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Name	Yongjie Wei
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Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Yongjie Wei

Contact Information

weiyongjie@gzhmu.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Guangzhou Medical University
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	PhD: Sun Yat-sen University, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol Postdoctoral Training: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Work Experience	Assistant Professor: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine Team Lead/Supervisor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Beth Levine's team
Awards	International Patent

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Guangzhou Medical University

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

PhD: Sun Yat-sen University, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol
Postdoctoral Training: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Work Experience

Assistant Professor: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine
Team Lead/Supervisor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Beth Levine's team

Awards

International Patent

Areas of Focus	Cell Biology: Regulation of autophagy-related proteins in health and disease, especially protein transport mediated by autophagy machinery in respiratory diseases
Publications	JNK1-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 regulates starvation-induced autophagy, Wei Y, Pattingre S, Sinha S, Bassik M, Levine B, 2008 Dual role of JNK1-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 in autophagy and apoptosis regulation, Wei Y, Sinha S, Levine B, 2008 EGFR-Mediated Phosphorylation of Beclin 1 in Autophagy Suppression, Tumor Progression and Tumor Chemoresistance, Wei Y, Zou Z, Becker N, Anderson M, Sumpter R, Borczuk A, Xiao G, Peyton M, Minna J, Bhagat G and Levine B, 2013 The stress-responsive kinases MAPKAPK2/MAPKAPK3 activate starvation-induced autophagy through Beclin 1 phosphorylation, Wei Y, An Z, Zou Z, Sumpter R, Su M, Zang X, Sinha S, Gaestel M, Levine B, 2015 Prohibitin 2 is an inner mitochondrial membrane mitophagy receptor, Wei Y, Chiang WC, Sumpter R Jr, Mishra P, Levine B, 2017

Areas of Focus

Cell Biology: Regulation of autophagy-related proteins in health and disease, especially protein transport mediated by autophagy machinery in respiratory diseases

Publications

JNK1-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 regulates starvation-induced autophagy, Wei Y, Pattingre S, Sinha S, Bassik M, Levine B, 2008
Dual role of JNK1-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 in autophagy and apoptosis regulation, Wei Y, Sinha S, Levine B, 2008
EGFR-Mediated Phosphorylation of Beclin 1 in Autophagy Suppression, Tumor Progression and Tumor Chemoresistance, Wei Y, Zou Z, Becker N, Anderson M, Sumpter R, Borczuk A, Xiao G, Peyton M, Minna J, Bhagat G and Levine B, 2013
The stress-responsive kinases MAPKAPK2/MAPKAPK3 activate starvation-induced autophagy through Beclin 1 phosphorylation, Wei Y, An Z, Zou Z, Sumpter R, Su M, Zang X, Sinha S, Gaestel M, Levine B, 2015
Prohibitin 2 is an inner mitochondrial membrane mitophagy receptor, Wei Y, Chiang WC, Sumpter R Jr, Mishra P, Levine B, 2017

Autophagy Protein Transport Respiratory Diseases Cell Biology Health Disease Regulation Autophagy Machinery Proteins Biology

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