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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Ling Qi, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology,
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes,
B.S. Fudan University, 1997; Ph.D. University of Maryland, 2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2004; Research Associate, Salk Institute, 2007;
Assistant/Associate Professor, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), 2007-2013/2013-2016;
Professor, University of Michigan Medical School, 2016-2023
Email: lingq@umich.edu
RESEARCH ASSISTANT/SPECIALIST
Linxiu (Lisa) Pan, M.S.
Start Date: 06/2022
B.S. Sichuan Agricultural University, China, 2015
M.S. Sichuan Agricultural University, China, 2018
Lisa is interested in the role of Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD in the pancreas.
Email: panli@umich.edu
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Liangguang Lin (Leo), Ph.D.
Start Date: 11/2019
B.S. South China Agricultural University, China, 2014
Ph.D. Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2019
Liangguang is interested in Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD substrate screening
Email: lianggul@umich.edu
Xiaoqiong Wei, Ph.D.
Start Date: 03/2020
B.S. Nanyang Normal University, 2012
Ph.D. Sichuan University, China, 2019
Xiaoqiong is interested in ERAD substrate screening and ERAD function in kidney.
Email: weixi@umich.edu
Yusheng Liang, Ph.D.
Start Date: 08/2021
B.S. Northwest A&F University, 2014
M.S. Lanzhou University, 2017
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
Yusheng is interested in the role of Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD in the skeletal muscle.
Email: yushengl@med.umich.edu
Huilun (Helen) Wang, Ph.D.
Start Date: 09/2021
B.S. Peking University Health Science Center, 2016
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2021
Helen is interested in studying human mutations of ERAD components and ERAD function in cardio-metabolic diseases.
Email: huilunw@umich.edu
Xiawei Zhang, Ph.D.
Start Date: 09/2021
B.S. Sichuan Agricultural University, China, 2015
Ph.D. CAS center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2020
Xiawei Zhang is interested in the crosstalk between autophagy and Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD.
Email: xiaweiz@umich.edu
Xinxin Chen, Ph.D.
Start Date: 02/2022
B.S. Jilin University, China, 2015
Ph.D. Institute of biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2021
Xinxin is interested in the role of Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD in brown adipose tissue.
Email: xinxinc@med.umich.edu
Zhihong Wang, Ph.D.
Start Date: 07/2022
B.S. Northwest A&F University, 2016
Ph.D. Michigan Technological University, 2022
Zhihong is interest in the role of Sel1-Hrd1 ERAD in iPSC differentiation to beta cells
Email: wzhihong@umich.edu
Qiao Shi (Joe), M.D., Ph.D
Start Date: 11/2022
B.S. Qinghai University, China, 2011
Ph.D./M.D. Wuhan University, China, 2017
Qiao is interested in the role of Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD in the islets and pancreatic diseases.
Email: shiqiao@umich.edu
Hui Wang (Romily), M.D., Ph.D
Start Date: 12/2022
B.S. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2011
Ph.D./M.D. Third Military Medical University, China, 2016
Hui is interested in the role of Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD in neurons.
Email: gnawiuh@umich.edu
Debora Scheffer, Ph.D. (FAPESP/USP Fellowship, Brazil)
Start Date: 12/2022
B.S. University of the Extreme South of Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2010
Ph.D. Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2017
Debora is interested in the crosstalk between mitofusins 1/2 and ER in the skeletal muscle.
Email: dscheffe@umich.edu
Eliana Elizabeth Botta, Ph.D.
Start Date: 06/2023
B.S. School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015
Ph.D. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2020
Eliana is interested in the role of ERAD in in Alzheimer's disease.
Email: prv8nx@virginia.edu
Yujun Quan, Ph.D.
Start Date: 07/2023
B.S. Southwest University, China, 2013
M.S. China Agriculture University, China, 2016
Ph.D. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2022
Yujun is interested in the role of SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD in innate immunity.
Email: yjquan@umich.med.edu
Shuangcheng (Alivia) Wu, Ph.D.
Start Date: 04/2018 (joined the PIBS program 07/2017)
B.S. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2014; M.S. Wageningen University and Research Center (2017)
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2023
Alivia is interested in the crosstalk between Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD and autophagy in adipose tissue.
Email: scalivia@umich.edu
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Hancheng Mao (MIP graduate student)
Start Date: 04/2019 (joined the PIBS program 07/2018)
B.S. Fudan University, Shanghai; M.S. Duke University (2017)
Hancheng is interested in the role of Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD in POMC neurons.
Email: hancheng@umich.edu
Zexin (Jason) Li (Biochem graduate student)
Start Date: 01/2022
B.S. University of Pittsburgh, 2019
Jason is interested in using different models to study human mutations of the Sel1L-Hrd1 complex.
Email: zexinli@umich.edu
Linyao (Elina) Zhou (MIP graduate student)
Start Date: 11/2021
B.S. South China Agricultural University, China, 2014
M.S. Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2018
Elina is interested in the role of Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD in the liver.
