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Welcome to the Cai laboratory! We study molecular mechanisms of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway and mitochondrial quality control in healthy and disease neurons.

     Qian Cai, MD, PhD

       Associate Professor

       Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience

       Rutgers University

 

        Office: Nelson Labs Rm B231, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
        Tel: (848) 445-1633
        Fax: (732) 445-1794
        Email: cai@dls.rutgers.edu

Education:

  • M.D., Shanghai Tonji University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
  • M.S., Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,
  • Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (NIH)–Shanghai Second Medical University Joint Neuroscience Ph.D. program, Bethesda, MD
  • Postdoctoral training: Dr. Zu-Hang Sheng, advisor, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD

 

Employment:

  • Resident in Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai, China
  • Research Fellow, Synaptic Function Section, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD