主要利用生化和細(xì)胞生物學(xué)，生物信息學(xué)，小鼠模型等手段研究癌癥基因組。尋找新的癌癥基因，尤其關(guān)注染色質(zhì)結(jié)構(gòu)調(diào)節(jié)和RNA調(diào)控類(lèi)基因。研究這些新的癌癥基因在癌癥發(fā)生和轉(zhuǎn)移過(guò)程中發(fā)揮的作用。同時(shí)設(shè)計(jì)針對(duì)癌癥基因變異的靶向治療策略。

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