Jihui Ren

imageResearch Scientist

Education: 
Ph.D. Genetics, University of Iowa, 2007

Contact Info:
Phone: (631) 216-2900
e-mail: Jihui.Ren@stonybrook.edu

Project Description or Research Interest:
Sphingolipids are major membrane components of all eukaryotic cells. The intermediate products of the sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway and their derivatives are important signaling molecules involved in a plethora of cellular processes. Ceramides and sphingosine-1-phosphate are best characterized with their function as apoptosis and cell proliferation signals respectively. I am investigating the function of LCBs (long-chain sphingoid bases), products of the first step of sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway, and their regulation using yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system.