News
Bo Kim joined our lab as a research assistant/lab manager this summer. Bo is a fresh graduate from Texas A&M University, majoring in molecular cellular neuroscience. Welcome, Bo!!
Hyun-Eui is one of the winners of the 2023-2024 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards!
Yelena Robinson and Tucker Engels joined our lab this summer 2024, Yelena is a rising junior at Rice U, and Tucker is our medical student enrolled in the SRP program. Welcome, Yelena and Tucker!
I am thrilled to announce that our first PhD student, Jeson Li, successfully defended his public seminar last Friday! Witnessing Jeson’s journey and seeing his resilient dedication push him to grow as an excellent scientist has been incredibly inspiring. It’s clear that he has a promising career ahead in academia or industry, and I look forward to seeing the impact of his future contributions. Congratulations, Dr. Li, on your well-deserved success!
Nan and Jeson’s paper is now available at BioRxiv!
Ruth Hong joined us for the SURP program and the Summer/Fall semester! Welcome back, Ruth!
First DINE-IN lab lunch since the pandemic began!
Nan’s Paper got accepted! The UPRmt Preserves Mitochondrial Import to Extend Lifespan. J Cell Biol. 2022 Jul 4;221(7):e202201071. doi:10.1083/jcb.202201071
Jeson’s first paper is accepted! Implications of Sphingolipids on Aging and Age-Related Diseases. Front Aging. 2022 Mar 3;2:797320. doi:10.3389/fragi.2021.797320
Undergraduate research students from Rice University joined us for this Summer/Fall semester! Welcome Emily and Ida!
Hyun-Eui is one of the winners of the 2021 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards! https://med.uth.edu/blog/2021/05/04/2021-deans-teaching-excellence-awards/
Jeson is the 2020-2021 recipient of the Sam Taub and Beatrice Burton
Endowed Fellowship in Vision Disease. Congratulations!!
Nan’s first paper is now available as a pre-print!
Chunxia joined our group from across the country!
Welcome, Chunxia~!
Our 1st SURP student joined~!
Welcome, Abhijeet~!
Nan Xin, Hyun-Eui Kim, Abhijeet Venkataraman
Kim lab is being set up starting Jan. 16th, 2018; Hyun-Eui won the “rising STARs award” from the UT system!!
Brain disease risk lowered by fat that protects against Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease
Medical Daily, September 12, 2016
Campus researchers find link to Huntington’s disease in worm fat
Daily Californian, September 11, 2016
Can some types of fat protect us from brain disease?
Berkeley News, September 8, 2016