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  1. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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  4. Yang Yeh, Ph.D.

Yang Yeh, Ph.D.

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Title

Assistant Professor

Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Post Doc

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Email

Research Interests:

  • Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Nutrient Signaling and Metabolism
  • Novel Approaches to Treatment Development

Office

Biomed II; 560-2
Slot 510

Publications

1) Ketogenesis is Dispensable for the Metabolic Adaptations to Caloric Restriction. Yeh et al. 2026 Aging Cell.

2) Late-life protein or isoleucine restriction impacts physiological and molecular signatures of aging. Yeh et al. 2024. Nature Aging.

3) Defining the Kv2.1-syntaxin molecular interaction identifies a fist-in-class small molecular neuroprotectant. Yeh et al. 2019. PNAS.

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