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Qianben Wang

Banks Anderson, Sr. Distinguished Professor
Pathology
Room 1027A, GSRB1, Box #103864,, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Elucidating alternative polyadenylation regulation during prostate cancer progression to castration-resistance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Targeting MED31-driven transcription recycling in lethal prostate cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Targeting oncogenomic function of N-Myc to inhibit neuroendocrine prostate cancer visceral metastasis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2023 - 2026

Computational and Experimental Modeling of Alternative Polyadenylation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2022 - 2026

Elucidating alternative polyadenylation regulation during prostate cancer progression to castration-resistance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Targeting MED31-driven transcription recycling in lethal prostate cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Targeting oncogenomic function of N-Myc to inhibit neuroendocrine prostate cancer visceral metastasis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2023 - 2026

Computational and Experimental Modeling of Alternative Polyadenylation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2022 - 2026

Inhalable Cas13d-based nanotherapy for pan-coronavirus infection: Using SARS-CoV-2 Omicron as a model

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2024 - 2026

Adjuvant Comparison for Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2025

Systems analysis of the prostate cancer epigenome

ResearchUnit Lead · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2020 - 2025

Cas13d-based nanotherapy targeting undruggable transcription factor HoxB13 to inhibit prostate cancer metastasis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2023 - 2025

Adjuvant Comparison for Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Role of JMJD1A modifications in castration resistance of prostate cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Maryland, Baltimore · 2022 - 2025

Exploiting Ferroptosis for the Treatment of RB1-Deficient Lethal Prostate Cancer

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2024

Targeting neuroendocrine prostate cancer by engineering 3' untranslated regions

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2020 - 2024

Targeting the Oncogenomic Function of the E2F8 Transcription Factor in Lethal Cancer

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2024

Systems Analysis of Epigenomic Architecture in Cancer Progression (Outreach Core)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · 2019 - 2023

Systems Analysis of Epigenomic Architecture in Cancer Progression (Project 2: Fine-scale nucleosome repositioning of enhancers for hormone-independent genomic function)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · 2017 - 2023

FOXA2-targeted organ-selective nanotherapy for prostate cancer visceral metastasis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mike Slive Foundation · 2022 - 2022

Role of oncogenic phosphorylated MED1 in aggressive prostate cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Systems Analysis of Epigenomic Architecture in Cancer Progression (Administrative Core)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · 2017 - 2022

Novel genomic mechanism for ligand-dependent transcription by androgen receptor

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Targeting castration-resistant prostate cancer by engineering 3'UTR

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2020 - 2022

Novel Tumor Suppressive Role of Phosphodiesterases in Prostate Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ohio State University · 2017 - 2021

Systems Analysis of Epigenomic Architecture in Cancer Progression (Carryover)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · 2020 - 2021

Population/single-cell profiling of chromatin accessibility for hormone-dependent cancers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · 2018 - 2019

External Relationships


  • NIH, Society of Basic Urological Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Wayne State University , Serican Academy of Urology, Journal editorial board

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