Lab Members

Kaikobad Irani, MD
Professor Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor Radiation Oncology

Affiliations
Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center
Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
Pappajohn Biomedical Institute
Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program
Medical Scientist Training Program

Scientific Projects: Keep the money flowing and keep lab members relatively happy.

Extracurricular Interests: Driving my teenagers to their extracurricular interests. Playing one-on-one basketball with my son...and losing miserably.

Young-Rae Kim, PhD
Research Associate

Scientific Projects: I look at microRNA regulation of endothelial SIRT1.

Extracurricular Interests: Playing golf with my wife and being a dad.

Jin-Young Yoon, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Scientific Projects: In collaboration with the London Lab, I examine how protein lysine acetylation affects cardiac excitability.

Extracurricular Interests: Exercise, YouTube, reading, gathering with friends.

Julie Jacobs, MS
Senior Lab Technician, Lab Manager

Scientific Projects: Help out with many and all. Keep the lab humming and make sure it doesn't burn down.