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Sunny Huang, MD, PhD

Address: 2-340 BSB
Phone: (319) 467-1268
Email: sunny-huang@uiowa.edu

Mentor: Calvin Carter, PhD

PhD Institution: University of Iowa

Research Description

 

Awards

  • Molecular Medicine Nominee for D. C. Spriestersbach Distinguished Dissertation Prize, 2021
    Nominated by the Molecular Medicine Program for this dissertation prize that recognizes excellence in doctoral research in the area of biological and life sciences

  • Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Award, Fall 2020
    Fellowship awarded to Ph.D. students in their final semester to complete scholarly research activities and their dissertation writing ($10,000)

  • University of Iowa Innovator Award, 2018
    Awarded to scientists by the University of Iowa Research Foundation for patents, options or licenses to help protect and commercialize intellectual property

  • Helmsley Fellowship for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course, July 2016
    Awarded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust to scientists who cross-train to become more interdisciplinary in their research for the Advanced Techniques in Neuroscience course

  • Outstanding Presentation in Pediatric Basic Research, September 12, 2014
    Award given at the 46th Annual Student Medical Research Day, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa

Publications

  1. *Huang S.C., *Carter C.S., Searby C.C., Cassaidy B., Miller M.J., Grzesik W.J., Piorczynski T.B., Zhang Q., Bradberry K., Pak T.K., Walsh S.A., Dick D.W., Akurathi V., Acevedo M., Mapuskar K.A., Milne G.L., Hinton A.O., Guo D.F., Falls-Hubert K.C., Wagner B.A., Carter W.A., Wang K., Norris A.W., Sunny Huang 2 Rahmouni K., Buettner G.R., Hansen J.M., Spitz D.R., Abel E.D., #Sheffield V.C. Static magnetic and electric fields treat type 2 diabetes via redox dependent mechanisms. Cell Metabolism. 2020 Oct; 32:4. PMID: 33027675.
    *co-first authorship

  2. Carter C.S., Huang S.C., Searby C.C., Cassaidy B., Miller M.J., Grzesik W.J., Piorczynski T.B., Zhang Q., Bradberry K., Pak T.K., Walsh S.A., Dick D.W., Akurathi V., Acevedo M., Mapuskar K.A., Milne G.L., Hinton A.O., Guo D.F., Falls-Hubert K.C., Wagner B.A., Carter W.A., Wang K., Norris A.W., Rahmouni K., Buettner G.R., Hansen J.M., Spitz D.R., Abel E.D., Sheffield V.C. Point/Counterpoint: An alternative hypothesis for why exposure to static magnetic and electric fields treats type 2 diabetes. American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2021 Jun; 320(5):E1001-E1002. PMID: 33843282.

  3. Pak, T.K., Carter, C.S., Zhang, Q., Huang, S.C., Searby, C., Hsu, Y., Taugher R.J., Vogel T., Cychosz, C.C., Genova, R., Moreira, N.N., Stevens, H., Wemmie, J.A., Pieper, A.A., Wang, K., Sheffield, V.C. A mouse model of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome has impaired fear memory, which is rescued by lithium treatment. PLoS Genet. 2021 Apr 22; 17:4. PMID: 33886537.

  4. Termini, C.M., McReynolds, M.R., Rutaganira, F.U.N., Roby, R.S., Hinton, A.O. Jr, Carter, C.S., Huang, S.C., Vue, Z., Martinez, D., Shuler, H.D., Taylor, B.L. Mentoring during Uncertain Times. Trends Biochem Sci. 2021 May; 46:5. PMID: 33622580.

  5. McReynolds, M.R., Termini, C.M., Hinton, A.O. Jr, Taylor, B.L., Vue, Z., Huang, S.C., Roby, R.S., Shuler, H., Carter, C.S. The art of virtual mentoring in the twenty-first century for STEM majors and beyond. Nat. Biotechnol. 2020 Dec; 38:12. PMID: 33273732.

  6. Pei, W., Xu, L., Huang, S.C., Pettie, K., Idol, J., Rissone, A., Jimenez, E., Sinclair, J.W., Slevin, C., Varshney, G.K., Jones, M., Carrington, B., Bishop, K., Huang, H., Sood, R., Lin, S., Burgess, S.M. Guided genetic screen to identify genes essential in the regeneration of hair cells and other tissues. NPJ Regen. Med. 2018 Jun; 3:11. PMID: 29872546.

  7. Pei, W., Huang, S.C., Xu, L., Pettie, K., Ceci, M.L., Sanchez, M., Allende, M.L., Burgess, S.M. Loss of Mgat5a-mediated N-glycosylation stimulates regeneration in zebrafish. Cell Regen (Lond) 2016 Oct; 5:3. PMID: 27795824.

  8. Pei, W., Tanaka, K., Huang, S.C., Xu, L., Liu, B., Sinclair, J., Idol, J., Varshney, G.K., Huang, H., Lin, S., Nussenblatt, R., Mori, R., Burgess, S.M. Extracellular HSP60 triggers tissue regeneration and wound healing by regulating inflammation and cell proliferation. NPJ Regenerative Medicine 2016 Oct; 1:16013. DOI: 10.1038/npjregenmed.2016.13.

  9. Pei, W., Xu, L., Varshney, G.K., Carrington, B., Bishop, K., Jones, M., Huang, S.C., Idol, J., Pretorius, P.R., Beirl, A., Schimmenti, L.A., Kindt, K.S., Sood, R., Burgess, S.M. Additive reductions in zebrafish PRPS1 activity result in a spectrum of deficiencies modeling several human PRPS1-associated diseases. Scientific Reports 2016 Jul; 6:29946. PMID: 27425195.

  10. Varshney, G.K., Pei, W., LaFave, M.C., Idol, J., Xu, L., Gallardo, V., Carrington, B., Bishop, K., Jones, M., Li, M., Harper, U., Huang, S.C., Prakash, A., Chen, W., Sood, R., Ledin, J., Burgess, S.M. Highthroughput gene targeting and phenotyping in zebrafish using CRISPR/Cas9. Genome Research 2015 Jul; 25(7):1030-42.

  11. Varshney, G.K., Lu, J., Gildea, D.E., Huang, H., Pei, W., Yang, Z., Huang S.C., Schoenfeld, D., Pho, N., Diaz-Cano, D.C., Hirase, T., Moshbrook-Davis, D., Zhang, S., Jao, L., Zhang, B., Woods, I.G., Zimmerman, S., Schier, A.F., Wolfsberg, T.G., Pellegrini, M., Burgess, S.M., Lin S. A large-scale zebrafish gene knockout resource for the genome-wide study of gene function. Genome Research 2013 Apr; 23(4):727-35.

  12. Huang, S. C. and Collins, J. T. B. Developing a Novel Method to Find Molecules with Preventative UV Properties. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2010, Missoula, MT; Asheville, NC: The University of North Carolina Asheville.

  13. Huang, S. C. and Collins, J. T. B. Preventing UV-induced Mutagenesis by p-Aminobenzoic Acid. 5th Annual Math Engineering Science Conference (MESCON) Proceedings, Evansville, IN: University of Evansville, 2009.

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