Hongchao Guo, PhD
hongchao.guo@hsc.utah.edu

Dr. Guo is an assistant professor at the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah. He is also a principal investigator at Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) of Utah. Dr. Guo did his postdoctoral training in Dr. Joseph Wu’s laboratory at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. Dr. Guo received his Ph.D in cell biology at the University of Nankai (2015). He is the recipient of the prestigious NIH K99/R00 career development award (2020).

Arianne Caudal

 Dr. Arianne Caudal is a lab consultant in Dr. Guo’s lab. She is doing her Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. Her work is focused on how metabolism and protein interactions mediate various cardiovascular diseases. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2021 American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Caudal received her B.S in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2014) and Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Washington (2021).

Jon Sorgenfrei B.S.

Jon joined the Guo Lab having completed his undergraduate studies at Ball State University double majoring in Psychological Science and Sociology. After graduation, he worked in an EEG lab collecting data for EEG market research. He also worked in a clinical laboratory as a Medical Technologist with Quest Diagnostics, developing expertise in chemistry, hematology, and infectious disease testing. Prior to joining the Guo Lab, Jon also worked in a laboratory in the Pathology Department at the University of Utah, where he was developing a gene therapy to treat Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Disorder. He gained valuable experience with mammalian cell culture, regular laboratory experiments including polymerase chain reaction (PCR), western blot, gel electrophoresis, transfection, plasmid mini-prep DNA cloning, DNA purification, spectrophotometry, lentivirus production, enzyme kinetics, centrifugation, ligation and transformation. He will be carrying out experiments with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and differentiation. He plans to apply to graduate school and earn his PhD in a biomedical field.