Xinghui Sun
Assoc Professor Biochemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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BEAD N158
Lincoln NE 68588-0665 - Phone
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402-472-8898 On-campus 2-8898
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xsun17@unl.edu
Research interests
The research program in Dr. Sun’s lab focuses on how metabolic stress affects healthy humans, particularly the role of long non-coding RNA in metabolic diseases such as obesity and atherosclerosis. Cell senescence is a stable form of cell cycle arrest, which plays a causative role in the pathology of obesity and cardiovascular disease. A variety of approaches including in vitro cell culture, in vivo knockout or transgenic mouse models, and multiple 'omics' technologies will be employed to identify the new mechanisms by which long non-coding RNAs regulate cell senescence in obesity and atherosclerosis.
Education
- Ph D, Fudan University, 2004