Ph.D. 1994,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of CUNY, New York City

Wei Hsu, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Biomedical Genetics, Center for Oral Biology
Associate Professor of Oncology, Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Dentistry

Department of Biomedical Genetics
GEBS Clusters: Genetics, Genomics and Development; Pathways of Human Disease

Contact Information:
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 611
Rochester, New York 14642
Office: KMRB G-9635
(585)275-7802

Email: Wei_Hsu@urmc.rochester.edu

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

The control of cell growth and differentiation has been a major issue in basic developmental biology as well as cancer research. The elucidation of molecular mechanisms that control and orchestrate cellular responses to developmental signals greatly assists in identifying the genetic causes and treatments for human diseases. These signals regulate downstream molecules that trigger a cascade of signaling events to reprogram the profile of gene expression. Investigating the mechanisms by which the developmental signaling pathway regulates gene expression, and controls cell growth and differentiation in health and disease is the long-term interest of my laboratory.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Click to see publications by Dr. Hsu indexed in the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database.

H-M Ivy Yu, Bo Liu, Shang-Yi Chiu, Frank Costantini and Wei Hsu (2005). Development of a unique system for spatiotemporal and lineage-specific gene expression in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 102, 8615-8620.

H-M Ivy Yu, Boris Jerchow, Tzong-Jen Sheu, Bo Liu, Frank Costantini, J Edward Puzas, Walter Birchmeier and Wei Hsu (2005). The role of Axin2 in calvarial morphogenesis and craniosynostosis. Development, 132, 1995-2005.

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