News

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~!

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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!!


Can some types of fat protect us from brain disease?

Berkeley News, September 16, 2016

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

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