Dr. Longxia Xu earned a B.S. in biotechnology from Southwest University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Shanghai Institute. Dr. Xu’s undergraduate work focused on in vivo integrations, followed by graduate work that explored the role of histone H3k27me3 demethylase in lung carcinogens and the function of skin development. In 2018, Dr. Xu joined the laboratory of Dr. Xiaobing Shi at Van Andel Institute as a postdoctoral fellow.