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Liang Ge
Life Science
Tsinghua University
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Cell Biology
External Stress
Autophagy
Self-Cleaning
Non-Classical Secretion
Organelle Interaction
Molecular Mechanisms
Biological Significance
Human Diseases
Computational Biology
Areas of Focus
- Cellular biology under external stress
- Autophagy
- Non-classical secretion
- Organelle interaction
Work Experience
- 2011-2015 - University of California, Berkeley - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2015-2017 - University of California, Berkeley - Research Specialist
- 2017- - Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences - Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2001-2005 Bachelor: Shandong Normal University, School of Life Sciences
- 2005-2011 PhD in Biochemistry: Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, CAS
- Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California, Berkeley (2011-2015)
Publications
- CCT2 is an aggrephagy receptor for clearance of solid protein aggregates, Xinyu Ma, Caijing Lu, Yuting Chen, Shulin Li, Ningjia Ma, Xuan Tao, Ying Li, Jing Wang, Min Zhou, Yong-Bin Yan, Pilong Li, Kartoosh Heydari, Haiteng Deng, Min Zhang, Cong Yi, and Liang Ge, 2022
- A new type of ERGIC-ERES membrane contact mediated by TMED9 and SEC12 is required for autophagosome biogenesis, Shulin Li, Rui Yan, Jialu Xu, Shiqun Zhao, Xinyu Ma, Qiming Sun, Min Zhang, Ying Li, Jun-Jie Gogo Liu, Liangyi Chen, Sai Li, Ke Xu, and Liang Ge, 2022
- A translocation pathway for vesicle-mediated unconventional protein secretion, Min Zhang, Lei Liu, Xubo Lin, Yang Wang, Qing Guo, Ying Li, Shulin Li, Yuxin Sun, Di Zhang, Xiachen Lv, Li Zheng and Liang Ge, 2020
- Remodeling of ER-exit sites initiates a membrane supply pathway for autophagosome biogenesis, Liang Ge, Min Zhang, Sam Kenny, Anandita Mathur, Dawei Liu, Miharu Maeda, Kota Saito, Ke Xu, and Randy Schekman, 2017
- Translocation of interleukin-1β into a vesicle intermediate in autophagy-mediated secretion, Min Zhang, Sam Kenny, Liang Ge, Ke Xu and Randy Schekman, 2015
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and COPII generate LC3 lipidation vesicles from the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment, Liang Ge, Min Zhang and Randy Schekman, 2014
- The ER-Golgi intermediate compartment is a key membrane source for the LC3 lipidation step of autophagosome biogenesis, Liang Ge, David Melville, Min Zhang and Randy Schekman, 2013
Awards
- NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) (2015-2017)
- Jane Coffin Child Foundation Fellowship (2013-2015)
- Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship (2012)
