Qi Lab

Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics,

University of Virginia, School of Medicine

MISSION STATEMENT: PRODUCE NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF HUMAN DISEASES, BRING A STANDARD EXCELLENCE TO WHAT WE DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL SCIENTIST AND AS A LABORATORY, AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS INCLUSIVE, FAIR, RESPECTFUL, COURTEOUS, COLLEGIAL AND CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND TESTING NEW IDEAS.

Welcome to the Qi laboratory at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. We are composed of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, technician and undergraduate students. In the summer of 2023, we relocated to the Department of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics at the U Virginia, School of Medicine after spending 7 wonderful years at the University of Michigan Medical School (U-M). Prior to U-M, we spent 9 years at the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY).

We are interested in the role of protein quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in health and disease, mainly focused on ER-associated degradation (ERAD), a process that is disease-causing in humans.

Our laboratory is located on the 2nd floor of the Snyder Building at the University of Virginia, Fontaine Research Park. We welcome highly self-motivated individuals (postdoctoral fellows and graduate students) to join us. Please feel free to contact Dr. Ling Qi at xvr2hm@virginia.edu.

Career: Dr. Qi received his undergraduate degree in Microbiology from the Fudan University, China in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Immunology with Dr. Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in 2001. He was a postdoc at Johns Hopkins University Medical School with Dr. Carol Greider, 2009 Nobel Laureate (2001-2004) and the Salk Institute with Dr. Marc Montminy (2004-2007) prior to joining the faculty of Cornell University in 2007 as an Assistant Professor. In 2013, he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. In the summer of 2016, he became the Professor at the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at U-M Medical School. In the summer of 2023, he became the Andrew P. Somlyo Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics at the U of Virginia, School of Medicine.

Awards: Dr. Qi became a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Postdoctoral Fellow in 2002 and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in 2005. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Junior Faculty Award from the American Diabetes Association and the Young Investigator Award from the American Federation for Aging Research. In 2011, he was awarded the Bio-Serv Award by the American Society for Nutrition. In 2012 and 2013, he was awarded the Career Development Award and prestigious Thomas Lee Award by the American Diabetes Association. In 2014, he was awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2021, he received Scientific Achievement Award by Chinese American Diabetes Association. While at Cornell, he was nominated twice as the faculty speaker at the graduation ceremony of Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell (2014 and 2016). In 2022, he was elected to an AAAS fellow. In 2023, he became the Andrew P. Somlyo Distinguished Professor at UVA.