1962年生, 教育部长江讲座教授（复旦大学），复旦大学发育生物学研究所所长。82年复旦大学遗传学本科毕业，90年获耶鲁大学博士学位，90-93年在加州大学伯克利分校从事博士后研究。93年起历任耶鲁大学遗传学系助理教授、副教授、教授、副系主任。现任休斯医学研究院研究员、Rothberg儿童疾病研究所科学委员会主席。担任《Cell》、《Annual Review of Genetics》、《Disease Models and Mechanisms》、《Integrative Biology》、《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》、《Molecular Cancer Research》等杂志编委。曾任华人生物学家协会主席、耶鲁大学校长中国教育和科学事务顾问。

发展遗传学新方法并研究生长和尺寸调控在癌症、肥胖和发育中的作用。

杰出青年奖（B类）、复旦大学校长奖、全国高校十大科技进展奖、长江学者特聘讲座教授、中国青少年科技创新奖指导教师 、上海市自然科学一等奖、上海市白玉兰纪念奖、全国优秀博士学位论文指导教师、耶鲁大学博士奖学金、美国优秀博士后奖、美国优秀青年科学家学者奖、霍华德休斯医学研究院研究员、耶鲁医学院最佳医学/理学双博士论文指导教师、美国结节性硬化协会勇于探索奖、Sonneborn讲座等。

1.Generation of a Mouse Full-length Balancer with Versatile Cassette-shuttling Selection Strategy.Zhisheng Ye, Lei Sun, Rongbo Li, Min Han, Yuan Zhuang, Xiaohui Wu*, Tian Xu*.Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2016; 12(8): 911-916. doi:10.7150/ijbs.15172.

2.Analysis of PBase Binding Profile Indicates an InsertionTarget Selection Mechanism Dependent on TTAA, ButNot Transcriptional Activity.Dong Yang, Ruiqi Liao, Yun Zheng, Ling Sun*, Tian Xu*.Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2016; 12(9): 1074-1082. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.15589.

3.Disruption of the Golgi protein Otg1 gene causes defective hormone secretion and aberrant glucose homeostasis in mice.Guangxue Wang, Rongbo Li, Ying Yang, Liang Cai, Sheng Ding, Tian Xu*, Min Han*, Xiaohui Wu*.Cell Biosci. 2016 Jun 10;6:41. doi: 10.1186/s13578-016-0108-4.

4.Lmod2 piggyBac mutant mice exhibit dilated cardiomyopathy.Shuang Li, Kaiqi Mo, Hong Tian, Chen Chu, Shuna Sun, Lei Tian, Sheng Ding, Tong-ruei Li, Xiaohui Wu, Fang Liu, Zhen Zhang, Tian Xu*,Ling V. Sun*.Cell Biosci. 2016 Jun 4;6:38. doi: 10.1186/s13578-016-0101-y.

5.Ribose Accelerates Gut Motility and Suppresses Mouse Body Weight Gaining.Yan Liu, Tong-Ruei R Li, Cong Xu, Tian Xu*.Int J Biol Sci. 2016 Apr 28;12(6):701-9. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.13635.

6. Lei Tian, Sheng Ding Yun You Tong-ruei Li Yan Liu, Xiaohui Wu, Ling Sun* and Tian Xu*(2015).Leiomodin-3-deficient mice display nemaline myopathy with fast-myofiber atrophy.Disease Models & Mechanisms. 8(6): 635–641.

7. Wu M, Pastor-Pareja JC & Xu T*(2010). Interaction between RasV12 and scribble clones induces tumor growth and invasion. Nature. 403, 676–680.

8. Chi CW, Zhu HH, Han M, Zhuang Y, Wu X*, Xu T* (2010).Disruption of Lysosome Function Promotes Tumor Growth and Metastasis in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285: 21817-21823.

9. Ding S, Wu X*, Li G, Han M, Zhuang Y, Xu T*(2005).Efficient Transposition of the piggyBac (PB) Transposon in Mammalian Cells and Mice. Cell. 122:473-483.

10. Pagliarini R, Xu T*(2003). A genetic screen in Drosophila for metastatic behavior. Science. 14:1227-31.

11. Potter CJ, Pedraza LG, Xu T*(2002). Akt regulates growth by directly phosphorylating Tsc2. Nature Cell Biology. 4:658-665.

12. Potter CJ, Huang H, Xu T*(2001).Drosophila Tsc1 functions with Tsc2 to antagonize insulin signaling in regulating cell growth, cell proliferation, and organ size. Cell. 105:357-368.

13. Xu T*, Wang W, Zhang S, Stewart RA, Yu Y(1995). Identifying tumor suppressors in genetic mosaics: the Drosophila lats gene encodes a putative protein kinase. Development. 121:1053-1063.