¹Microbiology and Immunology, Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Correspondence: Xin-Yuan Fu, xfu@iupui.edu

Xin-Yuan Fu, PhD, is currently Professor of Immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine USA. He received his PhD in molecular biology at Columbia University in 1988 (Mentor: James Manley); postdoctoral training in Rockefeller University with James Darnell (1988-1991). He was an Assistant Professor in Mt Sinai School of Medicine NY (1992-1994); an Associate Professor at Yale University (1994-2003), a Full Professor at Indiana University (2004-present). Dr Fu served as member of Hem 1/Hematopoiesis Study Section of NIH (1999-2004). One of Dr Fu's contributions to science is the discovery STAT gene family (Fu et al., 1992, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 89:7840-7843) while he was working in Darnell's laboratory, and the revelation of the molecular mechanism of signal transduction through the STAT pathway (Fu, 1992, Cell, 70:323-335). In the past ten years his work has focused on STAT3's role in regulation of inflammation, dendritic cell differentiation and development. Currently, one of Dr Fu's research interests is to reveal roles of the STAT gene family in epigenetic regulation of stem cell differentiation and development. Please visit Dr Fu's laboratory website for more information on his research interests (http://www.iupui.edu/micro/fu.html).