Wensheng Wei received his bachelor degree in Biochemistry from Peking University, Ph.D. in Genetics from Michigan State University. After postdoctoral training and working as a research associate at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Wei became a principle investigator in the School of Life Sciences at Peking University from 2007. He is now a professor of Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics (ICG), Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences (CLS), State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, and School of Life Sciences at Peking University.
The research of Wei group is mainly focused on the development of eukaryotic gene editing tools, with the emphasis on the high-throughput functional genomics and gene therapy. The combination of forward and reverse genetic means are employed, often in a high-throughput fashion, for the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying human diseases, including cancer and infection.