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
Winter 2007
Water, a jumping gene and Paul Beeson
This past spring we heard from Ariane Kirtley, M.P.H. ’04, who grew up in Africa and returned there after her...
Fall/Winter 2004
Chinese university leaders visit Yale
Leaders of 12 of China’s most prestigious universities spent two weeks at Yale in August, including one day at the...
Spring 2004
New partnership in China
On a recent trip to China, President Richard C. Levin and other university officers cemented a program of exchanges...
Winter 2002
Tian Xu, M.D.
Tian Xu, M.D. ’90, associate professor of genetics and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, was...
Fall 1998
Found in translation
A cell is a cell is a cell, researchers say, as Drosophila, yeast and other model organisms yield clues to human...
Autumn 2005
A moth’s gene helps discern gene functions
A new tool for genome research, developed in the Yale laboratory of Tian Xu, Ph.D. ’90, professor and vice chair of...
Spring 2004
A partnership that aids cancer’s migration
In the world of cancer-causing genes, Ras is a celebrity. Mutated versions of this gene appear in more than half of all...
