Cell and Molecular Biology

The Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University seeks to deepen multi-aspect, mechanistic insights into the biological processes relevant to cancer.

The Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program promotes collaborative science focused on the interplay between metabolic and proliferative signaling networks, genetic and epigenetic regulations, and the tumor microenvironment.

Spanning basic and clinical science, the program's research outcomes include identifying new markers and targets to improve cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

The program has four primary themes:

  1. Cancer Cell Metabolism
  2. Cell Survival and Death Mechanisms
  3. Mechanisms of lnvasion and Metastasis
  4. Gene Regulation

Training Tomorrow's Cancer Researchers

Many members of the Cell and Molecular Biology Research program mentor students admitted to Emory University's Cancer Biology Graduate Program, providing outstanding training opportunities in every aspect of cancer research, from basic to translational.

Cancer Molecular Biology program members continuously publish high-quality research in premier scientific journals.

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Wei Zhou, PhD

Wei Zhou, PhD

Leader, Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Dr. Zhou's research focuses on molecular genetics of human cancer.

Photo of  Cheng-Kui Qu, MD, PhD
Cheng-Kui Qu, MD, PhD

Cheng-Kui Qu, MD, PhD

Co-Leader, Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Dr. Qu's research focus includes cell signaling and metabolic regulation of normal hematopoietic stem cells and leukemic stem cells.

