Ningyan Zhang
University of Texas Medical Science Center at Houston, USA
Biography
Ningyan Zhang was a protein biochemist and started my career in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry working on antibody engineering and drug discovery. After a 15-year research career in the biotechnology industry, I was recruited as a Texas ETF (Emerging Technology Fund) Scholar to join the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) in 2010. My current research programs focus on cancer biology and translational research to bridge novel target discovery to drug discovery. I received my Ph.D. degree postdoctoral training from the University of Kentucky and the University of Wisconsin, respectively.
Abstract
Abstract : Antibodies targeting EGFL6 block breast cancer tumor growth and metastatsis