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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Peng Yao
Research Interest:

Pathophysiological function and molecular mechanism of new non-coding RNAs and RNA-binding proteins and translational control in cardiac system and cardiovascular disease

Postdoctoral Scholars

Uday Baliga
Uday Baliga, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interest:

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

Debojyoti Das
Debojyoti Das, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interest:

Translational control and metabolism

Aleksandr Ivanov
Aleksandr Ivanov, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interest:

Structure-function analysis for RBPs and translation factors for heart health and disease

Liuqing Yang
Liuqing Yang, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interest:

RNA helicases & translation factors in cardiomyocytes and proteasome degradation pathway

Research Staff

Jiali He
Jiali He
Research Specialist
Research Interest:

Neuroscience, congenital heart disease, and cardiovascular aging

Yui Kawakami
Yui Kawakami
Research Assistant
Research Interest:

Neuroscience, mitochondrial biology, and cardiovascular aging

Graduate Students

Md. Belal Chowdhury
Research Interest:

RBP function and mechanism in posttranscriptional regulation in heart disease

Kevin Lei Pan
Research Interest:

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

Jack Schwartz
Research Interest:

Regulation of Insulin Receptor Translation by a Conserved uORF

Lindsey Wainwright
Research Interest:

RNA Aptamers for Cardiac-Cell Specific Delivery of RNA Drugs