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Cong Yi
Medical School
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: Chinese, English
Energy Metabolism
Autophagy
Cellular Homeostasis
Metabolic Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Cancer
Molecular Mechanisms
Physiological Significance
Pathological Significance
Selective Autophagy
Areas of Focus
- Intrinsic link between energy metabolism and autophagy
- Molecular mechanisms and physiological/pathological significance of selective autophagy
- Role of cellular homeostasis in metabolic diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer
Work Experience
- 5/2018 - Present: Dual-appointed Professor, First Affiliated Hospital
- 1/2017 - Present: Hundred Talents Program Researcher, Principal Investigator, Doctoral Supervisor, School of Medicine
- 7/2012 - 12/2016: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences
- 9/2009 - 6/2012: Ph.D. Student, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
Academic Background & Achievements
- Ph.D. in Science: Tsinghua University
- Postdoctoral Research: Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences
- Notable Achievement: Published papers in Science, Cell, Dev Cell, EMBO J, PNAS, JCB, Autophagy
Awards
- 2012: One of China's Top Ten Scientific Advances by the Ministry of Science and Technology
- 2012: Outstanding Research Paper Award, Zhou Chenglu Fund, Chinese Society of Biochemistry
- 2014: Outstanding Young Scholar in Membrane Biology, Chinese Biophysical Society
- 2019: Advanced Worker, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
- 2021: Outstanding Young Teacher, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University
- 2022: Top Ten Academic Advances, Young Scholars, Zhejiang University
