Ralph Alcendor PhD
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2001-2007      Ph.D. Student, UMDNJ
1996-2000      BS  University of Virgin Islands, USA
Former Lab Members
Soichiro Usui MD PhD
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2005-2008           Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ   
2000-2005           Ph.D., Kanazawa University, Japan
1997-2005           Clinical Fellow,  Kanazawa University, Japan        

Research Interests: MST1, cardiac apoptosis
Tetsuro Ago MD PhD
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2005-2008          Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ       
1987-1993          M.D., Kyushu University School of Medicine, Japan

Research Interests: Thioredoxin, Histone Modification, Reactive Oxygen Species

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Takahisa Matsuda PhD
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2005-2008            Postdoctral Fellow, UMDNJ
2002-2005            PhD, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
2000-2002            MS, Osaka University, Japan
1996-2000            BS, Osaka University, Japan

Research Interests:   Mst1, GSK-3
Noritsugu Nakano MD PhD
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2006-2008           Postdoctral Fellow, UMDNJ
Shinichi Hirotani        Email Sinichi
Hiromitsu Takagi        Email Hiro
Yutaka Matsui    Banyu Life Science Foundation   Email Yutaka
Hideharu Tomita        Email Hide
Mari Odashima        Email Mari
Carmine Morisco       Email Carmine
Stefan Hardt        Email Stefan
Koichi Seta        Email Koichi
Mitsutaka Yamamoto
Makoto Hase
Shimako Yamamoto
Katsuya Kajimoto
David Zebrowski
Shiori Kyoi MD PhD
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2006-2008             Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ, NJ, USA
2001-2006             M.D., Kansai Medical University, Japan
1997-2006             Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Center, Kansai Medical University,Osaka, Japan

Research Interest: MST1, Beclin1, Apoptosis, Autophagy
Hsu Chiao-Po MD PhD
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2006-2008           Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ, NJ, USA
1985-1992           MD Natinal Yang-Ming University,Taiwan

Research Interests: Nampt, Sirt1
Jonathan Galeotti BS
2001-2009        Research Teaching Specialist IV
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Junya Kuroda MD PhD
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2008-2010       Postdoctoral fellow, UMDNJ
1999-2003       Ph.D., Kyushu University, Japan
1990-1996       M.D., Kyushu University, Japan

Research Interests: NAD(P)H oxidase
Nirmala Hariharan PhD
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2007 -2010        Ph.D Student: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine  
2005-Present    CBMM  PhD student, UMDNJ
2000-2005         B.E   Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India

Thesis Topic: Role of FOXO transcription factors in the heart.
Jaeyeaon Cho PhD
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2010- 2011        Postdoctral Fellow, UMDNJ
2004 -2010        Ph.D Student, Biomedical Science Program, UMDNJ
2001- 2004        MS       New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA
1995- 1999        BS       Inha University, Korea
Thesis: GSK-3-beta mediates cardiomyocyte differentiation of bone marrow derived
mesenchymal stem cells and improves cell therapy effects after myocardial infraction.
Research Interests: Cardiomyocyte differentiation and stem cell therapy for myocardial
infarction.
Yoshiya Monden, MD, PhD
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2010-2012         Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2007-2010         Clinical Fellow, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors
Hospital, Japan
2003-2007         Ph.D., Kyushu University
2001-2003         Medical Resident, Kyushu University Hospital
1995-2001         M.D., Kyushu University, Japan
Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of autophagy in regulating cardiac remodeling
Yanfei Yang, PhD
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2012         Post doctoral research fellow, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division,
BWH-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
2005-2012         PhD student,  Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, UMDNJ
2001-2005         B.S   University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Thesis Topic: A Study of MicroRNA-98 and MicroRNA-206 in the Heart: Their Regulation and
Function in Cardiac Myocytes Growth and Death.
Shouji Matsushima MD, Ph.D
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2010-2012         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 Univ. Graduate School of Medical Science
2001-2003         Medical Resident, Kyushu Univ.Hospital
1995-2001         M.D., Kyushu University, Japan

Research Interests: Oxidative stress, NAD(P)H oxidase, Thioredoxin