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Jun Yang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Neurobiology and Anatomy

University of Utah

Bldg 523, Room S4640

65 Mario Capecchi Drive

Salt Lake City, UT 84132

Email: jun.yang@hsc.utah.edu

Lab website: http://junyanglab.hsc.utah.edu

Education:

1985 – 1989 B.S. Biomedicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R.China

1996 – 2001 Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Professional Experience:

1989 – 1992 Biochemist, Beijing Industrial Institute of Fermentation, Beijing, China

1992 – 1996 Biochemist, Beijing Pacific Pharmaceuticals, Beijing, China

1996 – 2001 Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts, MA

2001 – 2006 Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary,

Boston, MA

2006 – 2008 Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary,

2008 – Present Assistant Professor, John A Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt

Lake City, UT

2009 – Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of

Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2008 – Present Member, Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, Salt Lake City, UT

2009 – Present Member, Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Salt Lake City, UT

Awards and Honors:

1986 – 1989 Scholarships of Outstanding Students, Nankai University

1990 Outstanding Researcher, Beijing Industrial Institute of Fermentation

1997, 2000 Travel Awards, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of

Massachusetts at Amherst

2003 Research Award, Knights Templar Eye Foundation

2007 Research Award, Fight for Sight

2010 Research Award, Hope for Vision

Membership in Professional Societies:

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, American Society for Cell Biology, Society for Neuroscience

Grant Support:

2010 – 2013 Gene Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa in Usher Syndrome Type 2, Foundation Fighting Blindness

2011 – 2013 Disease Mechanisms of Usher Syndrome Type 2, E Matilda Ziegler Foundation

2011 – 2016 Formation and New Components of the Usher 2 Protein Complex in Photoreceptors, National Institutes of Health

Teaching Experience:

1996 – 1997 Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Elementary Biochemistry Laboratory (Biochem 421) and Biochemistry Laboratory (Biochem 526)

2009 – Present Lecturer, University of Utah, Frontiers in Neuroscience (ANAT NEUSC 6010)

2009 – Present Lecturer, University of Utah, Fashion Shows in Molecular Biology Program

2010 – Present Lecturer, University of Utah, Advances in Vision Research (ANAT NEUSC 6500)

2010 – Present Lecturer, University of Utah, Visual Neuroscience (ANAT NEUSC 6100)

Professional Community Activities:

1999 – 1998 Student Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Admissions Committee

2008 – Present Member, Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah, Curriculum Committee

2009 Assistant, Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah, Admissions Committee

2009 – 2011 Member, Combined Program in Molecular Biology and Biological Chemistry, Admissions Committee

2011 – Present Member, Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, Admissions Committee

Oral Presentations:

Local/Regional

2000 Does alcohol cause brain damage by changing gene expression in the developing brain? Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2004 Structure and function of the ciliary rootlet. Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2006 Mpp4 is required for localization of plasma membrane calcium ATPases and maintenance of calcium homeostasis at the photoreceptor synaptic terminals. Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2008 Mechanistic studies on retinal degeneration using mouse models. Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2009 Composition, localization and function of the Usher syndrome type 2 Protein Complex. Membrane Trafficking Interest Group, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2010 Disease mechanism and treatment of Usher syndrome type 2. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2011 Disease mechanism and treatment of Usher syndrome type II. Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

National

2005 Rootletin, an important protein in both ciliated and non-ciliated cells. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

2005 Rootletin, an important protein in both ciliated and non-ciliated cells. The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine

2005 Rootletin, an important protein in both ciliated and non-ciliated cells. Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

2006 Mpp4 is required for localization of plasma membrane calcium ATPases and maintenance of calcium homeostasis at the photoreceptor synaptic terminals. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California

2007 Mechanistic studies on retinal degeneration using mouse models. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

International

2008 Mechanistic studies on retinal degeneration using mouse models. The Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

2011 Disease mechanism and treatment of Usher syndrome type II, The Institute of Eye, Tongji University of Medicine, Shanghai, China

2011 Disease mechanism and treatment of Usher syndrome type II, School of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

2011 Disease mechanism and treatment of Usher syndrome type II, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

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