Shan Yan

Professor, PI, Cell and Molecular Biologist. Study genome integrity and cancer etiology. Fun of Xenopus laevis. Opinions are my own.

[Shan Yan @ShanYanLab]

Glad to share a lab research article @NatureComms Great work by co-authors Haichao Zhao @HaichaoZhao9 Jia Li @Jiali17022980 Zhongsheng You @YouLab_WashU Howard Lindsay @Howard_Lindsay
@unccharlotte @FASEBorg @EMGSUS @ASBMB
Check it out:
https://t.co/4NVmTubbEh

[Robert W. Sobol @rwsobol]

New Approach Methods in Genetic Toxicology - Roberts - 2026 - Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/Rl2SHpNNeh @EMGSUS

[Robert W. Sobol @rwsobol]

Mechanisms of PARP Inhibitor Resistance: From Replication Gap Biology and Transcription–Replication Conflicts to PROTAC‐Based Next‐Generation Strategies - Abinawanto - 2026 - Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/N2nyHqPlog @EMGSUS

[Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @EMGSUS]

📣 TOMORROW! The #EMGS presents an MMA webinar: "Understanding molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis with implications in human health and disease"
featuring talks by Drs. Graham C. Walker, Mikhael Kashlev and Julian Sale followed by a panel on surviving academia and pursuing exciting science!

Read More and Register Now! https://t.co/lvB3c42W0A

[Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @EMGSUS]

The #EMGS is proud to sponsor the 2026 Alexander Hollaender Travel Awards to help students and young investigators from low- and middle-income countries attend the 2026 International Conference on Environmental Mutagens (ICEM), this September 6-10, 2026, in Edinburgh, UK.

Awardees will receive:
✅️ A two-way economy flight ticket to Edinburgh, UK.
✅️ ICEM Conference Registration
✅️ ICEM Gala Dinner Ticket

Learn More and Apply by March 15th: https://t.co/uS98JtBW6x

[Shan Yan @ShanYanLab]

We are excited to invite you to the inaugural 2026 Southeastern Symposium on Genome Integrity and Chromatin Regulation, to be held at UNC Charlotte on June 15, 2026.
Details: https://t.co/8ww9PWIMis
@unccharlotte @ASBMB @EMGSUS @FASEBorg @ncbiotech

[Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @EMGSUS]

📣 The #EMGS is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Professional Awards, who will give plenary lectures at #EMGS2026 this October.

Our 2026 Alexander Hollaender Award Winner is Dr. Barbara Parsons from the National Center for Toxicological Research, Food & Drug Administration.

Our 2026 EMGS Award Winner is Dr. Paul Doetsch from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Congratulations to Dr. Parsons and Dr. Doetsch!

[Robert W. Sobol @rwsobol]

Thanks to all the amazing authors who have contributed to this DNA Repair Special Issue "Genome maintenance pathways in cancer - etiology, biomarkers and targets" https://t.co/NMh3hJBWy9 @EMGSUS @BrownUniversity @BrownUCancer

[Robert W. Sobol @rwsobol]

Great to see our latest study out in NAR Cancer: Replication-associated base excision repair/single-strand break repair regulates PARG inhibitor response via the PRMT1/PRMT5/ATR axis https://t.co/gOcmBMxLWL @BrownUniversity @BrownUCancer @BrownPathology @EMGSUS

[Shan Yan @ShanYanLab]

Trilled and humbled to received the 2025 Outstanding Faculty Research Award by Department of Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte. Thankful to my mentors, collaborators, current/former lab members, friends and family. ⁦⁦@EMGSUS⁩ @ASBMB⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@unccharlotte⁩

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

[Shan Yan @ShanYanLab]

Thrilled to spotlight the Charlotte Biology and Biotechnology Exchange Group at the NCBiotech Summit 2025

@unccharlotte
@ncbiotech

[NCBiotech @ncbiotech]

Shan Yan, Ph.D. @unccharlotte shares how the Charlotte Biology and Biotech exchange group has hosted 36 distinguished speaker since 2017. CBB plans to expand the community and collaborations for continued impact. #NCBiotechSummit2025

[NCBiotech @ncbiotech]

Shan Yan, Ph.D. @unccharlotte shares how the Charlotte Biology and Biotech exchange group has hosted 36 distinguished speaker since 2017. CBB plans to expand the community and collaborations for continued impact. #NCBiotechSummit2025

[Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @EMGSUS]

Our #EMGS2025 Sam Wilson Award Lecturer, Mark Hedglin is presenting a wonderful talk in Platform 1: DNA Repair, "Rad6 Is Dynamically Accessible for Activation Within the Rad6(Rad18)2 Complex: Mechanistic Insights into a Ubiquitin Cascade Critical for Human DNA Damage Tolerance"!

[Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @EMGSUS]

Our #EMGS2025 Hollaender Award Lecturer, Dr. Carole Yauk is speaking now!

Attendees: Don’t say you would’ve, could’ve, should’ve been there, and go see her talk, “The Eras Tour: A Genomic Journey Through the Evolution of Applied Genetic Toxicology.”

[Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @EMGSUS]

Our #EMGS2025 EMGS Award Lecturer, Dr. Dana Dolinoy, is starting off day four of #EMGS2025 with a fantastic talk on "Toxicoepigenetics and the Use of piRNA for Precision Environmental Health Research"!

[Shan Yan @ShanYanLab]

First day of 2025 EMGS annual meeting ⁦@EMGSUS⁩

[Shan Yan @ShanYanLab]

Looking for a postdoctoral fellow working in genomic integrity and cancer etiology. Please email me or apply via the below weblink if you are interested in:

https://t.co/n4l4W8efVj

[Shan Yan @ShanYanLab]

@DrBrianStrahl @NatureCellBio @AbidKhanEpigen Congratulations

[Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @EMGSUS]

The #EMGS is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert W. Sobol @rwsobol has been appointed the new Editor-in-Chief for Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.

This September, congratulate our new Editor-in-Chief in-person at the 56th Annual Meeting of the EMGS in Rochester, New York!

[Shan Yan @ShanYanLab]

Look forward to speaking at the Social DNAing webinar

[Zha Lab @zha_lab]

Thank Mitch for a nice tour in flying end-joining! Dr. Yan @ShanYanLab for UNC-Charlotte will take us to the frogs and up! Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS