Yin Sun, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 647
Rochester, NY 14642

Faculty Appointments

Research Assistant Professor - Department of Radiation Oncology (SMD)

Credentials

Education

1986
BS | China - Non-Medical School
Physiology, All Other

1993
PhD | Univ of Cal Los Angeles
Biochemistry

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/1995 - 07/1998
Robert Steel Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research Whithead Institute for Biomedical Research postdoctoral fellowship

01/1994 - 08/2000
Whitehead Institute, Laboratory of Dr. Robert A. Weinberg

07/1986 - 03/1988
Chinese government CUSBE Fellowship (China and United States Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Exchange) University of California Los Angeles

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Awards

1995 - 1998
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Sponsor: Robert Steel Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research

1987
Predoctoral Fellowship
Sponsor: China and USA Mol. Bio and Biochem. Exam. and Application

Publications

Journal Articles

9/15/2016
Zhai W, Sun Y, Jiang M, Wang M, Gasiewicz TA, Zheng J, Chang C. "Differential regulation of LncRNA-SARCC suppresses VHL-mutant RCC cell proliferation yet promotes VHL-normal RCC cell proliferation via modulating androgen receptor/HIF-2?/C-MYC axis under hypoxia." Oncogene.. 2016 Sep 15; 35(37):4866-80. Epub 2016 Mar 14.

4/1/2016
Shi L, Lin H, Li G, Sun Y, Shen J, Xu J, Yeh S, Cai X, Chang C. "Cisplatin enhances NK cells immunotherapy efficacy to suppress HCC progression via altering the androgen receptor (AR)-ULBP2 signals." Cancer letters.. 2016 Apr 1; 373(1):45-56. Epub 2016 Jan 19.

4/2016
Li W, Cohen A, Sun Y, Squires J, Braas D, Graeber TG, Du L, Li G, Li Z, Xu X, Chen X, Huang J. "The Role of CD44 in Glucose Metabolism in Prostatic Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma." Molecular cancer research : MCR.. 2016 Apr 0; 14(4):344-53. Epub 2016 Feb 01.

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