News

Dec 2022 Qing presented at International Symposium Neutrophil 2022 in Mexico City.

Dec 2022 Qing coauthored an article in STAR Protocols.

Nov 2022 Ramizah, Shelly, and Tyler prested posters at BIO Research Retreat. 

Oct 2022 Qing received first place Excellence in Leukocyte Research Mid-Career Award, Society of Leukocyte Biology

Oct 2022 Qing presented at Society for Leukocyte Biology 55th Annual Meeting, Big Island, Hawaii.

Oct 2022 Qing served on NIH Innate Immunity and Inflammation Study Section.

Sep 2022 Qing gave a lecture at University of Toledo.

Aug 2022 Chang joined the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Chang!

Aug 2022 Yueyang contributed an article in Cell Reports.

Aug 2022 Qing took Christine as her second Emerging Leaders Science Scholars mentee.

Jul 2022 Qing received funding as co-investigator on an NCI grant.

Jul 2022 Qing attended GRC Immunomodulation Based on Cells, Therapies and Microenvironments.

Jul 2022 Qing served on NIH Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, and Bioengineering fellowship panel.

Jul 2022 Ramizah published a first-author article in Cell reports.

Jul 2022 Qing presented at GRC Signaling by Adhesion Receptors.

Jul 2022 Shelly and Chang presented at EMBRIO annual retreat.

Jul 2022 Qing served on NIH Innate Immunity and Inflammatory study section.

Jun 2022 We celebrated Yueyang’s achievements at Qing’s place.

May 2022 Tyler received Graduate student presentation first place, the Midwest Zebrafish conference.

May 2022 Tyler received Travel award from Midwest Zebrafish Conference.

May 2022 Tim received Undergrad Summer Research Internship at Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research.

May 2022 Ramizah published a first-author review article in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.

May 2022 Ramizah published a first-author article in Biomaterials.

Mar 2022 Alan, Tianqi, and Ramizah published a first-author article in Frontiers in Immunology.

Mar 2022 Qing attended Gordon Research Conference on Phagocytes.

Mar 2022 Qing served on NIH Innate Immunity and Inflammatory Responses study section.

Mar 2022 Yueyang defended her thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!

Nov 2021 Yueyang received the Bisland Fellowship for Spring 2022 from the department.

Oct 2021 We filed the first patent using CAR-Neutrophils to Treat Cancer.

Sep 2021 We contributed to a publication in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.

Sep 2021 We become an integral component of EMBRIO.

Aug 2021 Qing became a faculty member of Emerging Leaders Science Scholars. Anna is the first mentee.

Aug 2021 We received an administrative supplement from NIGMS R35 to support Tyler’s training in our lab.

Aug 2021 Tyler joined the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Tyler!

Aug 2021 Shelly joined the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Shelly!

Aug 2021 We successfully renewed NIGMS R35, the major grant supporting all our projects.

May 2021 Hanna received an Undergrad Summer Research Internship, Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research.

May 2021 Qing served on the Indiana CTSI Core Pilot review.

Apr 2021 Tianqi received the Best Poster Award at the 12th Annual Midwest Graduate Research Symposium.

Apr 2021 Qing judged for the Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) Spring Reception Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award (MOIPA).

Apr 2021 Qing became an Associate Editor at Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

Apr 2021 Yueyang published a first-author paper in the Journal of Cell Science.

Apr 2021 We contributed to a publication in FASEB J.

Feb 2021 Qing presented at PCCR CIS Science Chat.

Feb 2021 The lab celebrated with lunch from Great Harvest.

Jan 2021 Qing became a Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Microbial Immunology (specialty section of Frontiers in Immunology and Frontiers in Microbiology).

Jan 2021 Yueyang presented at PULSe Poster Session 2021.

Jan 2021 Yueyang received Graduate Student Training and Travel Grant, Purdue Center for Cancer Research.

Dec 2020 Qing published an editorial article as a guest editor for Frontiers in Immunology; Research Topic “The Function of Phagocytes in Non-Mammals” in the specialty section “Comparative Immunology.”

Oct 2020 Yueyang received SLB Video Abstract Spotlight Award, Society of Leukocyte Biology 

Oct 2020 Yueyang presented two posters at Zebrafish 2020 virtual.

Sep 2020 Qing joined the Horizons Faculty Mentor Program.

