February 2024
Dr. Liang receives a new grant
Dr. Liang has received an Individual Investigator Research Award from CPRIT to study the role of efferocytosis in obesity-induced liver cancer.
January 2024
Dr. Zhong receives prestigious award
Congratulations to Dr. Zhong on the well-deserved recognition of receiving the prestigious American Association of Immunologists ASPIRE Award. This accolade highlights Dr. Zhong's outstanding research accomplishments and professional promise in the field of immunology. https://www.aai.org/Awards/Career/AAI-ASPIRE-Award
November 2023
Dr. Shuang Liang interviewed on Oxford Global about her TREM2 research as part of the "Industry Spotlight" series
Click to watch the embedded video below
November 2023
Dr. Chuanli Zhou wins a "top-ten" award for her poster at AASLD Boston 2023
Congratulations Chuanli!
October 2023
Dr. Shuang Liang, Ph.D. receives new grant
Congratulations Dr. Liang, and thank you for taking us to lunch to celebrate!
October 2023
Dr. Danhui Liu, Ph.D. presenting her poster
Dr. Danhui Liu presents her poster to incoming graduate students.
September 2023
Dr. Xuemei Luo joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Dr. Xuemei Luo as its newest member!
June 2023
Dr. Shuhan Yang joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong lab is pleased to welcome Dr. Shuhan Yang as its newest member!
June 2023
Victor Mijares joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Victor Mijares as its newest member!
April 2023
Dr. Shuang Liang, Ph.D. presenting her findings
Dr. Liang was invited to speak at the third annual Resolution Days
March 2023
Grant awarded to Dr. Shuang Liang, Ph.D.
Dr. Liang has received an R01 grant from NIDDK for investigating the role of macrophage efferocytosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
March 2023
Grant awarded to the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab has received a grant from CPRIT for their work investigating the mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome hyperactivation during hepatocellular carcinoma development
February 2023
Lina Guo joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Lina Guo as its newest member!
January 2023
Paola Barajas joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Paola Barajas as its newest member!
December 2022
The Zhong Lab publishes an article in Immunity!
Prolonged hypernutrition impairs TREM2-dependent efferocytosis to license chronic liver inflammation and NASH development.
Wang X, He Q, Zhou C, Xu Y, Liu D, Fujiwara N, Kubota N, Click A, Henderson P, Vancil J, Marquez CA, Gunasekaran G, Schwartz ME, Tabrizian P, Sarpel U, Fiel MI, Diao Y, Sun B, Hoshida Y, Liang S, Zhong Z. Immunity. 2022 Dec 9:S1074-7613(22)00603-3.
October 2022
The Zhong Lab wins 3rd place in the departmental Halloween door decorating contest
October 2022
The Zhong Lab celebrates acceptance of their newest paper
February 2022
Dr. Ruiyao Xu joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Ruiyao Xu as its newest member!
February 2022
Janiece Vancil joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Janiece Vancil as its newest member!
September 2021
Dr. Zhong receives MIRA R35!
Dr. Zhong has received an NIH-NIGMS MIRA R35 grant!
August 2020
Dr. Zhenyu Zhong earns the Milstein Award
Congratulations to Dr. Zhenyu Zhong for earning one of the three 2020 Milstein Young Investigator Awards!
June 2021
Dr. Chuanli Zhou joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Chuanli Zhou as its newest member!
June 2021
Dr. Danhui Liu joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Danhui Liu as its newest member!
February 2020
Dr. Shuang Liang earns the CPRIT Individual Investigator Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Shuang Liang for earning a CPRIT Individual Investigator Research Award!
Feb 2020
Polly Henderson joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Polly Henderson as its newest member!
November 2019
Dr. Xiaochen Wang joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Dr. Xiaochen Wang as its newest member!
September 2019
Dr. Jiang Dai joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Dr. Jiang Dai as its newest member!
July 2019
Dr. Shuang Liang receives the Pinnacle Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Shuang Liang for earning the prestigious Pinnacle Research Award from American Association for the Studies of Liver Diseases (AASLD)!
June 2019
Shanshan Huo joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Shanshan Huo as its newest member!
November 2018
Lacy Cox joins the Zhong Lab
The Zhong Lab is pleased to welcome Lacy Cox as its newest member!