Chemical Biology Program
The Yueming Li Lab
Research
![Yueming Li, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1961/person/li-yueming_170926_12_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Interests
Basic & Translational research in Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease:
From disease mechanism to therapeutic development.
Research Areas
- Target Identification & Drug Discovery
- Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry
- Biochemistry & Enzymology
- Biophysics & Structural Biology
- Animal models & Behavior
- Neurobiology & Neuroinflammation
- Autophagy, Protein Aggregation & Clearance
Research Projects
![The Yueming Li Lab](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/node/1961/images/li-lab-220412-008-1.jpg)
Featured News
![Yueming Li](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200/public/node/2085/image/li-yueming.jpg)
![An illustration of a beta-amyloid plaque among the neurons in a brain.](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200/public/node/207871/main_image/istock-473895570-1200x800.jpg)
Publications Highlights
Nie P, Kalidindi T, Nagle VL, et al. Imaging of Cancer γ-Secretase Activity Using an Inhibitor-Based PET Probe. Clin Cancer Res. 2021;27(22):6145-6155. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-0940
Hur, J.-Y., Frost, G. R., Wu, X., Crump, C., Pan, S. J., Wong, E., … Li, Y.-M. (2020). The innate immunity protein IFITM3 modulates γ-secretase in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2681-2
Mekala, S., Nelson, G., & Li, Y.-M. Recent developments of small molecule γ-secretase modulators for Alzheimer’s disease. RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 11(9), 1003-1022. doi:10.1039/D0MD00196A (2020)
People
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Yueming Li, PhD
- Dr. Yueming Li studies disease mechanism of Cancer and Alzheimer’s, with the goal of developing novel therapeutics for clinical use.
- PhD, University of California Berkeley
- [email protected]
- Email Address
- 646-888-2194 or 2193
- Office Phone
Members
![Yueming Li, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1386/3x2/li-yueming_170926_12_1200x800.jpg)
![Pascale M. Presendor](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/2492/main_image/presendor-pascale-220412-002_1200x800.jpg)
![Jessica Falci](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/171373/main_image/falci-jessica-220412-005_1200x800.jpg)
![Zoe Kehs](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/244825/main_image/kehs-zoe-220412-003_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Chenge Liu](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/244807/main_image/liu-chenge-220412-007_1200x800.jpg)
![Cyrus Nikain](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/244837/main_image/nikain-cyrus-220412-019_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Yueming Li, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1386/3x2/li-yueming_170926_12_1200x800.jpg)
Lab Head
![Pascale M. Presendor](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/2492/main_image/presendor-pascale-220412-002_1200x800.jpg)
Administrative Assistant
![Pictured: Ji Yeun Hur](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12348/main_image/hur-ji-yeun_191105_06-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Research Scientist
![Eitan Wong](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152929/3x2/wong_20160425_05_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Joanna Zhai](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152932/3x2/zhai-2c-yujia_170926_34_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Lauren A. Jonas](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152761/main_image/jonas-lauren-220412-001_1200x800.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Joanna Luo](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152764/main_image/luo-joanna-220412-001_1200x800.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Pengju Nie](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152758/main_image/nie-pengiu-220412-001_1200x800.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Jessica Falci](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/171373/main_image/falci-jessica-220412-005_1200x800.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Tanya Jain](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/185323/main_image/jain-tanya-220412-010_1200x800.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Zoe Kehs](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/244825/main_image/kehs-zoe-220412-003_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Graduate student
![Chenge Liu](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/244807/main_image/liu-chenge-220412-007_1200x800.jpg)
![Shekar Mekala](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/172447/3x2/mekala_190201_04_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Research Scientist
![Grady Nelson](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/185338/main_image/nelson-grady-220412-010_1200x800.jpg)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Cyrus Nikain](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/244837/main_image/nikain-cyrus-220412-019_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Graduate student
![Antara Sinha](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/185329/main_image/sinha-antara_191105_09_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Daniel W. Worroll III](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/185320/main_image/worroll-daniel-220412-002_1200x800.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Chelsea Paresi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33847/image/chelsea-paresi.jpg)
![Courtney Alexander, BS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5268/image/courtney-alexander.jpg)
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY, NY
![Deming Chau, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1979/image/chau-deming.jpg)
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY, NY
![Jennifer Chien, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1980/image/chien-jennifer.jpg)
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY, NY
![Christina J. Crump, BS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5267/image/christina-j-crump.jpg)
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY, NY
![Manish Malviya](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/209740/main_image/malviya-manish-220412-011_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
- PhD in Immunology from Heinrich Heine University, Germany (2015)
![Kwangwook Ahn, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5266/image/ahn-kwangwook.jpg)
- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
![Haige Lu, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5264/image/lu-haige.jpg)
- Stanford University, Standford CA
- Molecular Virology, Institute of Virology, Moscow, Russia
Lab Alumni
![Alissa Brandes](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12346/image/alissa-brandes.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Courtney Carroll](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33846/image/courtney-carroll.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Xianzhong Wu, MD, Laboratory Manager](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/35086/3x2/wu-2c-xianzhong_170926_07_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Laboratory Manager
![Danica Chiu](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12344/image/danica-chiu.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Marilia Barros](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152809/3x2/barros_20160425_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Natalya Gertsik](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12347/image/natalya.jpg)
Graduate Student
Research Fellow
![](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/35084/image/lab-photojessica.jpg)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![David Schachter, Graduate Student](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33848/3x2/schachter-2c-david_170926_08_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Graduate Student
![Georgia Frost](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/38695/main_image/frost-georgia_191105_01_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Chelsea Paresi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33847/image/chelsea-paresi.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Thomas Li](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152755/3x2/li-thomas_170926_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Graduate Student
![George Liao](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152752/3x2/liao_20160425_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Graduate Student
![Courtney Alexander, BS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5268/image/courtney-alexander.jpg)
Graduate Student
![Suita Castro](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12345/image/suita-castro.jpg)
Research Technician
![Deming Chau, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1979/image/chau-deming.jpg)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Jennifer Chien, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/1980/image/chien-jennifer.jpg)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Christina J. Crump, BS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5267/image/christina-j-crump.jpg)
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
![](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/38321/image/lab-photo-shan.jpg)
Visiting Student
![Jian Luan](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/185326/main_image/luan-jain_191105_11_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Visiting Scholar
![Manish Malviya](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/209740/main_image/malviya-manish-220412-011_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Research Scientist
![Abhishek Vartak](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/185332/main_image/vartak-abhishek_191105_06_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
![Kwangwook Ahn, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5266/image/ahn-kwangwook.jpg)
Research Fellow
Graduate Student
Sabbatical Professor
![Haige Lu, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/5264/image/lu-haige.jpg)
Research Fellow
Research Technician
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
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Disclosures
Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.
MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.
Yueming Li discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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BrightFocus Foundation
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Cure Alzheimer's Fund
Professional Services and Activities
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Jiangsu Continental Medical Development Co
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