Lei Xu, Ph.D.

Lei Xu, Ph.D.

Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 633
Rochester, NY 14642

Fax: (585) 273-1450
Office: (585) 273-1302
Administrative: (585) 273-1440
Lab: (585) 276-4365

Awards & Honors

IDEA Award from NYSTEM | New York State Department of Health 2009
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award | NIH 2009
Gold Medal | Nanjing University, China 1992
Excellent Student Award | Nanjing University, China 1992 - 1994
Guanghua Award | Nanjing University, China 1991

Recent Journal Articles

Showing the 5 most recent journal articles. 12 available »

2012 Apr
Yang L, Xu L. "GPR56 in cancer progression: current status and future perspective." Future oncology (London, England). 2012 Apr 0; 8(4):431-40.
2011
Liquan Yang; Guangchun Chen; Sonali Mohanty; Glynis Scott; Febeha Fazal; Arshad Rahman; Shahinoor Begum; Richard O. Hynes; Lei Xu. "GPR56 Regulates VEGF Production and Angiogenesis during Melanoma Progression." Cancer Research. 2011; 71: 5558-68.
2010
Lei Xu; Shahinoor Begum; Marc Barry; Denise Crowley; Liquan Yang; Roderick T. Bronson; Richard O. Hynes. "GPR56 Plays Varying Roles in Endogenous Cancer Progression". Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 2010; 27: 241-9.
2010
Guangchun Chen; Liquan Yang; Shahinoor Begum; Lei Xu. "GPR56 Is Essential for Testis Development and Male Fertility in Mice." Developmental Dynamics. 2010; 239: 3358-67.
2008 May
Xu L, Shen SS, Hoshida Y, Subramanian A, Ross K, Brunet JP, Wagner SN, Ramaswamy S, Mesirov JP, Hynes RO. "Gene expression changes in an animal melanoma model correlate with aggressiveness of human melanoma metastases." Molecular cancer research : MCR. 2008 May 0; 6(5):760-9.

Current Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Biomedical Genetics (SMD) - Primary
Assistant Professor - Department of Dermatology (SMD)
Assistant Professor - Department of Pharmacology and Physiology (SMD)
Assistant Professor - Cancer Center

Education

Postdoctoral Training | Massachusetts Institute of Technology2007
Ph.D. | Biological Sciences | Indiana University2000
B.S. | Biochemistry | Nanjing University1994

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cancer Biology (Mentor: Richard Hynes) 2007