Past Lab News
February 2024, Research Specialist John Blankenhorn decided to go to Georgia Tech, our neighbor across the town, to pursue a Ph.D. starting in the fall of 2024.
December 2023, Paper published. Congratulations to the Liang Lab for their publication in Nature titled “Structures of the promoter-bound respiratory syncytial virus polymerase”.
September 2023, Paper published. Congratulations to the Liang Lab for their publication in the Journal of Medical Virology titled “Structural basis of the American mink ACE2 binding by Y453F trimeric spike glycoproteins of SARS-CoV-2”.
July 2023, Congratulations to Vu Ngo on joining the lab as a research specialist.
June 2023, Congratulations to the Liang Lab for being selected for a sub-award under UNAPP in collaboration with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and Novartis.
June 2023, Congratulation to Nicholas Keung on joining the lab as a research specialist.
June 2023, Paper published. Congratulations to the Liang Lab for their publication in Microorganisms titled “In Silico Identification and In Vitro Validation of Repurposed Compounds Targeting the RSV Polymerase”.
May 2023, Congratulations to Hyunjun (Max) Ahn for being accepted into Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.
May 2023, Congratulations to Vu Ngo and Nicholas Keung on receiving Highest Honors on their theses defenses.
April 2023, Congratulations to Dylan Blohm for being accepted into the PhD Molecular Biology program at Princeton University, Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS) at the University of Michigan, and Emory’s BCDB Program.
March 2023, New member joined. Sara Espinosa has recently joined us as a Research Specialist
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.
May 2022, We are excited to start the 2022 Liang Lab Summer Program. Welcome all participants and enjoy!
May 2022, Congratulations to Claire Ogilvie being accepted into the PhD Chemistry program at Duke University.
May 2022, We are excited to have the following new students join the lab this spring.
April 2022, Congratulations to Julia Slack for being accepted into the PhD nursing program focusing on oncology-based symptom science at Duke University.
April 2022, Congratulations to the Liang Lab for being awarded the 2022 Synergy II Nexus Award at Emory University.
March 2022, Congratulations to Bowei Deng for being accepted into the PhD Pharmacology programs at Emory, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Cornell, and Duke University.
November 2021, New member joined. Dr. Zhenhang Chen has recently joined us as a postdoctoral fellow. Read Zhenhang's profile on our Current Lab Members page.
October 2021, New member joined. Natalie Horgan has recently joined us as a research specialist. Read Natalie's profile on our Current Lab Members page.
October 2021, Dr. Bo Liang receives Emory SOM Hidden Gem Award.
September 2021, New member joined. Joan Adebowale has recently joined us as laboratory manager. Read Joan's profile on our Current Lab Members page.
July 2021, New member joined. Dylan Blohm has recently joined us as a laboratory assistant. Read Dylan's profile on our Current Lab Members page.
July 2021, Congratulations to the Liang Lab for receiving funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
June 2021, Congratulations to the Liang Lab for being awarded the 2021 American Lung Association Innovation Award.
May 2021, Congratulations, Brandon Franklin Young, a postdoctoral fellow in the Liang Lab, awarded the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Award.
May 2021, Our 2021 ADRC Pilot Application got awarded.
May 2021, The 2021 Liang Lab Summer Program started. Welcome all participants and enjoy!
April 2021, Congratulations, Max Ahn, a Liang lab member, defended the highest honor in the Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program (NBB) Honors Thesis as an Emory undergraduate student.
March 2021, Congratulations, Anna Antonova, an Emory undergraduate student in the Liang lab, for being accepted to the Pharmacology Program at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences!
March 2021, New member joined. Aidan Troha has recently joined us as a laboratory assistant. Read Aidan's profile on our Current Lab Members page.
October 2020, Paper published. Congratulations to Dongdong Cao et al. for their paper titled “In Vitro primer-base RNA elongation and promoter fine mapping of the respiratory syncytial virus”, publishing by the Journal of Virology (JVI)!
September 2020, New member joined. Dr. Young has recently joined us in September as a post-doctoral fellow. Read Dr. Young's profile on our Current Lab Members page.
July 2020, Paper published. Congratulations to Yunrong Gao et al. for their paper titled “Structure of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus M2-1 Protein in Complex with a Short Positive-Sense Gene-End RNA", publishing by Structure!
January 2020, Paper published. Congratulations to Cao et al. for their paper titled, "Cryo-EM structure of the respiratory syncytial virus RNA polymerase," published in Nature Commununications.
January 2020, Paper published. Congratulations to Gao et al. for their paper titled, "In vitro trackable assembly of RNA-specific nucleocapsids of the respiratory syncytial virus," in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Past Lab Funding
- National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health (NHLBI/NIH)
- 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)
- American Lung Association (ALA)
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center/National Institute on Aging (ADRC/NIA)
- The Molecules and Pathogens to Populations and Pandemics (MP3) Initiative, Emory University
- The University Research Committee (URC), Emory University
- Synergy II Nexus Award, Emory University
- The Start-Up Fund, Emory University