Curriculum Vitae
C.W. Jenny Chang, Ph.D
Cell: (708) 769-9572, Email: cwjchang@gmail.com
Address: 1164 Rosa Del Rio Way, CA 95822
Education
08/2006 - 07/2012
09/2010 - 05/2011
08/2002 - 05/2006
Loyola University Chicago
Ph.D, Physiology
University of California – Davis
Business Development Certificate
Graduate School of Management
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Bachelor of Science with honors, Genetics
Research & Teaching Experiences
08/01/2007 - present
Graduate Student, Bers Lab
Loyola University Chicago
University of California – Davis
Advisor: Donald M. Bers, Ph.D
01/04/2010 - 03/30/2010
Teaching Assistant, Pharmacology and Toxicology 202
University of California – Davis
Course director: James Angelastro, Ph.D
06/01/2005 - 08/15/2005
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota
Advisor: Richard E. Pagano, MD
02/01/2003 - 05/01/2006
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Keck Lab
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Advisor: James L. Keck, Ph.D
Awards & Fellowships
International Society of Heart Research (ISHR) – North American Section
2012 Young Investigator Award Finalist
2011 Poster Award
American Heart Association
06/2009 – 06/2011 Pre-doctoral Fellowship
University of Wisconsin – Madison
04/29/2006 - 2006 Spring Undergraduate Research Forum
Certificate of Achievement: Senior Honor Thesis
08/28/2005 - Recipient of Carl Cecil & Gertrude Ruff Lewis Scholarship Fund
05/01/2004 - 2004 Spring Undergraduate Research Forum
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Certificate of Achievement
04/27/2004 - Recipient of Wisconsin/Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Award
04/15/2004 - Certificate of Recognition
Undergraduate Research Symposium 2004
Mayo Clinic – Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota
08/01/2005 - Certificate of Scientific Accomplishment
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Publications
Original Manuscripts
1. Julie Bossuyt, Chia-Wei Chang, Kathryn Helmstadter, Maya T Kunkel, Alexandra C
Newton, Kenneth S Campbell, Jody L Martin, Sven Bossuyt, Seth Robia, Donald M.
Bers “Spatiotemporally distinct PKD activation in adult cardiac myocytes in response to
phenylephrine and endothelin”
J Biol Chem. 2011 Sep 23;286(38):33390-400.
2. C.W. Jenny Chang, Linda Lee, David Yu, Khanha Dao, Julie Bossuyt, Donald M. Bers.
“Acute -adrenergic activation triggers nuclear import of histone deacetylase 5 and
delays Gq-induced transcriptional activation.”
J. Biol. Chem. published November 16, 2012 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M112.382358.
3. C.W Jenny Chang*, C. Blake Nichols*, Linda Lee. Rob Rigor, Donald M. Bers, Julie
Bossuyt (2012) “Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Protein Kinase D Signaling – Role of Adrenergic Signaling.” (In preparation)
Oral Presentation
1. “Acute -adrenergic activation triggers nuclear import of histone deacetylase 5 and
delays Gq-induced transcriptional activation.”
Young Investigator Award Competition (junior) – 2012
33rd International Society of Heart Research - North American Section, Banff, Canada
Posters
1. C.W. Jenny Chang, Linda Lee, David Yu, Khanha Dao, Julie Bossuyt, Donald M.
Bers. (2012) “Acute -adrenergic activation triggers nuclear import of histone
deacetylase 5 and delays Gq-induced transcriptional activation.”
International Society of Heart Research-North American Section, Banff, Canada
2. Nichols C.B.*, Chang C.W*, Lee L. Rigor R., Bers D.M., Bossuyt J. (2012)
“Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Protein Kinase D Signaling – Role of -Adrenergic
Signaling.”
International Society of Heart Research-North American Section, Banff, Canada
3. Chia-Wei Chang, David Yu, Linda Lee, Julie Bossuyt, Donald M. Bers. (2011) “-AR
and PKA activation inhibits endothelin-1 and phenylephrine induced transcriptional
activation by preventing nuclear export of histone deacetylase 5” Journal of Molecular
and Cellular Cardiology. 51: issue 3 (2011) S32.
International Society of Heart Research-North American Section, Philadelphia, PA
4. Chia-Wei J. Chang, Kathryn Helmstadter, Gregory Mignery, Julie Bossuyt, Donald M.
Bers. (2010) “Endothelin and Phenylephrine Both Trigger Nuclear IP3 Elevation, but
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Differ in Ability to Activate Nuclear HDAC5 Export.” Biophysical Journal. 98(3) pp.
308a - 309a.
54th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA
5. J. Bossuyt, C.W. Chang, M.T. Kunkel, A.C. Newton, J.L. Martin, A.Robia, and D.M.
Bers. (2009) “Endothelin and phenylephrine differentially activate nuclear PKD and
HDAC5 export, despite similar global PKD activation in adult cardiac myocytes.”
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 46 (2009) S42-S43.
International Society of Heart Research-North American Section, Baltimore, MD
Extracurricular Activity
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University of California - Davis Big Bang Business Competition (2011) – top 5 finalist
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