Yujia Liu

Email: rdfliu@uchicago.edu
Contact address: 900 E 57th St. KCBD 10220A, Chicago, IL 60637
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
2021–
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Advisor: Prof. Michael Rust
M.Phil. in Computational Biology, with Distinction
2020–2021
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Advisor: Prof. James Locke
Thesis: Modeling the Dynamics of Bacterial Alternative Sigma Factors and Their Competition
B.Eng. in Bioengineering, Honors Science Program
2016–2020
Xian Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Advisor: Prof. Xiaoyun Lu & Prof. Tielin Yang
Exchange program
2018
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Advisor: Prof. Adam Arkin
PRESENTATIONS
Biological oscillator designs that allow growth-independent period
Talk and poster at ASCB|EMBO Cell Bio Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA. 2024
Poster at Stochastic Physics in Biology Gordon Research Seminar/Conference
Ventura, CA. 2025
TEACHING & MENTORING
Nucleic Acid Structure and Function BCMB 30600
Autumn 2023
Teaching assistant. With Prof. Phoebe Rice and Dr. Jingyi Fei
Introductory graduate level course
Biological Dynamics BIOS 20236
Spring 2024
Teaching assistant. With Prof. Edwin Munro and Prof. Michael Rust
Advance undergraduate course with computer lab
National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology Undergraduate Research Program
Summer 2024
Mentored Helen Yoo (Bradley University). Calculating temperature-compensated limit cycles
PREPRINTS
Mixed positive and negative feedback loops drive diverse single-cell gene expression dynamics
Torkel E. Loman, Christian P. Schwall, Teresa Saez, Yujia Liu, James C. W. Locke. bioRxiv 2025.01.14.632931; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.14.632931
Lactuchelins: New lipopeptide siderophores from Pseudomonas lactucae inhibit Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris 8004
Guillaume Chesneau, Alba Noel, Dimitri Bréard, Alice Boulanger, Martial Briand, Sophie Bonneau, Morgan Price, Yujia Liu, Andrew Hendrickson, Torben Nielsen, Alain Sarniguet, David Guilet, Adam Arkin, Lauren Lui, Matthieu Barret. bioRxiv 2025.02.28.640635; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.28.640635
HONORS & AWARDS
Dean's International Student Fellowship
2022
University of Chicago
Outstanding Bachelor's Thesis
2020
Presidential Scholarship
2019
Xian Jiaotong University