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Name	Ying Cao
Contact Information	yingcao@tongji.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Ying Cao

Contact Information

yingcao@tongji.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Tongji University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2000 - BS in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University 2005 - PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology, Tsinghua University Research on FGF signaling pathway in zebrafish embryonic development during PhD
Work Experience	2005-2010 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine 2010-present - Professor, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Tongji University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2000 - BS in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University
2005 - PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology, Tsinghua University
Research on FGF signaling pathway in zebrafish embryonic development during PhD

Work Experience

2005-2010 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine
2010-present - Professor, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University

Areas of Focus	Identification and functional study of new ciliary factors Mechanisms of kidney development and kidney diseases Mechanisms of other human rare diseases/ciliopathies Research on renal stem cells
Publications	Mutagenesis of ciliary candidate genes with CRISPR/Cas9 system in zebrafish identifies genes required for retina development, Ying Cao et al., 2019 Apical PtdIns(4,5)P2 is required for ciliogenesis and suppression of polycystic kidney disease, Ying Cao et al., 2019

Areas of Focus

Identification and functional study of new ciliary factors
Mechanisms of kidney development and kidney diseases
Mechanisms of other human rare diseases/ciliopathies
Research on renal stem cells

Publications

Mutagenesis of ciliary candidate genes with CRISPR/Cas9 system in zebrafish identifies genes required for retina development, Ying Cao et al., 2019
Apical PtdIns(4,5)P2 is required for ciliogenesis and suppression of polycystic kidney disease, Ying Cao et al., 2019

Cilia Genetics Zebrafish Kidney Disease Developmental Biology Stem Cells Rare Diseases Crispr/Cas9 Signal Pathways Ciliopathies

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