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Luowei Li, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics In Vitro Pathogenesis Section Staff Scientist Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute Building 37, Room 4060 Bethesda, MD 20892 Phone:   301-496-2383 Fax:   301-496-8709 E-Mail:   lilu@mail.nih.gov

Biography

Dr. Li received her Bachelor Degree in Biophysics from Fudan University in Shanghai, China. She was an instructor for Department of Biotechnology in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China before enrolled in a joint graduate program between W. Alton Jones Science Center in Lake Placid, NY and Tsinghua University. In 1993, she received her PhD in Biochemistry from a joint program between Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, and the W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center. Her PhD research was focused on the contribution of calcium homeostasis to the terminal differentiation of keratinocytes. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion in National Cancer Institute and later promoted to Staff Scientist under the direction of Dr. Stuart H. Yuspa.

Research

Dr. Li has focused her research on understanding the role of several major signal transduction pathways on epidermal proliferation, differentiation, and transformation. She is also interested in exploring the interaction between tumor cells and their microenvironment. Recently, she has been evaluating pathway specific agents for cancer therapy.

This page was last updated on 2/27/2013.