Xiao-Wei Zheng

Xiao-Wei Zheng

Senior Research Specialist
Visiting address: Karolinska Institutet, BioClinicum J8:20, Visionsgatan 4, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K1 Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, K1 MMK Tillväxt & metabolism, 171 76 Stockholm

About me

  • I am a trained cardiologist, and I got my Ph.D. degree at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology of Karolinska Institutet. Now I am working as Senior Research Specialist at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet.

Research

  • We investigate new pathogenic mechanisms of diabetes complications. The main 

  • focus of our research is how diabetes affects hypoxia, Notch and other signaling pathways 
  • and how this contributes to the development of diabetes complications 
  • including diabetic nephropathy, diabetic foot ulcer, infection and diabetic 
  • heart disease. We use clinical samples together with animal and cellular 
  • models of diabetes as well as genetically-modified mice to conduct 
  • mechanistical, translational, and clinical research.

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Employments

  • Senior Research Specialist, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2009

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