About
Dr. Andi Cani was born and raised in Albania and received his B.S. and M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. He completed his PhD at the University of Michigan Medical School, Pathology Department and Rogel Cancer Center under Drs. Scott Tomlins and Arul Chinnaiyan. His thesis work centered on prostate cancer precision oncology and diagnostics using next-generation technologies including DNA and RNA sequencing.
Dr. Cani joined the group of Dr. Daniel F. Hayes as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in January 2020 in the Hematology/Oncology Division of the Internal Medicine Department and the Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine). His current work focuses on genomic profiling of circulating tumor cells in metastatic breast cancer patients to discover cancer molecular mechanisms at single cell resolution in relation to clinical trial outcomes. His work also entails elucidating circulating tumor cell cluster genomics and biology.
Education
PhD, Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Michigan
MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University
BS, Chemistry, Wayne State University
Training
Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan
Research Interests
Precision oncology
Liquid biopsies
Tumor heterogeneity and evolution
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