Contact Information
Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research
Office Room #: 103
164 Frelinghuysen Road Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: (848) 445-7246
Fax: (732) 445-0687
Renping Zhou, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, Professor
Chemical Biology
Education & Training
PhD - University of California at Berkeley, CABS - Nanjing Normal University, China
Post-Doctoral Fellowship - NCI-Frederick Cancer R and D Center, Frederick, MD
Research Interests
The goal of our research is to understand what and how biological signals regulate normal and pathological processes in the nervous system. Recently, my laboratory has been investigating the molecular mechanisms by which ephrin family cell surface proteins regulate embryonic development. Our studies in the past 20 years have shown that ephrins play key roles in many biological processes including lens development and axon guidance during neural development. Loss of ephrin-A5 activity leads to defects in regulations of animal male aggression and maternal care. Our recent effort has been directed towards understanding molecular signals that may regulate ALS pathogenesis and motor neuron survival using a systems biology approach.Publications
Awards
2014 - William M. and Myrle W. Garbe Professor of Cancer and Leukemia Research1994, 2001, 2002, 2003 - Johnson and Johnson Discovery Award
1991 - Award for Postdoctoral Support, Robert and Claire Pasarow Foundation
1983-1988 Training Grant for Molecular Biology, National Institutes of Health
1983 - First Place, Graduate Entrance Test for Graduate School of Institute of Genetics, China