Department of Biochemistry

Lab Latest News 

March 2023, New member joined. Sara Espinosa has recently joined us as a Research Specialist

May 2023, Congratulations to Dylan BLohm for being accepted into the PhD Molecular Biology program at Princeton University.

May 2023, Congratulations to Hyunjun (Max) Ahn for being accepted into Medical School.

May 2023, Congratulations to Vu Ngo and Nicholas Keung on receiving Highest Honors on their theses defenses.

January 2023, Paper published. Congratulation to Yungrong Gao et al. for their paper titled “Optimal Conditions for In Vitro Assembly of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Nucleocapsid-like Particles” published by Viruses!

December 2022, Paper published. Congratulations to Dongdong Cao et al. for their paper titled “Analysis of Template Variations on RNA Synthesis by Respiratory Syncytial Virus Polymerase” publishing by Viruses!

October 2022, New member joined. Eliseo Salas has recently joined us as a Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) Program Graduate Student. Read Eliseo's profile on our Current Lab Members page.  

October 2022, New member joined. Nicole Wedad Khouryawad has recently joined us as a Research Specialist. Read Nicole's profile on our Current Lab Members page.  

October 2022, New member joined. Adora Bryant has recently joined us as an Administrator. Read Adora's profile on our Current Lab Members page.

September 2022, Congratulations to Dr. Liang for being promoted to Associate Professor. -

August 2022, New member joined. John Blankenhorn has recently joined us as a Research Specialist. Read John's profile on our Current Lab Members page.

August 2022, We are excited to have the undergraduate and high school students join the lab this fall. 

July 2022, Congratulations to the Liang Lab for being awarded a new MPI NIH R01 Funding “Understanding the functional impacts of Aβ variants in Alzheimer's disease with human brain organoids”.

June 2022, Congratulations to the Liang Lab for continuing funding from the CDC for 2023.

 



Active Funding Support

  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences/National Institutes of Health (NIGMS/NIH)
  • National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health (NIA/NIH)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases /National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • The Start-Up Fund, Emory University