Junsu Kang
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: junsu.kang@wisc.edu
Address:
Cell and Regenerative Biology
Zebrafish, regeneration, fin, heart, enhancer, genetic mutant
- Address
- 4451 WIMR II, 1111 Highland Ave.
- Department
- Cell and Regenerative Biology
- Research Interests
- Our lab studies how zebrafish possess a remarkable potential to regenerate tissues, such as amputated appendages and damaged heart muscle.
- Research Fields
- Cell Biology, Development, Gene Expression, Genomics and Proteomics, Zebrafish
- Lab Website
- Lab Website
Our lab studies how zebrafish possess a remarkable potential to regenerate tissues, such as amputated appendages and damaged heart muscle.
Representative Publications:
Search PubMed for more publications by Junsu Kang
2022
Daniel Osorio-Méndez, Andrew Miller, Ian J. Begeman, Andrew Kurth, Ryan Hagle, Daniela Rolph, Amy L. Dickson, Chen-Hui Chen, Mary Halloran, Kenneth D. Poss, Junsu Kang. Voltage-gated sodium channel scn8a is required for innervation and regeneration of amputated adult zebrafish fins. In Press (2022)
2020
Ian Begeman, Kwangdeok Shin, Daniel Osorio-Mendez, Andrew Kurth, Nutishia Lee, Trevor Chamberlain, Francisco Pelegri, and Junsu Kang. Decoding an Organ Regeneration Switch by Dissecting Cardiac Regeneration Enhancers. (2020) Dec 23;147(24). doi: 10.1242/dev.19401
Golenberg, N., Squirrell, JM., Bennin, DA., Rindy, J., Pistono, PE., Eliceiri, KW., Shelef, MA., Kang, J., Huttenlocher, A. Citrullination regulates wound responses and tissue regeneration in zebrafish. Journal of Cell Biology, 219(4), e201908164, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201908164
2019
Rodriguez, A., Kang, J. Regeneration enhancers: Starting a journey to unravel regulatory events in tissue regeneration. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. In Press (2019) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.04.003
Begeman, I., Kang, J. Transcriptional Programs and Regeneration Enhancers Underlying Heart Regeneration. J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 6(1): 2 (2019) https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd6010002
2018
Yang, K., Kang, J. Tissue regeneration enhancer elements: A way to unlock endogenous healing power. Developmental Dynamics. http://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.24676
2016
Kang, J., Hu, J., Karra, R., Dickson, A.L, Tornini, V.A., Nachtrab, G., Gemberling, M., Goldman, J.A., Black, B.L., Poss, K.D. Modulation of tissue repair by regeneration enhancer elements. Nature. 523(7598):201-206, (2016)