URMC / Labs / Cao Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorChike Cao, Ph.D.Phone: (585) 273-3717Email ChikeResearch Interest: The role of CAv 1, 2 in tendon formation and heterotopic bone (HO) formationFacultyDavid Ciufo, MDAssistant ProfessorPhone: (585) 273-4865Email DavidResearch Interest: Pathology of foot and ankle degenerative processes and their clinical management. Biomechanics of the foot and ankle. Improving outcomes after orthopaedic trauma.Postdoctoral ScholarsHaiyin Li, PhDPostdoctoral AssociateResearch Interest: The molecular and biomechanical mechanisms of Orthopedics diseases, especially in tendons and ligaments, and their potential clinical application.Research AssistantsJessie LiUndergraduate Biology StudentSumin XuUndergraduate Biology StudentResearch Interest: Functions of voltage-gated Ca2+ channel CaV1.2 in non-excitable tendon and bone cells.