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Undergraduate information:
School:
Nicholls State University
Year of graduation
2021
Graduate School information:
Year of enrollment
2022
Current Principal Investigator
Stryder Meadows
Dissertation topic
Assessing mosaicism and vascular integrity in HHT-AVM mouse models
Interests/hobbies:
reading, playing trivia, trying new coffee shops
Undergraduate information:
School
Johns Hopkins University
Year of graduation
2018
Graduate School information
Tulane University
Year of enrollment
2019
Principal Investigator
Stryder Meadows
Dissertation topic
Characterizing venous malformation formation and behavior in a Pik3ca-mutant murine model.
Assessing effects of Pik3ca mutation in arteries versus veins for mechanisms relating to vessel-specific malformation onset.
Identifying alternative therapeutic targets for venous malformations.
Interests/hobbies
Writing, video gaming, bonsai novice
Undergraduate information
School
Henan Agriculture University
Year of graduation
2014
Graduate school information
Year of enrollment
2019 for Master program. 2021 for Ph.D program.
Current principal investigator
Shusheng Wang
Dissertation topics
Senescence and AMD disease.
Interests: Seeing the sea, Riding motorcycle, thinking.
Undergraduate information
School: Tulane University
Year of graduation: 2017
Graduate School information
Year of enrollment
2019
Current Principal Investigator
Dr. Fenglei He
Dissertation topic
Investigating the role of Pdgfra in calvaria bone and cartilage development
Publications
Bartoletti G, Dong C, Umar M, He F. Pdgfra regulates multipotent cell differentiation towards chondrocytes via inhibiting Wnt9a/beta-catenin pathway during chondrocranial cartilage development. Dev Bio. 2020. Pubmed.
Dong C, Umar M, Bartoletti G, Gahankari A, Fidelak L, He F. Expression pattern of Kmt2d in murine craniofacial tissues. Gene Expr Patterns. 2019. Pubmed.
Gahankari A, Dong C, Bartoletti G, Galazo M, He F. Deregulated Rac1 activity in neural crest controls cell proliferation, migration and differentiation during midbrain development. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021. Pubmed.
Interests/hobbies
I enjoy playing D&D, MTG, chess, board games, and trivia. I often watch anime and drink craft beer and cocktails. I am also an amateur ceramicist and enjoy collecting mugs from local artists.
Undergraduate information
School
McNeese State University
Year of graduation
2019
Graduate School information
Year of enrollment
2020
Current Principal Investigator
Stryder M Meadows and Maria J Galazo
Dissertation topic
Investigating the role of transcription co-factor Zmiz1 in neocortical development and association with Autism
Publications
Endothelial cell polarity and extracellular matrix composition require functional ATP6AP2 during developmental and pathological angiogenesis.
Interests/hobbies
Work-out @ Reily, walking in Audubon Park, travelling, listening to music, Marvel's movies
Undergraduate information
School
Tulane University
Year of graduation
2021
Graduate School information
Tulane University
Year of enrollment
2022
Current Principal Investigator
Hai Huang
Dissertation topic
Ion channel dysfunction in the auditory synapse of Fragile X mental Retardation
Undergraduate information:
School
Shenzhen University
Year of graduation
2017
Graduate School information
Tulane University
Year of enrollment
2021
Current Principal Investigator
Hai Huang, Ph.D.
Dissertation topic
Changes in Properties of Auditory Synapses following Conductive Hearing Loss