Rate My Professor Ying Liu

Ying Liu is a Professor and the Associate Dean of the College of Future Technology at Peking University. She is also an Investigator with the PKU-THU Center for Life Sciences and the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics. Dr. Liu earned her B.S. degree in Biochemistry from Nanjing University in 2006 and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2011. She completed postdoctoral training in Prof. Gary Ruvkun’s laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School from 2011 to 2014 before establishing her independent laboratory at Peking University in December 2013. Her career at Peking University includes appointments as Assistant Professor from 2013 to 2019, Associate Professor from 2019 to 2021, and Professor since 2021.

Dr. Liu’s research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of cellular stress responses and homeostatic regulation, particularly reactions to nutrient scarcity and mitochondrial stress, as well as age-related changes in stress and immune responses, primarily using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. She has received numerous honors, including the HHMI International Research Scholar award, New Cornerstone Investigator, Xplorer Prize, C.C. Tan Life Science Innovation Award, and the 15th China Young Female Scientist Award. Key publications include papers in Nature, Nature Cell Biology, Molecular Cell, Cell Research, and Science Advances, such as “Caenorhabditis elegans pathways that surveil and defend mitochondria” (2014), “N6-methyldeoxyadenine is a transgenerational epigenetic signal for mitochondrial stress adaptation” (2018), and “SAR1B senses leucine levels to regulate mTORC1 signalling” (2021). Dr. Liu has contributed to editorial roles and public lectures through her leadership positions and research impact in cell biology and stress response pathways.