Cancer Science & Therapy

Yonghe Li

Yonghe Li, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Alabama, USA

Biography

Yonghe Li joined Southern Research Institute as an Advanced Research Biochemist in 2005 after working as a Research Instructor at Washington University. He also currently serves as an adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and is a member of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Li received his B.S. in Pharmacology from Shanghai Medical University in China and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from James Cook University in Australia. He completed his postdoctoral training in cell biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Research Interest

Wnt Signaling in Cancer, canonical Wnt signaling pathway is important in stem cell biology and embryonic development and can lead to tumor formation when aberrantly activated. Defining the roles of Wnt co-receptor LRP6 and its regulators in cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis.