News + Updates

Jingsong Ruan was hooded by Dr. Yao at the Summer 2025 Commencement Ceremony. Congratulations Dr, Ruan!

Dr. Jingsong Ruan, Dr. Minkyung Kang, and colleagues published a new article entitled "screening and identification of muscle pericyte selective markers" in Scientific Reports.

Dr. Yao was promoted to Professor at the University of South Florida. Congratulations!  

Dr. Yao published a new article entitled "laminin receptors in the CNS and vasculature" in Stroke.

Dr. Ava Nasrollahi published a new article entitled "laminins and the blood-brain barrier" in Matrix Biology.

Dr. Irem Culha Taskin published a new article entitled "Immune cells in intracerebral hemorrhage" in Brain Hemorrhages.

Min, who recently graduated from her PhD together with Ava have identified novel markers for brain pericytes, specialized cells crucial for brain health and function. By generating a unique mouse...

Dr. Yao has been selected as the Renato Iozzo Awardee from the American Society of Matrix Biology. Congratulations!

Dr. Nasrollahi received the Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association. Congratulations!  

The work depicts Marsilla's first-authored review paper on what we have known about the Adenylyl cyclase 2 expression and its function in the CNS and elaborates further on its role in Neurological...