Don Nguyen PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Departments & Organizations
2011 YCCI Scholars
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Stem Cell Center, Yale: Transcriptional Regulation of Stem and Progenitor Cells | Stem Cell Niche and Homing | Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Cell Symmetry
Signal Transduction
Pathology: Pathology Research | Nguyen Lab
Research Interests
Metastasis; Lung cancer; Cancer genomics; Tumor microenvironment more...
Education
- BS, McGill University, 1998
- Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2004
Selected Publications
- Nguyen, D.X., Chiang, A.C., Zhang, H.F.X., Kim, J.Y., Kris, M.G., Ladanyi, M., Gerald, W.L., and Massague, J. WNT/TCF signaling through LEF1 and HOXB9 mediates lung adenocarcinoma metastasis. Cell, 138(1): 51-62 (2009).
- Kim, M-Y., Oskarsson, T., Acharyya, S., Nguyen, D.X., Zhang, X-F., Norton, L., and Massague, J. Tumor self-seeding by circulating cancer cells. Cell, 139 (7): 1315-1326 (2009).
- Bos, P.D., Zhang, H.F.X., Nadal, C., Shu. W., Gomis. R.R., Nguyen, D.X., Minn, A.J., Van de Vijver, M., Gerald, W.L., Foekens, J.A., and Massague, J. Genes that mediate metastasis through the blood-brain barrier. Nature, 459: 1005-9 (2009).