Sep 2020 Wenqing, Alan, and Yueyang published as co-first authors in Journal of Cell Science. Here is their interview: https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/17/jcs253070

Aug 2021 We received an administrative supplement from NIGMS R35 to build a new zebrafish facility.

Aug 2020 Daniel joined the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Daniel!

Jun 2020 Qing received Stem Cell Group Special Projects 2019-20 grant from the Purdue Center for Cancer Research, in collaboration with Dr. Bao.

Jun 2020 lab returned to the bench with 50% capacity.

Apr 2020 Alan defended his thesis.

Mar 2020 COVID hit us.

Feb 2020 Miza won 3rd place at the Health and Disease: Science, Technology, Culture and Policy Research Poster Session.

Mar 2020 Alan published a contributing article in Molecular Pharmacology.

Mar 2020 Alan received Sigma Xi Poster first-place award.

Nov 2019 Alan received the 1st place 2019 Society of Leukocyte Biology Presidential Award after oral presentation.

Nov 2019 Miza gave an oral presentation at Biological Sciences Departmental Retreat at Purdue University.

Sep 2019 Alan published a first-author paper in PNAS. University news: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q3/research-suggests-new-approach-for-treating-inflammation.html

Aug 2019 Alan published a first-author paper in Molecular Immunology.

Aug 9, 2019 The lab celebrated with dinner at Bistro.

Aug 2019 Alan received the 2019 Society of Leukocyte Biology Presidential Award

Aug 2019 Miza joined the lab as a graduate student.

Jul 2019 Qing gave an oral presentation at the 12th zebrafish disease models conference in Boston, MA.

Jun 2019 Qing presented a poster at the Phagocytes Gordon Research Conference, Waterville Valley, NH.

Jun 2019 Qing received funds from the NIH Competing Renewal R01 Program, at Purdue University.

Jun 2019 Yueyang joined the lab as a graduate student. Welcome, Yueyang!

Apr 2019 The lab celebrated with dinner at Yatagarasu.

Apr 2019 Alan received 2019 Cagiantas Fellowship from the Department of Biological Science, Purdue University.

March 2019 Miza joined the lab as a technician. Welcome back, Miza!

March 2019 Alan received the poster award at Health and Disease: Science, Technology, Culture and Policy Research Poster Session.

Feb 2019 Wenqing received the 2018 DMM outstanding paper prize.

Jan 2019 Alan and Qing presented a poster at the Directed Cell Migration Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX.

Jan 2019 Qing received the 2018-19 Laboratory and University Core Facility Research Equipment grant.

Dec 2018 Wenqing defended her thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Zhou!

Dec 2018 Jacob received a M.S. degree.

Nov 2018 Theo defended his thesis and received an offer from a biotech company.

Oct 2018 Qing received the Seed for Success Award from Purdue University.

Oct 2018 Qing received the Society of Leukocyte Biology G. Jeanette Thorbecke award and gave an oral presentation at the 2018 Joint Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology and the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society.

Sep 2018 Qing received Equipment Supplement Award from NIH.

Jul 2018 Alan received the Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellence Travel Award from the Department of Biological Science, Purdue University.

Jul 2018 Qing gave an oral presentation at the 11th zebrafish disease models conference in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Jul 2018 Haoming joined our lab as a summer undergraduate intern.

Jun 2018: Qing Attended Signaling by Adhesion Receptors Gordon Research Conference.

Jun,2018: Alan, Jacob, Tianqi, Wenqing, and Qing attended the 13th International Zebrafish Conference. Alan and Wenqing received conference travel awards. Wenqing gave an oral presentation and won the 2nd place poster award.

Apr 26th, 2018: Alan received PRF Research Grant from the Department of Biological Science, Purdue University.

Apr 20th, 2018: The lab celebrated with lunch at La Scala.

Apr 2018: Wenqing received the 2018 Cagiantas Fellowship from the Department of Biological Science, Purdue University.

Mar 2018: Wenqing was selected for a first-person interview from Disease Model and Mechanism. First Person Interview

Mar 2018: Alan published a first-author paper in Frontiers in Immunology-Inflammation.

Mar 2018: Alan and Jacob received Graduate School Summer Research Grant.

Mar 9th, 2018: Qing gave a seminar at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN.

