Jun Lu PhD

Assistant Professor of Genetics

Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Computational Immunology | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: Cell Cycle and Signal Transduction; Transcriptional Regulation

Stem Cell Center, Yale: Transcriptional Regulation of Stem and Progenitor Cells | Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Cell Symmetry

Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale

Liver Center

Genetics

Research Interests

Non-coding RNAs in blood stem cell differentiation and malignancies; MicroRNA-mediated control of embryonic stem cell fates; MicroRNA mechanisms

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Education

Ph.D., Boston University , 2003

Selected Publication

Brian D. Adams, Shangqin Guo, Haitao Bai, Yanwen Guo, Cynthia Megyola, Jijun Cheng, Kartoosh Heydari, Changchun Xiao, E. Premkumar Reddy, and Jun Lu. Cell Reports, In Press, 2012

Latest Honor and Recognition

Forbeck Scholar(2007) , William Guy Forbeck Foundation

Articles

Nov/Dec 2012

Blood bounces back from chemotherapy

Healthy blood cells take a beating during chemotherapy. New work by Yale researchers suggests a strategy to help repair...

Donation from leading Asian foundation will advance stem cell science

The Li Ka Shing Foundation (LKSF), Asia’s largest philanthropic organization, has made a $1.5 million donation to the...