Yuan Yao
Assistant Professor
- Dr. Yao will be accepting graduate students for Jan 2025 and Sep 2025. Please email her with your expression of interest, and apply to the program when applications are open Jun 1-Sep 1 (for Jan intake) and Oct 15 – Feb 15 (for Sep intake)
Jointly appointed in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
B.Sc. (Dalian Maritime University), M.Sc. (Tianjin University), Ph.D. (University of Waterloo), Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of Toronto)
| phone: | (519)-722-7027 |
| email: | yuan.yao@hli.ubc.ca |
| website: | Coming soon |
Research Interests
- Biomaterial manufacturing and engineering
- Nano/microfabrication and 3D bioprinting
- Tissue engineering and organ regeneration
- Therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular disease
- Biomimetic hydrogel scaffold
Current Research Work
- Manufacturing and characterization of functional hydrogels as bioink for 3D bioprinting of cardiac tissue.
- Spatiotemporal control of micro-vessel regeneration and modeling of tissue vascularization.
- Tailoring cues from scaffold microenvironment to modulate function and maturation of therapeutic cells.
Publications
- Yuan Yao, Aung Moe Zaw, Deirdre E.J. Anderson, YeJin Jeong, Joshua Kunihiro, Monica T. Hinds, Evelyn K.F. Yim. “Fucoidan and topography modification improved in situ endothelialization on acellular synthetic vascular grafts”. Bioactive Materials, 2023, 22, 535-550.
- Yuan Yao, Grace Pohan, Marie F.A. Cutiongco, YeJin Jeong, Joshua Kunihiro, Aung Moe Zaw, Dency David, Hanyue Shangguan, Alfred C. H. Yu, Evelyn K.F. Yim. “In vivo evaluation of compliance mismatch on intimal hyperplasia formation in small diameter vascular grafts”. Biomaterials Science, 2023, 9, 3297-3307.
- Yuan Yao, Evelyn K.F. Yim. “Fucoidan for cardiovascular application and the factors mediating its activities”. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021, 270, 118347
- Yuan Yao, Aung Moe Zaw, Deirdre E.J. Anderson, Monica T. Hinds, Evelyn K.F. Yim. “Fucoidan functionalization on poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for improved endothelialization and hemocompatibility”. Biomaterials, 2020, 249, 120011.
- YeJin Jeong, Yuan Yao, and Evelyn K. F. Yim. “Current understanding of intimal hyperplasia and effect of compliance in synthetic small diameter vascular grafts”. Biomaterials Science, 2020, 8, 4383– 4395.
- Marek Kukumberg†, Yuan Yao†, Seok Hong Goh, Dawn J. H. Neo, Jia Yi Yao, and Evelyn K. F. Yim. “Evaluation of the topographical influence on the cellular behavior of human umbilical vein endothelial cells”. Advanced Biosystems, 2018, 2, 1700217
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