Mar 2018: Wenqing published a first-author paper in Disease Models and Mechanisms. Departmental News

Feb 13th, 2018: Wenqing published a first-author paper in Cell Reports. University News

Feb 8th, 2018: Wenqing received the Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellence Travel Award from the Department of Biological Science, Purdue University.

Feb 2018: Umulis lab joined FLAME.

Jan 19th, 2018: The lab celebrated our achievements at Bistro 501.

Jan 2018: Sunny received OUR scholarship, Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research.

Dec 2017: Qing hosted the Christmas Party with the Leung and Suter labs.

Dec 2017: Qing received Purdue University Center for Cancer Phase I Concept Award.

Nov 2017: Sunny gave an oral presentation and poster at the Autumn Immunology Conference 46th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Oct 2017: Alan was selected for a first-person interview from Disease Model and Mechanism. First Person Interview

Sep 2017: Alan published a first-author paper in Disease Model and Mechanism.

Sep 2017: Qing gave a seminar at The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.

Aug 2017: Tianqi Joined the lab as a graduate student.

Aug 2017: Qing gave an oral presentation at the 10th zebrafish disease models conference in San Diego, CA.

Jun 2017: Qing presented a poster at the 2nd International Conference on the Long and the Short of Non-Coding RNAs, Crete, Greece.

Jun 2017: Qing gave a seminar at the University of Edinburg, UK.

May 2017: Alan presented a poster at Modeling Viral Infections and Immunity (E1)-Keystone Symposia, Estes Park, CO.

May 2017: Sunny received the Department of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Internship.

May 2017: Qing received grants from Purdue University Center for Cancer Director Special Projects/Pilot Study to translate zebrafish finding to human cells.

May 2017: The lab hosted a farewell party for Decheng at the Texas Roadhouse and a bowling alley.

Apr 2017: Sunny presented a poster at Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium at Purdue University.

Jan 2017: Wenqing and Qing attended the Directed Cell Migration Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX.

Oct 2016: Qing gave an oral presentation in the Research Interest Group at the 9th zebrafish disease models conference in Singapore.

Oct 2016: Qing gave an oral presentation at the 7th Asia Oceania Zebrafish Meeting in Singapore.

Sep 2016: Theo, Wenqing and Qing published a review in Immunological Reviews.

Sep 2016: Qing gave a seminar at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Biology, Hong Kong, China.

Sep 2016: Decheng published a contributing paper in Scientific Reports.

Aug 2016: Qing threw a BBQ party.

Aug 2016: Theo presented a poster at Grad/Post-Doc Symposium, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease.

Aug 2016: Alan Hsu gave an oral presentation at the Annual Biology Graduate Student Retreat.

Aug 2016: Jacob received the Dr. P.T. Gilham graduate Award and joined the lab.

Jun 2016: Qing gave a seminar at RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), Kobe, Japan.

Jun 2016: Qing gave a seminar at Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China.

Jun 2016: Qing received Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35) from NIH to support our major microRNAs and neutrophil migration project.

Jun 2016: Alan received the Overseas study scholarship from the Ministry of Education of Taiwan and joined the lab as a graduate student.

Apr 2016: Qing received a grant from Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust.

Jan 2016: Wenqing presented a poster at the Grad Interview Weekend at Purdue University. 

Jan 2016: Qing attended the Directed Cell Migration Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX

Jan 2016: The Suter lab joined FLAME.

Oct 2015: Wenqing Zhou presented a poster at Cancer center retreat, Purdue University.

Oct 2015: Qing gave a seminar at the University of Maine, Orono, ME.

Aug 2015: FLAME (fish lab meeting) formed among the Leung, Zhang, and Deng labs.

Aug 2015: Theo and Wenqing presented a poster at the 8th zebrafish disease models conference in Boston, MA.

Jun 2015: Decheng joined the lab as a postdoc.

Oct 2014: Qing received the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research Robbers award.

Sep 2014: Wenqing, Theo, and Qing attended the 21st Annual Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference in Chicago, IL.

Aug 2014: Qing threw a BBQ party for the Deng, Luo, and Zhou labs.

Aug 2014: Wenqing and Theo joined the lab as graduate students.

Jun 2014: Qing attended 8th zebrafish disease models conference in Madison, WI.

Jan 2014: Xiaoguang joined the lab as a postdoc.

Jan 2014: Qing started her appointment as Assistant Professor in Biological Science at Purdue University.