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Yifu Qiu
Life Sciences / Medical / Biology
Peking University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Immunity
Metabolism
Cellular Mechanisms
Molecular Mechanisms
Aging
Energy Metabolism
Brown Fat
Beige Fat
White Fat
Fat Remodeling
Areas of Focus
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of immunity and metabolism
- Immune regulation of aging
- Immune regulation of energy metabolism
- Development, function, and remodeling of brown, beige, and white fat
Work Experience
- 2010.11-2015.10 - University of California, San Francisco - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2015.11-present - Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences - Researcher
- 2015.11-2021.3 - Peking University Institute of Molecular Medicine - Researcher
- 2021.4-2023.8 - Peking University School of Future Technology - Researcher
- 2023.9-present - Peking University School of Future Technology - Tenured Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996.9 – 2000.7 Bachelor: Nanchang University, Bioengineering
- 2003.9 – 2010.3 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Publications
- Type 2 cytokine signaling in macrophages protects from cellular senescence and organismal aging, Zhou Z, Yao J, Wu D, Huang X, Wang Y, Li X, Lu Q, Qiu Y*, 2024
- Transcriptional repression of beige fat innervation via a YAP/TAZ-S100B axis, Huang X, Li X, Shen H, Zhao Y, Zhou Z, Wang Y, Yao J, Xue K, Wu D*, Qiu Y*, 2023
- The Hippo pathway links adipocyte plasticity to adipose tissue fibrosis, Shen H, Huang X, Zhao Y, Wu D, Xue K, Yao J, Wang Y, Tang N, Qiu Y*, 2022
- The mitochondrial calcium uniporter engages UCP1 to form a thermoporter that promotes thermogenesis, Xue K, Wu D, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Shen H, Yao J, Huang X, Li X, Zhou Z, Wang Z, Qiu Y*, 2022
- Macrophage IRX3 promotes diet-induced obesity and metabolic inflammation, Yao J, Wu D, Zhang C, Yan T, Zhao Y, Shen H, Xue K, Huang X, Wang Z, Qiu Y*, 2021
Awards
- Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor
