Areas of Focus
- Structural biology combined with other experimental methods to reveal the production, metabolism, function, and regulation of RNA within cells.
- Structural cell biology research focusing on the molecular mechanisms of organelle formation and function within cells, such as cilia.
Work Experience
- 2004-2006 - National Academy of Medicine, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2006-2017 - Rockefeller University, USA - Senior Research Assistant
- 2017-Present - Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences - Assistant Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992-1996 Bachelor: Tsinghua University, Department of Applied Physics
- 1997-2003 PhD: University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA & Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
- Postdoctoral Researcher: National Academy of Medicine, USA
Publications
- Centrosome anchoring regulates progenitor properties and cortical formation, Shao W, Yang J, He M, Yu X-Y, Lee C H, Yang Z, Joyner A L, Anderson K V, Zhang J, Tsou M-F B, Shi H, Shi S-H, 2020
- Electron microscopy of Chaetomium pom152 shows the assembly of ten-bead string, Qi Hao, Boyue Zhang, Kangning Yuan, Hangshi, Gunter Blobel, 2018
- Structure of Niemann-Pick disease protein 1, Li, X., Wang, J., Coutavas, E., Shi. H., Hao, Q., Blobel, G., 2016
- Hooking She3p onto She2p for myosin-mediated cytoplasmic mRNA transport, Singh, N., Blobel, G. Shi,H., 2015
- Structure of a myosin•adaptor complex and pairing by cargo, Shi,H., Singh, N., Esselborn, F., Blobel, G., 2014
Awards
- Director: Molecular Biophysics Sub-Association, Chinese Biophysical Society
