（1）同济大学，附属第一妇婴保健院，副研究员 Associate Professor, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine （2）Journal of Genetics and Genomics杂志审稿人 Reviewer of Journal of Genetics and Genomics
【主持项目】
(1) 国家自然科学基金委员会，青年科学基金项目，82001552，KPNA7基因突变导致人类早期胚胎停育的致病机制研究，2021-01至2023-12，24万元
(2) 上海市科学技术委员会，上海市“科技创新行动计划”（扬帆计划），20YF1438300，PADI6基因突变导致人类早期胚胎停育的致病机制研究，2020-07至2023-06，20万元 【代表性论文】
(1) Yao Xu#, Yingli Shi#, Jing Fu#, Min Yu#, Ruizhi Feng, Qing Sang, Bo Liang, Biaobang Chen, Ronggui Qu, Bin Li, Zheng Yan, Xiaoyan Mao, Yanping Kuang, Li Jin, Lin He, Xiaoxi Sun*, Lei Wang*. Mutations in PADI6 cause female infertility characterized by early embryonic arrest. Am J Hum Genet. 2016 Sep 1;99(3):744-52.
(2) Yao Xu#, Ying Qian#, Yu Liu, Qiaofeng Wang, Rongxiang Wang, Yiwen Zhou, Caixia Zhang, Zhi Pang, Hongjuan Ye, Songguo Xue*, Lihua Sun*. A novel homozygous variant in NLRP5 is associate with human early embryonic arrest in a consanguineous Chinese family. Clin Genet. 2020 Jul;98(1):69-73.
(3) Yao Xu#, Xiuxian Zhu#, Miao Wang, Luyi Cai, Qiulin Ge, Yonglun Fu*, Liping Jin*. The homozygous p.Tyr228Cys variant in CDC20 causes oocyte maturation arrest: an additional evidence supporting causality between CDC20 mutation and female infertility. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2021 Aug;38(8):2219-2222.
(4) Weijie Wang#, Wenjing Wang#, Yao Xu#, Juanzi Shi#, Jing Fu, Biaobang Chen, Jian Mu, Zhihua Zhang, Lin Zhao, Jing Lin, Jing Du, Qiaoli Li, Lin He, Li Jin, Xiaoxi Sun*, Lei Wang*, Qing Sang*. FBXO43 variants in patients with female infertility characterized by early embryonic arrest. Hum Reprod. 2021 Jul 19;36(8):2392-2402.
