Yi Zhu

EDUCATION

College / University

Peking University

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biological Sciences

Country

P.R. China

Lab Experience

Wet lab: Molecular cloning, protein expression and purification in prokaryotic systems, culture and genetic manipulation of mammalian cell lines and mouse intestinal organoids.
Dry lab: Basic RNA-seq data and scRNA-seq data analysis

Projects / Research

2020 – 2021: Studying the cell-cell communication between erythroid progenitors and other cells in fetal liver niche. Peking University
2019 – 2020: Engineering of red blood cell as a drug carrier. Peking University&Westlake University
2019: Crispr/Cas9 library screening on ES cells to find new regulators of Wnt pathway. IMBA, Vienna Biocenter
2017 – 2018: The application of Tn5 transposon in sequencing library construction. Peking University

Scholarships / Awards

2021 – 2022:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2017 & 2018:	Academic Excellence Award by Peking University

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My main research interests lie in the field of stem cell and regenerative medicine. How stem cells integrate multiple environmental signal to make different cell-fate decisions is a general question that interests me so much. Besides investigating the fundamental sciences of stem cells, I would also like to explore the potential of exploiting stem cells to treat various diseases. In the future, I hope to focus on the basic and translational science of stem cells.