Lin Lab
Faculty Jiandie Lin
Jiandie Lin is investigating mechanisms that regulate energy metabolism in cells and organisms, in particular transcriptional networks in the control of mitochondrial function, metabolic signaling, and glucose and lipid homeostasis.
After completing undergraduate training in Biochemistry at Beijing University in 1994, Lin moved to Northwestern University to pursue graduate research with Daniel Linzer. “It became clear that I was interested in basic science that impacts human medicine,” Lin says.
As a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Bruce Spiegelman at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Lin investigated mechanisms underlying mitochondrial oxidative metabolism and its role in the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes. His research provides fundamental insights into the metabolic basis of tissue function.
In 2005, Lin was recruited to the University of Michigan as a Biomedical Sciences Scholar. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology. Lin received the American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship, NIH K01 Scientist Development Award, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Innovative Award, and the American Diabetes Association career development award.
Jiandie Lin
