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Wei Qing
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Cilia
Flagella
Diseases
Mechanisms
Sperm
Reproductive Development
Cancer
Model Organisms
C. Elegans
Drosophila
Areas of Focus
- Mechanisms of cilia formation and related diseases
- Mechanisms of sperm flagella formation
- Role and mechanisms of cilia in male reproductive development and cancer
Work Experience
- 2019-03 to Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2015-08 to 2019-02 - Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2013-06 to 2015-10 - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA - Research Associate
- 2008-06 to 2013-06 - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA - Research Fellow
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002-09 to 2008-07 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1998-09 to 2002-07 Bachelor: College of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanxi University
Publications
- The hydrolethalus syndrome protein HYLS-1 regulates formation of the ciliary gate., Nature Communications, 2016
- Phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase PIPKIγ and phosphatase INPP5E coordinate initiation of ciliogenesis, Nature Communications, 2016
- The essential roles of transition fibers in the context of cilia, Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2015
- BBS4 and BBS5 show functional redundancy in the BBSome to regulate the degradative sorting of ciliary sensory receptors, Scientific Reports, 2015
- Transition fibre protein FBF1 is required for the ciliary entry of assembled intraflagellar transport complexes, Nature Communications, 2013
- The BBSome controls IFT assembly and turnaround in cilia, Nature Cell Biology, 2012
- SUMOylation of the small GTPase ARL-13 promotes ciliary targeting of sensory receptors, Journal of Cell Biology, 2012
- Defective etioplasts observed in variegation mutants may reveal the light-independent regulation of white/yellow sectors of Arabidopsis leaves, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2011
- Small GTPases ARL-13 and ARL-3 coordinate the IFT integrity in cilia, Journal of Cell Biology, 2010
- Activation of the heterotrimeric G-protein alpha-subunit GPA1 suppresses the ftsh-mediated inhibition of Chloroplast Development in Arabidopsis, The Plant Journal, 2009
- Heterotrimeric G-protein is involved in phytochrome A-mediated cell death of Arabidopsis hypocotyls, Cell Research, 2008
- 中国跳虫染色体和雄性减数分裂的首次观察, 动物学研究, 2005
