{"id":511,"date":"2020-10-28T20:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cinj-radiation-oncology\/?page_id=511"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:27:39","slug":"radiation-cancer-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cinj-radiation-oncology\/radiation-cancer-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Chief of the Division of Radiation Cancer Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-968\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-968\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1rem\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cinj-radiation-oncology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2021\/09\/Dr.-Shen-2021-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cinj-radiation-oncology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2021\/09\/Dr.-Shen-2021-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cinj-radiation-oncology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2021\/09\/Dr.-Shen-2021-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cinj-radiation-oncology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2021\/09\/Dr.-Shen-2021-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cinj-radiation-oncology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2021\/09\/Dr.-Shen-2021.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zhiyuan Shen, PhD<br \/>Professor &amp; Chief Division of Radiation Cancer Biology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Division of Radiation Cancer Biology (DCB) was established in 2006 as an integra<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">l part of the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> Department of Radiation Oncology at RWJMS.\u00a0 Research has been, and continues to be, central to the division\u2019s mission since inception. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">The division has a strong commitment to a wide variety of basic and translational research relevant to cancer biology and radiation biology, including DNA damage and repair, oncogenes, tumor suppressors, molecular signaling, cancer metabolism, functional genomics, experimental therapeutics, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The DCB division PIs are faculty members of RWJMS and resident members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinj.org\/\">Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey<\/a> (RCINJ), and are highly collaborative. The division consists of seven independent laboratories: Shen, Haffty, Xia, Feng, Hu, Gatza, and Montagna, which are supported by funding from National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense (DOD), Breast Cancer Foundation, New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR), American Cancer Society (ACS), New Jersey Health Foundation, etc,.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000\">\u00a0<strong>Research <\/strong><strong>Laboratories in Radiation Cancer Biology<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinj.org\/FengLab\">Zhaohui Feng, PhD, Professor<\/a><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Interests: Tumor suppressor, p53 signaling, cancer metabolism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinj.org\/hafftylab\">Bruce Haffty, MD Professor &amp; Chair<\/a><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Interests: Translational studies of breast cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinj.org\/GatzaLab\">Michael L. Gatza, PhD, Assistant Professor\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Interests: Functional genomics, genetics of breast and ovarian cancers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinj.org\/WenweiHuLab\">Wenwei Hu, PhD, Professor<\/a><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Interests: Gain-of-function p53 mutations, hypoxia, innate immunity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">___<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Cristina Montagna, PhD, Professor<br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Interests: Cancer genetics and genomics, chromosomal instability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinj.org\/ShenLab\">Zhiyuan Shen, MD, PhD, Professor &amp; Chief<\/a><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Interests: Genomic instability, DNA repair, tumor sensitivity to therapy, ribosome biogenesis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinj.org\/BingXiaLab\">Bing Xia, PhD, Professor<\/a><br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">Interests: DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoint, BRCAness mouse models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Division of Radiation Cancer Biology (DCB) was established in 2006 as an integral part of the Department of Radiation Oncology at RWJMS.\u00a0 Research has been, and continues to be, &hellip; 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