Weng-Onn Lui

Weng-Onn Lui

Professor | Docent
Visiting address: J6:20 BioClinicum, Akademiska stråket 1, 17164 SOLNA
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Larsson Catharina Lui, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • Current position

    Professor in Experimental Oncology, Since July 2024

     

  • Previous appointments

    Associate professor (molecular genetics), Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Jan 2014 - June 2024
    Research fellow (VR Rådsforskare), Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, September 2010 – August 2016
    research

    Assistant professor, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, July 2008 - 2014

    Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA (Advisor:

    Andrew Fire), Sep 2004-June 2008

    Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Molecular Medicine (Advisor: Catharina
    Larsson), Nov 2002-Aug 2004

     

  • Educations

    1999–2002, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, PhD (Medical Genetics)

    1992-1996, Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Malaysia, BSc (Applied Science)


    Distinctions

    AACR-Ortho Biotech Scholar-in-Training Award (2003)
    AACR-AFLAC Scholar-in-training award (2005, 2006)
    Translational Research Award, Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center (2007)
    Swedish Research Council Junior Fellowship (2008, 4 years)
    Swedish Research Council Senior Fellowship (2010, 6 years)


Research

  • My primary research area is on small RNA biology. Our research activity is
    mainly focusing on studying the role of small RNAs in cancer development and
    drug resistance.
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    A major effort of our previous work had focused on the identification of
    novel small RNAs (particularly miRNAs) and the documentation of their
    expression patterns in several tissue types. We also evaluated the potential
    use of miRNA expression profiles in tumor classification and prognostication.
    Our current projects focus primarily on the functional roles of small RNAs
    along with their regulatory components in clinically relevant experimental
    systems.

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Employments

  • Professor, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2016-2024

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2014
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2002

Supervisor

  • Hannah Björn Andtback, 2022
  • Yaije Yang, 2021

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