225 Veterinary Medical Center
1365 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN
United States 55108
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Fuyuan Wang is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Veterinary Medicine (VMED) at the University of Minnesota, and expect to complete his degree in June 2015. His Ph.D. thesis research is focused on understanding of effects of morphine on the microbiome-neuroimmune interaction, and of its role in the gut homeostasis. Dr. Wang obtained professional veterinary education in China and practiced as a clinical veterinarian for two years after graduation. He came to the University of Michigan to study public health and obtained a master’s degree. At University of Michigan, he first worked with Professor Michal A. Olszewski to study anticryptococcal host defenses, and then with Professor Grace Y. Chen to investigate intestinal tumorigenesis. In fall 2011, Fuyuan joined Dr. Sabita Roy’s laboratory as a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Fuyuan Wang is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Society for Mucosal Immunology, and Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology. He is fiscal chair of Association of Multicultural Scientists. He is a registered manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, PLOS ONE, Molecular Immunology, Experimental Hematology, International Immunopharmacology, Cell Biology International, and the Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology. He has been a speaker at various international conferences and has authored several scientific publications on a variety of research fields in pathology, immunology, cancer biology, infectious diseases, metagenomics and metabolomics.
Papers:
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Bile Acid Imbalance in Morphine Induced Gut Barrier Compromise and Systemic Inflammation: Role of CYP7A1 and F-x-R