Department of Physiology

Yicong Li Ph. D. - Present

Hometown Chengdu, China
Education B.S., - Goshen College, Indiana
Ph. D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Arkansas
Lab

The Reeves Lab

Awards and Honors

American Heart Asssociation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Grant (2014-2016)

Research Interests

My research interest is focused on identifying potential genetic and molecular targets for causing congenital heart defect (partially AVSD) in Down syndrome.

Publications

  1. Li Y, Hadden C, Murphy P, Dajani N, Lowery C, Maroteaux L, Kilic F, GDM-associated insulin deficiency hinders the dissociation of SERT from ERp44 and down-regulates placental 5-HT uptake, PNAS, 2014, 111(52):E5697-705. doi:10.1703.
  2. Li Y, Cooper A, Odibo IN, Ahmed A, Murphy P, Koonce R, Dajani NK, Lowery CL, Roberts DJ, Maroteaux L, Kilic F, Discrepancy in insulin regulation between GDM-platelets and placenta, JBC, 2016, pii: jbc.M116.713693.
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