Di Tian

Di Tian is an Associate Professor at Tulane University School of Medicine in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. They have a dual MD/PhD degree and extensive postdoctoral training in neuroscience and molecular genetics.

• Education: PhD in Neuroscience (Northwestern University), MD (Beijing Medical University)
• Postdoctoral Fellowships: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Neuroscience), Massachusetts General Hospital (Molecular Genetics)

Their research focuses on molecular diagnosis of brain tumors, sleep regulation, and autism spectrum disorders. Recent work explores SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, breast cancer chemotherapy resistance, and neurogenetic mechanisms of developmental disorders.

Key article trends include:

• CRISPR-based diagnostics for infectious diseases
• Neurophysiological impacts of 16p11.2 microdeletion
• Immune-modulatory mechanisms in cancer therapy