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Shihuan Kuang
 

Shihuan Kuang

Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences

Department: Animal Sciences
Fax: 765.494.6816
Office: SMTH 174A
E-mail: skuang@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Developmental Biology

 

Education: B.Sc., Nanchang University, Nanchang, China; M.Sc., Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Ph.D., University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Post-doctoral training: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis; Ottawa Health Research Institute, Canada

Research Program

 

 

- Recent Publications

Gillespie, M. A., & M. A. Rudnicki (2008). Niche regulation of muscle satellite cell self-renewal and differentiation. Cell Stem Cell, 2(1), 22-31.

Goldberg, J. I., S. A. Doran, R. B. Shartau, J. R. Pon, D. W. Ali, & R. Tam (2008). Integrative biology of an embryonic respiratory behaviour in pond snails: the 'embryo stir-bar hypothesis'. Journal of experimental biology, 211(Pt 11:1729-36), 1729-36.

Goldberg, J. I., S. A. Doran, R. B. Shartau, J. R. Pon, D. W. Ali, R. Tam, & S. Kuang (2008). Integrative biology of an embryonic respiratory behaviour in pond snails: the 'embryo stir-bar hypothesis'. Journal of experimental biology, 211(Pt 11), 1729-1736.

Seale, P., B. Bjork, W. Yang, S. Kajimura, S. Chin, A. Scime, S. Devarakonda, H. M. Conroe, H. Erdjument-Bromage, P. Tempst, M. A. Rudnicki, D. R. Beier, & B. M. Spiegelman (2008). PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch. Nature, 454(7207), 961-967.

Rudnicki, M. A. (2008). The emerging biology of satellite cells and their therapeutic potential. Trends in molecular medicine, 14(2), 82-91.

Seale , P., B. Bjork , W. Yang, S. Kajimura , S. Chin, S. Kuang, A. Scimè , S. Devarakonda , H. M. Conroe , H. Erdjument-Bromage , P. Tempst, M. A. Rudnicki, D. R. Beier, & B. M. Spiegelman.

 

+ Patents

 

- Awards & Honors

Cellular and molecular regulation of muscle fiber type differentiation (2008). PRF research grant.

Enhancing satellite cell self-renewal in dystrophic muscle (2008). Muscular Dystrophy Association, Research Grant.

Invited Talk (2008). University of Manitoba School of Medicine.

Molecular signatures of muscle satellite cell heterogeneity (2008). USDA-NRI grant.

Panelist (Grant Reviewer) (2008). New York State Stem Cell Board.

 

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