Tian Xu PhD
Professor of Genetics; Vice Chairman of Genetics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and DevelopmentStem Cell Center, Yale: Stem Cell Genetics
Global Health Initiative: Information & Biotechnology
Animal Organogenesis
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Genetics: Tian Xu Lab: Investigator
Cancer Genetics
Research Interests
Genetic methodology; Cancer biology; Food and metabolism; Developmental mechanisms
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Education
- Ph.D., Yale University , 1990
Selected Publication
- Wu M, Pastor-Pareja JC & Xu T. Interaction between RasV12 and scribble clones induces tumor growth and invasion. Nature, 2010, 403, 676–680.
Articles
May/June 2010
Cellular ‘neighbors’ spur cancer's spread
One reason cancer is so difficult to understand and to treat is that tumors are a genetic muddle. A cell can become...
March/April 2008
Gene-hunters search the world for treatments
Yale researchers are going to the ends of the earth to find the genetic causes of human disease. The inspiration for...
Jan/Feb 2007
$3 billion Yale campaign will benefit science and medicine
Nearly a decade after the close of its last major fundraising campaign, Yale has launched “Yale Tomorrow,” a five-year...
Oct/Nov 2005
Of moths and mice: jumping genes make big leap to mammals
The Human Genome Project succeeded at the monumental task of assembling a complete parts list for the human body by...
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