Wei Cui
Extension Associate Professor, Director of Animal Models Core
Research areas include mammalian oocyte maturation and activation, preimplantation embryo development, micromanipulation and animal model generation.
Current Research
Current research in my laboratory aims at: 1) understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian oocyte meiosis, activation, and aging; 2) discovering novel genes, factors, and signaling pathways that are functionally required during mammalian preimplantation embryo development; 3) creating animal models of human genetic diseases using knock-out, knock-in, and transgenesis strategies.
Learn more at https://www.umass.edu/veterinary-animal-sciences/about/directory/wei-cui
Academic Background
- Postdoctoral Training, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014-2017
- Postdoctoral Training, University of Kansas Medical Center, 2013-2014
- Ph.D, Shandong Agricultural University, China, 2013
Cui W. SOHLHs are essential for fertility regardless of gender or population. Fertil Steril 2020; 114:283-284.
Miao X, Sun T, Barletta H, Mager J, Cui W. Loss of RBBP4 results in defective inner cell mass, severe apoptosis, hyperacetylated histones and preimplantation lethality in micedagger. Biol Reprod 2020; 103:13-23.
Cui W, Cheong A, Wang Y, Tsuchida Y, Liu Y, Tremblay KD, Mager J. MCRS1 is essential for epiblast development during early mouse embryogenesis. Reproduction 2020; 159:1-13.
Jiang Z, Cui W, Prasad P, Touve MA, Gianneschi NC, Mager J, Thayumanavan S. Bait-and-Switch Supramolecular Strategy To Generate Noncationic RNA-Polymer Complexes for RNA Delivery. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:435-442.
Jiang Z, Cui W, Mager J, Thayumanavan S. Postfunctionalization of noncationic RNA–polymer complexes for RNA delivery. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2019; 58(17):6982–6991.
