Dr. Yibin Kang

Biography

Yibin Kang is the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Fudan University in Shanghai in 1995 and completed his graduate studies at Duke University in 2000. Kang became an Irvington Institute postdoctoral fellow under Dr. Joan Massagué at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where he pioneered functional genomic approaches to elucidate mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis. Joining the faculty at Princeton University in 2004 as an Assistant Professor, he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2010 and to Full Professor in 2012. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis, applying a multidisciplinary approach that includes molecular biology, genomics, animal models, and advanced in vivo imaging technologies. Kang has published over 100 original articles in leading journals, made significant discoveries related to genes promoting cancer recurrence and metastasis, and identified interactions between tumor-stromal components essential for metastatic growth. His contributions have garnered numerous prestigious awards, including the Department of Defense Era of Hope Scholar Award and the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Sciences. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Metastasis Research Society and was elected President of the society from 2014 to 2018.

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