Qi Gao

EDUCATION

PhD in Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

MSc in Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

BSc in Medicine and Biology, Qingdao University, China

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Gao Q*, Hofer FW*, Filbeck S*, Vermeulen BJA*, Würtz M, Neuner A, Kaplan C, Zezlina M, Sala C, Shin H, Gruss OJ, Schiebel E, Pfeffer S. Structural mechanisms for centrosomal recruitment and organization of the microtubule nucleator γ-TuRC. Nat Commun.2025 Mar 12;16(1):2453. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57729-2. PMID: 40074789; PMCID: PMC11903878.

Würtz M*, Tonon G*, Vermeulen BJA, Zezlina M, Gao Q, Neuner A, Seidl A, König M, Harkenthal M, Eustermann S, Erhardt S, Lolicato F, Schiebel E, Pfeffer S. Conserved function of the HAUS6 calponin homology domain in anchoring augmin for microtubule branching. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 22;16(1):7845. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63165-z. PMID: 40846850; PMCID: PMC12373997.

Vermeulen BJA*, Böhler A*, Gao Q*, Neuner A, Župa E, Chu Z, Würtz M, Jäkle U, Gruss OJ, Pfeffer S, Schiebel E. γ-TuRC asymmetry induces local protofilament mismatch at the RanGTP-stimulated microtubule minus end. EMBO J. 43(10): 2062–2085 (2024). doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00087-4 

Gao, Q*, Vermeulen, B.J.A*., Würtz, M., Shin, H., Erdogdu, D., Zheng, A., Hofer, F.W., Neuner, A., Pfeffer, S., Schiebel, E. The structure of the γ-TuRC at the microtubule minus end – not just one solution. BioEssays 46(9): e2200117 (2024).

Fang, C., Pan, X., Li, D., Chen, W., Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Li, L., Gao, Q, Liang, X., Li, D., Zhu, X., Yan, X. Distinct roles of Kif6 and Kif9 in mammalian ciliary trafficking and motility. J Cell Biol. 223(11): e202312060 (2024). doi: 10.1083/jcb.202312060

Zheng, W., Li, F., Ding, Z., Liu, H., Zhu, L., Xu, C., Li, J., Gao, Q, Wang, Y., Fu, Z., Peng, C., Yan, X., Zhu, X., Cong, Y. Distinct architecture and composition of mouse axonemal radial spoke head revealed by cryo-EM. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 118(4): e2021180118 (2021).

Xiao, Y., Chen, J., Wan, Y., Gao, Q., Jing, N., Zheng, Y., Zhu, X. Regulation of zebrafish dorsoventral patterning by phase separation of RNA-binding protein Rbm14. Cell Discov. 5: 24 (2019). doi: 10.1038/s41421-019-0106-x