Bin Li
The University of Hong Kong, China
Biography
Bin Li has completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from University of Hong Kong, and his PhD research focused on the role of Id1 in activating PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and promoting esophageal cancer progression. He is currently a Postdoctoral research scientist, and he has established highly chemoresistant and metastatic esophageal cancer cell models. His current research interests include functional identification and characterization of novel genes/miRNAs associated with chemoresistance and metastasis, the mechanistic study and targeted therapy; identification and characterization of esophageal cancer stem cells. He has over ten peer-reviewed research papers published in reputed journals.
Abstract
Abstract : Identification of miR-29c/FBXO31 as a key regulatory mechanism in esophageal cancer chemoresistance