Dr. Yong-jie Xu Awarded 5 Year NIH Grant

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Dr. Yong-jie Xu, faculty in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, a 5 year grant worth $1.295 Million to study Signaling Mechanism of the DNA Replication Checkpoint.

Located in the Diggs Research Laboratory Building, Dr. Xu's laboratory is interested in understanding the molecular mechanism of the replication checkpoint, a complex signaling pathway that is activated when DNA replication is perturbed. The long-term goal of the research program is to better understand the molecular interface between the DNA replication machinery and the