Chuan Li, PhD

Project title

"Quantifying epistasis between tumor suppressor genes and revealing the underlying expression profiles at the single-cell level in murine lung adenocarcinoma"

Dr. Li is focusing on quantifying how different tumor suppressor genes interact to determine the mechanisms underlying cancer growth. Using mouse lung adenocarcinoma as a model system, she is developing high-throughput experimental approaches to quantify the combinatorial effects of inactivating tumor suppressor pairs. This approach may enable an in-depth understanding of the pathways that underlie cancer progression and potentially hint at new therapeutic targets.

Institution

Stanford University

Cancer type

Lung

Research area

Cancer Genetics

Award Program

Fellow

Named Award

Connie and Bob Lurie Fellow