Yang Zhou

Yang Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering with joint affiliation in the School of Engineering and Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She specializes in cardiac regeneration mechanisms using cellular reprogramming techniques.

Her research focuses on:

• Direct conversion of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes
• Epigenetic regulation of cardiac differentiation
• Mitochondrial function in heart regeneration
• Single-cell analysis of cell fate transitions

Recent publications demonstrate advanced protocols for cardiac reprogramming and innovative applications of TBX20 transcription factor to enhance contractility. Her work bridges stem cell biology, genomics, and tissue engineering for cardiovascular therapeutics.