BS: Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 1988.
MS: Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 1993.
PhD: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 1997.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1997-2002.
Neuro-oncology; neurology
Neoplastic stem cells; malignant glioma; pediatric brain tumors such as medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and diffuse midline gliomas (DMG / DIPG); the tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy; myelinogenesis and myelin repair in neurodegenerative disorders such as devastating multiple sclerosis
Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cancer and Blood Diseases, Developmental Biology
EED-mediated histone methylation is critical for CNS myelination and remyelination by inhibiting WNT, BMP, and senescence pathways. Wang, J; Yang, L; Dong, C; Wang, J; Xu, L; Qiu, Y; Weng, Q; Zhao, C; Xin, M; Lu, QR. Science advances. 2020; 6.
Single-Cell Transcriptomics in Medulloblastoma Reveals Tumor-Initiating Progenitors and Oncogenic Cascades during Tumorigenesis and Relapse. Zhang, L; He, X; Liu, X; Zhang, F; Huang, LF; Potter, AS; Xu, L; Zhou, W; Zheng, T; Luo, Z; et al. Cancer Cell. 2019; 36:302-318.e7.
Single-Cell Transcriptomics Uncovers Glial Progenitor Diversity and Cell Fate Determinants during Development and Gliomagenesis. Weng, Q; Wang, J; Wang, J; He, D; Cheng, Z; Zhang, F; Verma, R; Xu, L; Dong, X; Liao, Y; et al. Cell Stem Cell. 2019; 24:707-723.e8.
A histone deacetylase 3-dependent pathway delimits peripheral myelin growth and functional regeneration. He, X; Zhang, L; Queme, LF; Liu, X; Lu, A; Waclaw, RR; Dong, X; Zhou, W; Kidd, G; Yoon, S; et al. Nature Medicine. 2018; 24:338-351.
Programming of Schwann Cells by Lats1/2-TAZ/YAP Signaling Drives Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumorigenesis. Wu, LM N; Deng, Y; Wang, J; Zhao, C; Wang, J; Rao, R; Xu, L; Zhou, W; Choi, K; Rizvi, TA; et al. Cancer Cell. 2018; 33:292-308.e7.
lncRNA Functional Networks in Oligodendrocytes Reveal Stage-Specific Myelination Control by an lncOL1/Suz12 Complex in the CNS. He, D; Wang, J; Lu, Y; Deng, Y; Zhao, C; Xu, L; Chen, Y; Hu, Y; Zhou, W; Lu, QR. Neuron. 2017; 93:362-378.
Olig2-Dependent Reciprocal Shift in PDGF and EGF Receptor Signaling Regulates Tumor Phenotype and Mitotic Growth in Malignant Glioma. Lu, F; Chen, Y; Zhao, C; Wang, H; He, D; Xu, L; Wang, J; He, X; Deng, Y; Lu, EE; et al. Cancer Cell. 2016; 29:669-683.
Chd7 cooperates with Sox10 and regulates the onset of CNS myelination and remyelination. He, D; Marie, C; Zhao, C; Kim, B; Wang, J; Deng, Y; Clavairoly, A; Frah, M; Wang, H; He, X; et al. Nature Neuroscience. 2016; 19:678-689.
The G protein α subunit Gαs is a tumor suppressor in Sonic hedgehog-driven medulloblastoma. He, X; Zhang, L; Chen, Y; Remke, M; Shih, D; Lu, F; Wang, H; Deng, Y; Yu, Y; Xia, Y; et al. Nature Medicine. 2014; 20:1035-1042.
Olig2 targets chromatin remodelers to enhancers to initiate oligodendrocyte differentiation. Yu, Y; Chen, Y; Kim, B; Wang, H; Zhao, C; He, X; Liu, L; Liu, W; Wu, LM N; Mao, M; et al. Cell. 2013; 152:248-261.
Qing Richard Lu, PhD11/30/2022
Qing Richard Lu, PhD, Lai Man Natalie Wu, PhD11/2/2022
Qing Richard Lu, PhD9/23/2022
Qing Richard Lu, PhD8/12/2020
Qing Richard Lu, PhD8/29/2019
Qing Richard Lu, PhD7/3/2019