2014-present Associate Professor, The State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2007-2014 Assistant Professor, The State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2002- 2007 Ph.D. Cellular Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1998- 2002 Bachelor degree of Life Science. Wuhan University, Hubei, China.

cancer stem cell

National Key Research and Development Project (2016-2021). Sub-project Leader

National Natural Science Foundation of China (2014-2017): Molecular mechanism of cellular prion protein induced cancer metastasis. Project Leader

National Natural Science Foundation of China (2010-2013): Mechanism of PTO induced cancer stem cell death. Project Leader;

1. Du L, Rao G, Wang H, Li B, Tian W, Cui JT, He L, Laffin B, Tian X, Hao C, Liu H, Sun X, Zhu Y, Tang DG, Mehrpour M, Lu Y^*, Chen Q^*. CD44-positive cancer stem cells expressing cellular prion protein contribute to metastatic     capacity in colorectal cancer, Cancer Research, 73(8): 2682-2694, 2013.
2. Rao GH^#, Liu HM^#, Li BW, Hao JJ, Yang YL, Wang MR, Wang XH, Wang J, Jin HJ, Du L^*, Chen Q ^*. Establishment of a human colorectal cancer cell line P6C with stem cell properties and resistance to chemotherapeutic     drugs. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica ,34(6): 793–804, 2013.(Co-corresponding author)
3. Rao G, Wang H, Li B, Huang L, Xue D, Wang X, Jin H, Wang J, Zhu Y, Lu Y, Du L^*, Chen Q^*. Reciprocal interactions between tumor-associated macrophages and CD44-Positive cancer cells via Osteopontin/CD44 promote tumorigenicity     in colorectal cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 19(4):785-97, 2013. (Co-corresponding author)
4. Du L, Wang H, He L, Zhang J, Ni B, Wang X, Jin H, Cahuzac N, Mehrpour M, Lu Y^*, Chen Q^*. CD44 is of functional importance for colorectal cancer stem cell. Clinical Cancer research, 14(21), 6751-6760, 2008.
5. Liu D, Du L, Chen D, Ye Z, Duan H, Tu T, Feng J, Yang Y, Chen Q, Yan X^*. Reduced CD146 expression promotes tumorigenesis and cancer stemness in colorectal cancer through activating Wnt/β-catenin signalling. Oncotarge, 7(26):40704-40718,     2016.