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Tongji Medical College(TJMC),HUST

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Principal Investigator

Ximiao He, PhD

2016 - present
Professor, Tongji Medical College (TJMC), HUST (09/2016 - present)
Director, Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medicine, TJMC, HUST (06/2017 - present)
Director, Center for Genomics & Proteomics Research, School of Basic Medicine, TJMC, HUST (11/2016 - present)

Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, Research Fellow: 2009 - 2016
National Cancer Institute, NIH

Ph.D. in Genomics: 2004 - 2009
Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Associate Professor

Huamin Liang, Dr. rer. Med.

1999 - present
Associate Professor, Tongji Medical College (TJMC), HUST


I received my Dr. rer. Med degree in physiology from Cologne University in Germany.

My background includes a Bachelor’s degree in medicine and a Master’s degree in physiology from Tongji Medical College (TJMC), HUST.

I’m interested in the study area about the cardiovascular electrophysiology, cardiac regeneration and stem cells.

Visiting Scholars

Lei He, Ph.D.

11/2016 ~ Present

I received a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from School of Basic Medicine, TJMC, Huazhong University of Science and Techonology (HUST), with a dissertation focusing on alternative splicing of VLDL receptor in the progression of cancer.

My background includes a Bachelor’s degree in medical statistics.

I’m interested in the study area about the effects of ER stress in metabolic syndrome, evolution of new genes and comparative genomics.

Fahu Yuan, Master

11/2016 ~ Present

I graduated with a master degree in microbiology & biochemical pharmacy from Wuhan Polytechnic University.

My researches in the past include analyzing the effects of dietary supplements (omega-3 fatty acids, probiotics, vitamin D & E) on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Shiliang Hu, Ph.D.

2/2017 ~ Present

I received my PhD degree in Biomolecular Science from Trento University in Italy, and is a master in Animal Science at Northwest A&F University.

My researches in the past include molecular evolution and species classification, gene function validation and fatty acid metabolism. Now, the goal of my research is to use bioinformatics approaches in combination with massively parallel sequencing data to make inferences about Epigenetics in Medical science.

Jing Jin, Ph.D. (Jointly with Prof. LU)

1/2017 ~ Present

I received my Ph.D. degree in Biology from Georgetown University, USA, and my bachelor's degree in biotechnology from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

I have experience of RNA-seq analysis and other computational analyses such as motif finding, GO analysis during my PhD study.

I am very interested in the area of Neuro-Developmental Biology, Bioinformatics and Genomics.

Graduate Students

Yixian Fan, Ph.D Candidate

5/2017 ~ Present

I received my BS degree from Xinyang Normal University (2014) and currently I am a Ph.D candidate majored in Genomics and Bioinformatics at School of Basic Medicine, TJMC, HUST.

Bioinformatics will be one of the most promising research areas in 21st century. And I have great interests in study of Bioinformatics.

Jincheng Li, Ph.D Candidate

7/2017 ~ Present

I will receive a bachelor degree in Prevention Medicine from Zhengzhou University in July 2017.

I would like devote myself to computational biology and scientific investigation of epigenetics.

Undergraduate Students | Interns

Xu Han, MD-Ph.D Candidate (Supervised by Dr. Liang)

11/2017 ~ Present

I am an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate (8-year medical school program combined undergraduate/MD/Ph.D.) in TJMC, HUST (2015).

I join the team to be involved in research of cardiac regeneration. I believe studies of regeneration will arise a big revolution in the nearly future.

Renshun Dong, BS Candidate (Supervised by Dr. Liang)

11/2017 ~ Present

I am a B.S. candidate in TJMU, HUST.

I am interested in the study of endogenous cardiac regeneration. And I would like to learn more about this field.

Chunyan Song, MD-Ph.D Candidate (Supervised by Dr. Liang)

11/2016 ~ Present

I am an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate (8-year medical school program combined undergraduate/MD/Ph.D.) in TJMC, HUST.

I love this team. We have interesting theme and reliable partner. I wish I can acquire some skills and learn to think like a scientist from here.

Zhaoyang Zeng, MD-Ph.D Candidate (Supervised by Dr. Liang)

11/2017 ~ Present

I am an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate (8-year medical school program combined undergraduate/MD/Ph.D.) in TJMC, HUST (2015).

I'm interested in the regeneration of cardiomyocytes. I hope to learn more knowledge and skills and improve myself.

