Siwen Xue is a Ph.D. student in Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, where she studies how cellular and molecular pathways regulate muscle regeneration and metabolism. With a background in food science and biotechnology, she is passionate about translating laboratory discoveries into real-world innovations that promote health. Before Cornell, Siwen completed her Ph.D. in Food Science at Nanjing Agricultural University and was a visiting scholar at Purdue University. Her work is driven by a curiosity about how nutrition and metabolism intersect to influence tissue function and disease prevention. She hopes to bridge fundamental research and technological innovation to advance strategies for improving human metabolic health.

1) Xue, S., Benvie, A.M., Blum, J.E.,Cosgrove, B.D., Thalacker-Mercer, A. and Berry, D.C., 2024. Suppressing PDGFRβ Signaling Enhances Myocyte Fusion to Promote Skeletal Muscle Regeneration. bioRxiv. (Submitted to JCI, under review after revision) 2) Xue, S., Lee, D., & Berry, D. C. (2023). Thermogenic adipose tissue in energy regulation and metabolic health. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1150059.

PhD, Food Science, Nanjing Agricultural University