Wenhui Qu, PhD

Wenhui Qu, PhD, is a postdoctoral associate at the Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medicine. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from China Agriculture University in 2015. Her passion for neuroscience led her to pursue a master’s in biological sciences at the University of Minnesota (UMN), where she investigated microglia dysfunction in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) under the mentorship of Dr. Marija Cvetanovic. Driven by her interest in uncovering molecular mechanisms of neurological disorders, Wenhui continued her studies at UMN, pursuing a PhD in neuroscience in Dr. Ling Li’s laboratory. Her doctoral research focused on understanding the roles of TREM2 and protein prenylation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Following her PhD, Dr. Qu worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Gunnar Hargus's lab, where she characterized a novel human-mouse chimeric model of Alzheimer’s. In May 2023, she joined Dr. Li Gan’s lab at Weill Cornell, where she is currently developing a novel tau-inclusion chimera model that integrates human microglia and neural cells to study the molecular mechanisms of tau propagation and its modifiers.