Lisha Wang

Lisha Wang

Assistant Professor
Visiting address: BioClinicum J9:20, Visionsgatan 4, 17164 Solna
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 Neurogeriatrik Tjernberg, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • 2023-present: independent line of research

    Development of proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) to promote degradation of toxic tau variants for Alzheimer disease

    2019-2023: Postdoc

    Investigation of protein-protein interactions between chaperone (Hsp90) and co-chaperone (FKBP51), and development of small molecules inhibiting this target

    2014-2019: PhD

    Pharmacokinetics, bioanalysis, and pharmacodynamics of active natural products on cognition

Research

  • Development of small molecules targeting protein-protein interactions to bring novel treatment for Alzheimer disease

Teaching

  • PhD course “Protein Metabolism in Health and Disease” (#2332) at Karolinska Institutet

Articles

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Grants

  • PROTACs: A novel strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer disease
    StratNeuro Funding for postdoctoral researchers
  • New treatments and diagnostics for Alzheimer´s disease
    Private initiative "Innovative ways to fight Alzheimer´s disease - Leif Lundblad Family and others"
  • Tore Nilsons Stiftelse För Medicinsk Forskning
  • Åhlén stiftelsen
  • Gun & Bertil Stohnes Stiftelse
  • Stiftelsen för Gamla Tjänarinnor
  • Karolinska Institutet Geriatrics Foundation
  • Karolinska Institutet Research Foundation Grants
  • Karolinska Institutet Loo och Hans Ostermans Stifelse
  • A novel treatment strategy for Alzheimer disease by inducing protein-protein interactions
    Petrus och Augusta Hedlunds Stiftelse

Employments

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2031
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2019-2021
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2019-2021

Degrees and Education

  • PhD, Cognitive Enhancing Effects and Pharmacokinetics of Cajaninstilbene Acid, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 2019

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