Lab Contact Info
Lab Contact Info
LAB: 909 S Wolcott Ave
4080 COMRB
PH #: (312) 996-7622
FAX: (312) 996-1225
Ushio-Fukai Lab
Current Lab Members
Young-Mee Kim, PhD
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
youngmee@uic.edu
Redox regulation of endothelial function and angiogenesis.
Dipankar Ash, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
dipash@uic.edu
Role of copper transporter proteins in angiogensis & the role of autophagy.
Junghun Kweon, PhD
Research Specialist
jkweon@uic.edu
Role of ROS and copper transport proteins in vascular development.
Ken Lizama, MD
Research Specialist
klizama@uic.edu
Role of ROS and copper transport proteins in angiogensis and
vascular remodeling in vivo model.
Research Interests
Vascular Biology
Inflammation Signaling Mechanisms
Cell Receptors & Redox Signaling
Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Past Trainees
Seok-Jo Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2011 - 2013
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University
Norifumi Urao, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2006 - 2013
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Alessandra Zappulo
Visiting Predoctoral Student
2012 - 2013
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Universita di Bologna, Italy
Ryosuke Tatsunami, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2012 - 2013
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Hokkaido Pharmaceutical University, Japan
Cristiana Caliceti
Visiting Predoctoral Student
2009 - 2011
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ferrara University, Italy
Masooma Razvi
Predoctoral Student
2007 - 2010
Current Position: College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Jin Oshikawa, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2008 - 2010
Current Position: Visiting Associate Professor, Yokohama City University, Japan
Nihal Kaplan, PhD
Instructor
2006 - 2008
Current Position: Northwestern University, Chicago
Yoshimasa Nakamura, PhD
Research Scientist
2006 - 2008
Current Position: Associate Professor, Okayama University, Japan
Minako Yamaoka-Tojo, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
2003 - 2005
Current Position: Associate Professor, Kitazato University, Japan
Taiji Tojo, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
2003 - 2005
Current Position: Associate Professor, Kitazato University, Japan
Satoshi Ikeda, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
2003 - 2005
Current Position: Instructor, Nagasaki University, Japan