About me
- Research Assistant Professor of Medicine (Translational Medicine and Human Genetics)
- Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cell and Developmental Biology
My Locations
Qualifications and experience
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), Local
- International Society for Stem Cell Research, International
- Stem Cell COREdinates: An international consortium of human pluripotent stem cell-focused core facilities that share expertise with protocols, reagents and establish "best practices"; COREdinates.org, International
Treatments and Conditions
My research
Trang KB, Sharma P, Cook L, Mount Z, Thomas RM, Kulkarni NN, Cabrera EC, Rachimi S, Pahl MC, Pippin JA, Su C, Kaestner KH, O'Brien JM, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Jermusyk A, Hoskins JW, Amundadottir LT, Xu M, Brown KM, Anderson SA, Yang W, Titchenell PM, Seale P, Zemel BS, Chesi A, Romberg N, Levings MK, Grant SFA, Wells AD. 3D chromatin-based variant-to-gene maps across 57 human cell types reveal the cellular and genetic architecture of autoimmune disease susceptibility , Genome Biol, 26: 2025,414
Zhao G, Zhang HM, Zhang GJ, Yang W, Küper C, McManus BM, Yang D. Cyclodextrin Counteracts Coxsackievirus-Induced Cardiac Damage by Protecting Desmosome Integrity and Suppressing Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression , Microorganisms, 13: 2025,2294
Trang KB, Chesi A, Toikumo S, Pippin JA, Pahl MC, O'Brien JM, Amundadottir LT, Brown KM, Yang W, Welles J, Santoleri D, Titchenell PM, Seale P, Zemel BS, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Kaestner KH, Anderson SA, Kayser MS, Wells AD, Kranzler HR, Kember RL, Grant SFA. Shared and unique 3D genomic features of substance use disorders across multiple cell types , medRxiv: 2025
Nirgude S, Tichy ED, Liu Z, Kavari SL, Pradieu RD, Byrne M, Yang F, Gil-de-Gómez L, Mamou B, Bernt KM, Yang W, MacFarland S, Xie M, Kalish JM. Single-nucleus multiomic analysis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome liver reveals PPARA signaling enrichment and metabolic dysfunction , Commun Biol, 8: 2025,495
Trang KB, Pahl MC, Pippin JA, Su C, Littleton SH, Sharma P, Kulkarni NN, Ghanem LR, Terry NA, O'Brien JM, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Jermusyk A, Hoskins J, Amundadottir LT, Xu M, Brown K, Anderson S, Yang W, Titchenell P, Seale P, Kaestner KH, Cook L, Levings M, Zemel BS, Chesi A, Wells AD, Grant SFA. 3D genomic features across >50 diverse cell types reveal insights into the genomic architecture of childhood obesity , Elife, 13: 2025,RP95411
Zhao G, Zhang HM, Nasseri AR, Yip F, Telkar N, Chen YT, Aghakeshmiri S, Küper C, Lam W, Yang W, Zhao J, Luo H, McManus BM, Yang D. Heart-specific NFAT5 knockout suppresses type I interferon signaling and aggravates coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis , Basic Res Cardiol: 2024
Vishnu N, Venkatesan M, Madaris TR, Venkateswaran MK, Stanley K, Ramachandran K, Chidambaram A, Madesh AK, Yang W, Nair J, Narkunan M, Muthukumar T, Karanam V, Joseph LC, Le A, Osidele A, Aslam MI, Morrow JP, Malicdan MC, Stathopulos PB, Madesh M. ERMA (TMEM94) is a P-type ATPase transporter for Mg(2+) uptake in the endoplasmic reticulum , Mol Cell, 84: 2024,1321-1337
Das S, Hilman MC, Yang F, Mourkioti F, Yang W, Cullen DK. Motor neurons and endothelial cells additively promote development and fusion of human iPSC-derived skeletal myocytes , Skelet Muscle, 14: 2024,5
Pahl MC, Liu L, Pippin JA, Wagley Y, Boehm K, Hankenson KD, Wells AD, Yang W, Grant SFA. Variant to gene mapping for carpal tunnel syndrome risk loci implicates skeletal muscle regulatory elements , EBioMedicine: 2024
Jain N, Goyal Y, Dunagin MC, Cote CJ, Mellis IA, Emert B, Jiang CL, Dardani IP, Reffsin S, Arnett M, Yang W, Raj A. Retrospective identification of cell-intrinsic factors that mark pluripotency potential in rare somatic cells , Cell Syst, 15: 2024,109-133