I am involved with collaborative projects, headed by my colleagues in the Center for Genome Engineering, the UMN Stem Cell Institute, and the Masonic Cancer Center at UMN, that focus on non-viral gene therapy using the Sleeping Beauty transposon system precision genetic engineering (genome editing) in large animals for improving animal welfare and quality, swine models of diseases, and regenerative medicine.

Zhu W, Ou L, Zhang L, Clark IH, Zhang Y, Zhu XH, Whitley CB, Hackett PB, Low WC, Chen W. Mapping brain networks in MPS I mice and their restoration following gene therapy. Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 5;13(1):12716. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39939-0. PMID: 37543633; PMCID: PMC10404260.

Ph.D.: University of Colorado, 1974

B.S.: Physics, Stanford University 1968