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Weibo Luo, Ph.D.

Weibo Luo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Pathology | Pharmacology
Graduate Programs
Biological Chemistry, Cancer Biology
  • Biography

    Dr. Weibo Luo is currently an Associate Professor of Pathology and Paharmacology. Dr. Luo received his Ph.D summa cum laude from the University of Magdeburg in Germany and completed his postdoctoral fellowship and instructorship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine before joining UT Southwestern.

    Dr. Luo studies epigenetic and metabolic alterations through crosstalk with hypoxia in cancer development with the goal of identifiying vulnerability to treat human cancers.

  • Research Interest
    • Drug resistance
    • Epigenetics
    • Hypoxia/Hypoxia-inducible factor
    • Immunotherapy
    • Metabolism
    • Tumor initiation, growth, and metastasis
  • Publications

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    KDM6B promotes PARthanatos via suppression of O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase repair and sustained checkpoint response.
    Yang M, Wang C, Zhou M, Bao L, Wang Y, Kumar A, Xing C, Luo W, Wang Y, Nucleic Acids Res 2022 Jun 50 11 6313-6331
  • Honors & Awards
    • ACS Research Scholar
      (2021)
    • Mary Kay Foundation Research Award
      (2019)
    • Susan G. Komen Career Catalyst Research Award
      (2016)
    • Welch Foundation Research Award
      (2016)
    • American Cancer Society (ACS-IRG) New Investigator Awards in Cancer Research
      (2015)
    • CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
      Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (2014)
    • AACR-Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology Scholar-in-Training Award
      American Association for Cancer Research (2013)
    • NIH Pathway to Independence Award
      National Cancer Institute (2013)
    • Albert L. Lehninger Postdoctoral Research Award
      The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2012)
    • FARMS Postdoctoral Fellowship
      Dr. Richard and Mavis Fowler Foundation for Advanced Research in the Medical Sciences, Inc (2011)
    • PhD summa cum laude
      University of Magdeburg, Germany (2007)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Association for Cancer Research (2011)