Huawen Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Conducts research seeking targets for new pharmaceutical approaches based on protein stress.

About Huawen Li, Ph.D.

The stress response is an evolutionarily, highly conserved adaptive mechanism that enhances cell survival. Genome instability is a hallmark of cancer cells. We are highly interested in the relationship between these two factors. We use mouse models to mimic lung cancer, which have obvious genome instability. We also use molecular methods to find the basis for how these pathways talk to each other. This work might give us some clue or target for new pharmaceutical approaches based on protein stress.

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Research HighlightOctober 11, 2018
Stuck in a dangerous cycle
Paper provides important insight for B-cell lymphomagenesis from mouse models to human disease.
Press ReleaseSeptember 25, 2018
Brain cancer’s lethal differences: tracking extra DNA
Postdoctoral Associate Eunhee Yi has been awarded a $100,000 fellowship from the American Brain Tumor Association to discover how glioblastoma becomes so aggressive.
Press ReleaseSeptember 21, 2018
New way to target advanced breast cancers
New research shows that a cytokine signature found in certain kinds of breast cancer cells can not only serve as a diagnostic tool for HER2-negative cancers but also offer an effective treatment target.
Press ReleaseSeptember 05, 2018
A better combination therapy for leukemias
A new approach to treating some leukemias could deliver a one-two punch to the cancer cells without harming normal tissue.

Featured ArticleOctober 02, 2018
The Nobel Prize, immune checkpoints and exciting new cancer therapies
This year's Nobel Prize underscores the value of basic scientific research and the ways in which it can improve medical care.
Blog PostSeptember 25, 2018
American Cancer Society colon cancer screening guidelines
Could early colorectal cancer screening recommended by the American Cancer Society identify more people at high risk for hereditary cancer?
- Colon and Rectal Cancer
- Cancer
Search MagazineSeptember 11, 2018
Jumping genes and where to find them
Assistant Professor Christine Beck, Ph.D., is uncovering how recurring sequences in our genomes might shed light on genome stability, as well as diseases like cancer.
Press ReleaseAugust 01, 2018
A RACIPE for success
New five-year, $2.2M outstanding investigator grant to Mingyang Lu will support systems biology algorithm approach.