Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2013
Thesis: Exploring mouse and human pluripotent stem cell fate determination with Bayesian network machine learning
IPh.D. Functional Genomics, 2008
Thesis: Non-classical export of signal peptide-less proteins studied via sum frequency spectroscopy and biochemical techniques
IPh.D. Functional Genomics, 2013
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Thesis: Field-deployable colorimetric biosensor system for the rapid detection of pathogenic organisms
Mentor: Lucy Liaw | Thesis Topic: Perivascular Adipose Tissue, Vascular Biology
Ph.D. Interdisciplinary, 2008
Thesis: Transcriptional alterations during mammary tumor progression in mice and humans
Biomedical Sciences
MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)
Mentor: Clifford Rosen | Thesis Topic: Skeletal Metabolism, Bone Marrow, and Hormones
Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Kerry Tucker | Thesis Topics: Cilia, Development, and Disease
Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Voot Yin | Thesis Topics: Cardiac and Appendage Regeneration
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2012
Thesis: Nanoscale imaging of antiviral innate immunity in the zebrafish
Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: James Coffman | Thesis Topics: Chronically Elevated Cortisol, Signaling
cell signaling, Immunology/Inflammation/Hematology, zebrafish
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2013
yan.gong@childrenshospital.org
Thesis: Roles of Sprouty in endothelial cells during angiogenesis
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2012
Thesis: Cell-matrix adhesion in muscle development and disease
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2017
Thesis: CGRP effects on LP-BM5 infection in glial cells
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2013
Thesis: Low-dose arsenic exposure alters lipid metabolism and cell cycle regulation in two model species, Danio rerio (zebrafish) and Mus musculus (mouse)
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2014
Thesis: Intersection of renal peritubular cells, mitogen activated kinases, and chronic kidney disease
Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Geoffrey Ganter | Thesis Topics: nociceptor transcriptional/translational responses
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2019
Mentor: Alan Rosenwasser | Thesis Topics: Alcohol Withdrawal, Genetics
addiction, behavioral genetics, circadian biology, Neuroscience
Ph.D. Biomedical Science, 2019
Mentor: Tamara King | Thesis Topics: Chronic Pain
central sensitization, nocicieption, optogenetics, pain, somatosensory, therapeutics