The Laboratory of Wanli Liu

Wanli Liu,  Ph.D.

 

Principal Investigator, Distinguished Young Scholar of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Distinguished Professor/Scholar of Ministry of Education, Youth Science and technology innovation leader of Ministry of Science and Technology, China.

Wanli Liu is a tenured professor and Ph.D supervisor of the School of Life Sciences of Tsinghua University, and a researcher at the Institute of Immunology of Tsinghua University and the Center for Life Sciences. Supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Youth, Changjiang Scholars Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education, and Science and Technology Innovation Leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Focus on the fundamental immunology research of B lymphocytes, and devote to the integration of interdisciplinary platforms to study the pathogenic mechanism involving B cell immune recognition, immune activation and related immune diseases. Multiple corresponding paper (including co-corresponding) was published in the aspect of the regulation of lymphocyte activation and related diseases (Science, J Exp Med, Cell Research, Leukemia and eLife), new pathways of lipid metabolism network regulating lymphocyte activation (Cell, PLOS Biology, Science Immunology, Cell Reports and Nature Communications), the new mechanism of antigen receptor microclusters regulating lymphocyte activation (Science Advances, PNAS and eLife 2019b) and the new model of mechanical force sensing regulating B cell activation (J Cell Biol, Science Signaling and eLife15/17) and other research directions. Related results were selected as part of the top ten medical science and technology news in China in 2018. Won the China Youth Science and Technology Award, WuXi AppTec Life Chemistry Outstanding Achievement Award, Tan Jiazhen Life Science Innovation Award, Shulan Medical Youth Award and other awards. Invited to hold lectures at domestic and foreign academic conferences (Keystone B cell conference in 2022, Antigen Receptor Signal Transduction Biennial Conference in 2022, 2018 and 2016 EMBO Conference, 2018 American Rheumatism Annual Conference, etc.). Served as an editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Immunology, Rheumatology & Autoimmunity, Frontiers in Immunology; reviewed scientific research projects for NSFC, MOST, NIH, UK Wellcome Trust Foundation, Dutch Research Council, etc.; by 2021, a total of 6 post-doctoral fellows and 11 graduated PhDs have been trained , 6 masters graduated.

 

Medical Science Building, RM-A103

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 100084

Tel: +86-10-62783617

Email：liulab@tsinghua.edu.cn

 

Professional Experience

2011.12 – present , Principal Investigator, School of Life Sciences, Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University

2007 – 2011, Postdoc, NIAID, NIH, USA

2005 – 2007, Postdoc, Dept. of Microbiology/Immunology, UCSF, USA

2001 – 2005, Ph.D, Dept. of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University

1997 – 2001, Bachelor, School of Biology, China Agriculture University

 

Recognitions and Awards

2012 Outstanding Talents of the New Century, Chinese Ministry of Education

2014 Awardee of Excellent Young Teachers from Dr. Henry Fok Education Foundation

2014 Excellent Young Scholars, National Natural Science Funds of China

 

 

Post-Docs

Na Kang

Postdoctoral fellow of Wanli Liu’s lab~ Sport girl who loves experiments.

 

Zhenglin Ji 

 

Cuifeng Li

 

 

Students

Sichen Liu

From Handan, Hebei.  Enter Tsinghua University since 2015.9 till now.

 

Xingyu Ji

Xingyu Ji was PhD candidate graduated from Wuhan University and now major in immunology since 2016. His work focus on early signaling of lymphocytes activation and relevant clinical transformation.

 

Yuxin Li

Ph.D Candidate, School of life science, Tsinghua University.

 

Shaocun Zhang

Color my life with the chaos of trouble.  

 

Xiaoyang Zhang

Grade 2018

 

Can Zhu

Grade 2018

 

Yu Wang

We're all playing the same game,waiting on our loan.

 

Yongjie Zhu

Grade 2018, from Lu'an, Anhui Province.

 

Ji Gao

From Zhuzhou, Hunan province, still studying.

 

Qinghui Duan 

Qinghui Duan (2020 class)

Email:dqh20@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Shandong University, B.S.(2016-2020)

Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, (2020- )

Research Areas: Molecular immunology, cell biology

 

Wenbo Sun

Wenbo Sun, graduated from Shandong University with a bachelor's degree. In September 2019, he was admitted to Tsinghua University through the CLS program and studied for a doctorate in Wanli Liu's laboratory. His research focuses on the production of broad-spectrum neutralizing antibodies and the mechanism of antibody affinity maturation.

 

Ruiyu Gao

Comes from Jinan, Shandong province. She graduated from Shandong Normal University with a bachelor's degree in biological science. She graduated from Peking Union Medical College with a master's degree in biochemistry and molecular biology. In 2020, she entered Tsinghua University through the PTN program to study for a doctorate, and was assigned to Wanli Liu's lab. Her current research interest is tumor antigen specific antibody response.

 

Yuxiao Zhang

 

Lab Alumni

Zhengpeng Wan

 

Asma Ahsan

 

Shuting Chen

 

Jing Wang

 

Zhixun Shen

 

Xingwang Zhao

 

Samina Shaheen

 

Yingjia Chen

 

Yan Fang

 

Xuejiao Dong

 

Zongyu Li 

 

Hengyi Xie

 

Xinxin Li

 

Han Li

 

Meng Zhao

 

Bing Yang

 

Jing Chen