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.
- Official website address: https://scholar.xjtlu.edu.cn/en/persons/WeiweiDai
- Personal webpage: https://connect.xjtlu.edu.cn/user/weiwei-dai
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x81fUFkAAAAJ
- Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Weiwei-Dai-5
- Suzhou Key Lab: https://connect.xjtlu.edu.cn/group/suzhou-key-lab-in-metabolic-di
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; Haonan Yang (杨浩南); Ali Valipour Motlagh (Iran)
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); Kefan Jiang （蒋可凡); Jieru Lin (林洁茹); Hanqi Zhao (赵晗琪)；An Li (李安); Yue Gao (高越)
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).
