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Young Geun Choi, MS
PhD student
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
University of Minnesota
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PhD student
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
University of Minnesota
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Young Geun Choi received a BS degree in Chemical Engineering at UCLA, followed by a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a PhD student in the laboratory of Daniel Garry at the University of Minnesota. Yeung Geun's main research interest is ETV2-mediated cell fate conversion.
Representative publications include:
Choi YG, Das S, Larson TA, Le AQ, Nagarajan U, Sadek HA, Zhang JJ, Garry MG, Garry DJ. ETV2-ECSCR-mTOR pathways regulate reprogramming to the endothelial lineage. Stem Cells. 2026 Feb 23;44(3) PMC13017831. go to article.
Choi YG, Ma X, Das S, Sierra-Pagan JE, Larson T, Gong W, Sadek HA, Zhang JJ, Garry MG, Garry DJ. ETV2 transcriptionally activates Rig1 gene expression and promotes reprogramming of the endothelial lineage. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 19;14(1):28688. PMC11576751. go to article.
Das S, Ma X, Hailemariam K, Sierra-Pagan JE, Larson TA, Choi YG, Le AQ, Leonard RJ, Cho A, Sadek HA, Zhang JJ, Garry MG, Dong X, Gong W, Garry DJ. The pioneer factor, ETV2, regulates networks to specify the embryonic endothelial lineage. Cardiovasc Res. 2025 Oct 24;121(12):1883-1897. PMID: 40832854. go to article.