Zhi Sheng
Assistant professor
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
USA
Biography
Zhi Sheng is an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, where his research focuses on developing new therapies for glioblastoma, a lethal and incurable brain cancer. Sheng is also an assistant professor of biomedical sciences and pathobiology in the Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
Research Interest
The overarching research goal of the Dr. Zhi Sheng’s laboratory at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute is to develop new and effective cancer therapies using the following strategies and approaches: (1) Identify new and effective cancer therapeutic targets by dissecting molecular pathways that orchestrate the cell survival and/or death; and (2) Overcome drug resistance in cancer.