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Yangpo Cao
Medical School
Southern University of Science and Technology
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Cardiomyocyte
Epigenetics
Fate Regulation
Mitochondrial Quality
Cardiac Pathophysiology
Metabolic Interactions
Cardiovascular Diseases
Transcriptional Regulation
Heart Development
Cardiomyopathy
Areas of Focus
- Epigenetic mechanisms of cardiomyocyte fate regulation
- Mitochondrial quality control and cardiac pathophysiology
- Metabolic-epigenetic interactions and cardiovascular diseases
Work Experience
- 2020-01 to 2023-03 Postdoctoral Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- 2023-06 to 2023-11 Assistant Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology
- 2023-12 to present Associate Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2014 Bachelor in Agronomy: Northwest A&F University
- 2014-2020 PhD in Pathophysiology: Peking University
- National-level Young Talent
Publications
- A shared role of the myocardin-family transcriptional coactivators in cardiomyocyte maturation, Guo Y, Cao Y, et al., 2023
- Tbx5 maintains atrial identity by regulating an atrial enhancer network, Sweat ME, Cao Y, et al., 2023
- Functional dissection of human cardiac enhancers and noncoding de novo variants in congenital heart disease, Feng Xiao, Xiaoran Zhang, Sarah U Morton, Seong Won Kim, Youfei Fan, Joshua M Gorham, Huan Zhang, Paul J Berkson, Neil Mazumdar, Yangpo Cao, et al., 2024
Awards
- 2023 National-level Talent Title
- 2023 Shenzhen City Talent Title
- 2018 Peking University Academic Innovation Award
