Tian Xu

Biography

Born in 1962, the Ministry of Education Yangtze River lecture professor (Fudan University), Fudan UniversityDevelopment Biology Institute. He graduated from Genetics School of Fudan University in 1982 with a doctorate degree from Yale University in 1990 and a postdoctoral research degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1990-93. From 1993 she served as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor and Deputy Dean of Department of Genetics, Yale University. He is currently a research fellow at Hughes Medical Institute and chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Rothberg Institute for Childhood Illness. He is the editorial board member of Cell, Annual Review of Genetics, Disease Models and Mechanisms, Integrative Biology, Journal of Genetics and Genomics, and Molecular Cancer Research. Former Chinese biologist association, president of Yale University China education and science adviser. Born in 1962, the Ministry of Education Yangtze River lecture professor (Fudan University), Fudan UniversityDevelopment Biology Institute. He graduated from Genetics School of Fudan University in 1982 with a doctorate degree from Yale University in 1990 and a postdoctoral research degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1990-93. From 1993 she served as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor and Deputy Dean of Department of Genetics, Yale University. He is currently a research fellow at Hughes Medical Institute and chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Rothberg Institute for Childhood Illness. He is the editorial board member of Cell, Annual Review of Genetics, Disease Models and Mechanisms, Integrative Biology, Journal of Genetics and Genomics, and Molecular Cancer Research. Former Chinese biologist association, president of Yale University China education and science adviser.

Research Interest

Develop new methods of genetics and study the role of growth and size regulation in cancer, obesity and development.