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Post-Doctoral Fellows and Students

Uday Baliga, Ph.D.
Uday Baliga Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Yao Lab

Research Interest:

Development of gene delivery techniques to the lung using electroporation and modified nucleic acids

Kate Boudreau, M.S.
Kate Boudreau M.S.
Graduate Student
Small Lab

Research Interest:

Determining the exercise-Induced cardioprotective benefits of the Nrf2-mediated oxidative stress response in cardiac fibroblasts

Si Chen, Ph.D.
Si Chen Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Yan Lab

Research Interest:

Focuses on the role of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) in regulating cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction.

Md. Belal Chowdhury,
Md. Belal Chowdhury
Graduate Student
Yao Lab

Research Interest:

RBP function and mechanism in posttranscriptional regulation in heart disease

Debojyoti Das, PhD
Debojyoti Das PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Yao Lab

Research Interest:

Translational control and metabolism

Daniel Han, B.A.
Daniel Han B.A.
Medical Student
Small Lab

Research Interest:

The role of desmosomal protein PKP2 on the alteration of nuclear envelope integrity and genomic organization in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Aleksandr Ivanov, PhD
Aleksandr Ivanov PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Yao Lab

Research Interest:

Translational regulation of cardiac aging process in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts; translation elongation and termination; protein science and biochemistry

Rajiv Kumar,
Rajiv Kumar
Postdoctoral Associate
Berk Lab

Sean Lindley,
Sean Lindley
Graduate Student
Anderson Lab

Wang Ling,
Wang Ling
Postdoctoral Associate
Yan Lab

Xiaoyi Liu, M.S.
Xiaoyi Liu M.S.
Graduate Student
Small Lab

Research Interest:

The role of small proline-rich protein 2b (Sprr2b) in the regulation of protein stability, fibroblast plasticity and cardiac fibrosis.

Alison Livada, Ph.D.
Alison Livada Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Morrell Lab

Research Interest:

Lung megakaryocytes are long-lived, arise from Flt3-negative bone marrow cells and contribute to platelet recovery in thrombocytopenia

Michael Malloy, M.S.
Michael Malloy M.S.
Graduate Student
Morrell Lab

Research Interest:

Myb regulation of megakaryocyte immune differentiation

Emily Marshall,
Emily Marshall
Graduate Student
Small Lab

Kevin Lei Pan,
Kevin Lei Pan
Graduate Student
Yao Lab

Research Interest:

RBP PTMs, etiology, and medicine for metabolic syndrome and heart failure

Jessica Perciaccante,
Jessica Perciaccante
Graduate Student
Anderson Lab

Research Interest:

The function of lncRNAs in heart development; optimizing techniques to identify direct protein interactions with lncRNAs.

Gourango Pradhan,
Gourango Pradhan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jin Lab

Jack Schwartz,
Jack Schwartz
Graduate Student
Yao Lab

Research Interest:

Regulation of Insulin Receptor Translation by a Conserved uORF

Michal Shaposhnikov, M.S.
Michal Shaposhnikov M.S.
Graduate Student
Berk Lab

Research Interest:

Signaling transduction mechanisms in the vascular system

Ting Shu,
Ting Shu
Postdoctoral Associate
Yan Lab

Ei Tun, M.S.
Ei Tun M.S.
Undergraduate Student
Morrell Lab

Research Interest:

Regulation of Mks differentiation, migration and tissue maintenance

Lindsey Wainwright,
Lindsey Wainwright
Graduate Student
Yao Lab

Research Interest:

RNA Aptamers for Cardiac-Cell Specific Delivery of RNA Drugs

Liuqing Yang, PhD
Liuqing Yang PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Yao Lab

Research Interest:

RNA helicases & translation factors in cardiomyocytes and proteasome degradation pathway

Daniel Zuppo,
Daniel Zuppo
Postdoctoral Associate
Small Lab