Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2012
Thesis: Nanoscale imaging of antiviral innate immunity in the 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
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2013
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Thesis: The role of sef (similar expression to FGF genes) in skeletal development and bone homeostasis
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2011
Thesis: Roles of matrix metalloproteinase-11 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-2B in fibronectin degradation during zebrafish development
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2018
Mentor: Patsy Nishina | Thesis Topics: Pathological Progression, Cells, Vision
hypopigmentation, photoreceptor degeneration, retinal pigment epithelias atrophy
Biomedical Science
Mentor: Joshua Kelley | Thesis Topics: GPCR signaling, computational image analysis, gradient tracking, yeast genetics, live cell microscopy
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2013
EMD Serono/Columbia University
Thesis: Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mast cell function
Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, 2019
Mentor: Jennifer Trowbridge | Thesis Topics: Stem Cells, Epigenetics , and Leukemia
Biomedical Sciences
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Mentor: Clarissa Henry | Thesis Topics: Muscular Dystrophy, Genes, Strength Training
(207) 581-2803
Bioinformatics/Computational Biology, Genes, Genomics, RNA, Stress Response, T32 Faculty
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2018
Mentor: Patsy Nishina | Thesis Topics: Photoreceptors, Growth, Development
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2015
MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)
Thesis: miR-590-5p, miR-219-5p, miR-15b and miR-628-5p are commonly regulated by IL-3, GM-CSF and G-CSF in acute myeloid leukemia
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2009
Thesis: Circadian wheel-running activity during withdrawal from chronic intermittent ethanol exposure in mice