Areas of Focus
- Activation of brown and beige adipose tissue, energy metabolism, and glucose/lipid homeostasis
Work Experience
- 2015-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2017-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow: University of California, San Francisco
- 2020-2021 Postdoctoral Fellow: Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- 2021-2023 Lecturer: Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- 2023-present Assistant Professor: Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences
- 2023-present Researcher: Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006-2010 Bachelor: Northwest A&F University
- 2010-2015 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Post-translational control of beige fat biogenesis by PRDM16 Stabilization, Wang Q., Li H., Tajima K., Verkerke A.R.P., Taxin Z.H., Hou Z., Cole J.B., Li F., Wong J., Abe I., Pradhan R. N., Yamamuro T., Yoneshiro T., Hirschhorn J.N., Kajimura S.*, 2022
- BCAA catabolism in brown fat controls energy homeostasis through SLC25A44, Yoneshiro T.#, Wang Q.#, Tajima K., Matsushita M., Maki H., Igarashi K., Dai Z., White P.J., McGarrah R.W., Ilkayeva O.R., Deleye Y., Oguri Y., Kuroda M., Ikeda K., Li H., Ueno A., Ohishi M., Kim K., Chen Y., Sponton C.H., Pradhan R.N., Majd H., Greiner V.J., Yoneshiro M., Brown Z., Chondronikola M., Takahashi H., Goto T., Kawada T., Sidossis L., Szoka F.C., McManus M.T., Saito M., Soga T., Kajimura S.*, 2019
- Naa10P puts a brake on PGC1alpha and fat browning, Wang Q.# & Kajimura, S*, 2019
- The E3 ubiquitin ligase AMFR and INSIG1 bridge the activation of TBK1 kinase by modifying the adaptor STING, Wang Q.#, Liu X.#*, Cui Y., Tang Y., Chen W., Li S., Yu H., Pan Y., Wang C.*, 2014
- The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF185 facilitates the cGAS-mediated innate immune response, Wang Q.#, Huang L.#, Hong Z., Lv Z., Mao Z., Tang Y., Kong X., Li S., Cui Y., Liu H., Zhang L., Zhang X., Jiang L., Wang C.*, Zhou Q.*, 2017
Awards
- 2021-2023: American Diabetes Associations, postdoctoral fellowship
