Tian Lab
@ SYSUCC

Lin Tian, PhD
2020.12 present, Principal Investigator at State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China
Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC)
Education
2017.7 − 2020.11 Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Advisor: Dr. Joan Massagué
● 2011.8 2017.6 PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Advisor: Dr. Xiang (Shawn) Zhang
● 2007.9 2011.6 BS,  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Advisor: Dr. Da-bing Zhang
Contact
● Tel: +86-20-87340473
Current Members
Han-Ying Huang
Physician Scientist
PhD, Sun Yat-sen University
BS & MS: Jilin University
Chuang Zhao
PhD student, 2023-present
BS: Wuhan University
Xin-Nan Zheng
PhD student, 2024-present
MS: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
BS: Shanghai University
Jing-Min Zeng
Technician, 2025-present
MS: Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
BS: Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
Open Positions
We are seeking highly motivated applicants with a background in biology or related fields. If you are interested in the available positions listed below, please contact Lin Tian.
Technician / Master student / PhD student
Alumni
Name
Position
Currently
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  Wo-min Chen              Technician (2021.7 - 2022.7)             PhD student at SYSU/Zhongshan School of Medicine

Chao-wen Huang           Technician (2022.9 - 2023.7)            PhD student at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
 
 Jing-hua Chen             Technician (2023.7 - 2023.12)         Master student at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

  Zhi-hong Tan               Technician (2024.7 - 2025.1)              Technician at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

Yan-zhou Chen            PhD Student (2022.9 - 2025.6)       Resident doctor at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
Ying-Jun Kang
Master student, 2025-present
BS: Northeast Agricultural University
News and Team Recognitions
2025.9 Ying-jun Kang joined the lab as a master student. Welcome!

2025.8 The collaborative project, involving Lin Tian, Li-qin Wang, and Yi-jun Gao, and led by Jian Zheng, was sponsored by the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

2025.8 Lin Tian was awarded with the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)! This marks the 2nd General Program grant received from NSFC since Dr. Tian joined the SYSUCC at the end of 2020.

2025.7 Our manuscript "Modeling Tumor Relapse Using Proliferation Tracing and Ablation Transgenic Mouse" is accepted by NPJ Breast Cancer. Congratulations to our first author Chuang Zhao!

2024.12 Our invited review article entitled "Vascular-associated Mononuclear Phagocytes: First-line Soldiers Ambushing Metastasis" is online! Congratulations to co-first authors Han-ying Huang and Xin-nan Zheng!

2024.11 Congratulations to Yan-zhou Chen, the first PhD student in the lab, on winning the National Scholarship, the 'Summa Cum Laude' in China!

2024.10 Our lab's first manuscript "Alternations in inflammatory macrophage niche drive phenotypic and functional plasticity of Kupffer cells" is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Han-ying and Yan-zhou!

2024.8 Han-ying Huang, the clinical fellow in the lab, was awarded the Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China! Congratulations!

2024.7 Xin-nan Zheng, the lab technician, will become the PhD student and continue the project in the lab. Congratulations!

2023.12 Han-ying Huang was awarded with Tulip Talent Training Program of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center! Congratulations!

2023.7 Chuang Zhao joined the lab to study the roles of innate-like T cells in liver metastasis. Welcome!