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Qianben Wang Laboratory

Laboratory of Cancer Epigenomics

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

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Current News in the Lab December 2013 Dayong and Ben’s paper entitled “Three-tiered role of the pioneer factor GATA2 in promoting androgen-dependent gene expression in prostate cancer” was accepted by Nucleic Acids Res. The article has been selected by the Editors of Nucleic Acids Research as a Breakthrough Article. [[1]] Zhenqing and Zhong’s paper entitled “Computational analysis reveals a correlation of exon-skipping events with splicing, transcription and epigenetic factors” was accepted by Nucleic Acids Res. September 2013 Qianben was promoted to an Associate Professor with Tenure. July 2013 Qianben was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Mol Cancer Res (AACR journal). September 2012 Xiangtao Liu from Yale University joined the Wang lab as a postdoctoral fellow. He is co-mentored by Dr. Shili Lin at the Department of Statistics. Welcome, Xiangtao! July 2012 Cassandra has been awarded a NIH T32 Oncology Training Grant. Congratulations, Cassandra! July 2012 Cassandra Grenade joined the Wang lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome, Cassandra! June 2012 Qianben received a 2012 Endocrine Society Early Investigators Award. [[2]] June 2012 Ben Sunkel was accepted into the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) MED into GRAD Scholars Program at The Ohio State University. Congratulations, Ben! June 2012 Ben Sunkel from the Ohio State Biochemistry Graduate Program (OSBP) joined the Wang lab as a graduate student. Welcome! December 2011 Qianben’s proposal was recommended for funding by Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (Idea Development Award - Established Investigators). November 2011 Chunpeng published an article entitled "Definition of a FoxA1 Cistrome That Is Crucial for G1 to S-Phase Cell-Cycle Transit in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer" in Cancer Res Full Article and Supplemental October 2011 Qianben was awarded the 2011 V Scholar grant [[3]] Qianben obtained his OSU pelotonia idea grant September 2011 Ying Ying Lee from Chinese University of Hong Kong joined us as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome! August 2011 Our invited review article entitled “Androgen receptor-driven chromatin looping in prostate cancer" was published in Trends Endocrinol Metab Full Article and Supplemental Qianben obtained a NCI R01 grant July 2011 Hongyan published an article entitled "CCI-779 Inhibits Cell-Cycle G2/M Progression and Invasion of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer via Attenuation of UBE2C Transcription and mRNA Stability" in Cancer Res Full Article and Supplemental June 2011 Zhong published an article entitled "Phospho-MED1-enhanced UBE2C locus looping drives castration-resistant prostate cancer growth" in EMBO J Full Article and Supplemental November 2010 Qianben received a “2010 Young Investigator Award” from Society for Basic Urologic Research [[4]] August 2010 Zhong published a review article entitled "Histone modifications and chromatin organization in prostate cancer" in Epigenomics Full Article February 2010 The Ohio State-Indiana University Center for Cancer Systems Biology, lead by Dr. Tim Huang, was funded by the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Wang becomes the prostate cancer project leader. July 2009 Our paper entitled "Androgen receptor regulates a distinct transcription program in androgen-independent prostate cancer" was published by Cell as the Featured Article. Full Article and Supplemental, [[5]]