Melissa Wong is an American biologist known for her work describing cell fusion, the cancer stem cell niche, and early detection strategies. She currently holds appointments at

Oregon Health & Science University Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland, Oregon. The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medi ...

in the Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology and co-leads the

Knight Cancer Institute The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute (previously the OHSU Cancer Institute) is a research institute within Oregon Health & Science University. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center is led by director Brian Druker. It is the only ...

's Cancer Biology program.

Education and career

Wong received her bachelor's degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado syst ...

. She completed her graduate training in molecular pathobiology at

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

under the supervision of Paul Dawson. She joined the laboratory of renowned microbiologist

Jeffrey I. Gordon Jeffrey I. Gordon (born 1947) is a biologist and the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is internationally known f ...

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for her post-doctoral work. In 2001, she accepted a joint faculty position at

in the departments of Dermatology and Cell and Developmental Biology. Her lab is located in the Knight Cancer Research building.

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