Postdoc positions and Research Associate Positions are available in the Qi lab in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

The lab studies cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, emphasizing
mitochondrial pathology, metabolism, and immune response. We use a combination of in vitro cell culture, in vivo transgenic animal models and patient iPS cells-derived neuron and glia to study the pathogenesis underlying neurodegenerative diseases. Another research focus of the lab is the development of therapeutics for the treatment of human diseases. We have been using the rationally designed peptide inhibitors of protein-protein interactions and high throughput screening to identify mitochondrial enhancers as therapeutic options.