Huanghe Yang

Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry
  • Associate Professor in Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
  • Assistant Professor in Neurobiology
  • Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Contact Information

  • Office Location: 213 Nanaline H Duke, Box 3711, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
  • Email Address: huanghe.yang@duke.edu
  • Websites:

Education

  • Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis, 2008

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • NIH Director's New Innovator Award. NIH. 2017
  • Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00). NINDS. 2014

Courses Taught

  • BIOCHEM 593: Research Independent Study
  • BIOCHEM 393: Research Independent Study

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Lowry, Augustus J., Pengfei Liang, Mo Song, Y. C. Serena Wan, Zhen-Ming Pei, Huanghe Yang, and Yang Zhang. “TMEM16 and OSCA/TMEM63 proteins share a conserved potential to permeate ions and phospholipids.,” September 3, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.04.578431.
  • Francis, Samuel, Sanjay Khandelwal, Richard Straight, Luke Welton, Pengfei Liang, Huanghe Yang, Charles J. Gerardo, and Gowthami Arepally. “Platelet and red cell responses to three North American pit vipers.” Toxicon 247 (August 28, 2024): 107798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107798.
  • Zhang, Guohui, Huanghe Yang, Yuyin Wang, Hongwu Liang, Jingyi Shi, and Jianmin Cui. “Redox-dependent Cd2+ inhibition of BK-type Ca2+-activated K+ channels.” Biophys J 123, no. 14 (July 16, 2024): 2076–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.02.015.
  • Shan, Ke Zoe, Trieu Le, Pengfei Liang, Ping Dong, Augustus J. Lowry, Polina Kremmyda, Lena Claesson-Welsh, and Huanghe Yang. “TMEM16F scramblase regulates angiogenesis via endothelial intracellular signaling.” J Cell Sci 137, no. 14 (July 15, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261566.
  • Dong, Ping, Konstantin Bakhurin, Yuhui Li, Mohamad A. Mikati, Jianmin Cui, Warren M. Grill, Henry H. Yin, and Huanghe Yang. “Attenuating midline thalamus bursting to mitigate absence epilepsy.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 121, no. 28 (July 9, 2024): e2403763121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2403763121.