Yixi (Brooke) Cheng
Graduate Student, Chemical Biology
Credentials
Education: BS in Molecular Bioscience, Cell and Molecular Biology, Duke Kunshan University, 2024
Education: MS in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan, 2025
About
Brooke completed her undergraduate study at Duke Kunshan University (China). She joined the Lyssiotis Lab in 2024, earning an MS in Chemical Biology investigating the biochemical reactivity and structural property of malic enzyme in pancreatic cancer metabolism under Dr. Lin Lin, and is now a PhD student studying targetable vulnerability in KRAS signaling and lysosomal lipid metabolism to develop effective therapeutic strategies to treat pancreatic cancer.
Hobbies: basketball, cooking, sleeping
