Dr. Yuwei Jiang

Assistant Professor

Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Contact

Office: 1097 COMRB
Lab: 1128 COMRB
email: yuweij@uic.edu
Phone: (312) 413-7261

Rotation Projects

1. identify genes and pathways that are critical for normal and diseased developing adipose tissues.

2. identify the molecular mechanism(s) involved in maintaining beige adipocyte identity and perdurance.

3. understand the role of nutrient overloading in adipose stem cell aging