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ISSN 1449-2288 | Editor-in-Chief Profile Dr. Chuxia Deng received M.S. from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1984, and Ph.D. from University of Utah in 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Mario R. Capecchi, Winner of 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His Ph.D. thesis is Gene targeting in murine embryonic stem cells: frequencies, mechanisms and mouse mutants. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Philip Leder for three years in the Genetics Deptartment, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He became an investigator in Laboratory of Biochemistry and Metabolism, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of National Institutes of Health in 1995. He currently works as Senior Investigator and Chief of Mammalian Genetics Section, Genetics of Development and Disease Branch of NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, USA. * Dr. Deng was the receiver of the NIH-APAO Outstanding Achievement Award (2000, NIH, USA), Idea Grant Award (2000) and Concept Grant Award (2002) of U.S. Department of Defense, Outstanding Oversea Scholar from National Science Foundation (2002, China), NIDDK "You Make A Difference Award" (2005), and NIDDK "Serving Federal Government for Ten Years" Award (2005). He was visiting professor in Dept. of Medical Biophysics & Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan, and has been guest investigator of Institute of Biotechnology (Beijing, China) since 1999. Dr. Deng's current researches focus on FGF/FGF receptor, TGFb/SMADs signaling, members of type III hostone deacetylases, and BRCA1 tumor suppressor gene. He has wide interests in gene targeting, oncology, epigenetics, metabolism, developmental biology, and other areas of biological sciences. He is the author or co-author of over 200 papers published in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Deng has given over 140 presentations, invited lectures and seminars, in universities, professional societies, international conferences, and government organizations around the world. He actively participated in grant review for NIH and other funding agencies, and review of papers for many journals. He serves on the editorial board of several journals such as Cancer Biology and Therapy, and Developmental Dynamics. Dr. Deng has been the Editor of International Journal of Biological Sciences since 2005 and the Editor-in-Chief since 2006. Dr. Deng's contact for the journal is: Search Dr. Deng's PubMed Records *Dr. Deng is serving in a personal capacity. Updated on April 2, 2009 |