Wenfeng An

Title

Professor/Markl Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research

Office Building

Avera Health and Science Center

Office

253

Mailing Address

Avera Health and Science 253
Pharmaceutical Sciences-Box 2202C
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

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Education

• M.B. | Peking University Health Science Center
• M.P.H. | Peking University Health Science Center
• Ph.D. | University of Michigan Medical School
• Postdoctoral | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Academic Interests

• Cancer
• Epigenetics
• Genomics
• Germ cell development
• Mouse model
• LINE-1 retrotransposon

Committees and Professional Memberships

• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Society of Human Genetics
• American Society for Microbiology
• Society for the Study of Reproduction

Awards and Honors

• SDSU F. O. Butler Award for Excellence in Research
• SDSU College of Pharmacy Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activity
• SDSU College of Pharmacy Outstanding Researcher
• Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Ward J. MacNeal Distinguished Dissertation Award

Grants

• NIH R01CA259581 “Elucidating the Functional and Mechanistic Roles of LINE-1 Retrotransposons in Myeloid Leukemia”.
• NIH R01AG074283 “Antiviral response coupled with transposon derepression in Alzheimer’s disease and aging”.
• NIH R03HD099412 “L1 retrotransposition during defective spermatogenesis”.
• NIH R15GM131263 “Developmental timing of LINE-1 retrotransposition in mouse models”.
• NIH R01ES028212 "The Intersection of Stress and Environmental Chemicals in Germ Cell Reprogramming".
• NIH R21HD080143 “Investigating an Etiological Role of LINE-1 Retrotransposition in Birth Defects”.
• NIH R21OD017965 “Novel Transgenic Mouse Models for L1 Retrotransposons in Development and Disease”.
• NIH P50GM107632 “Center for Systems Biology of Retrotransposition” (Subaward).