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Name	Sun Jun
Contact Information	junsun@ustc.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Anhui

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Name

Sun Jun

Contact Information

junsun@ustc.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Anhui

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Science and Technology of China
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2012 - Bachelor's Degree: Nankai University 2018 - PhD: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Published as first author in Nature, Nature Communications, Science Advances
Work Experience	2018 - Postdoctoral Research: Cornell University 2024 - Joining University of Science and Technology of China, School of Life Sciences and Medicine
Awards	John Haddad Young Investigator Award: American Institute of Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) Young Investigator Award: American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Webster Jee Young Investigator Award: International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICMRS) Young Investigator Award: Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF)

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Science and Technology of China

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2012 - Bachelor's Degree: Nankai University
2018 - PhD: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Published as first author in Nature, Nature Communications, Science Advances

Work Experience

2018 - Postdoctoral Research: Cornell University
2024 - Joining University of Science and Technology of China, School of Life Sciences and Medicine

Awards

John Haddad Young Investigator Award: American Institute of Mineral Metabolism (AIMM)
Young Investigator Award: American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
Webster Jee Young Investigator Award: International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICMRS)
Young Investigator Award: Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF)

Areas of Focus	Identification and functional study of novel skeletal stem cells Role of skeletal stem cells in spinal diseases Regulatory mechanisms of cancer bone metastasis Stem cell-mediated bone injury repair and regeneration
Publications	A vertebral skeletal stem cell lineage driving metastasis., Sun J, Hu L, Bok S, Yallowitz AR, Cung M, McCormick J, Zheng LJ, Debnath S, Niu Y, Tan AY, Lalani S, Morse KW, Shinn D, Pajak A, Hammad M, Suhardi VJ, Li Z, Li N, Wang L, Zou W, Mittal V, Bostrom MPG, Xu R, Iyer S, Greenblatt MB., 2023 SLITRK5 is a negative regulator of hedgehog signaling in osteoblasts., Sun J, Shin DY, Eiseman M, Yallowitz AR, Li N, Lalani S, Li Z, Cung M, Bok S, Debnath S, Marquez SJ, White TE, Khan AG, Lorenz IC, Shim JH, Lee FS, Xu R, Greenblatt MB., 2021 Histone demethylase LSD1 is critical for endochondral ossification during bone fracture healing., Sun J, Feng H, Xing W, Han Y, Suo J, Yallowitz AR, Qian N, Shi Y, Greenblatt MB, Zou W., 2020 Histone demethylase LSD1 regulates bone mass by controlling WNT7B and BMP2 signaling in osteoblasts., Sun J, Ermann J, Niu N, Yan G, Yang Y, Shi Y, Zou W., 2018 To the bones: mapping the skeletal LEPR(+) pool to component cell types., Sun J, Greenblatt MB., 2022 A multi-stem cell basis for craniosynostosis and calvarial mineralization., Bok S, Yallowitz AR, Sun J, McCormick J, Cung M, Hu L, Lalani S, Li Z, Sosa BR, Baumgartner T, Byrne P, Zhang T, Morse KW, Mohamed FF, Ge C, Franceschi RT, Cowling RT, Greenberg BH, Pisapia DJ, Imahiyerobo TA, Lakhani S, Ross ME, Hoffman CE, Debnath S, Greenblatt MB., 2023 Are osteoblasts multiple cell types? A new diversity in skeletal stem cells and their derivatives., Bok S, Sun J, Greenblatt MB., 2024 Itm2a expression marks periosteal skeletal stem cells that contribute to bone fracture healing., Xing W, Feng H, Jiang B, Gao B, Liu J, Xie Z, Zhang Y, Hu X, Sun J, Greenblatt MB, Zhou BO, Zou W., 2024 Tendon-derived cathepsin K-expressing progenitor cells activate Hedgehog signaling to drive heterotopic ossification., Feng H, Xing W, Han Y, Sun J, Kong M, Gao B, Yang Y, Yin Z, Chen X, Zhao Y, Bi Q, Zou W., 2020 Lkb1 deletion in periosteal mesenchymal progenitors induces osteogenic tumors through mTORC1 activation., Han Y, Feng H, Sun J, Liang X, Wang Z, Xing W, Dai Q, Yang Y, Han A, Wei Z, Bi Q, Ji H, Kang T, Zou W., 2019

Areas of Focus

Identification and functional study of novel skeletal stem cells
Role of skeletal stem cells in spinal diseases
Regulatory mechanisms of cancer bone metastasis
Stem cell-mediated bone injury repair and regeneration

Publications

A vertebral skeletal stem cell lineage driving metastasis., Sun J, Hu L, Bok S, Yallowitz AR, Cung M, McCormick J, Zheng LJ, Debnath S, Niu Y, Tan AY, Lalani S, Morse KW, Shinn D, Pajak A, Hammad M, Suhardi VJ, Li Z, Li N, Wang L, Zou W, Mittal V, Bostrom MPG, Xu R, Iyer S, Greenblatt MB., 2023
SLITRK5 is a negative regulator of hedgehog signaling in osteoblasts., Sun J, Shin DY, Eiseman M, Yallowitz AR, Li N, Lalani S, Li Z, Cung M, Bok S, Debnath S, Marquez SJ, White TE, Khan AG, Lorenz IC, Shim JH, Lee FS, Xu R, Greenblatt MB., 2021
Histone demethylase LSD1 is critical for endochondral ossification during bone fracture healing., Sun J, Feng H, Xing W, Han Y, Suo J, Yallowitz AR, Qian N, Shi Y, Greenblatt MB, Zou W., 2020
Histone demethylase LSD1 regulates bone mass by controlling WNT7B and BMP2 signaling in osteoblasts., Sun J, Ermann J, Niu N, Yan G, Yang Y, Shi Y, Zou W., 2018
To the bones: mapping the skeletal LEPR(+) pool to component cell types., Sun J, Greenblatt MB., 2022
A multi-stem cell basis for craniosynostosis and calvarial mineralization., Bok S, Yallowitz AR, Sun J, McCormick J, Cung M, Hu L, Lalani S, Li Z, Sosa BR, Baumgartner T, Byrne P, Zhang T, Morse KW, Mohamed FF, Ge C, Franceschi RT, Cowling RT, Greenberg BH, Pisapia DJ, Imahiyerobo TA, Lakhani S, Ross ME, Hoffman CE, Debnath S, Greenblatt MB., 2023
Are osteoblasts multiple cell types? A new diversity in skeletal stem cells and their derivatives., Bok S, Sun J, Greenblatt MB., 2024
Itm2a expression marks periosteal skeletal stem cells that contribute to bone fracture healing., Xing W, Feng H, Jiang B, Gao B, Liu J, Xie Z, Zhang Y, Hu X, Sun J, Greenblatt MB, Zhou BO, Zou W., 2024
Tendon-derived cathepsin K-expressing progenitor cells activate Hedgehog signaling to drive heterotopic ossification., Feng H, Xing W, Han Y, Sun J, Kong M, Gao B, Yang Y, Yin Z, Chen X, Zhao Y, Bi Q, Zou W., 2020
Lkb1 deletion in periosteal mesenchymal progenitors induces osteogenic tumors through mTORC1 activation., Han Y, Feng H, Sun J, Liang X, Wang Z, Xing W, Dai Q, Yang Y, Han A, Wei Z, Bi Q, Ji H, Kang T, Zou W., 2019

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