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Di (Andy) Ai, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
    Malak Abed AlThgafi, MD, MBA
    Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
      Rebecca S. Arnold, PhD, MS
      Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine
        Waitmann K. Aumann, MD, MS
        Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
          Julia Babensee, PhD
          Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
            Sunil S. Badve, MD, FRCPath
            Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
              Kim Baek, PhD, MS
              Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
                Armita Bahrami, MD
                Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                  Benjamin G. Barwick, PhD
                  Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                    Charlie Garnett Benson, PhD
                    Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Georgia State University
                      Lawrence Boise, PhD
                      Associate Director for Education and Training, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
                        Kevin Bunting, PhD
                        Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                          Jaideep Chaudhary, PhD
                          Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University
                            Inyeong Choi, PhD
                            Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                              Anita H. Corbett, PhD
                              Samuel C. Dobbs Professor, Department of Biology, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
                                Victor Corces, PhD
                                Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                  Ahmet F. Coskun, PhD
                                  Bernie-Marcus Early-Career Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
                                    Sayantan Datta, MSc, PhD
                                    Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                      George Deeb, MD
                                        William S. Dynan, PhD
                                        Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                          Yue Feng, MD, PhD
                                          Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                            Laura Finzi, PhD
                                            Professor, Department of Physics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
                                              Jatin S. Gandhi, MBBS, MD
                                              Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                Homa Ghalei, PhD
                                                Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                  Melissa Gilbert-Ross, PhD
                                                  Scientific Director, Cancer Animal Models Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
                                                    Sandra Gjorgova Gjeorgjievski, MD
                                                    Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                      Adam D. Gracz, PhD
                                                      Assistant Professor, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                        Karmella A. Haynes, PhD
                                                        Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
                                                          Peijian He, PhD, MS
                                                          Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                            Cimona V. Hinton, PhD
                                                            Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development, Clark Atlanta University
                                                              Andrew L. Hong, MD
                                                              Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics , Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                Takahiro Ito, PhD
                                                                Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia
                                                                  Shu Jia, PhD
                                                                  Assistant Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
                                                                    Yi Jiang, PhD
                                                                    Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Emory University
                                                                      Peng Jin, PhD
                                                                      Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                        Dean Jones, PhD
                                                                        Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine , Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                          Richard A. Kahn, PhD, MS
                                                                          Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                            Daniel Kalman, PhD
                                                                            Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                              Stefan Kaluz, PhD
                                                                              Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                Sumin Kang, PhD
                                                                                Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                  David J. Katz, PhD
                                                                                  Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                    William G. Kelly, PhD
                                                                                    Professor, Department of Biology, Emory University
                                                                                      Melissa Lambeth Kemp, PhD
                                                                                      Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
                                                                                        Anna M. Kenney, PhD
                                                                                        Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                          Aparna Kesarwala, MD, PhD
                                                                                          Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                            Shafiq Khan, PhD
                                                                                            Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University
                                                                                              Alyssa M. Krasinskas, MD
                                                                                              Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                Sandeep Kumar, PhD
                                                                                                Assistant Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
                                                                                                  Joseph Lachance, PhD
                                                                                                  Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
                                                                                                    J. David Lambeth, MD, PhD
                                                                                                    Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                      Soojung Lee, PhD
                                                                                                      Research Scientist II, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                        Dorothy A. Lerit, PhD
                                                                                                        Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                          Xiaoxian (Bill) Li, MD, PhD
                                                                                                          Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                            Kirill S. Lobachev, PhD, MS
                                                                                                            Associate Professor, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
                                                                                                              Daniel Lubin, MD
                                                                                                              Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                Tobey J. MacDonald, MD
                                                                                                                Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
                                                                                                                  Zixu Mao, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                  Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                    Adam Marcus, PhD
                                                                                                                    Deputy Director, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
                                                                                                                      Morgan L. McLemore, MD
                                                                                                                      Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                        Haider A. Mejbel, MD
                                                                                                                        Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                          Kenneth H. Moberg, PhD
                                                                                                                          Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                            Edward S. Mocarski, PhD
                                                                                                                            Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                              Carlos S. Moreno, PhD
                                                                                                                              Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                Rita Nahta, PhD
                                                                                                                                Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                  Nawazish Naqvi, PhD
                                                                                                                                  Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                    Stewart G. Neill, MD, MS
                                                                                                                                    Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                      Ilya Nemenman, PhD, MS
                                                                                                                                      Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Emory University
                                                                                                                                        John M. Nickerson, PhD
                                                                                                                                        Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                          Shoichiro Ono, PhD
                                                                                                                                          Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                            Alexandre Orthwein, PhD, MSc
                                                                                                                                            Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                              David C. Pallas, PhD
                                                                                                                                              Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                Mihir R. Patel, MD
                                                                                                                                                Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                  Deniz Peker, MD
                                                                                                                                                  Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                    Christopher C. Porter, MD
                                                                                                                                                    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                      Maureen A. Powers, PhD
                                                                                                                                                      Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                        Zhaohui "Steve" Qin, PhD, MS
                                                                                                                                                        Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
                                                                                                                                                          Cheng-Kui Qu, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                          Co-Leader, Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
                                                                                                                                                            Renee Read, PhD
                                                                                                                                                            Assistant Director for Basic Research and Shared Resources, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
                                                                                                                                                              Leila Rieder, PhD, MA
                                                                                                                                                              Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
                                                                                                                                                                Brian S. Robinson, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                  Khalid Salaita, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                  Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University
                                                                                                                                                                    Lindsey Seldin, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                    Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                      Vahid Serpooshan, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                      Assistant Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
                                                                                                                                                                        Nicholas T. Seyfried, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                        Director, Emory Integrated Proteomics Core, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                          Suma Shankar, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                          Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                            Malathy Shanmugam, PhD, MS
                                                                                                                                                                            Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                              Qiuying Shi, MD, MS
                                                                                                                                                                              Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                Steven Sloan, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                  Jennifer M. Spangle, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                  Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                    Ryan J. Summers, MD
                                                                                                                                                                                    Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                      Shi-Yong Sun, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                      Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                        Daniel Sussman, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                        Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Emory College of Arts & Sciences
                                                                                                                                                                                          Yong Teng, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                          Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                            Denis Tsygankov, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                            Assistant Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
                                                                                                                                                                                              Gulisa Turashvili, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                              Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                Yong Wan, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                Director for Basic Research, Glenn Family Breast Center, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Zhengqi Wang, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Qun Wang, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Erica Werner, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Assistant Research Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                        William R. Wilcox, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Hao Wu, PhD, MHS, MS
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Chunhui Xu, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Bing Yao, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                David Yu, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jerome Landry MD Chair of Cancer Biology and Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Jindan Yu, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Scientific Director, Prostate and GU Cancer Research, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chang-Hyon Chris Yun, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases , Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Linsheng Zhang, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Wei Zheng, MD, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Wei Zhou, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Leader, Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Muxiang Zhou , MD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Cheng Zhu, PhD, MS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              J. Erskine Love Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering Regents' Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Yueming Zhu, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dan Zhu, PhD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine
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