Shawn Shun-Cheng Li
Professor
M.Sc.  Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Science
B.Sc.  Beijing University
Ph.D  University of Toronto
Postdoctoral Fellow Samuel Lunenfeld Mt. Sinai Hospital Research Institute Toronto
Telephone: (519) 850-2910
Facsimile: (519) 661-3175
E-Mail: sli@uwo.ca

Research Group Homepage

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Awards and Honors
1. 2006 Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics and Cellular Proteomics.
2. 2004 Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for the Biological Sciences. Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd.
3. 2004 Dean’s Award of Excellence (Research). Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario.
4. 2001 Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA), Government of Ontario.
5. 2001 Harold E Johns Award. National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC).
6. 2001-2007 Research Scientist Award. National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC).
7. 1999-2000 Centennial Fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada (MRC).
8. 1995-1998 Fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada.
9. 1995 Fellowship, National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC). -declined.
10. 1995 Young Investigator Award, American Peptide Society.
11. 1994 RESTRACOM Award for Scientific Merit, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
12. 1993 Young Investigator Award, American Peptide Society.

Selected Publications
1. Dhami, GK,  Liu, H, Galka, M, Voss C, Kaneko T, Muranko K, Cregan SP, Li L, and Li SSC (2013) "Dynamic methylation of Numb by Set8 regulates its binding to p53 and apoptosis". Mol. Cell  2013 May 23;50(4):565-76;
2. Liu, H., Galka, Liu, X., Lin, Yu-fen, Pittock, P., Voss, C, Dhami, G, Li, X, Lajoie, G, Chen, B, and Li, SSC (2013) "A method for systematic mapping of protein lysine methylation identifies new functions for HP1beta in DNA damage response". Mol. Cell  Mol Cell. 2013 May 22. doi:pii: S1097-2765(13)00330-4. 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.04.025. [Epub ahead of print]. SPA
3. Zhao, B, Tan, P, Li, SSC*, Pei, D* (2013) "Systematic characterization of the specificity of the SH2 domains of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases". J. Proteomics  81:56-69 SPA
4. Ghai, R, Bugarcic, A, Liu, H, Norwood, SJ, Li, SS, Teasdale RD, and Collins, BM (2013) "Structural basis for endosomal trafficking of diverse transmembrane cargos by PX-FERM proteins". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 110(8):E643-52.
5. Findlay, GM, Smith, MJ, Lanner, F, Hsiung, MS, Gish, GD, Kaneko, T, Huang, H,  Bagshaw, RD, Ketela, T, Moffat, J, Ikura, M, Li, SSC, Sidhu, S,  Rossant, J, and Pawson T (2013) "The binding properties of the RasGEF Sos1/Grb2 complex define timing and selectivity in embryonic stem cell lineage commitment". Cell 152(5):1008-20. C.