Lab Members
Hyojung Choo, PhD
Principal investigator
Funded projects: Myonuclear homeostasis in craniofacial muscles (NIAMS, R01, 2017-2022)
Interplay between muscle and neuron in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (The Woodruff Early Independence Scholar Award, 2017)
Fang Wu, PhD
Lab manager/Senior research specialist
Dr. Wu maintains animal colonies and performs surgery including stem cell transplantation. She is an expert to isolate muscle stem cells.
Undergraduate Students
Danbi Lim
Danbi has been involved in the project to study the interaction between satellite cells and fibroadipose progenitor cells in pharyngeal muscle.
Publications: Kim E, Wu F, Lim D, Zhang Y, Allen J, Vest KE, and Choo H*.FAPs-mediated satellite cell activation via HGF in pharyngeal muscles without injury (Under review)
Christopher Zeuten
Christopher has been involved in the project to study the role satellite cells in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. He is studying the role of fibroadipose progenitor cells in chewing and swallowing muscles.
Amy Seunghyun Kim
Amy has been involved in the project to study the effect of high fat diet on tongue fat infiltration. She is studying the role of fibroadipose progenitor cells in tongue muscles.
Amanda Kim
Amanda has been involved in the project to determine the role of dysphagia for weight loss of early Alzheimer's disease.