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 Development
Stem 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 more...
Education
- Ph.D., Yale University, 1990
Selected Publications
- Wu M, Pastor-Pareja JC & Xu T. Interaction between RasV12 and scribble clones induces tumor growth and invasion. Nature, 2010, 403, 676–680.
- Igaki T., Pastor-Pareja, JC., , Aonuma, H., Miura M. and Xu T. Intrinsic tumor suppression and epithelial maintenance by endocytic activation of Eiger/TNF signaling in Drosophila. Dev Cell, 2009, 16:458-465.
- Ding S, Wu X, Li G, Han M, Zhuang Y, Xu T. (2005). Efficient Transposition of the piggyBac (PB) Transposon in Mammalian Cells and Mice. Cell 122(3):473-483.
