Lin Anning

Biography

LIN Anning is a Professor of Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, hanghai, China. Research Interests: Signal transduction plays a pivot role in regulating cell functions, from proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, and transformation. Deregulation of signal transduction could lead to various human diseases even cancer. Extracellular signals are transmitted into cells via an intracellular signaling network that is composed of multiple signaling pathways, dictating cellular functions, such as growth, differentiation, programmed death (apoptosis) and transformation. Although we have learnt a great deal about the architecture of the intracellular signaling network, our understanding of its biology is limited. The work in my laboratory focuses on elucidating molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity and specificity of intracellular signaling network using c- Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK) and IkB kinase (IKK)/NF-kappaB as molecular probes and understanding the impact of deregulating the intracellular signaling network on human diseases and cancer.

Research Interest

Signal transduction plays a pivot role in regulating cell functions, from proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, and transformation. Deregulation of signal transduction could lead to various human diseases even cancer. Extracellular signals are transmitted into cells via an intracellular signaling network that is composed of multiple signaling pathways, dictating cellular functions, such as growth, differentiation, programmed death (apoptosis) and transformation. Although we have learnt a great deal about the architecture of the intracellular signaling network, our understanding of its biology is limited. The work in my laboratory focuses on elucidating molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity and specificity of intracellular signaling network using c- Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK) and IkB kinase (IKK)/NF-kappaB as molecular probes and understanding the impact of deregulating the intracellular signaling network on human diseases and cancer.