Yongqiang Chen PhD

• Dr. Yongqiang Chen received his Ph.D in microbiology from University of Manitoba in 2005. He undertook his postdoctoral training at CancerCare Manitoba and University of Michigan.
• Currently, he is a research associate at CancerCare Manitoba.
• His expertise lies in autophagy, cell death, oxidative stress and signal transduction.
• He contributed to the pioneer studies in the roles of oxidative stress in autophagy and autophagic cell death, and the switch between procell survival and pro-cell death autophagy plays in cancer cells.
• His research interest is to study the roles of autophagy and various signaling pathways in cancers and other human diseases.

Education:

• Ph.D., Department of Microbiology at University of Manitoba (with Dr. Isamu Suzuki) 09/2000 - 05/2005
• B.Sc., College of Life Science and Technology (former Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry) at
• Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P. R. China 09/1989 - 07/1993

Awards:

• Poster award, Keystone Symposia-Targeted Cancer Therapies (X8). Whistler, BC, Canada 27/03/2009 - 01/04/2009
• The Hester Award (Poster), CancerCare Manitoba Research Day. Winnipeg, MB, Canada 11/04/2008
• Postdoctoral fellowship from Manitoba Health Research Council 01/07/2007 - 30/06/2009
• Postdoctoral fellowship from CancerCare Manitoba Foundation (George H. Sellers Fund) (declined) 01/07/2007 - 30/06/2009
• Poster award, Keystone Symposia- Apoptotic and Non-Apoptotic Cell Death Pathways (Z4). CA, USA 15-20/04/2007
• Postdoctoral fellowship from CancerCare Manitoba Foundation (George H. Sellers Fund) 01/07/2006 - 30/06/2007
• Graduate studentship, Faculty of science, University of Manitoba 09/2003 - 08/2005
• Graduate student conference travel award from University of Manitoba for 54th Annual Meeting of Canadian Society of Microbiologists at University of Alberta 20-23/06/2004