Welcome to Cao Lab at Weill Cornell Medical College
The Cao Lab is part of the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) and the Department of Cell and Developmantal Biology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Using zebrafish as a model, we aim at dissecting how natural heart regeneration is regulated at the cellular and molecular level, and how the generalizable findings can be applied in other regenerative contexts.The lab uses a combination of zebrafish model, explant tissue culture, high-throughput sequencing, chemical screening, live imaging, and genome editing approaches (such as CRISPR/Cas9).