Wei-Jen Tang

Wei-Jen Tang is a Professor at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the Ben May Department of Cancer Research. His work integrates structural biology and biochemistry to study protein interactions critical to human health, particularly in Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and bacterial pathogenesis.

• Education: B.S. in Zoology, National Taiwan University; Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin; Postdoctoral training in Virology and Pharmacology at University of Texas Southwestern.

His research focuses on:

• Amyloid Peptide-Degrading Proteases: IDE and PreP for Alzheimer's and diabetes.
• Chemokines: CCL5 and CCL3 in inflammation and HIV.
• Bacterial Toxins: Edema factor in anthrax and bio-defense.

Recent publications highlight structural insights into IDE, PreP, and anthrax toxins, with keywords spanning Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Therapeutics. Funding includes NIH and American Heart Association grants. Awards include AHA Established Investigator and Cancer Research Foundation Young Investigator. Lab updates note new members and a 2025 publication on PreP.