"Understanding the Molecular Basis of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Disease"
Prof. Dr. Ju Chen
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Ju Chen, PhD.
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
AHA Endowed Chair
Co-Director, Molecular Cardiology Program
UCSD School of Medicine
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About the Lab
My lab primarily focuses on understanding the molecular basis of cardiac and skeletal myopathies and heart failure, with a concurrent effort to develop potential therapies for these conditions.
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Spotlight on:
- April 2025: Overlapping functions between Lamp2a and Lamp2b in cardiac autophagy. More information here.
- April 2025: Intronic RNAscope probes enable precise identification of cardiomyocyte nuclei and cell cycle activity. More information here.
- April 2025: α Protein Kinase 3 Is Essential for Neonatal and Adult Cardiac Function. More information here.
- January 2025: Illuminating understudied kinases: a generalizable biosensor development method applied to protein kinase N. More information here.
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