Dr. Ziming Yu, Assistant Professor
Joined ERP Program: 2006

Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Address: 7 E Meriter Hospital, 202 South Park Street, Madison, WI 53715
Telephone: (608) 267- 6314
Email: zyu1@wisc.edu

Background:

Institution Degree Year Field of Study
Central-China Agriculture University , China B.S. 1982 Animal Science
Central-China Agriculture University , China M.S. 1987 Reproductive Physiology
University of Guelph , Canada Ph.D. 1994 Reproductive Physiology

Professional Experience:

8/1982 – 7/1984

Research Assistant, Agricultural Academy of Hubei Province, Wuhan , China
8/1987 – 8/1989 Instructor, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan , China
9/1989 – 4/1994 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontario , Canada
6/1994 – 8/1196 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada
9/1996 – 8/1999 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota
9/1999 – 12/2001 Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland , Ohio
6/2002 – 11/2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky
12/2004 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison , Wisconsin

Honors and Awards:

  • 1985 Excellent achievements Award, Graduate School , Central-China Agricultural University , Wuhan , China
  • 1986 Danish International Agency Fellowship, Copenhagen , Demark
  • 1989 – 1994 University of Guelph International Student Scholarship, Guelph , Ontario , Canada
  • 1989 – 1994 Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontario , Canada
  • 1992 Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontation , Canada

Research Statement: 

My research interest is the potential role for transcription factors, AP-1 and Ets-1 in particular, in the monocyte/macrophage-mediated regulation of biological functions of human endometrial stromal cells and vascular endothelial cells in physiologic processes as well as pathologic conditions. More specifically my current research is primarily focusing on: 1) the decidual macrophage-mediated Ets-1 activation and placental angiogenesis in normal versus preeclamptic pregnancies; 2) the endometrial macrophage-mediated AP-1 activation and cell proliferation in endometrial stromal cells and the peritoneal fluid macrophage-mediated Ets-1 activation and angiogenesis in endometriosis.

Publications from Dr. Yu's Lab Search Pubmed

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