Xiangyi Ding, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Xiangyi was born and raised in Jinan, China. She earned her B.S. in Life Science and Biotechnology from Nanjing Agricultural University. She then pursued her Ph.D. at the University of California, Davis, where she discovered a passion for quantitative cell biology and developmental genetics, studying how cells establish and maintain their biophysical properties and how these properties are altered in disease states, under the mentorship of Dr. Daniel Starr and Dr. G.W. Gant Luxton. Now in the Brangwynne Lab, she is excited to explore how the role of condensates and translational control in neurons and how these changes intersect with neurodegenerative disease states such as Huntington’s disease. Outside of the lab, she enjoys tennis, hiking, and reading over a cup of coffee.