Kun Ping Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
- Title
- Professor of Medicine
- Department
- Department of Medicine
- Institution
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University
- Address
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Harvard Medical School
Center For Life Science Building, Room 0408 - City, State, ZIP
- Boston, MA 2215
- Phone
- (617) 735-2016
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://dms.hms.harvard.edu/neuroscience/fac/LuKunPing.php
- Research field
- Molecular Biology
- Award year
- 1999
Research
Our primary research interest is to understand the fundamental mechanisms of aging and age-related disease. Specifically, we have discovered three human genes (Pin1, Pin2/TRF1 and PinX1) that play major regulatory roles in aging and age-related disease. Our studies establish a new paradigm in cell signaling, uncover new pathogenic mechanisms and also point to potentially novel therapeutic strategies for human disease, notably cancer and Alzheimer's disease, major age-related diseases.
Scholar Keywords
1999 Search Pew Scholars
- John D. Altman, Ph.D.
- Stephen C. Blacklow, M.D., Ph.D.
- Edwin R. Chapman, Ph.D.
- Kathleen L. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
- Julia Promisel Cooper, Ph.D.
- James A. Goodrich, Ph.D.
- Mark W. Grinstaff, Ph.D.
- Bruce A. Hamilton, Ph.D.
- Rebecca W. Heald, Ph.D.
- Seung K. Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
- Makoto Kuro-O, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jeannie T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
- Roy M. Long, Ph.D.
- Kun Ping Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
- Matthew L. Meyerson, M.D., Ph.D.
- Dimitar B. Nikolov, Ph.D.
- Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D.
- John Sondek, Ph.D.
- Henrique P. von Gersdorff, Ph.D.
- Z. Hong Zhou, Ph.D.