Hao Wu
Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Biography
1982-1985 Peking University,B. Sc. Equivalent, Biology 1985-1988 Peking Union Medical College,MD candidate, Medicine 1988-1992 Purdue University, USA, PhD. Biochemistry   1992-1997 Columbia University, USA, Postdoc, Biochemistry 1997-2012 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA 2012- Asa and Patricia Springer Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Senior Investigator, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA 2014- Principal Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 1982-1985 Peking University,B. Sc. Equivalent, Biology 1985-1988 Peking Union Medical College,MD candidate, Medicine 1988-1992 Purdue University, USA, PhD. Biochemistry   1992-1997 Columbia University, USA, Postdoc, Biochemistry 1997-2012 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA 2012- Asa and Patricia Springer Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Senior Investigator, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA 2014- Principal Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Research Interest
The Wu laboratory of structural immunology focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanism of signal transduction by immune receptors, especially innate immune receptors.
Publications
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Lu A, Magupalli VG, Ruan J, Yin Q, Atianand MK, Vos MR, Schr?der GF, Fitzgerald KA, Wu H, Egelman EH. (2014) Unified Polymerization Mechanism for the Assembly of ASC-Dependent Inflammasomes. Cell. 156:1193-206.