PD
Postdoctoral Fellows
Independent project leadership, imaging and biochemical reconstitution, scientific writing, and mentoring of junior trainees.
People
Scientists trained at the interface of cell biology and biochemistry.
The lab brings together graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research staff, and undergraduate researchers interested in membrane contact sites and lipid transfer.
Principal Investigator
Wei-Ke Ji, Ph.D. · 季维克
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Prof. Ji leads a research program on organelle contact sites, lipid transfer proteins, and disease-linked membrane remodeling. His group's work has been published in Nature Communications, Journal of Cell Biology, Cell Discovery, Cell Death & Differentiation, Molecular Biology of the Cell, and Journal of Cell Science.
He is based at the School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and serves on the editorial board of Contact.
Team
Current group structure.
Named profiles and headshots can be added after each member approves public display. The current public version keeps trainee information at the role level to avoid exposing internal project assignments.
RS
Research Staff
Support for cell culture, microscopy, molecular biology, lipid analysis, and day-to-day experimental platforms.
PhD
Graduate Students
Mechanistic projects spanning organelle contact sites, lipid transfer proteins, quantitative imaging, and disease cell biology.
UG
Undergraduate Researchers
Early research training through mentored projects, literature discussion, microscopy practice, and scientific writing.
Training
What trainees learn.
- Live-cell and fixed-cell fluorescence imaging
- Organelle morphology and contact-site quantification
- Protein interaction and lipid transfer assays
- Cell biological models of disease-associated proteins
- Critical reading, figure design, and clear scientific writing
Alumni
Where trainees go.
Lab alumni have continued into academic research, postdoctoral training, and research positions at universities, medical schools, and research institutes. Public alumni details can be expanded with permission from each alumnus or alumna.