Undergraduate Institution
BS, Zhejiang University
Awards and Honors
2023 – Toffler Scholar Award
Research Interests
Neurodegenerative diseases; neurobiology; RNA biology
BS, Zhejiang University
2023 – Toffler Scholar Award
Neurodegenerative diseases; neurobiology; RNA biology
2023 – Maria Del Carmen Vitery Graduate Student Award
2021- 2023 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
Transcriptional mechanism of brown adipose tissue function
Bethea M, Liu Y, Wade AK, Mullen R, Gupta R, Gelfanov V, DiMarchi R, Bhatnagar S, Behringer R, Habegger KM, Hunter CS. The islet-expressed Lhx1 transcription factor interacts with Islet-1 and contributes to glucose homeostasis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Mar 1;316(3):E397-E409.
Wade AK, Liu Y, Bethea MM, Toren E, Tse HM, Hunter CS. LIM-domain transcription complexes interact with ring-finger ubiquitin ligases and thereby impact islet β-cell function. J Biol Chem. 2019 Aug 2;294(31):11728-11740.
BA, University of Maryland College Park
The role of Perm1 in the skeletal muscle specific distribution and function of mitochondria.
BS, Taipei Medical University
MS, National Taiwan University
2024 – Channels and Transporters in Immunity FASEB meeting: Travel and Best Poster Awards
I’m interested in novel ion channels, cellular and organelle biology, physiology, and innate immunity