Postdoc, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2005
PhD, Biology, University of Utah, 1999
MSc, Biology, Seoul National University, 1990
BS, Biology, Seoul National University, 1988
Recent Publications
Trujillo AN, Katnik C, Cuevas J, Cha B, Taylor-Clark TE, Breslin JW. Modulation of Mesenteric Collecting Lymphatic Contractions by Sigma-1 Receptor Activation and Nitric Oxide Production.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology. : ajpheart.00702.2016, 2017.
Bass HM, Beard RS, Cha BJ, Yuan SY, & Nelson PR. Thrombomodulin Induces a Quiescent Phenotype and Inhibits Migration in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro.Annals of Vascular Surgery. 30: 149-56, 2016.
Yip KP, Cha BJ, Tse CM, Amin ME, & Amin J. Functional Expression of Aquaporin-2 Tagged with Photoconvertible Fluorescent Protein in mpkCCD Cells.Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry: International Journal of Experimental Cellular Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology. 36(2) : 670-82, 2015.
Lima A, Cha BJ, Amin J, Smith LK, & Anderson B. Zebrafish embryo model of Bartonella henselae infection.Zebrafish. 11(5) : 434-46, 2014.
Beard RS, Haines RJ, Wu KY, Reynolds JJ, Davis SM, Elliott JE, Malinin NL, Chatterjee V, Cha BJ, Wu MH, Yuan SY. Non-muscle Mlck is required for β-catenin- and FoxO1-dependent downregulation of Cldn5 in IL-1β-mediated barrier dysfunction in brain endothelial cells.Journal of cell science. 127(Pt 8) : 1840-53, 2014.
San-Juan-Vergara H, Sampayo-Escobar V, Reyes N, Cha B, Pacheco-Lugo L, Wong T, Peeples ME, Collins PL, Castaño ME, & Mohapatra SS. Cholesterol-rich microdomains as docking platforms for respiratory syncytial virus in normal human bronchial epithelial cells.Journal of Virology. 86(3) : 1832-43, 2012.
Izu Y, Sun M, Zwolanek D, Veit G, Williams V, Cha B, Jepsen KJ, Koch M, & Birk DE. Type XII collagen regulates osteoblast polarity and communication during bone formation.The Journal of Cell Biology. 193(6) : 1115-30, 2011.
Takada S & Cha BJ. In vivo live-analysis of cell cycle checkpoints in Drosophila early embryos.Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 782: 75-92, 2011.
Smith CJ, Watson JD, Spencer WC, O''Brien T, Cha B, Albeg A, Treinin M, & Miller DM. Time-lapse imaging and cell-specific expression profiling reveal dynamic branching and molecular determinants of a multi-dendritic nociceptor in C. elegans.Developmental Biology. 345(1) : 18-33, 2010.
