About | DAI Lab@BIO Department

Welcome to visit DAI Lab webpage! We mainly study liver cancer and cancer metabolism using both in vivo and in vitro models. We are a growing young family, and currently, we have 13 lab members, 5 FYP students, and 8 UG volunteer students. Our Lab is located in XJTLU SA254. The group leader is Dr. Weiwei Dai. Please contact with Dr. Dai  Weiwei.Dai@xjtlu.edu.cn if you have any question.

We highly welcome self-motivated PhD candidates, master students, Y4 FYP students, and/or Y2&3 volunteers to join our Dai Lab family. If interested, please don't hesitate to visit Dr. Dai in SA457, or contact via emal (Weiwei.Dai@xjtlu.edu.cn) or WeChat (18862120238).

Lab interests

  • Nitrogen metabolism in physiology and metabolic diseases including obesity and liver cancer
  • Nutritional regulation of mTOR activation (mTORC1 and mTORC2)
  • Cancer metabolism: Urea cycle dysregulation- and ammonia accumulation-induced effects on cancer cells and immune cells
  • Dietary regulation and intervention on animal growth and tumor progression
  • Epigenetic regulation of metabolic enzymes

DAI Lab family

Current lab members 当前实验室成员:

Weiwei Dai 代伟伟 (Principal Investigator)

Lab Technician: Long Qian (钱龙)

Ph.D students (4): Chenxi Wang 王辰希;Jinghan Zhao 赵婧涵; Ali Valipour Motlagh (Iran);Yilin Luo (罗艺琳)

Research Assistant (2): Yihang Hu (胡易航) from OUC; Yiqi Yu (余一琦); 

Master (4): Umer Bin Sohail;  Chendi Yang杨陈迪;Yixian Hou侯一娴; Chufeng Qian钱楚枫;

FYP students (6): Ruiqi Cao (曹瑞琪);  Kexin Feng (冯可欣); Haixia Hu (胡海霞); Jiayi Liu (刘嘉仪); Jiayi Ying (应佳倚); Yucheng Liu (刘禹成)

Lab volunteers:  Jingyi Cao (曹静宜); Wantong Li (李婉潼); Xinyi Lu(陆欣怡); Jieru Lin (林洁茹); Hanqi Zhao (赵晗琪);An Li (李安); Yue Gao (高越);Yufan Jiang (姜宇璠);Yuanjian Jiang (姜远舰);Siyuan Li (李思源);Chengzhuang Zhao (赵成壮);Jiayun Yang (杨佳韵);Ruiqing Liu (刘睿青); Jiayin Zhong (钟佳氤);Xinyao Tan (谭欣尧);Liuyi Shuai(帅柳伊)

Former Lab members:

Guantong Chen; Yalin Wang; Shuo Huang 黄硕; Jingqi Xu 徐镜淇; Xinyu Yao (姚昕宇); Penwen Hao (郝沛文); Zhiyi Chen (陈芷仪);Yihanqi Zhang (张艺含琪);Zheng Tang (唐正); Michelle Teo; Junyue Ji (戢俊玥);Bingqing Jia (贾冰清);Jingru Ma马婧茹;Ziyu Yuan 袁梓玉/ Shibo Yang 杨世博/ Junyu Qi 齐俊宇/ Yimeng Zhang 张益铭/ Jingyi Ning 宁静怡/ Bowen Zheng 郑博文

We highly welcome self-motivated PhD candidates, master students, Y4 FYP students, and/or Y2&3 volunteers to join our Dai Lab family. If interested, please don't hesitate to visit Dr. Dai in SA457, or contact via emal (Weiwei.Dai@xjtlu.edu.cn) or WeChat (18862120238).

Dr. Weiwei Dai (Principal Investigator)

Lab meeting in AY2024/25

Weekly Lab meeting time

Future scientists

Dr. Dai is teaching mouse primary hepatocyte isolation experiment

DAI Lab gathering

Working time_Sampling

Inside the Lab of SA254

Celebrating FYP students' success for thesis defense

DAI Lab is awarded the 2024 NSFC Gerenal Program award!!! Cheers~~

2024 Dai Lab summer retreat

2025 DAI Lab celebration_Happy New Year!

DAI lab family 2025 gathering

DAI lab family 2025 gathering 2_Celebrating the semester!!!

2025 Dai Lab Summer retreat 1

2025 Dai Lab Summer retreat 2

恭喜代伟伟博士当选苏州市生物学会常务理事 和苏州市生物学会青年工作委员会主任委员~~~

Welcome our new PhD student Ali to join our lab and XJTLU!!

热烈祝贺DAI Lab SURF小组赢得2025年理学院Excellent Poster Award!!! 和理学院第一名?~~~

第四届中国生物物理学会代谢组学分会年会暨2025年代谢组学研讨会

Dr. Dai was elected as the Member of the First Youth Committee (青年委员会委员) in the Metabolomics Branch of the Biophysical Society of China (中国生物物理学会代谢组学分会) on September 26th, 2025