laboratory of medical genetic

Songbin Fu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Genetics, serves as Director of Laboratory of Medical Genetics and Vice President of Harbin Medical University. He is a member of The Human Genome Organization (HUGO), an executive director of Genetics Society of China, a committee of experts of Chinese Genetic Resources, the chairman of Genetic Institute of Heilongiang Province and the Editor-in-Chief of "International Journal of Genetics".His current research projects include: (1) Conservation of Genetic Resources in China and Polymorphisms; (2) The structure and function of double minute chromosomes (DMs).

Yan Jin, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Genetics. Following completion of his postdoctoral training at New York Medical College, Dr. Jin joined Laboratory of Medical Genetics as an associate director and became a member of a council of Genetic Institute of Heilongiang Province.His research aims at the origion of double minute chromosomes and the signal pathways of ING4 in cancer.

Chunshui Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Genetics. His research interests lie in identifying and elucidating the molecular mechanisms which govern the regulation of the formation of Double-Minute chromosomes (DMs) and DMs related drug resistance and DNA damage signaling in human cancer cells by employing functional genetic approaches including genome-wide shRNA mediated loss-of-function screens, genome-wide human ORFeome based gain-of-function screens, quantitative phospho-proteomics as well as utilizing model organisms such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae ( budding yeast) and Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast).

Dekai Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, PhD supervisor
Current Positions
Joint Assistant Professor
Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Disease at Institute of Bioscience and Technology
Education and Post-Graduate Training
Dr. Dekai Zhang earned his M.S. and M.D. in Internal Medicine at Harbin Medical University and his Ph.D. in Cancer and Cell Biology at The University of Hong Kong. At Yale University School of Medicine, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, he undertook postdoctoral studies for Cancer Research and Immunobiology. Before he joined the IBT in September 2005, he was a research associate scientist in the Department of Immunobiology at Yale University. Currently he is an assistant professor in the Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases at the Institute of

Jianhua Yang, Ph.D., Professor, PhD supervisor
Current Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine
Education and Training
1983-1987 B.S. in biology, Department of Biology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, P. R. China
1990-1993 M.S., Department of Biology, Harbin Medical University
1994-2000 PhD., Department of Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas-Houston, Houston, TX, USA
2000-2002 Postdoc, Department of Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Experience
1987-1990 Rearch Assistant, Yining Medical School, Yining, P. R. China
2002-2002 Research Scientist, Tanox Biotechnology Inc., Houston TX, USA
2002-present Assistant Professor, Texas Children��s Cancer

Yang Yu, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate Professor of Genetics. Dr. Jin joined Laboratory of Medical Genetics as an associate director and became a member of a council of Genetic Institute of Heilongiang Province.

Jing Bai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Genetics, is an associate director of Laboratory of Medical Genetics. She is a member of a council of Chinese Association for Improving Birth Outcome and Child Development, the secretary-general of Genetic Institute of Heilongiang Province, the managing director of "International Journal of Genetics".Dr. Bai's research interest focuses on protomics analysis for DMs and metastasis in lung cancer.

Feng Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Genetics. He is an associate director of Laboratory of Medical Genetics and a member of a council of Genetic Institute of Heilongjiang Province.His work mainly focuses on the human genome diversity.

Xiangning Meng, M.D.,Ph.D., associate professor, academic advisor for mastor��s candidate.
In 1999, Xiangning Meng was graduated from the department of clinical medicine in Harbin Medical University. In 2003 and 2006, she obtained a master��s degree in medicine and the genetics doctor��s degree, respectively. During 2007 to 2008, she studied in Japan as a visiting scholar in Shiga university of medical science. Now, she holds a concurrent post of vice chairman member in medical genetics professional committee in Heilongjiang branch of Chinese Medical Association and the reviewer of International Journal of Genetics.
At present, she is engaged in the evolutionary study of chromosome structure(double minutes/homogeneously staining region) in drug resistant cancer cells and the personal

Chunyu Zhang, M.D. Ph.D. Associate Professor of Genetics. After graduated from Harbin Medical University, Dr. Zhang performed postdoctoral training at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center then studied in Department of Clinical Oncology of HongKong University as an Honorary Research Associate. She interests in such research projects: the function of DMs in cancer generation and cancer microenvironment.

Wenjing Sun, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Master supervisor
Education and Training
1996-2001, M.D. in Clinical Medicine, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
2003-2006, Master Degree in Medical Genetics, Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University
2006-2009, Ph.D. in Medical Genetics, Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University
2006-2010, Visting scholar, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA
2010-present Postdoctoral fellow, Basic Research Postdoctoral Station, Harbin Medical University
Memberships
Associate Commissioner, Genetics Society of Heilongjiang Province
Member, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Research Interest
Dr. Sun is focusing on the research projects ��The est

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