8月6日，西湖大学微信公众号发文，国际知名生物化学和细胞生物学家、原加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校杰出教授管坤良，本月初正式全职加入西湖大学、西湖实验室，受聘为分子细胞生物学讲席教授。
管坤良，浙江桐乡人，1982年获得浙江大学（原杭州大学）学士学位；1989年获得普渡大学博士学位；1989-1991年在普渡大学从事博士后研究；1992-2007年在密歇根大学任教，2007进入加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校任教，并于2013-2023年受聘为该校杰出教授。
2023年，入职西湖大学任生命科学学院讲席教授、博士生导师。
管坤良主要从事细胞生长调控和肿瘤发生的信号转导方面的研究。在博士后期间，他发现了双特异性蛋白磷酸酶家族和生物催化中的新型硫代磷酸盐中间体，其实验室的早期工作克隆了人类MEK1/2并阐明了MEK的激活机制。过去二十年来，管坤良重点关注mTOR和Hippo通路，在建立mTORC1信号传导网络方面做出了重要贡献，包括在生长因子、营养和能量应答中鉴定了TSC1/2-Rheb、Rag和AMPK作为mTORC1的上游调控因子，以及阐明ULK1和VPS34作为mTORC1在自噬中的下游效应分子。
近年来，他的团队一直在关注Hippo通路及其在癌症中的作用，在推动Hippo领域方面发挥了领导作用。
截至目前，管坤良已发表300多篇研究论文，是分子生物学和遗传学领域被引用最多的研究人员之一（H指数167，谷歌学术），同时也是在Hippo领域被引用最多的学者和在mTOR领域被引用第二多的学者。曾获评美国“麦克阿瑟天才奖”、美国生物化学和分子生物学学会“青年科学家奖”和华人生物学家协会吴瑞奖等多个重要奖项。
加入西湖大学后，管坤良将组建“分子细胞生物学实验室”，聚焦于Hippo通路调控的分子机制、上游信号、生理功能以及其在癌症中的作用。目前实验室已正式启动招聘。
联系方式：E-mail: guankunliang@westlake.edu.cnWebsite: https://www.westlake.edu.cn/faculty/kunliang-guan.html
代表论文：
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