Qinan Hu

Dr. Qinan Hu is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at SUSTech School of Medicine, specializing in systems biology approaches to tissue development and precision cancer therapy. His work bridges Drosophila developmental models with tumor heterogeneity research.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Molecular Biology/Developmental Biology, Cornell University (2014-2020)
• B.S. in Life Sciences, Peking University (2010-2014)

His research focuses on high-resolution spatial transcriptomics (Stereo-seq) for Drosophila development modeling and single-cell multi-omics techniques to dissect tumor drug response heterogeneity. Key projects include DISC-seq development for damage quantification and calcium/zinc dynamics analysis during egg activation.

Publication trends reveal consistent application of genomic technologies in Drosophila models (2019-2022), with emphasis on spatial gene expression mapping and cellular signaling mechanisms across Developmental Cell and PNAS publications.

Awards:

• Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents Award (2021)
• SUSTech Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020)
• Cornell LPS BMCB Best Paper Award (2020)
• Cornell Graduate School Research Travel Grant (2019)
• George P. Hess Award (2018)

He serves as principal investigator for an NSFC Young Scientists Fund grant, directing research on genomic technology development. His lab actively advances Stereo-seq and DISC-seq methodologies for developmental and cancer biology applications.