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Research output per year
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The long-term research interest in Dr. Shengyu Yang’s lab is to understand the mechanisms underlying cancer metastasis and developing novel therapeutic strategies in the prevention and treatment of cancer metastasis.
The research in the lab currently focus on two areas related to mitochondrial signaling and metabolism in cancer metastasis.
The first area of research effort is to understand how the actin cytoskeleton remodeling in lung adenocarcinoma promotes metastatic colonization by controlling mitochondrial DNA homeostasis and augmenting mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. The second area of research effort is to understand the role of mitochondrial calcium signaling in the control of metabolic stress resistance by activating the Keap1-Nrf2 antioxidant response program in metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Shengyu Yang is co-directing a new course for medical students at Penn State College of Medicine, Mitochondria in Physiology and Diseases, with Dr. Katherine Aird.
Dr. Yang also lectures on receptor tyrosine kinase signaling, cancer metastasis and mitochondrial dynamics to graduate students.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Weill Cornell Medical College
… → 2010
Biophysics, PhD, Chinese Academy of Science
… → 2001
BS, Xiamen University
… → 1996
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review