Contact Information
Office
(631) 216-2823
Email
kejian.liu@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Stony Brook Cancer Center
MART Level 7, Room 0830
Lauterbur Drive
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7263
Liu Research Lab
Ke Jian “Jim” Liu, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology,
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Associate Director for Basic Science,
Stony Brook Cancer Center
Research Program
Oncogenic Drivers and Mechanisms of CarcinogenesisDepartment
Department of PathologyMajor Research Interests
- Molecular mechanism of environmental arsenic and chromium-induced toxicology and carcinogenesis
- Interaction of metals with zinc-containing proteins, and zinc supplement as a chemoprevention strategy for reducing arsenic toxicity and carcinogenesis
- Arsenic co-carcinogenesis in enhancing UV-induced DNA damage, inhibition of DNA repair, and formation of mutational signatures assessed by whole genome sequencing
- Molecular mechanism of brain injury and neuroprotection in stroke
- In vivo imaging of oxidative stress and tissue oxygenation
Education
1982 BSc, Chemistry - Peking University, Beijing, China1988 Radiation Biochemistry - The University of Leeds, England
Postdoctoral Training
1988-1989 Biophysical Chemistry -Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Indiana1990-1993 Biophysics/Physiology, Department of Biophysics & Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Current and Previous Appointments
| 2022-present | Professor, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY |
| 2022-present | Associate Director for Basic Research, Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook, NY. |