邓永强, 教授，博士生导师。2007年本科毕业于武汉大学生命科学院，2012年毕业于中国科学院生物物理研究所，获博士学位。2013至2019年在美国耶鲁大学医学院从事博士后工作。2020年通过高层次引进人才项目入职南方医科大学基础医学院。

主要研究方向为细胞内鞘脂的代谢转运及其对细胞功能的影响，在研究磷脂运输和鞘脂合成调节高尔基体结构和细胞分泌功能等领域做出了多项有影响力的工作。研究成果发表在Developmental Cell、PNAS、Journal of Cell Biology、 Cell Research等期刊。

1. Yongqiang Deng#, Mehrshad Pakdel#, Birgit Blank, Emma L. Sundberg, Christopher G. Burd and Julia von Blume, “Activity of the SPCA1 calcium pump couples sphingomyelin synthesis to sorting of secretory proteins in the trans-Golgi network”. Development Cell 47, 464-478 e468 (2018).

2. Yongqiang Deng, Felix Rivera-Molina, Derek Toomre and Christopher G. Burd. “Sphingomyelin is sorted at the trans Golgi network into a distinct class of secretory vesicle” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113, no 24 (2016): 6677-6682.

3. Yiying Cai#, Yongqiang Deng#, Florian Horenkamp, Karin M. Reinisch and Christopher G. Burd. "Sac1–Vps74 Structure Reveals a Mechanism to Terminate Phosphoinositide Signaling in the Golgi Apparatus." Journal of Cell Biology 206, no. 4 (2014): 485-491.

4. Zhengzheng Li#, Lin Liu#, Yongqiang Deng#, Wei Ji, Wen Du, Pingyong Xu, Liangyi Chen and Tao Xu. "Graded Activation of Crac Channel by Binding of Different Numbers of Stim1 to Orai1 Subunits." Cell Research 21, no. 2 (2011): 305-315.

5. Yu Chen#, Yongqiang Deng#, Jinzhong Zhang, Lu Yang, Xiangyang Xie and Tao Xu. "GDI-1 Preferably Interacts with Rab10 in Insulin-Stimulated Glut4 Translocation." Biochemical Journal 422, (2009): 229-235.

6. Syndecan-1 Mediates Sorting of Soluble Lipoprotein Lipase with Sphingomyelin-Rich Membrane in the Golgi Apparatus, Emma L. Sundberg ，Yongqiang Deng ， Christopher G. Burd*; Developmental Cell, 2019, 51(3):387-398.SCI.

7. Yu Chen, Yan Wang, Jinzhong Zhang, Yongqiang Deng, Li Jiang, Eli Song, Xufeng S. Wu, John A. Hammer, Tao Xu and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz. "Rab10 and Myosin-Va Mediate Insulin-Stimulated Glut4 Storage Vesicle Translocation in Adipocytes." The Journal of Cell Biology 198, no. 4 (2012): 545-560.