Molecular Biology Laboratory - People

Xiaojuan Sun, M.D.

Molecular Biology Laboratory Coro West, Suite 402 1 Hoppin Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Voice: (401) 444-5956 Fax: (401) 444-5872 e-mail: xsun1@lifespan.org

Education:
Postdoctoral Training, Penn State University School of Medicine, PA, (2001-2002).
M.S. Degree, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, China, (1990).
M.D. Guiyang Medical College, China, (1984).

Research Focus:

• p38 MAPK signal transduction.
• p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase is involved in Chondrocyte Apoptosis by the MKK6 Signal Transduction Pathway.
• p38 protein interaction by Two-Hybrid System.

Honors:

• Young scientific award of Hainan State in China, 1997.
• New Investigator Recognition Awards finalist (Year 2002 Orthopaedic Research Society).
• Research-Young Investigator’s Award finalist of Basic Science at RIH-10th Annual Hospital Research Celebration in 2002.
• New Investigator Recognition Awards finalist of 2003 Orthopaedic Research Society.

Selected Publications:
Xiaojuan Sun, Katalin Dobra, Mikael Björnstedt and Anders Hjerpe. Upregulation of 9 genes, including that for thioredoxin, during epithelial differentiation of mesothelioma cells. Differentiation. 2000, 66:181-188.

Xiaojuan Sun, Miklos Gulyas, and Anders Hjerpe. Mesothelial differentiation as reflected by differential gene expression. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2003, (in press).