Lei Ding
Gurewitsch and Vidda Foundation Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine · Columbia University · Columbia University
Quick answer: Lei Ding is Gurewitsch and Vidda Foundation Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine at Columbia University. Lei Ding shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ We are interested in recruiting motivated graduate students, postdocs and technicians.
Research interests
Mechanisms, particularly cell-extrinsic mechanisms, that regulate hematopoietic stem cell function
Selected publications (since 2023)
1. Gao, L., Dickson, D., Feng, H., Zhang, C. and Ding, L. (2025) Rbfox2 selectively governs hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal by regulating proteostasis. Science Advances 11: eaea7451. PMC12674123
2. Gao, L., Lee, H., Goodman, J. and Ding, L. (2024) Hematopoietic stem cell niche generation and maintenance are distinguishable by an epitranscriptomic program. Cell 187: 2801-2816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.03.032
3. Hirakawa, H., Gao, L., Tavakol D.N., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. and Ding, L. (2023) Cellular plasticity of the bone marrow niche promotes hematopoietic stem cell regeneration. Nature Genetics https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01528-2
4. Sarkaria, S.M., Zhou, J., Bao, S., Zhao, W., Fang Y., Que, J., Bhagat G., Zhang C. and Ding, L. (2023) Systematic dissection of coordinate
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Is Lei Ding hiring PhD students at Columbia University?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Lei Ding's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: We are interested in recruiting motivated graduate students, postdocs and technicians..
What does Lei Ding research?
Mechanisms, particularly cell-extrinsic mechanisms, that regulate hematopoietic stem cell function
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