Areas of Focus
- Molecular Chaperones and Cancer Research
- Cancer Drug Resistance and Targeted Therapy Research
Work Experience
- 2008.07—Present - Fudan University - Lecturer/Associate Professor (2020.10—Present - Secretary and Deputy Director of the Department of Cell and Genetic Medicine)
- 2014.05—2015.09 - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1997.09—2002.07 Clinical Medicine: Xi'an Jiaotong University
- 2002.09—2005.07 Master's in Genetics: Xi'an Jiaotong University
- 2005.09—2008.07 PhD in Genetics: Fudan University
Publications
- MORTALIN-Ca2+ axis drives innate rituximab resistance in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Sun Q, Ye Y, Gui AL, Sun XT, Xie SS, Zhan YH, Chen RB, Yan YC, Gu J, Qiu S, Liu W, Zuo J, Zhang QL, Yang L*, 2022
- Deubiquitinase OTUD7B is a potential prognostic biomarker in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Qiu S, Liu Y, Gui A, Xia Z, Liu W, Gu JJ, Zuo J, Yang L*, Zhang Q*, 2022
- NF-κB p65 promotes ovarian cancer cell proliferation and migration via regulating mortalin, Li S, Lv M, Qiu S, Meng J, Liu W, Zuo J, Yang L*, 2019
- p38α Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Is a Druggable Target in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Yang L, Sun X, Ye Y, Lu Y, Zuo J, Liu W, Elcock A, Zhu S, 2019
- Multilayer photodynamic therapy for highly effective and safe cancer treatment, Yang L, Zhang S, Ling X, Shao P, Jia N, Bai M, 2017
- Salvianolic acid B inhibits mitochondrial dysfunction by up-regulating mortalin, Liu Y, Hu Y, E Q, Zuo J, Yang L*, Liu W*, 2017
- Oncogenic role of mortalin contributes to ovarian tumorigenesis by activating the MAPK-ERK pathway, Hu Y, Yang L, Yang Y, Han Y, Wang Y, Liu W, Zuo J, 2016
- Tumor mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy with a translocator protein (TSPO)-specific photosensitizer, Zhang S, Yang L, Ling X, Shao P, Wang X, Edwards WB, Bai M, 2015
- Inhibition of mortalin expression reverses cisplatin resistance and attenuates growth of ovarian cancer cells, Yang L, Li H, Jiang Y, Zuo J, Liu W, 2013
- Crosstalk between Raf/MEK/ERK and PI3K/AKT in suppression of Bax conformational change by Grp75 under glucose deprivation conditions, Yang L, Guo W, Zhang Q, Li H, Liu X, Yang Y, Zuo J, Liu W, 2011
Awards
- 2019: Shanghai Female Professors Talent Development Fund Teaching Achievement Award, Shanghai
- 2019: Fudan University Model Couple Award, Fudan University
- 2019: First Prize in Curriculum Ideological and Political Teaching Plan Competition, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University
- 2017: First Prize in Shanghai Teaching Achievement Award, Shanghai
- 2017: Special Prize in Fudan University Teaching Achievement Award, Fudan University
- 2015: Best Innovation Award for Outstanding Young Scholars, China Eugenics Science Association
- 2009: First Prize in Shanghai Teaching Achievement Award, Shanghai