Tao Lu
Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Biography
Tao Lu is a tenure-track Assistant Professor and Principle Investigator at Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and a member of Simon Cancer Center at Indiana University School of Medicine. She obtained her PhD degree from University of Toledo, School of Medicine, and finished her Post-doctoral training with the world renowned scientist Dr. George Stark at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. Her research focuses on the discovery of novel regulators of NF-kB, particularly, on the epigenetic regulation of NF-kB and its role in cancer therapeutics. She won multiple awards at international scientific meetings. She has published near 50 papers with 2 being highlighted by F1000 Prime. She currently holds 2 provisional patents regarding NF-kB regulation and serves as the board member of 5 scientific journals.