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Yujia (Jennie) Liu

 

Address: 2-400 BSB
Phone: (319) 384-4447
Email: yujia-liu@uiowa.edu

Mentor: Stefan Strack, PhD

Undergraduate Institution: Ohio State University

Graduate Program: Pharmacology

Year Entered Into Program: 2015

Research Description

Interplay Between AKAP1-scaffolded Calcineurin and PKA in Mitochondrial Fragmentation and Post-ischemic Neuronal Survival

Awards

  • Ranbir K. Bhatnagar Scholar Award, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, 2018
  • Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Award, 2017
  • Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award, 2017
  • American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship (17PRE33460539), 2017-2018

Publications

  1. Karelina K, Liu Y, Alzate-Correa D, Wheaton KL, Hoyt KR, Arthur JS, Obrietan, K.:  Mitogen and stress-activated kinases 1/2 regulate ischemia-induced hippocampal progenitor cell proliferation and neurogenesis. Neuroscience, 285:292-302, 2015. PMCID: PMC5048677