TEAM

Principal Investigator

Feng Yue, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, UF Center for Nutritional Sciences
Member, UF Myology Institute
Member, UF Genetics Institute
Member, UF Diabetes Institute
University of Florida

Lab members

Graduate Students

Yufen Li
PhD Student, 2022 Fall
Research interest: Muscle Stem Cell, Muscle Regeneration

Mostafa F. Abdelhai
PhD Student, 2025 Summer
Research interest: Intercellular Communication, Obesity, Aging

Yumei Zhou
PhD Student, 2023 Fall
Research interest: Epigenetics, Obesity, Single-Cell Omics

Qing-Ying (Jane) Li
PhD Student, 2026 Fall
BS, Microbiology and Cell Science

Yung-Yu Annie Cheng
Master Student, 2025 Summer
Research interest: Mitochondria, Obesity

Undergraduate Students

Ashlyn Deutscher
Undergraduate Student, 2026 Summer
Animal Sciences

Anna Subachev
Undergraduate Intern, 2026 Summer
Microbiology and Cell Science

Jacqueline_Degirmenci
Undergraduate Student, 2026 Summer
Biology

Jessica Meerson
Undergraduate Student, 2025 Fall
Microbiology and Cell Science

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers and Graduate Students

Junxiao Ren
Postdoc
09/2022 – 02/2026
Current: Postdoc, UIC

Yubo Wang
Postdoc
11/2023 – 12/2025
Current: Postdoc, UF

Leah Chu
AMCB Master Student
07/2022 – 07/2024
Current: GenScript Biotech

Undergraduate Students

Zihao Jin
Undergraduate Student, 2024 Fall
Biomedical Engineering

Temima Nuzhat
Undergraduate Student, 2023 Fall
Microbiology and Cell Science

Naomi Harrell
Undergraduate Student, 2025 Spring
Animal Sciences

Lena Hanson
Undergraduate Student, 2025 Spring
Animal Sciences
Current: Vet School, LSU

Sean Garnett
Research Assistant, 2025 Spring
Research interest: ER Stress, Cellular Metabolism

Isabel Cheng
Undergraduate Student, 2025 Spring
Animal Sciences
Current: Vet School, UF

Isabella Lopez
Undergraduate Student, 2023-2024
Animal Sciences
Current:
Veterinary Assistant in Salazar Veterinary Hospital

Baylie Sieburg
Research Volunteer, 2024 Spring
Animal Sciences

Karol Alemán
Undergraduate
Microbiology, 2022 – 2023
Current: Medical Student at UF Medical School

Dina Hassan
Undergraduate Student, 2024 Fall
Animal Sciences

Maria Villela
Undergraduate
Animal Sciences, 2023

Matthew Koller
Undergraduate
Nutritional Sciences, 2022 – 2023
Current: Dental Assistant, Jonesville Family Dentistry

Giovanni J. A. Vazquez Ramos
Undergraduate
Biotechnology, 2022 – 2023
Current: Medical Student at Morehouse School of Medicine/Emory School of Medicine

Gabriella Kabakchieva
Undergraduate
Animal Science, 2022
Current: NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Elizabeth Ortiz
Undergraduate
Animal Science, 2022
Current: Vet School, Long Island University

Caitlin Casady
Undergraduate
Animal Science, 2022