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