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Yudong Wang, PhD
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5070
Phone
412-692-6472
Fax
Email
yudong.wang@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Graduate School: |
1981 School of Biological Sciences, Beijing Agricultural University |
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Post Graduate School: |
1994 Medical School, West Virginia University |
Memberships
- The Mitochondria Research Society
Awards
- Competitive award as National Research Council Senior Fellow, National Institute of Occupational Diseases and Health Safety
- Award of Excellence in Teaching, Department of Research of Beijing Agricultural University
- Competitive grant, Department of Agriculture of People’s Republic of China—the largest grant awarded by Department of Agriculture at that time
- National Second-Class Merit Award, State Education Commission of People’s Republic of China
Publications
- Goetzman ES, Wang Y, He M, Mohsen AW, Ninness BK, Vockley J. Expression and characterization of mutations in human very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase using a prokaryotic system. Mol Genet Metab. 2007 Jun;91(2):138-47. Epub 2007 Mar 19.
- Yudong Wang, K. Murali Krishna Rao, and Eugene Demchuk. 2003. Topographical Organization of the N-Terminal Segment of Lung Pulmonary Surfactant Protein B (SP-B1-25) in a Phospholipids Bilayer. Biochemistry. Volume 42, Number 14, Pages 4015-4027
- Yudong Wang, and Diana S. Beattie. 1992. Binding of DCCD to Aspartate-155 or Glutamate-166 of Cytochrome b6 in a Cytochrome bf complex Isolated from Spinach Thylakoids. Biochemistry. 31: 8455-8459.
View Dr. Wang's full list of publications from PubMed.
Research Interests
- Investigating role of “vicious cycle” theory of mitochondria in apoptosis processing
- Relationship between environmental factors and mitochondria dysfunction and mtDNA damage
- Functional change of mitochondria in carcinogenic cells
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February 6, 2009
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