Shiaw-Yih (Phoebus) Lin
Professor and Deputy Chair
The University of Texas
USA
Biography
Shiaw-Yih (Phoebus) Lin’s research efforts are focused within an overall theme of DNA damage response defects in cancer etiology, cancer prevention, cancer detection and targeted therapy. He has worked in these fields for more than 10 years, and has published more than 50 papers. Dr. Lin serves as an editor of International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology and on the editorial boards for World Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Journal of Cancer Research, Frontiers in Molecular and Cellular Oncology, ISRN Cell Biology, World Journal of Translational Medicine, Experimental Hematology & Oncology, and Annals of Translational Medicine. Dr. Lin has served on numerous review committees for NIH, DOD and other funding organizations both nationally and internationally.
Research Interest
DNA damage checkpoint and DNA repair; genetic and chemical screens; cancer stem cells; cancer metastasis. My lab is interested in studying genes involved in DNA damage responses and DNA repair, cancer stem cells phenotypes and cancer metastasis.