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Name	Kai-Tai Yao
Contact Information	ktyao@smu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Kai-Tai Yao

Contact Information

ktyao@smu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Southern Medical University
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1954 - Graduated from Shanghai First Medical College, Medical Department Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Member of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Work Experience	1998-present - Southern Medical University, Professor and Founding Director of the Cancer Research Institute Former Director of the Pathophysiology Department and Cancer Research Institute at Xiangya Medical College, Central South University
Awards	1996: National Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Prize 1997: National Technology Invention Award, Third Prize 1996: Medical and Health Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Prize

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Southern Medical University

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1954 - Graduated from Shanghai First Medical College, Medical Department
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Work Experience

1998-present - Southern Medical University, Professor and Founding Director of the Cancer Research Institute
Former Director of the Pathophysiology Department and Cancer Research Institute at Xiangya Medical College, Central South University

Awards

1996: National Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Prize
1997: National Technology Invention Award, Third Prize
1996: Medical and Health Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Prize

Areas of Focus	Research on nasopharyngeal carcinoma stem cells Molecular mechanisms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Publications	Myc regulation of chk1 and chk2 promotes radioresistance in a stem cell-like population of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells, Wang WJ, Wu SP, Liu JB, Shi YS, Huang X, Zhang QB, Yao KT, 2013 Aberrant expression of nuclear vimentin and related epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, LuoW, Fang W, Li S, Yao K, 2012 High Expression of Nuclear Snail, but not Cytoplasmic Staining, Predicts Poor Survival in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Luo WR, Li SY, Cai LM, Yao KT, 2012

Areas of Focus

Research on nasopharyngeal carcinoma stem cells
Molecular mechanisms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Publications

Myc regulation of chk1 and chk2 promotes radioresistance in a stem cell-like population of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells, Wang WJ, Wu SP, Liu JB, Shi YS, Huang X, Zhang QB, Yao KT, 2013
Aberrant expression of nuclear vimentin and related epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, LuoW, Fang W, Li S, Yao K, 2012
High Expression of Nuclear Snail, but not Cytoplasmic Staining, Predicts Poor Survival in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Luo WR, Li SY, Cai LM, Yao KT, 2012

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cancer Stem Cell Pathogenesis Molecular Mechanisms Eb Virus Carcinogenesis Tumor Biology Oncology Cancer Research Stem Cell Research

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