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Sean M. Wu
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy lab seeks to identify mechanisms regulating cardiac lineage commitment during embryonic development and the biology of cardiac progenitor cells in development and disease. We believe that by understanding the transcriptional and epigenetic basis of cardiomyocyte growth and differentiation, we can identify the most effective ways to repair diseased adult hearts. We employ mouse and human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells as well as rodents as our in vivo models for investigation.
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Timothy Ting-Hsuan Wu
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2023
Ph.D. Student in Biochemistry, admitted Summer 2021
MSTP Student
Temp Employee, Medicine - Med/Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care MedicineCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMolecular and cellular basis of lung development, renewal and disease;
Single cell analysis of SARS-CoV-2 lung infection;
Vascular inflammation and immune dysregulation in pulmonary hypertension. -
Xiaokang Wu
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Institute
BioDr. Wu earned her medical degree and a doctorate in clinical medicine at the West China Medical College in China. She received her first postdoc training at Smidt heart institute of Cedars Sinai medical center and focused on studying the endovascular inflammation and calcium regulation in HFpEF (Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction) and testing the efficacy of Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) and their secreted exosomes (CDCexo) for heart failure. She comes to the Alexander Lab with expertise in calcium handling and cardiosphere-derived cell-based therapy in rodents models. Dr. Wu is currently leading our research efforts on studying the mechanisms underlying the development of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis(ATTR). Her work using iPSC and animal models as well as human samples will undoubtedly lead to important insights into this deadly disease and improve outcomes for cardiac amyloid patients.