Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine
Post-Docs
Dominic Del Re, Ph.D
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2008-Present Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2002-2008 Ph.D, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Research Interests: Regulation of Mst in the heart
Yoshiyuki Ikeda, MD, Ph.D
2009-2012 Assistant Professor at Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Metabolic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan
2004-2008 Fellow of Cardiology, Kagoshima University Hospital
2002-2004 Kagoshima Medical Association Hospital
1999-2002 PhD. at Graduate School of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan
1998-1999 Akune Citizen Hospital
1997-1998 Resident in Kagoshima Citizen Hospital
1996-1997 Resident in Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Hospital
1990-1996 M.D. at Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan
Research Interests: Autophagy, DRP-1, Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion, Foxo
Yasuhiro Maejima, MD, Ph.D
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2008-present Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2006-2008 Assistant Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
2006-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
2005-2001 Ph.D., Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
1999-2001 Clinical Fellow, Jichi Medical School Omiya Medical Center, Japan
1997-1999 Medical Resident, Toranomon Hospital, Japan
1990-1996 M.D., Shinshu University, Japan
Research Interests: Foxo1 signaling, Autophagy, Atrophy
Shouji Matsushima, MD, Ph.D
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2010-present Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2009-2010 Clinical Fellow, Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan
2007-2009 Clinical Fellow, Hakodate General Central Hospital, Japan
2003-2007 Ph,D., Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Science
2001-2003 Medical Resident, Kyushu University Hospital
1995-2001 M.D., Kyushu University, Japan
Research Interests: Oxidative stress, NAD(P)H oxidase, Thioredoxin
Michinari Nakamura, M.D.
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2011 - present Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2009 - 2011 Research Fellow, University of California, San Diego, USA
2006 - 2009 Clinical Fellow, The Cardiovascular Institute Hospital, Japan
2004 - 2006 Clinical Resident, University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
1998 - 2004 M.D., Kyushu University, Japan
My Research Interests: apoptotic signaling, GSK3, oxidative stress
Shinichi Oka, Ph.D
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2007-present Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Medical School, MI, USA
2002-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
2001-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Japan
1998-2001 PhD, Himeji institute of Technology, Japan
Research Interests: Redox signaling regulating metabolic pathway
Sebastiano Sciarretta, MD
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2009-present Research Fellow, UMDNJ
2006-2009 Fellow of Cardiology, University of "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy
2006 MD, University of "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy
Research Interests: The role of the mTOR pathway during cardiac stress; the Hippo pathway
Takanobu Yamamoto, MD, Ph.D
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2010-present Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2005-2010 Ph.D., Tokyo Medical and Dental University
1996-2005 Resident and Fellow, Toranomon Hospital, Japan
1990-1996 M.D., Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Research Interests: Myocardial metabolism
Peiyong Zhai, MD, Ph.D
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2007-present Assistant Professor, UMDNJ
2006-2007 Instructor, UMDNJ
2003-2006 Research Associate, UMDNJ
Research Interests: Angiotensin II signaling in cardiac hypertrophy