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Associate Professor Xi Huang Molecular Genetics

PhD

[email protected]

416-813-7654 - ext: 309526

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Location SickKids - Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning Address 686 Bay Street, 16-9704, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 0A4 Research Interests Cancer, Cell biology, Developmental biology, Drosophila, Drug discovery, design, development and screening, Mouse models, Neuroscience, Optogenetics, Imaging and microscopy, Metabolism, Protein-protein, DNA-protein, and RNA-protein interactions, Rare diseases, Signalling, Stem cell biology, Technology development Category Genetic Models of Development and Disease

We study mechano-electrical-chemical signalling in brain cancer. Using multi-disciplinary approaches in bioinformatics, Drosophila and mouse genetics, xenograft modelling, advanced imaging, electrophysiology, and bioengineering, we conduct curiosity-driven research to discover disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies at the interface of cancer biology, developmental biology, mechanobiology, and neuroscience.

Courses Taught

• MGY200 Current Topics in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
• MMG1021 Student Seminars II (MMG1015 Seminars)
• MMG1031 Student Seminars III (MMG1017 Seminars)

Awards

• 2025: College Member, Royal Society of Canada
• 2025: Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Alumni Award
• 2024: Charlie Teo Foundation Research Rebel Award
• 2024: Garron Family Cancer Centre Shining Star Award
• 2023: Distinguished Luigs & Neumann Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia
• 2023: SickKids Innovation Showcase Audience Choice Award
• 2022: Canada Research Chair in Cancer Biophysics (renewal)
• 2021: Ontario Early Researcher Award
• 2018: Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award
• 2017: Canada Research Chair in Cancer Biophysics
• 2017: Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Career Development Award, US Department of Defense
• 2016: Concern Foundation Conquer Cancer Now Award
• 2015: Catalyst Scholar in Stem Cell Research, The Hospital for Sick Children
• 2011: Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship (Kandis Ann Ulrich-Carleton Fellow)
• 2011: Clinical and Translational Science Institute Postdoctoral Award, University of California, San Francisco/Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• 2011: Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University

Cross-affiliation

• Senior Scientist, Developmental, Stem Cell and Cancer Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children

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