Person
Luo, Kathy Qian
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Biography and Research Interest
BIOGRAPHY
Prof. Kathy Qian Luo received her BS and MS degrees from Peking University and Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia in Canada. She worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology in USA, as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and as an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Prof. Luo is now a Full Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Macau. Her research areas include cancer biology, anti-cancer drug discovery and aging research. Prof. Luo has published 77 top quality international journal articles with total citations of 4,841 and h-index of 35. She has obtained 7 patents from USA, China and Singapore, also obtained 25 research grants with a total funding of over 10 million US dollars.
STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
Our research interests include: (1) Identify driver genes that can increase cancer cells survival in circulation, metastasis and tumor growth using zebrafish and mice as model animals. (2) Discover new agents against metastatic and drug resistant cancer cells. (3) Generate transgenic zebrafish for aging research and toxicity study.
Prof. Kathy Qian Luo received her BS and MS degrees from Peking University and Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia in Canada. She worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology in USA, as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and as an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Prof. Luo is now a Full Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Macau. Her research areas include cancer biology, anti-cancer drug discovery and aging research. Prof. Luo has published 77 top quality international journal articles with total citations of 4,841 and h-index of 35. She has obtained 7 patents from USA, China and Singapore, also obtained 25 research grants with a total funding of over 10 million US dollars.
STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
Our research interests include: (1) Identify driver genes that can increase cancer cells survival in circulation, metastasis and tumor growth using zebrafish and mice as model animals. (2) Discover new agents against metastatic and drug resistant cancer cells. (3) Generate transgenic zebrafish for aging research and toxicity study.
Non-Zebrafish Publications