Jia-Qiang He, PhD

PhD, Physiology, 1996
Peking Union Medical College
Dongcheng, Beijing, China

• Controlled cardiac lineage differentiation of embryonic stem cells, iPSCs & adult cardiac stem cells
• iPSC reprograming and characterization
• Electrophysiological and functional maturity of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
• Stem cell tissue engineering
• Applications and mechanisms of stem cell-based therapy for cardiovascular diseases

2018–present
Associate Professor of Physiology
Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2012–2018
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2009–2012
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medicine & Physiology & Biophysics
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

2005–2009
Manager & Director
Cellular Dynamics International
Madison, WI

1999–2005
Assistant & Associate Scientist
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

1996–1999
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

• Member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), 2006-present
• Member of American Heart Association (AHA), 1999-present
• Member of Biophysical Society of USA (BS), 1999-2005
• Member of Cardiac Electrophysiology Society of USA (CES), 1999-2005

1. He J.-Q., Vu D.M., Hunt G., Chugh A., Bhatnagar A., Bolli R. Human Cardiac Stem Cells Isolated from Atrial Appendages Stably Express c-kit. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27719.
2. Sale, H., Wang, J., O'Hara T.J., Tester, D.J., Phartiyal, P., He, J-Q., Rudy, Y., Ackerman, M.J., Robertson, G.A. Physiological properties of hERG 1a/1b heteromeric currents and a hERG 1b-specific mutation associated with long-qt syndrome. Circ Res. 2008, 103:e81-e95.
3. He, J.-Q., January, C.T., Thomson, J.A., and Kamp, T.J., Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes: Drug Discovery/Safety Pharmacology. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2007, 2:739-753.
4. Xu, C.H., He, J-Q., Kamp T.J., Police S., Hao, X.M., O's Sullivan, C., Carpenter, M.K., Lebkowski, J., and Gold J.D. Human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes can be maintained in defined medium without serum. Stem Cells and Development, 2006, 15:931-941.
5. He J.-Q., Balijepalli R.C., Haworth R.A., and Kamp T.J. Crosstalk of beta-adrenergic receptor subtypes through Gi blunts beta-adrenergic stimulation of L-type Ca2+ channels in canine heart failure. Circ Res. 2005 Sep 16;97(6):566-73.
6. He, J-Q., Ma, Y., Causey J.A., Lee Y., Thomson J.A., and Kamp T.J. Human embryonic stem cells develop into multiple types of cardiac myocytes: action potential characterization. Circ Res. 2003, 93: 32-39.
7. Kamp, T.J. and He, J-Q.. L-type Ca2+ channels gaining respect in heart failure. [Editorials] Circ Res, 2002, 91:451-453.
8. He, J-Q., Conklin M.W., Foell J.D., Wolff M.R., Haworth R.A., Coronado R., and Kamp T.J. Reduction in density of transverse tubules and L-type Ca2+ channels in canine tachycardia-induced heart failure. Cardiovasc. Res. 2001, 49:298-307.
9. He, J-Q., Pi, Y.Q., Walker, J.W. and Kamp, T.J. Endothelin-1 and photo-released diacylglycerol increase L-type Ca2+ current by activation of PKC in rat ventricular myocytes. J. Physiol. (London). 2000, 524:807-820.