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Mingjun Bi

Contact

210-562-4176

bim@uthscsa.edu

Programs

  • Cancer Biology
  • Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine

Departments & Divisions

  • Department of Molecular Medicine

Mingjun Bi, Ph.D.

Instructor - Research

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2013 - PhD - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - China Agricultural University

    Training

    • 2016 - Postdoc Fellow - Cancer epigenetics and gene regulation - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • 2013 - Postdoc Fellow - Tumor Biology - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Research & Grants

    My long-term research seeks to understand the molecular & epigenetic mechanisms of signal-regulated gene expression in the development of cancer and other diseases. We make extensive use of a set of integrated biochemical, genomics and molecular oncology approaches to tackle the broad and critical questions on the topic of gene regulation and cancer. 

  • Publications

    • Enhancer reprogramming driven by high-order assemblies of transcription factors promotes phenotypic plasticity and breast cancer
    • A non-canonical role of YAP/TEAD is required for activation of estrogen-regulated enhancers in breast cancer
    • Enhancer RNAs mediate estrogen-induced decommissioning of selective enhancers by recruiting ERα and its cofactor
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