Yejing Ge

Dr. Yejing Ge serves as an Assistant Professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, leading research on molecular mechanisms of stem cell plasticity in skin wound repair, cancer, and aging. Her laboratory investigates how adult stem cells expand their fates beyond homeostatic patterns under stress—a critical process for organismal survival that becomes a disease vulnerability when dysregulated.

Academic training includes a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012), where she studied mTOR's dual kinase-dependent and kinase-independent regulation of skeletal myogenesis under Dr. Jie Chen, following undergraduate studies at Tsinghua University in China.

Employing developmental biology principles, mouse genetics, and functional genomics, her lab bridges human skin disease mechanisms with gene functions to advance therapeutic strategies. Research emphasizes stem cell adaptation in wound healing contexts and pathological states like cancer.

Dr. Ge actively mentors graduate students and maintains scientific collaborations while engaging in professional communities. Personal interests include international travel, swimming, and social gatherings with colleagues and students.