学历：PhD |
职称： Associate Professor |
专业方向： Cancer Research and Biomarker Development |
招生专业： Cellular and Molecular Biology |
人员简介： |
Dr Tang obtained a PhD degree in Dec 2015 from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, focusing on the study of tumour microenvironment and metastasis using both animal and tissue engineering models. He began his academic career as an early career postdoctoral researcher, concentrating on the development of minimally invasive biomarkers for head and neck cancer using human saliva and blood at QUT/ Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI). Recently, he has developed a world-first, simple saliva human papillomavirus (HPV) test to detect early throat cancer in an asymptomatic individual. This finding gives unique insights into the future direction of HPV-driven head and neck cancer screening. His current research interests are focused on two key areas: (i) Dissecting the role of tumour microenvironment in the maintenance of cancer stem cells which could potentially lead to a breakthrough strategy for the development of new targeted therapies for cancer, and (ii) Development of minimally invasive saliva/blood based liquid biopsy biomarkers for detection of cancer.
To date, he has contributed to 26 publications (14 first/corresponding author) and with more than 400 citations and a research career H-index of 14 assessed on the 20th April 2022. Most of his works (>90%) have been published in the first quartile (Q1) journals such as npj Genomic Medicine, The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, Cancer, Cancer Science, Cancers, Head & Neck based on the SCImago Journal Ranking. Furthermore,he has received multiple prestigious and highly competitive awards such as Young Scientist Award 2019, ESMO Merit Award 2018 and German Academic Exchange Service Award 2016.Importantly, he has been involved in both grant preparation and writing for a number of successful grant applications including 6 research/industry grants and 1 research donation by a head and neck cancer sufferer, which represent major achievements for an early career researcher.
Email：kaidun.tang@nankai.edu.cn |