About Cancer Biology

The Cancer Biology Department is the home of a dynamic, collaborative and highly interactive faculty with cutting-edge research programs that span a wide range of cancer-related topics.

Every new discovery and success in our laboratories—big and small—is putting our dreams of eradicating (or controlling) cancer closer than ever to reality. We hope you will join us in our fight against cancer through basic and translational research at this most opportune and exciting time.

We invite you to learn more about:

• Our History
• Chair's Corner
• Faculty
• Graduate Program
• Seminars & Symposia

Recent Publications

The following publications have been recently published by Cancer Biology faculty:

• Wu, Lai Man Natalie; Deng, Yaqi; Wang, Jincheng; Zhao, Chuntao; Wang, Jiajia; Rao, Rohit; Xu, Lingli; Zhou, Wenhao; Choi, Kwangmin; Rizvi, Tilat A; Remke, Marc; Rubin, Joshua B; Johnson, Randy L; Carroll, Thomas J; Stemmer-Rachamimov, Anat O; Wu, Jianqiang; Zheng, Yi; Xin, Mei; Ratner, Nancy; Lu, Q Richard 2018. Programming of Schwann Cells by Lats1/2-TAZ/YAP Signaling Drives Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell, 33 2, 292-308.e7
• Huang, Huilin; Weng, Hengyou; Sun, Wenju; Qin, Xi; Shi, Hailing; Wu, Huizhe; Zhao, Boxuan Simen; Mesquita, Ana; Liu, Chang; Yuan, Celvie L; Hu, Yueh-Chiang; Hüttelmaier, Stefan; Skibbe, Jennifer R; Su, Rui; Deng, Xiaolan; Dong, Lei; Sun, Miao; Li, Chenying; Nachtergaele, Sigrid; Wang, Yungui; Hu, Chao; Ferchen, Kyle; Greis, Kenneth D; Jiang, Xi; Wei, Minjie; Qu, Lianghu; Guan, Jun-Lin; He, Chuan; Yang, Jianhua; Chen, Jianjun 2018. Recognition of RNA N⁶-methyladenosine by IGF2BP proteins enhances mRNA stability and translation. Nature Cell Biology, 20 3, 285-295
• Su, Rui; Dong, Lei; Li, Chenying; Nachtergaele, Sigrid; Wunderlich, Mark; Qing, Ying; Deng, Xiaolan; Wang, Yungui; Weng, Xiaocheng; Hu, Chao; Yu, Mengxia; Skibbe, Jennifer; Dai, Qing; Zou, Dongling; Wu, Tong; Yu, Kangkang; Weng, Hengyou; Huang, Huilin; Ferchen, Kyle; Qin, Xi; Zhang, Bin; Qi, Jun; Sasaki, Atsuo T; Plas, David R; Bradner, James E; Wei, Minjie; Marcucci, Guido; Jiang, Xi; Mulloy, James C; Jin, Jie; He, Chuan; Chen, Jianjun 2018. R-2HG Exhibits Anti-tumor Activity by Targeting FTO/m6A/MYC/CEBPA Signaling. Cell, 172 1-2, 90-105.e23
• Yang, Yongguang; Leonard, Marissa; Zhang, Yijuan; Zhao, Dan; Mahmoud, Charif; Khan, Shugufta; Wang, Jiang; Lower, Elyse E; Zhang, Xiaoting 2018. HER2-Driven Breast Tumorigenesis Relies upon Interactions of the Estrogen Receptor with Coactivator MED1. Cancer Research, 78 2, 422-435

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Latest News/Events

Congratulations to research assistant professor, Chenran Wang, PhD.

6/5/2018: Dr. Wang has been awarded his first R01 from the NIH, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, entitled "Regulation of Lipid Catabolism by Autophagy in Neural Stem Cell of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex".  The five year grant will study tuberous sclerosis complex, which is a multi-system developmental disorder with prominent malformations and benign tumors in postnatal brain.