Women Speakers Database
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Name
Li Wu -
Email
wuli@tsinghua.edu.cn -
Country/Region
China -
Institute
Tsinghua University -
Career Stage
Tenured Faculty -
Website
http://www.med.tsinghua.edu.cn/SLCServlet?slan=1 -
Research Interests
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Profile
Dr Li Wu is a Professor of Tsinghua University School of Medicine and the Deputy Director of Institute for Immunology Tsinghua University. She obtained her PhD from The University of Melbourne, Australia. She worked as a research fellow, then senior research fellow in the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne since 1996. She was recruited to Tsinghua University with a special Professorship in 2010. Her major research interests include molecular regulation of immune cell differentiation, particularly the differentiation of dendritic cells, and the development and homeostasis of intestinal mucosal immune system. She has published over 140 research papers in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, Immunity, Nat Immunology, which attracted more than 13,000 citations.