Yue Yang (yue_yang@hms.harvard.edu)

Education
2004-present: Ph.D. candidate, Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School
2001-2004: B.S. with Honors, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
200-2001: Case Western Reserve University

Awards and Fellowships

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2005-2008)
• NIH National Research Service Award (2004-2005)
• Deans’ Award for Academic Accomplishment (2004)
• Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Grants (2002, 2003-2004)
• Robert C. Byrd Scholarship (2001-2004)
• National Merit Scholarship (2001-2002)

Research Experience
2005-Present: Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Mentor: Dr. Larry Benowitz, Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital
Regeneration of rat adult cortical neurons in response to growth factors

2004-2005: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Mentor: Dr. Azad Bonni, Deparment of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Hunting for neuronal proteins that regulate the aging of the brain in worms and rats

2002-2004: Standford University
Mentor: Merritt Maduke
Functional and structural characterization of ClC chloride ion channels

2001: Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Matthew Warman
Identifying mutations that cause abnormal development of the human skeletal system

Publications

• Yang Y, Maduke M. ClC mutations implicate multi-domain participation in common gating. (In preparation)
• Everman DB, Bartels CF, Yang Y, Yanamandra N, Goodman FR, Mendoza-Londono JR, Savarirayan R, White SM, Graham JM, Gale RP, Svarch E, Newman WG, Kleckers AR, Francomano CA, Govindaiah V, Singh L, Morrison S, Thomas JT & Warman ML. 2002. The mutational spectrum of Brachydactyly Type C. Am J Med Genet. 112 (3):291-296.