Centre of Excellence for Oncology and Immunology

Centre of Excellence for Oncology and Immunology

Centre of Excellence for Oncology and Immunology advances research in precision immunotherapy, cancer vaccines, the tumour microenvironment, and the mechanisms that drive cancer progression and drug resistance. By addressing the growing cancer burden in China, it aims to develop personalised treatments and innovative immuno-oncology therapies that improve patient outcomes. The centre will strengthen the university's research excellence, international reputation, and translational medicine capabilities through impactful scientific discoveries and global collaborations.

Professor Eyad Elkord

Centre Director Eyad.Elkord@xjtlu.edu.cn

Centre members

 

No. Name Academic Title Research Areas
1 Chun Chan Assistant Professor AI-aided Drug Discovery and Design; Vaccine and Immunotherapy Development; Human Immunological Synapse
2 Weiwei Dai Assistant Professor Liver Cancer; Cancer Metabolism; mTOR Signaling Pathway
3 Eyad Elkord Professor Cancer Immunology; Cancer Immunotherapy; Tumour Microenvironment
4 Kozo Hamada Associate Professor Calcium Signaling, Calcium Channels and Pumps, IP3-Mediated Calcium Signaling
5 Yuan He Associate Professor Novel Vaccine Development; Anti-viral Drug Discovery; Cancer Vaccine and Oncolytic Virus Development
6 Jinyuan Ho Assistant Professor Cell Therapy; Viral Vectors; Chimeric Antigen Receptor
7 Xia Huang Assistant Professor Exosome based drug delivery; Raman technique for clinic
8 Tatsuhiko Kadowaki Professor Host-Pathogen/Parasite interaction, Genomics of sensory physiology
9 Faez Iqbal Khan Assistant Professor Computational Drug Discovery; Rational Drug Design; Protein Engineering and Structural Biology
10 Meng Huee Lee Senior Associate Professor Cancer Cell Metastasis; Tumors; CAR-T
11 Zhiliang Lu Professor Cell Signalling; G protein-coupled receptors; mRNA methylation
12 Jeong Park Senior Associate Professor Cancer Biology; Chromatin Biology; Epigenetics
13 Rong Rong Senior Associate Professor Viral infection and mechanisms of pathogenesis and oncogenesis; Epitranscriptomic regulation in viral infection and pathogenesis; Tumor biology
14 Yong Shen Assistant Professor Gene Therapy; Aging Reversal; Cell Reprogramming
15 Jianrui Song Assistant Professor Inflammation; Aging; Immunity
16 Xinzhao Tong Associate Professor Microbiome and Human Health; Pathogen Genomics; Antimicrobial Resistance
17 Shuihua Wang Associate Professor Reasoning and Verification in Medical Scenarios; Medical AI Hallucination Detection and Trustworthy Generation; Generation under insufficient and missing Medical Data
18 Yiqiang Wang Senior Associate Professor Immunology; Pathophysiology; Ophthalmology
19 Zhen Wei Assistant Professor Bioinformatics; Machine Learning and Deep Learning; Genomic Data Science
20 Yuewei Xu Assistant Professor Cancer Drug Resistance; DNA Damage; RNA Splicing
21 Francesco Zonta Associate Professor Computational Biology; Molecular modeling; Monoclonal antibodies

 

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