Zhen Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

zlin@tulane.edu

ADDRESS
Department of Pathology
Tulane University Health Sciences Center SL-79
1430 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112

TELEPHONE
Office:
(504) 988- 1169
FAX: (504) 988-5516

EDUCATION
M.D. - Peking University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Beijing, China - 7/2000

Ph.D. - Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Molecular and Cellular Biology - 8/2005

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

07/2006-Present - Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

08/2005-06/2006 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

08/2001-07/2005 - Research Assistant, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

08/2000-08/2001 - Teaching Assistant, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS:

2004-2005, research project entitled "Mechanism of inhibition of Zta transactivation by c-Myc", Tulane Cancer Center Matching Funds Grant (a competitive peer-reviewed grant) .

2006 , American Society for Microbiology Katrina Grant (a competitive research grant).

Recent Publications or Reports
  • Lin, Z. , Yin, Q, Flemington, EK. 2004. Identification of a Negative Regulatory Element in the Epstein-Barr Virus Zta Transactivation Domain that is Regulated by the Cell Cycle Control Factors, c-Myc and E2F1. J. Virol . 78:11962-11971.

  • Jennifer E. Cameron, Qinyan Yin, Claire Fewell, Zhen Lin , Xia Wang, Brian C. Schaefer and Erik Flemington. The Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein 1 Alters Cellular miRNA Expression. Submitted to Journal of Virology ( Nov. 27, 2006 )

Professional Conferences:

  • Zhen Lin , Qinyan Yin, and Erik Flemington. Identification of a Negative Regulatory Element in the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Zta Transactivation Domain that is Regulated by the Cell Cycle Control Factors, c-Myc and E2F1. 13 th Tulane University MCB Annual Scientific Conference . New Orleans, USA. October 8-9, 2004
  • Zhen Lin and Erik Flemington. Identification of EBV-Lytic-Cycle-Associated MicroRNAs. The 12 th Biennial Conference of the International Association for Research on Epstein-Barr Virus and Associated Diseases . Boston, USA. July 8-12, 2006.
  • Zhen Lin, Claire Fewell, Jane Mcbride, and Erik Flemington. Role of the Promyelocytic Leukemia (PML) Protein in the Regulation of the E2F1 Signaling. 18 th   Tulane University Annual Scientific Research Day Conference . New Orleans, USA. February 28th-March 1st, 2007

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