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Yujun Cai, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular)
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Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular)

Biography

Dr. Cai joined Yale School of Medicine from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Before moving to Boston, he was a Postdoctoral Associate and then a junior faculty in Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of Rochester.

Dr. Cai is a Principal Investigator at Yale. His overall research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of cyclic nucleotide signaling in the pathogenesis of arterial and venous disorders. He has a longstanding interest in investigating the function, molecular mechanisms, and therapeutic potential of phosphodiesterase (PDE) in cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Cai has expertise in the areas of inflammation, extracellular matrix, and lysosome function related to vascular diseases. He uses multiple approaches including RNA-Seq/bioinformatics, proteomics, in vitro primary cell culture, state-of-art in vivo rodent surgical models of diseases, human specimens from patients, and transgenic mice, and collaborates with vascular biologists, vascular surgeons, bioengineers, gene/drug delivery experts, and bioinformatics experts to achieve his research goals.

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Education & Training

Postdoctoral Associate
University of Rochester (2012)
PhD
Lanzhou University (2003)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Yujun Cai's published research.

Publications

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2023

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2021

2019

2018

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Transformational Project Award

  • honor

    The Best Poster Award for Center of Vascular Biology Research

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    Scientist Development Grant

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    Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

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  • Brady Memorial Laboratory

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    310 Cedar Street, Rm 211

    New Haven, CT 06510