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ALL Alumni, K-12 students, parents and teachers, Undergraduate students, Graduate School Applicants, and Anyone interested in Science, YOU are welcome to visit our lab anytime! Send an email to Dr. Song-Tao Liu for a guided tour!
We are a basic cancer research lab with focus on the cell biology of mitosis. Mitosis is not simply a cell proliferation process. The connections with cell signaling pathways can help generate daughter cells of different fates through a single cell division.
We have long investigated both subcellular structures (centromeres, kinetochores, and centrosomes) and regulatory mechanisms (mitotic checkpoint) involved in the prevention of aneuploidy and chromosomal instability. More recently we have also developed interest in cell division symmetry control and mitochondrial inheritance. We believe these work will help clarify how cancer cells gain genetic, epigenetic and functional heterogeneity to become drug resistant or metastatic.
We are continuously looking for self-motivated ambitious COLLEAGUES---graduate students, postdocs and visiting scientists. The lab also accepts undergraduate and high school students for research adventures. Consider yourself a good fit for the lab, if you share the belief that independent line of deep thinking is vital for doing intellectually satisfying science, wherever you are based and whichever career stage you are at. You should also be a good team player and a reliable "can do" person. The lab members have won numerous awards.
We are part of the "CELL ARCHITECTURE AND DYNAMICS" Area of Research Excellence at the University of Toledo. We are also part of the University of Toledo SCOPE outreach program!
>>>Compilation of Human Centromere and Kinetochore Proteins
Tel: 419-530-7857 (lab)
Email: sliu@utnet.utoledo.edu
Mail:
University of Toledo, MS601
Wolfe Hall 4254,
2801 West Bancroft Street
Toledo, OH 43606
Lab News:
Lab News:
September 2026 - Welcome Erik Mitchell joining the lab as a MS student!
August 2026 - Welcome Emma Coffey joining the lab as a post-baccalaureate researcher !
August 2026 - Congratulations to Jacob Achenbach for winning a scholarship through the Fall 2026 UToledo Academic Year Research Program!
May 2026 - Congratulations to Scott Deason for winning a scholarship through the UToledo 2026 Undergraduate Summer Research and Creative Activity Program!
August 2025 - The lab has been awarded a R03 award to expand the use of knocksieways techniques! Thanks to NCI.
May 2025 - Read Raissa's article in the Toledo Blade that explains her research to the public: Why cells need brakes: Uncovering the role of MAD1 as a guardian against cancer. Thanks to the Blade and Dr. Kandace Williams for providing the opportunity!
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