"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:
- January 2025: Illuminating understudied kinases: a generalizable biosensor development method applied to protein kinase N. More information here.
- December 2024: Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor 1 Gain-of-Function Increases the Risk for Cardiac Arrhythmias in Mice and Humans. More information here.
- November 2024: RBPMS and RBPMS2 Cooperate to Safeguard Cardiac Splicing. More information here.
- May 2024: A therapeutic leap: how myosin inhibitors moved from cardiac interventions to skeletal muscle myopathy solutions. More information here.
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