Yuna Heo
Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Hometown
Buffalo, New York
Education
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2022
Areas of Special Interest
Biophysical cues with chromatin organization and gene expression in tenocytes; vascular extracellular matrix mechanobiology, survivin in vascular smooth muscle cell-mediated neointima formation and arterial stiffening. During my free time, I enjoy listening to music, watching movies and shows, going on walks, and spending time outdoors.
Publications
Biber JC, Sullivan A, Brazzo III J, Heo Y, Tumenbayar B, Krajnik A, Poppenberg K, Tutino VM, Heo S, Kolega J, Lee K, Bae Y. (2023) Survivin as a mediator of stiffness-induced cell cycle progression and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells. APL Bioengineering (Dec), 7(4) doi: 10.1063/5.0150532
Krajnik A, Nimmer E, Brazzo JA, Biber JC, Drewes R, Tumenbayar BI, Sullivan A, Pham K, Krug A, Heo Y, Kolega J, Heo SJ, Lee K, Weil BR, Kim DH, Gupte SA, Bae Y. (2023) Survivin regulates intracellular stiffness and extracellular matrix production in vascular smooth muscle cells. APL bioengineering (Dec), 7(4): 046104. doi: 10.1063/5.0157549
Szigeti K, Ihnatovych I, Rosas N, Dorn RP, Notari E, Cortes Gomez E, He M, Maly I, Prasad S, Nimmer E, Heo Y, Fuchsova B, Bennett DA, Hofmann WA, Pralle A, Bae Y, Wang J. (2023) Neuronal actin cytoskeleton gain of function in the human brain. EBioMedicine (Sep), 95: 104725. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104725
Brazzo JA, Biber JC, Nimmer E, Heo Y, Ying L, Zhao R, Lee K, Krause M, Bae Y. (2021) Mechanosensitive expression of lamellipodin promotes intracellular stiffness, cyclin expression and cell proliferation. Journal of cell science (Jun), 134(12). doi: 10.1242/jcs.257709
Conference Abstracts
Rice K, Mousso T, Tumenbayar B, Heo Y, Bae Y. “Survivin Orchestrates Stiffness-Induced Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration” American Society of Cell Biology and European Molecular Biology Organization Meeting, 2023. (Boston, MA)
Krajnik A, Nimmer E, Sullivan A, Brazzo III JA, Heo Y, Krug A, Kolega J, Heo S, Lee K, Weil BR, Kim D, Bae Y. “Survivin regulates intracellular stiffness and extracellular matrix production in vascular smooth muscle cells” Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, 2023. Poster Presentation (San Diego, California)
Brazzo III JA, Heo Y, Bae Y. “Lamellipodin drives stiffness-dependent cell cycling through YAP” American Society of Cell Biology and European Molecular Biology Organization Meeting, 2022. Poster Presentation (Washington, D.C.)
Brazzo III JA, Biber JC, Nimmer E, Heo Y, Lee K, Krause M, Bae Y. “Role of Lamellipodin in Cellular Mechanotransduction” American Society for Matrix Biology, 2021. Podium Presentation (St. Louis, MO)