Editor-in-Chief
Tao Wang
"School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom" · United Kingdom
Editorial leadership for Journal of Blood Pressure
Research interests
- Cardiovascular
- Metabolic & Nutritional Sciencesneuroscience & Mental Healthevolution
- Systems
- Genomicscellular & Development Systemsplatform Sciences
- Technologies
Biography
- Tao Wang leads a research group investigating the molecular basis of cardiovascular diseases, focusing on genetic vascular conditions and the Notch signalling in cardiovascular system.
- She has expertise in establishing and characterising the patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models and identify therapeutic targets.
- She supervises a number of PhD students and MRes students.
- She directs the course Human Genetics for MSc and STP in Genomic Medicine and Genetic Counselling programmes. She pear reviews grant applications for a number of funding bodies and manuscripts for international journals.
- She sits on the Managing Editorial Board of "Frontiers in Bioscience" and is the Managing Editor of the FBS special issue “Signalling Pathways in Cardiovascular Function and Diseases”.
- She is also member of Editorial Board for journals "American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine", "Signal Transduction Insights" (an online journal) and “Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery”.
Selected publications
- The β-alanine transporter BalaT is required for visual neurotransmission in Drosophila 2017 cited 27×
- PE homeostasis rebalanced through mitochondria-ER lipid exchange prevents retinal degeneration in Drosophila 2020 cited 26×
- PERK prevents rhodopsin degradation during retinitis pigmentosa by inhibiting IRE1-induced autophagy 2023 cited 22×
- dTBC1D7 regulates systemic growth independently of TSC through insulin signaling 2017 cited 13×
- Suppression of retinal degeneration by two novel ERAD ubiquitin E3 ligases SORDD1/2 in Drosophila 2020 cited 13×
- Tadr is an axonal histidine transporter required for visual neurotransmission in Drosophila 2022 cited 10×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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This journal is guided by Tao Wang ("School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom") and a peer-review board of practising researchers. Open access, author-retained copyright (CC BY), and a clear editorial process.