Professor
Primary Thematic Area
P_Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Secondary Thematic Area
Research Summary
Investigate how complex biological networks regulate precise cellular behaviors and how dis-regulation leads to disease.
Mentorship Development
4/26/19 Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS) with Sharon Milgram (Mission Bay)
2/16/21 Three Truths and Three Tries: Facing and Overcoming Critical Social Justice Challenges at the Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Levels
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Dr. Lani Wu is interested in discovering principles underlying cellular individuality, the emergence of collective cellular behaviors, and the evolution of drug resistance. She also applies the high-throughput technology developed by her laboratory to diverse applications, including mapping paths of signal transduction and accelerating drug discovery. Prior to arriving at UCSF, Dr. Wu has worked at the UT Southwestern, Harvard University, Rosetta Informatics, Microsoft, and Princeton University.
Websites
Publications
Patterns of basal signaling heterogeneity can distinguish cellular populations with different drug sensitivities.
Molecular systems biology
Endocytosis optimizes the dynamic localization of membrane proteins that regulate cortical polarity.
Cell
Multidimensional drug profiling by automated microscopy.
Science (New York, N.Y.)