Frontiers in Pharmaceutical Sciences Lecture Series - No.221
The Hippo signaling pathway: from developmental biology to translational implications.
Topic: The Hippo signaling pathway: from developmental biology to translational implications.
Speaker: Dr. & Prof. Duojia Pan (Tenured professor of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Chair: Prof. Yong Zou (School of Pharmaceutical Science, SYSU)
Time: 10:30 AM, Tuesday, June 29, 2015
Venue: 125 Lecture Hall, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, East Campus, SYSU
Introduction to the speaker:
Dr. Duojia Pan is a tenured full professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He obtained B.S. in Biochemistry at Peking University (1988), Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry at UCLA (1993), and a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley (1993-1998). Prior to his current position, Dr. Pan was an Assistant and Associate Professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1998-2004). Dr. Pan has a long-standing interest in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying growth control and tissue homeostasis. He has published dozens of papers in prestigious journals including Cell, Nat Cell Biol, PNAS, Genes Dev, Dev Cell etc. Dr. Pan’s most important accomplishment is the discovery of the Hippo signaling pathway, a central mechanism that regulates tissue growth in animals ranging from insects to humans. His research has also elucidated the molecular function of the Tsc1 and Tsc2 tumor suppressor genes, and provided the key molecular insight for the use of mTOR inhibitors in the treatment of Tuberous Sclerosis. For his outstanding achievements, Dr. Pan won the Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research in 2013.
All are welcome to the lecture!
