Understanding the cancer biology of osteosarcoma using genomic analyses to identify novel biomarkers and therapeutic strategies, hence improve the outcome of osteosarcoma.
My current research focuses are (1) to better understand the tumor microenvironment and heterogeneity of osteosarcoma using single cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomic analyses, and (2) to investigate alternative splicing events in osteosarcoma using hybrid RNA sequencing. The goal is to identify new biomarkers predicting treatment response, metastasis and survival and new therapeutic target for new treatment development.
In my previous positions, I led the development of medium-throughput in vitro functional platform testing the somatic mutations and fusions identified from cancer patients using 2 cell models, Ba/F3 and MCF10A and tested over 1,600 mutations and fusions, including allelic series of oncogenes PIK3CA, EGFR and BRAF. In addition, I worked proteomic analysis of lung adenocarcinoma, Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma as well as pan-cancers under The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program.
Education
MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas
Postdoctoral fellow
Adv: Dr. Gordon Mills
2011-2014
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Postdoctoral fellow
Adv: Dr. Stephen Tsui
2008-2011
City University of Hong Kong
Ph.D., Environmental molecular toxicology
Adv: Dr. Richard Kong
2001-2007
City University of Hong Kong
B.Sc. (Hons.), Applied biology
1998-2001
Experience
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Research Scientist, Dr. Ching Lau lab
2020-present
University of Connecticut
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
2021-present
MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas
Scientific Manager, Institute of Personalized Cancer Therapy
2019-2020
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Personalized Cancer Therapy
2018-2019
Research Scientist, Institute of Personalized Cancer Therapy
2014-2018
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