Chi Van Dang

[7][8] At the University of California, San Francisco, he completed a fellowship on Hematology-Oncology training where he began to work with the MYC gene.

"[13] As of September 1, 2011, Dang became the John H. Glick Professor of Medicine[14] and the Director of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

[7] Research Dang's laboratories has contributed to the understanding of the function of the MYC a gene associated with different cancers.

This research has contributed to the idea that genetic alterations re-program the energy utilization of tumors and specialize cancer cells to rely on specific fuel sources.

[20][21] Eric Fearon conducted his postdoctoral research in Dang's laboratory, where he developed a system for the study of protein-protein interactions in living mammalian cells.

The National Cancer Institute has begun to support research into the function and regulation of clock genes and interactions between circadian rhythms, diseases, and treatments.