Danya Shen, BS Candidate (Supervised by Dr. Liang)

11/2017 ~ Present

I am a BS candidate in TJMC, HUST.

I’m interested in the basic mechanism of diseases, as well as the influence of medications on them. I’m here to learn how to design the experiment scheme and carry it into execution.

Hongjian Zhao, MD-Ph.D Candidate (Supervised by Dr. Liang)

11/2016 ~ Present

I am an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate (8-year medical school program combined undergraduate/MD/Ph.D.) in TJMC, HUST (2015).

I am curious about how the cardiac regenerates and I’d like to find out the mechanism of it in a way. Moreover, it’s a good opportunity to learn some basic scientific research skills which may lead me to a better clinician.

Zi-Xuan Guo, B.S. Candidate

10/2017 ~ Present

I am a B.S. Candidate in TJMC,HUST, currently studying a course which called Medical experimental technology (2017).

I am not know much to this project which called epigenomics, but I think with the help of tutor and seniors and my own practice, I can learn a lot about cutting-edge science and will be interested in it.

Lijia Zhu, MD-Ph.D. Candidate

10/2017 ~ Present

I am an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate (8-year medical school program combined undergraduate/MD/Ph.D.) in TJMC, HUST (2015).

I would like learn some skills and lay the foundation for future scientific research.

Zhe Li, MD-Ph.D. Candidate

10/2017 ~ Present

I am an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate (8-year medical school program combined undergraduate/MD/Ph.D.) in TJMC, HUST (2015).

I would like to learn something of Genomics and Bioinformatics which may help me a lot in the future.

Ruo-Qiao Chen, B.S. Candidate

7/2017 ~ Present

I am a B.S. candidate in TJMC, HUST, currently studying in the experimental class of basic medical science (2016).

I’m interested in Bioinformatics which sparkles in the era of big data. In the lab, I would like to learn more about this field and train myself as well.

Jingzhi Yang, MD-Ph.D. Candidate

11/2016 ~ Present

I am an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate (8-year medical school program combined undergraduate/MD/Ph.D.) in TJMC, HUST.

I'm interested in the study about epigenetics and algorithm theory in bioinformatics. I've also received some algorithm training and mathematics training.

Jinfu Sun, MD-Ph.D. Candidate

3/2017 ~ Present

I am an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate (8-year medical school program combined undergraduate/MD/Ph.D.) in TJMC, HUST.

I’m an intern student in this lab. I’m here to learn some skills and accomplishment of scientific research which can help me become a good clinician.

Guest Students

Liangjun Wu, MD-Ph.D Candidate

4/2017 ~ Present

I received my bachelor degree in Forensic Medicine from TJMC, HUST and now I am an MD-Ph.D candidate (Mentor: Dr. Bo Xiong) majored in Forensic Medicine in appraisal of material evidence.

I am interested in Bioinformatics and Genomics. I want to train myself and acquire skills about bioinformatics.

Xiao Ke, Ph.D Candidate

4/2017 ~ Present

I received my bachelor degree in Clinical Medicine from Yunyang Medical College (2015) and now I am a Ph.D candidate (Mentor: Dr. Youming Lu) majored in Pathophysiology from School of Basic Medicine, TJMC, HUST.

I am interested in the study of Bioinformatics and Genomics. I will keep learning it.

Yufen Zhang, Ph.D Candidate

4/2017 ~ Present

I received my bachelor degree in Clinical Medicine from Dalian Medical University (2015) and now I am a Ph.D candidate (Mentor: Dr. Youming Lu) majored in Pathophysiology from School of Basic Medicine, TJMC, HUST.

I have experiences of molecular biology and biochemistry experiments as well as RNA-Seq . I'm very interested in the study of Epigenetics and Bioinformatics.

Xiaofei Deng, Master

6/2017 ~ Present

I graduated with my bachelor degree in Bio-Medical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), and now I am a master student (Mentor: Dr. Xiang-Ping Yang) majored in Immunology from School of Basic Medicine, TJMC, HUST.

I have been working on the activation of mTORC1 mediated by amino acid, and studying bioinformatics on my own for the past year.

Cai Zhang, Ph.D Candidate

6/2017 ~ Present

I received my bachelor degree in Pharmacy from TJMC, HUST (2014). And now I am a Ph.D candidate (Mentor: Dr. Xiangping Yang) majored in Immunology from School of Basic Medicine, TJMC, HUST.

I'm absorbed in the area of Bioinformatics and Genomics. And I will urge myself to seek it.