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Wen-Hui Hu, M.D, Ph.D. 

Professor of Neuroscience and Pathology
Department of Neuroscience
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
1101 E Marshall Street, Sanger Hall, Room 3-022f
Richmond, VA 23298
Tel: 804-828-2708 (O), 804-599-8699 (C)

Email: whu@vcu.edu 

Education

Research

·  Postdoc Associate in Neuroimmunology, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miami, USA, 2002

·  Postdoc Fellow in Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, University of Colorado, Denver, USA, 1999

·  Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China, 1996

·  M.S. in Traumatic Surgery, Third Military Medical University (TMMU) , Chongqing, China, 1988

·  M.D. in Medical Science, North Sichuan Medical College (NSMC), Sichuan, China 1982

 

  1. Targeted delivery (AAV, lenvirus-like particles and nanoparticles)

  2. CRISPR/Cas editing and gene therapy

  3. Function and mechanism of NIBP/TRAPPC9 in neurodevelopmental disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and metabolic syndrome

  4. Exin21 boost of antibody/vaccine/virus prodution

 

Expertise

Protocols

  • Genome and epigenome editing (CRISPR/Cas)
  • Signaling pathways of NF-kB activation
  • Signal transduction of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR)
  • Neurodevelopment and adult Neurogenesis
  • Small interfering RNA (siRNA)
  • Targeted AAV and Lentiviral gene delivery
  • Yeast two-hybrid screen
  • mRNA stability
  • NEB-HiFi cloning
  • Co-immunoprecipitation and Western blot
  • AAV packaging and purification
  • Lentivirus packaging and purification
  • Culture of iPSC and vascularized microglia-containing cerebral organoids
  • Chromatin-immunoprocipitation (CHIP)
  • Protein expression and purification
  • Immunofluoresent staining
  • Real-time PCR , droplet digital PCR
  • HCR-ISH
  • Dual reporter assay
  • Single cell RNA-seq

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