Dr. Li completed his PhD degree from Rutgers University in 2011 studying regulation of mRNA degradation. He performed his postdoc training at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the field of molecular virology with Dr. Stanley Lemon, where he made significant discoveries on how host microRNAs protect hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA from exonucleolytic degradation and promote viral replication. Dr. Li’s longstanding research interest has been the interactions between RNA viruses and the host RNA metabolisms and host RNA-binding proteins, and how these interactions shape virus infection. His current research projects focus on host factors and antiviral therapies of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and parechovirus (PeV) infection.
You Li, PhD
