Education

BSE in Biological engineering, Sichuan University, China, 2006

MSc in Cell biology, National Center for Biomedical Analysis, China, 2009

PhD in Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2015; Thesis: Implications of BRCA1 mutations in basal-like breast cancer development and treatment.

Career History

Since June 2022, Scientific faculty at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology China Regional Research Centre (ICGEB RRC), Taizhou, China. 2020-2022, Assistant researcher at the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Nanjing University Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital. 2016-2019: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, USA. 2015: Assistant researcher at Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Suzhou, China. 2009-2015: PhD student at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki.

Scientific Activity

Research interests: (i) Mechanisms of ER stress-induced autophagy, signaling pathways involved in the induction of autophagy by ER stress; (ii) Mechanisms of senescence induced by ER stress, and the development of novel anti-aging strategies.
Responsible for the high-content imaging platform at the Center for Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism (AIM Center), University of New Mexico, during my postdoctoral period; attending several international biomedical research conferences.

Teaching activity

Mentoring interns for their undergraduate theses at Taizhou; co-mentoring graduate students from China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing.

Publications

Link to publications at PubMed:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Yuexi+Gu&sort=date&size=50.