Willis X. Li, Ph.D.
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Contact
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 633
Rochester, New York 14642
Office: 585 273-2408 (primary)
Lab: 585 273-2413
Fax: 585 273-1450

Current Appointments
- Associate Professor - Department of Biomedical Genetics (SMD)
- Associate Professor - Cancer Center (SMD)
| Education | ||
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| PhD Biological Sciences | Columbia University | 1995 |
| Post-Doctoral Training & Residency | |
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| Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School | 1995 - 2000 |
| Fellowship Awards | |
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| American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship | 1998 - 2000 |
Lab Website
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/biomedical-genetics/faculty/li-lab.cfm
| Recent Journal Articles |
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| Showing the 5 most recent journal articles. (25 available) |
| Yan SJ; Zartman JJ; Zhang M; Scott A; Shvartsman SY; Li WX. "Bistability coordinates activation of the EGFR and DPP pathways in Drosophila vein differentiation." Molecular systems biology. 2009; 5():278. Epub 2009 Jun 16. |
| Xia, F.; Li, J.; Hickey, G.W.; Tsurumi, A.; Larson, K.; Guo, D; Yan, S.-J.; Silver-Morse, L.; Li, W.X. "Drosophila Raf activation is regulated by tyrosine 510 phosphorylation". PLoS Biology 6 (2008): e128. |
| Shi S; Larson K; Guo D; Lim SJ; Dutta P; Yan SJ; Li WX. "Drosophila STAT is required for directly maintaining HP1 localization and heterochromatin stability." Nature cell biology. 2008; 10(4):489-96. Epub 2008 Mar 16. |
| Li WX. "Canonical and non-canonical JAK-STAT signaling." Trends in cell biology. 2008; 18(11):545-51. Epub 2008 Oct 09. |
| Xing, Y.; Shi, S.; Le, L.; Lee, C.A.; Silver-Morse, L.; Li, W.X.;. "Evidence for Transgenerational Transmission of Epigenetic Tumor Susceptibility in Drosophila". PLoS Genet 3 (2007): e151. |

