Lab News







Oct 6, 2021

Yue and Guo's paper is published.

Congratulations Yue and Guo!

August 06, 2021

Our first AD-related lipidomics work with Dr. Hui Zheng’s group is published at Aging Cell.

Congratulations Feng!


June 10, 2021

Congratulations Patty for being selected as a LSRF fellow.


May 20, 2021

Tao and Ahmet's paper is published.

Congratulations Tao and Ahmet!

May 20, 2021

Sena and Jon's paper is published.

Congratulations Sena and Jon!

December 23, 2020

Dr. Wang's latest.

Could Controlling Bacteria With Light Extend Your Lifespan?



December 21, 2020

Dr. Wang's latest.

Optogenetics Shows How the Microbiome Affects Longevity.



December 18, 2020

Mooncheol's paper is published.

Congratulations Mooncheol!

November 01, 2020

Qian's paper is published online.

Congratulations Qian!

March 30, 2020

With WFH continuing due to COVID19, our lab members are staying creatively productive by recommending research articles and writing unofficial previews - a creative way to keep us socially distant but mentally active and connected. Please see our new previews!



March 19, 2020

Sena's paper is published online.

Congratulations Sena!

January 22, 2020

Sena was presented the Second Place for an outstanding poster presenatation in the basic science catagory by Roy M. Huffington Distinguished Lecture.

Congratulations Sena!

January 22, 2020

Marzia was presented the First Place for an outstanding poster presenatation in the basic science catagory by Roy M. Huffington Distinguished Lecture and also awarded The Istella E. Medrano Award for excellence in Aging Research.

Congratulations Marzia!

Novembert 26, 2019

Dr.Meng Wang has been recognised as AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Congratulations Meng!

Nov 19, 2019

Isaiah successfully defends his graduate thesis!

Congratulations Dr. Neve!

Nov 14, 2019

Our paper on microbial metabolomics and a new RNAi strain is now online at G3.



Nov 01, 2019

Our new review article on lysosomal signaling and longevity has been published at Trends in Cell Biology.



August 02, 2019

Wang Lab's collaborative work with Dr. David Moore’s team has been published at Hepatology.



August 01, 2019

Dr.Meng Wang has been awarded the Kenneth Fong Young Investigator Award.

Congratulations Meng!

July 13, 2019

Congratulations Ahmet for being awarded the TPEHS postdoctoral fellowship!



July 11, 2019

The structure of a pro-longevity protein LBP-8 has been released.



June 26, 2019

Congratulations Max for successfully passing the qualifying exam!



March 27, 2019

Our alumnus, Prasanna Ramachandran will be starting at BCM/TCH as a Pediatric Resident!

Congratulations Prasanna!



March 26, 2019

Our alumna, Jessica Sowa will be starting at West Chester University this fall as an Assistant Professor of Biology!

We are so happy for you Jessica!



March 26, 2019

Our alumnus, Bing Han is now a faculty member at Children’s Hospital of Fudan University.

Congratulations Bing!



February 01, 2019

Prasanna and Marzia's paper is published online

Congratulations Both of you!

January 25, 2019

Thanks to all the teamwork, Wang Lab Productions proudly presents “Life in the Lab” (live skit). We won the first place!



January 11, 2019

Congratulations Guo for successfully passing the qualifying exam!



December 13, 2018

Marzia is awarded the TPEHS pre-doctoral fellowship!

Congratulations Marzia!

November 08, 2018

Congratulations Yi-Tang for successfully passing the qualifying exam!



November 06, 2018

Louis successfully defends his graduate thesis!
Congratulations Dr. Mak!

July 02, 2018

Congratulations Max for successfully passing the qualifying exam!



June 15, 2018

Sena successfully defends her graduate thesis!

Congratulations Dr. Mutlu!

May 23, 2018

Meng is awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator!

Congratulations Meng!

April 17, 2018

Meng has been awarded the Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Award for the year 2018.


Congratulations Meng!

March 13, 2018

Congratulations Marzia for successfully passing the qualifying exam!



December 22, 2017

Prasanna successfully defends his graduate thesis!


Congratulations Dr. Ramachandran!

December 15, 2017

Congratulations Jon for successfully passing the qualifying exam!



November 11, 2017

Meng nets ASCB 2017 Early Career Life Scientist Award.

Link to the Essay


November 01, 2017

Yong's paper is published at Nature Communications!

Congratulations Yong!


July 1, 2017

Prasanna's submission is awarded Best Abstrarct and selected for an oral presentation at the 32nd Annual MD/PhD National Student Conference !

Congratulations Prasanna!

June 10, 2017

Bing's paper is published at Cell!

Congratulations Bing!

May 29, 2017

Chih-Chun's paper is published at Nature Cell Biology!

Congratulations Chih-Chun!

January 14, 2016

YouTube!

Thanks to all the teamwork, Wang Lab Productions proudly presents “The Big Screen” (recorded skit) and ““Grad Grad School Jeopardy” (live skit). We won third place!

December 12, 2016

Chih-Chun successfully defends her graduate thesis!

Congratulations Dr. Lin!

December 6, 2016

TAMEST YouTube!

Meng is awarded 2017 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST).

October 4, 2016

Meng is awarded NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Award (aka NIH Pioneer Award)!

Link to BCM News

September 22, 2016

Meng is awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Scholar!

Link to BCM News

August 15, 2016

Congratulations, Marzia for successfully passing the qualifying exam!

July 15, 2016

Lab alumnus Ravi Medikonda, undergraduate student at Rice University, will be starting medical school at Johns Hopkins University this fall. Congratulations Ravi!

Lab alumnus Tyler Finamore, undergraduate student at Colorado School of Mines, will be starting graduate school in College of Engineering at University of Notre Dame this fall. Congratulations Tyler!

July 1, 2016

Shihong Gao (“Max”), undergraduate student at Peking University (Beijing, China), joins the lab as a summer intern. Welcome Max!

June 20, 2016

Jessica successfully defends her graduate thesis! Congratulations Dr. Sowa!

June 1, 2016

Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) student Andrew Folick, first graduate of the Wang lab, earned his medical (M.D.) degree today! Congratulations Dr. Dr. Folick

January 14, 2016

YouTube! YouTube!

Thanks to all the teamwork, Wang Lab Productions presents “Ghost-docs” (recorded skit) and ““A day in the life of a cell” (live skit). We won second place!

December 14, 2015

Congratulations, Meng for the ASCB-Gibco Emerging Leader Prizes!

Link to the News

December 7, 2015

Collaborative projects in Wang and Tabor labs win the John S. Dunn Collaborative Research Awards!

Link to the News

October 29, 2015

Congratulations, Chih-chun for the Best Speaker Award at the Graduate Student Symposium!
Congratulations, Meng for the Marc Dresden Excellence in Graduate School Education Award!