About The Author
Dr. Qitao Ran is an Associate Professor at Department of Cellular & Structural Biology of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Ran received his PhD degree from Peking Union Medical College (Beijing, China) in 1995. He conducted postdoctoral research at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) from 1995 to 2000, and continued his research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio afterwards. Dr. Ran was appointed Assistant Professor at Department of Cellular & Structural Biology and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Research of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2006. Dr. Ran was also appointed Research Health Scientist at South Texas Veterans Health Care System in 2007. The main research interest of Dr. Ran’s lab is to interrogate the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and ALS as well as aging.
Global Medical Discovery featured article: Ablation of the Ferroptosis Inhibitor Glutathione Peroxidase 4 in Neurons Results in Rapid Motor Neuron Degeneration and Paralysis
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