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
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        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
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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
Kyushu University Campus Magaziine Sep. 2010
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.