Email: linyaoz@umich.edu
ALUMNI
Wenzhen Zhu, Ph.D. (2022-2023 as postdoctoral fellow): Currently a postdoctoral fellow at University of Michigan.
Amara Bugarin-Lapuz (2023 as a research assistant): Currently a Research Assistant at University of Michigan.
Brent Pederson (2021-2023 as a research assistant): Currently a Research Assistant at University of Michigan.
Benedict Abdon, Ph.D. (2017-2023 as a graduate student from UMICH): Currently a postdoctoral fellow at University of Michigan.
You Lu, Ph.D. (2020-2023 as postdoctoral fellow and later research investigator): Currently a Research Investigator at University of Michigan.
Neha Shrestha, Ph.D. (2016-2023 as postdoctoral fellow and later research investigator): Currently Scientist at Regeneron.
Anna Gretzinger (2020-2021 as a research assistant): Currently a graduate student at Wayne State University.
Zhangsen Jason Zhou, Ph.D. (2016-2020): Currently Professor at Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Gensheng Zhang (2019-2021 as postdoctoral fellow): Currently Associate Professor at Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Yewei Ji, Ph.D. (2009-2020 as postdoctoral fellow and later research investigator): Currently Professor at Zhejiang U, China
Asmita Bhattacharya, Ph.D. (2014-2020 as graduate student from Cornell): Currently postdoc fellow at Stanford U.
Xianwei Cui, Ph.D. (2019-2020 as visiting scholar): Currently Associate Professor at Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
Sei Yoshida, Ph.D. (2018-2020 as assistant research scientist): Currently Professor at Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Guojun Shi, Ph.D. (2012-2020 as postdoctoral fellow and later research investigator): Currently Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Xunya Pan (2017-2019 as exchange graduate student): Back to China to complete her MD
Xiaowei Sun (2018-2019 as exchange graduate student): Graduate student at Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Geun Hyang Kim, Ph.D. (2015-2019 as postdoctoral fellow): Currently Scientist at Regeneron
Tiana Wang (12/2017-3/2019 as exchange graduate student): Research assistant at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Hanh Truong (4/2017-1/2019 as graduate student): Currently a PIBS Graduate Student at UoM
Jiwon Hwang, Ph.D. (1-11/2018 as Research Investigator): Currently Research Investigator at the Biochem Department at Michigan
Hana Kim, Ph.D. (2012-2017 as a graduate student, Immunology, Cornell University): Currently Scientist at XBiotech, Austin, TX
Roger Zhou (2017 as an internal): Currently graduate student at University of Zurich
Laurel Darragh: Human Biology, Health, and Society, Cornell University, Class of 2017; Currently MD/PhD program at University of Colorado at Denver
Soobin Song: Human Biology, Health & Society, Cornell University, Class of 2017
Nir Tomer: Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Class of 2017; Currently Mount Sinai Medical School
Dongliang Wang, Ph.D. (Visiting scholar 2016-2017): Currently Associate Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University
Diane Somlo (2013-2015 as an undergraduate and 2015-2016 as a Research Assistant): Currently Yale Medical School
Haibo Sha, Ph.D. (10/2007-2/2016 as a postdoc fellow and research associate): Currently Investigator/Group Leader, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research
Shengyi Iris Sun, Ph.D. (9/2009-10/2015 as a HHMI International scholar and postdoc fellow): Currently Assistant Professor at Wayne State University
Zhen Xue, Ph.D. (6/2009-12/2013 as a graduate student): Currently Shanghai
Cindy Wang (2/2008-11/2013 as technician): Currently at Cornell Sequencing Core Facility
Liu Yang, Ph.D. (6/2009-8/2013 as a AHA pre-doctoral fellow): Currently Fellow in U. of Toronto
Yin He, Ph.D. (6/2008-5/2013 as a graduate student): Currently Scientist, Transcriptic Inc.
Hui Chen, Ph.D. (8/2007-5/2012 as a research associate): Currently Technology Commercialization and Liaison Assistant at University of Michigan
Sheng Xia, Ph.D. (2/2009-6/2011 as a postdoc fellow): Currently Professor and Chair in the Department of Immunology at Jiangsu University, China
Reilly Coch (2013-2014 as a visiting fellow): Currently medical fellow at Duke University
Robert Guber (2012-2015 as undergraduate): Currently at NIH as a post-bac researcher and now is at U Mass Medical School
Diana Mak: Class of 2013
Muhammad Panhwar: MD fellow in Weill Cornell Medical College at Qatar
Mahindra Mohan: Class of 2013
Xiao Qing Li: Class of 2013, medical school
Steven Ham: Class of 2013, medical school
Anna Zenno (7/2007-6/2010 as a undergraduate): Currently at medical school at SUNY Stony Brook
Angela Lee: Class of 2013, medical school