Email

limingl@bcm.edu

Positions

Instructor

Pathology
Baylor college of Medicine

Addresses

BCM-Smith Medical Research Bldg (Lab)

Room: BCMS-S234
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from University of Texas at Austin

12/2010 - Austin, Texas United States

MS from University of Texas at Austin

08/2010 - Austin, Texas United States

Professional Interests

• Identification of biomarkers for cancer early detection
• •Engineering RNA-based switches for gene therapy

Websites

Selected Publications

• Kannan, K., Coarfa, C., Chao, P. W., Luo, L., Wang, Y., Brinegar, A. E., ... & Yen, L. "Recurrent BCAM-AKT2 fusion gene leads to a constitutively activated AKT2 fusion kinase in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma." PNAS. 2015;112(11):E1272-E1277.
• Zhang, H., Lin, W., Kannan, K., Luo, L., Li, J., Chao, P. W., ... & Yen, L. "Aberrant chimeric RNA GOLM1-MAK10 encoding a secreted fusion protein as a molecular signature for human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma." Oncotarget. 2013;4(11):2135.
• Qaisar, U., Luo, L., Haley, C. L., Brady, S. F., Carty, N. L., Colmer-Hamood, J. A., & Hamood, A. N. "The pvc operon regulates the expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa fimbrial chaperone/usher pathway (cup) genes." PloS one. 2013;8(4):e62735.
• Luo, L., & Herrin, D. L. "A novel rhodanese is required to maintain chloroplast translation in Chlamydomonas." Plant molecular biology. 2012;79(4-5):495-508.