Xiang Xue Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Xiang Xue, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Interests

Dr. Xue’s lab studies molecular mechanisms for inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. He utilizes cell line and enteroid cultures, mouse models, patient tissues and a wide array of molecular and biochemical methodologies.

Research Projects

Several ongoing projects in the Xiang Xue lab focus on finding answers to pressing questions such as:

• Why are micronutrients essential for cancer cell growth?
• How does mitochondrial metabolism regulate the progress of cancer?
• Whether stress activated pathways play a role in cancer cell metabolism?
• What role does hypoxia signaling have in intestinal inflammation and colorectal cancer?
• What is the critical link between nutrient homeostasis, inflammation and cancer?

Student Opportunities

• Undergraduate Pipeline Network Summer Research Experience
• Undergraduate research
• Graduate research
• Postdoctoral Fellow