Yungping (jeffrey) Chiang
Staff Scientist
Experimental Immunology Branch, CCR
National Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
In 1996, Dr. Chiang came to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases as a postdoctoral fellow after he completed his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in University of Nebraska Medical Center. He joined the laboratory of Dr. Hodes of National Cancer Institute as an IRTA fellow in 1999, and became as a staff scientist in 2004. With gene targeting technology, Dr. Chiang has generated several mouse models for studying the development and activation of T cells, and the biology of telomeres.
Research Interest
Studies of Cbl family proteins and their functions in T cell development and activation by using mouse genetic approaches; roles of telomeres in cancer and aging biology; mouse genetics.
