Dr. Qun Zhou
Researcher
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore MD 21201, USA
Dr. Qun Zhou received his M.D. training and a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from West Virginia University School of Medicine. After completing postdoctoral training in Dr. Nancy Davidson's laboratory at Johns Hopkins University, he started his independent research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Currently, Dr.Zhou's laboratory is focusing on epigenetic regulation of tumor suppressor genes, long non coding RNA, microRNA and cancer stem cells.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing that are known to regulate differentiation and cell fate and are dysregulated in nearly all human cancers. We have been investigating the roles of miRNAs in normal and transformed breast epithelium, seeking to understand the significance of miRNA dysregulation in breast cancer stem cells. Our studies have centered to a large extent on microRNAs and yielded considerable insights into molecular mechanisms that suppress transformation potential.
