Haoxing Xu

Haoxing Xu, Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Research Interests:
Our laboratory is focused on ion channels in the lysosome and their roles in the pathogenesis of lysosome storage diseases, metabolic diseases, and common neurodegenerative diseases.

The current research in our laboratory is focused on ion channels in the lysosome and  their roles in the pathogenesis  of lysosome storage diseases, metabolic diseases, and common neurodegenerative diseases.  We use an integrative approach with state-of-art techniques including molecular biology, bioinformatics, biochemistry, immunochemistry, electrophysiology, fluorescence imaging, spinning-disk confocal microscopy,  mouse genetics, and genome editing technologies.