Yuan Liu Research Group

Florida International University

Liu studies how cells repair oxidative damage to DNA and what happens when those processes fail. Her laboratory focuses on DNA base excision repair, a pathway that addresses damaged bases and strand breaks. Research connects repair enzymes and their cofactors with genomic and epigenomic instability in diseases including cancer and neurodegeneration. FIU also describes an interest in using repair biology to improve analysis of degraded DNA in forensic samples. The group provides a specific bridge between biochemical repair mechanisms, disease-related genetic stability, and possible applications in molecular detection.