Cunming Duan
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Dr. Duan Cunming
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Professor Cunming Duan is a tenured full Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences Building Habitation Committee （BSB） at the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He earned his B.S. from Ocean University of China in 1982, and PhD from the University of Tokyo in 1991. He was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Washington from 1991 to 1993 and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1993 to 1996. He joined the University of Michigan faculty as an assistant professor in 1996. He was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2002, and to full professor with tenure in 2008.
His scientific expertise is in understanding the roles of hormones and growth factors in regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis in early development; signal transduction mechanisms of growth factor actions; transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression; roles of hormones and growth factors in modulating growth, development, and longevity in response to hypoxia and nutrient restriction. Professor Duan uses zebrafish and mammalian cell culture as model system. He has published over 110 scientific articles on these topics.
Professor Duan has served as the council member for the International Society for IGF Research (2003-), the North America Society for Comparative Endocrinology (2012-2015), Chair of the 2017 Gordon Research Conference of Insulin and IGF System in Physiology and Disease. He has served as the Editor or editorial board member for several international journals, including Frontier in Experimental Endocrinology, American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology, General and Comparative Endocrinology etc. He has served on many domestic and international grant review panels including NIH study sections, NSF review panels, and organized several international symposia.
His scientific expertise is in understanding the roles of hormones and growth factors in regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis in early development; signal transduction mechanisms of growth factor actions; transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression; roles of hormones and growth factors in modulating growth, development, and longevity in response to hypoxia and nutrient restriction. Professor Duan uses zebrafish and mammalian cell culture as model system. He has published over 110 scientific articles on these topics.
Professor Duan has served as the council member for the International Society for IGF Research (2003-), the North America Society for Comparative Endocrinology (2012-2015), Chair of the 2017 Gordon Research Conference of Insulin and IGF System in Physiology and Disease. He has served as the Editor or editorial board member for several international journals, including Frontier in Experimental Endocrinology, American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology, General and Comparative Endocrinology etc. He has served on many domestic and international grant review panels including NIH study sections, NSF review panels, and organized several international symposia.