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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