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Membrane-Transport Mechanisms and Molecular Physiology

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Ming-Feng Tsai, PhD
Principal Investigator

Ming-Feng was trained as a medical student in Taiwan, but decided to drop out to pursue a research career. He worked with TC Hwang to study the CFTR channel in the University of Missouri, and then joined Chris Miller's lab in the Brandeis University. He moved to the University of Colorado to start a lab in January 2019.

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Chen-Wei Tsai, MD
Postdoctoral Associate

After completing her MD training, Chen-Wei was attracted to research and moved to MIT to conduct stem-cell research. She joined our lab in 2017, and has since developed new methods to record electrical activities of the uniporter. She is now studying pathophysiological roles of the mitochondrial calcium transport system.

Anna

Anna Van Keuren
PhD Student

Anna graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a very cool undergraduate research project on python physiology! She joined our lab in 2019, and formally became a PhD student in 2020. Her dissertation work focuses on investigating molecular mechanisms of the uniporter's regulation by accessory subunits.

Madison Rodriguez

Madison Rodriguez
Professional Research Assistant

Maddy graduated in the University of Colorado Boulder, and joined our lab in 2019. She works on a mitochondrial sodium-calcium exchanger. Maddy is a master dancer, used to teach in a dancing club!

Lab News

Nov 2, 2020
Anna reached an important milestone in her PhD study: first lead-author paper accepted (Cell Reports) “Mechanisms of EMRE-dependent opening in the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex.”

May 20, 2020
New paper published in Nature.
“Structure and mechanisms of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter holocomplex.”
https://rdcu.be/b4iEz

June 15, 2019
Maddy joined the lab.

Jan 7, 2019
New paper accepted in eLife.
“The conserved aspartate ring of MCU mediates MICU1 binding and regulation in the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex.” Link

Jan 2, 2019
Our lab in the University of Colorado officially opens! Anna joined the lab.

Aug 29, 2018
The lab obtained the first R01 support!
R01-GM129345

Contact

  • ming-feng.tsai@ucdenver.edu
  • 303-724-4106
  • Room 7105, Research Complex 1-North
    12800 E 19th St., Aurora, CO 80045
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