March 1,2024
Congratulations! Megha got into WVU Medical School and she will be attending this upcoming fall!
And congratulations for Rachel as well! She got the offer of admission from The National Institutes of Health – Georgetown University Program in Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology and the NIH Graduate Partnerships Program for Fall 2024. As a GPP student, she got the best of both worlds – the academic environment of a university and the breadth and depth of research at the NIH!
Dec 6, 2023
Congratulations! Jonathan Cook presentation was chosen as the runner-up of
the Biological & Biochemical Sciences – poster presentation category
at the 2023 Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Aug 28, 2023. Welcome new undergraduate students, Audrey, Cloe, and Ashley
June 1, 2023, News on our recent grant
https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?headline=nei-grant-provides-funding-for-vision-research-into-early-alzheimer-s-disease-diagnoses
May 13, 2023, Congratulation to our lab’s first PhD graduate, Siyan Zhu. She will work as a clinical reviewer at FDA.
May 1, 2023, Welcome our two new members, Yingxiao Xiang, and Qingyan Wang.
Jan 26, 2023, Welcome our new postdoc, Mohammadhadi (Hadi) Heidari Baladehi
Jan 25, 2023, Du Lab’s research is funded by RRF.
Nov 6, 2022, Our research is in WVU News
Oct 23, 2022, Welcome our new rotation student, Rahatul Islam.
Sep 26, 2022, Saira Rizwan will join our lab as a graduate student for her dissertation work, Welcome!
Sep 15, 2022, Welcome our new member, Tuan Ngo.
Sep 12, 2022, Welcome Artjola Puja to rotate for three weeks at Du Lab.
Sep 5, 2022, Welcome Saira Rizwan to rotate at Du Lab.
Aug 31, 2022, Welcome Mark Eminhizer to join Du Lab.
Aug 16, 2022, Siyan’s paper on IDH3 is accepted for publication in JBC. Congrats!
Apr 22, 2022, Rachel is on the news https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2022/04/22/wvu-student-selected-to-present-alzheimer-s-research-to-members-of-congress
Feb 7, 2022, Our collaborative grant with Dr. Shinghua Ding’s group was funded!
Nov 1, 2021, Welcome aboard, Olivia Roby!
Sep 13, 2021, Welcome the new rotation student, Brianna Miller!
June 1, 2021, A new NIH R01 on proline metabolism for our lab!
May 25, 2021, Welcome students from the Summer Undergraduate Vision Research Program. Emily and Meghashri will join our group.
May 17, 2021, Welcome Beverly Toothman to join our team.
Apr 8, 2021. Our review paper on proline metabolism in the retina is accepted for publication in the journal of Amino Acids!
Apr 6, 2021. WVU News on our research.
Feb 20, 2021. Rong’s Protocol paper on nitrogen tracing is published in Bio-Protocol. Congrats!
Jan 14, 2021. We are funded by Retinal Research Foundation!!!
Dec 17, 2020. Our MPC RO1 grant is awarded! Hooray! (News report from WVU)
Nov 14, 2020. Rachel gave talk on WVU Undergraduate Symposium.
Oct 8, 2020. Bo’s paper is published on iScience. Congrats
Sep 25, 2020. Rui’s paper is published at J Proteome Res. Congrats.
July 2, 2020. Jiancheng’s paper is accepted at EER, Congrats.
Feb 4, 2020. Congrats Siyan for Travel Award from WVU
Jan 17, 2020. Congrats to Rong for her first paper accepted in JBC.
Jan 14, 2020. Du Lab is funded by the Retinal Research Foundation for a Pilot Grant.
Oct 1, 2019. Welcome our new technician Bo Li.
July 26, 2019. Brianna won runner up award in WVU undergraduate SURE Symposium. Congrats.
July 18, 2019. Our research on proline metabolism is in WVU news.
May 20, 2019. Welcome Brianna Ritz to join Du Lab as a summer undergraduate researcher.
May 20, 2019. Du Lab research on proline metabolism is published in JBC.
Mar 21, 2019. Our collaborative work with Dr. Eric Kelly at WVU is accepted in Diabetes.
Jan 26, 2019. Du Lab research is in news: EurekAlert, Technologynetworks.
Jan 15, 2019. Du Lab is funded by Retinal Research Foundation for a Pilot Grant on nutritional therapy for retinal degeneration.
Jan 15, 2019. Congrats to Allison! Her paper is accepted by PNAS.
Jan 3, 2019. Welcome Schuyler Vickers for rotation at Du Lab.
Nov 1, 2018. Welcome Rui Zhang from University of Sydney to join Du Lab as a visiting Scholar.
Oct 22, 2018. Welcome Jiancheng from Nanjing Medical University to join Du Lab as an exchange PhD student.
July 23, 2018. Welcome Nicole to join Du Lab as a full time Research Assistant.
Jun 6, 2018. Congrats to Siyan for her publication at Experimental Eye Research.
May 14, 2018. Welcome Liz to join the lab as a full time employer in the summer.
May 2, 2018. Dr. Du gave talk on retinal metabolism at ARVO in Hawaii.
May 1, 2018. Congrats to Allison to win ARVO travel award for her poster presentation.
Mar 28, 2018. Congrats to Daniel to win the SURE Summer Research Award!
Mar 23, 2018. Siyan presents her first poster at Van Liere Research Day!
Jan 25, 2018. Congrats to Allison for her ARVO Travel Award !
Jan, 4, 2018. Welcome new undergraduates to Du Lab: William Gu (RAP program), Marlee Dinterman (BIOL 386), Cara Laswell (RAP program) and Daniel Lohner (Capstone).
Dec 18, 2017. Siyan Zhu joins Du Lab as the first graduate student. Welcome!
Sep 25, 2017. Welcome Siyan Zhu to rotate at Du Lab!
Aug 28, 2017. Du Lab recent paper in JBC is one of the highest viewing papers between Jun and July at JBC website.
July 6, 2017. Michelle Yam joins our Lab, Welcome!
Jun 15, 2017. Du Lab reported that proline is preferentially utilized by human RPE cells in JBC!
Dec 4, 2016. Du Lab published new research on RPE metabolism in PNAS in collaboration with Dr. Chao Lab!
Oct 10, 2016. Welcome our new member Kevin to join our group!!
Oct 10, 2016. FilterMax F5 Plate Reader is installed at Du Lab. It is capable of UV absorbance, fluorescence intensity, luminescence time resolved fluorescence and fluorescence polarization.
Sep 25, 2016. Dr. Du Received Travel Fellowship for International Society For Eye Research (ISER) Biennial Meeting at Tokyo.
Sep 18, 2016. Dr. Du received BrightFocus Foundation’s Young Investigator Travel Awards for XVIIth International Symposium
on Retinal Degeneration at Kyoto.
Sep 8, 2016. Welcome Allison to join the Lab!!
Aug 24, 2016. Agilent 5977B/GC MS system is installed at Du Lab!
