” is accepted by Cell Reports, and will be online Sep 24th.
Jul 26, 2024
Congratulations to Zhengyao Shao!
His First Author Paper “Nuclear Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Regulates Histone Acetylation And Transcriptional Regulation In The Ethylene Response” Now Is On Science Advances.
Mar 01, 2024
Our paper “LHP1 And INO80 Cooperate With Ethylene Signaling for Warm Ambient Temperature Response by Activating Specific Bivalent Genes” now is on bioRxiv.
Jan 05, 2024
Our collaborate paper “DNA Methylation Remodeled Amino Acids Biosynthesis Regulates Flower Senescence in Carnation (Dianthus Caryophyllus)” published on New Phytol .
Jan 02, 2024
Our paper “Histone Acetyltransferase HAF2 Associates With PDC to Control H3K14ac and H3K23ac in Ethylene Response” now is on bioRxiv.
Aug 03, 2023
Our collaborate paper “The Master Growth Regulator DELLA Binding to Histone H2A Is Essential for DELLA-Mediated Global Transcription Regulation” published on Nature Plant.
May 26, 2023
Congratulations to Zhengyao Shao!
Zhengyao has successful finished his thesis defense. Congrats on your success!



Feb 06, 2023
Our collaborate paper “Integration of High-Throughput Phenotyping, GWAS, and Predictive Models Reveals the Genetic Architecture of Plant Height in Maize” published on Molecular Plant.
Feb 02, 2023
Our collaborate paper “Endosperm And Maternal-Specific Expression of EIN2 in The Endosperm Affects Endosperm Cellularization and Seed Size In Arabidopsis” published on Genetics.
Jan 10, 2023
Our collaborate paper “Histone H3K4 Methyltransferase DcATX1 Promotes Ethylene Induced Petal Senescence in Carnation” published on Plant Physiology.
Dec 12, 2022
Our collaborate paper “A Spatiotemporal Transcriptomic Network Dynamically Modulates Stalk Development in Maize” published on PBJ.
September 14, 2022
Congratulations to Zhengyao Shao!
Zhenyao’s frist author paper published in New Phytologist. Congratulations to Zhengyao Shao!
April 14, 2022
Congratulations to LiJuan Xu!
Lijuan was awarded Summer Fellowship of Graduate School.
November 19, 2021
Congratulations to Bo’s achievement!!
Bo Zhao’s first author paper was officially accepted by PLoS Genetics Today. Congrats Bo!
November 19, 2021
Congratulations to Bo!
Congratulations Bo. Now, you are Dr. Bo Zhao. That is a huge accomplishment that requires a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication. You Made It!


July 31, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Qiao!
Dr.Qiao is appointed as Fellow Of The Lorene Morrow Kelley From Sep1st, 2021 to Aug 30, 2024
March 11, 2021
Congratulations to Zhengyao Shao!
Zhengyao has been selected to receive a University Graduate Continuing Fellowship for 2021-2022, a testament to his outstanding accomplishments as a graduate student.
December 9, 2020
Congratulations to Zhengyao Shao!
The fellowship committee has nominated Zhenayo for the graduate school’s Continuing Fellowship For The 2021 – 2022 academic Year! Great news!
December 9, 2020
Best wishes to Likai Wang with his faculty position!
Likai Wang has accepted faculty oosition in Nanjing Agriculture University. Congrats and best wishes!
November 19, 2020
Graduate students and postdoc positions are available
Serval graduate students and two postdocs positions are available in Qiao Lab. Please feel free to contact hqiao@Austin.utexas.edu
November 1, 2020
Congratulations to Likai Wang !
Likai’s reviwer paper “Chromatin Regulation In Plant Hormone And Plant Stress Responses” in Current Opinion in Plant Bioloby is Online.
November 1, 2020
Congratulations to Prashanth!
Our undergraduate student Prashanth Kotla has been selected as a recipient of the undergraduate research fellowship. Congratulations Prashanth!
October 26, 2020
Congratulations to Likai Wang !
Likai’s PNAS paper “TREE1-EIN3-Mediated Transcriptional Repression Inhibits Shoot Growth in the Response to Ethylene” will be online November 2, 2020.
October 22, 2020
Congratulations to Likai Wang!
Likai’s Plant Cell Paper is accepted, congrats!!
April 6, 2020
Congratulations to Zhenayo Shao!
Our graduate student Zhenyao Shao has been awarded the CNS Summer Fellowship. Congratulations Zhengyao! Well done!!!
March 2, 2020
Congratulations to Austin
Our undergraduate student researcher Austin Huang has been selected as a recipient ff the Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations Austin! Great job!
August 22, 2017
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July 10, 2017
Summer
Summer Gathering
July 10, 2017
Congrats!
Siddharth Rode and Erinn Pemberton are accepted by different medical schools. Both of them worked more or around 2 years in Qiao Lab. Congratulations!
July 10, 2017
Congrats!
Likai’s paper is accepted by BMC Genomics!
July 10, 2017
Congrats!
Bo recived PB Grad Excellence Endowment Award! Congratulations!!
October 21, 2016
Congrats to Fan Zhang!
Congrats Fan’s second paper is accepted by PLoS Genetics
August 30, 2013
Qiao Lab Opens At UT
Hong Qiao joins the University of Texas at Austin.