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Dr. Hui Sun is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, awarded in 1998, and joined UCLA in 2003 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Sun's research interests focus on the mechanistic studies of new membrane receptors as therapeutic targets. He has made significant contributions to the discovery of a new type of receptor that facilitates cellular uptake of vitamins and plays essential roles in biological functions associated with human vision and survival. In 2007, he resolved a long-standing scientific question by identifying a novel multitransmembrane receptor. His work utilizes advanced real-time monitoring techniques to explore receptor transport mechanisms and identify small molecules that modulate receptor activity. Dr. Sun's research aims to develop first-in-class drugs to address blinding diseases and cancer. He has received prestigious awards, including the Early Career Scientist Award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 2009 and the Research to Prevent Blindness Innovative Research Award in 2012.
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