Gang Yu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Endowed Title: Thomas O. Hicks Scholar in Medical Research

Department: Neuroscience

Graduate Programs: Cell Regulation, Neuroscience

Education

Undergraduate Hangzhou Teacher's College (1988)
Graduate School Northwestern University (1991)
Graduate School University of Calgary - Canada (1996)

Research Interests

  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
  • The Gamma-Secretase Complex, RNA-binding proteins TDP43 and FUS/TLS, Progranulin

Publications

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Progranulin: a proteolytically processed protein at the crossroads of inflammation and neurodegeneration.

Cenik B, Sephton CF, Kutluk Cenik B, Herz J, Yu G J. Biol. Chem. 2012 Sep 287 39 32298-306

TDP-43 in central nervous system development and function: clues to TDP-43-associated neurodegeneration.

Sephton CF, Cenik B, Cenik BK, Herz J, Yu G Biol. Chem. 2012 Jul 393 7 589-94

TDP-43 aggregation in neurodegeneration: are stress granules the key?

Dewey CM, Cenik B, Sephton CF, Johnson BA, Herz J, Yu G Brain Res. 2012 Jun 1462 16-25

Extracting ß-amyloid from Alzheimer's disease.

Dries DR, Yu G, Herz J Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2012 Feb 109 9 3199-200

{gamma}-Secretase-regulated Proteolysis of the Notch Receptor by Mitochondrial Intermediate Peptidase.

Lee SF, Srinivasan B, Sephton CF, Dries DR, Wang B, Yu C, Wang Y, Dewey CM, Shah S, Jiang J, Yu G J. Biol. Chem. 2011 Aug 286 31 27447-53

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Honors/Awards

  • Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring
    (2010)
  • Ruth K. Broad Research Foundation Award
    (2006)
  • Ruth Salta Junior Investigator Achievement Award
    (2005)
  • Alzheimer Disease Research Award
    (2003)
  • Natalie Ornish Award
    (2002)
  • Thomas O. Hicks Scholar in Medical Research
    (2001)
  • Memorial Frist/Jus Research Award
    (1998)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Society of Biochemistry and molecular biology (2010)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry (2010-2016)
  • Society for Neuroscience (2002)