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| May 19, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic at Rochester, MN. |
| May 15, 2023 |
A R01 grant on "Microglial regulation of neuronal activity in TDP-43 neurodegeneration" was funded by NIA, National Institutes of Health. Thanks Manling for leading the project! |
| May 14, 2023 |
A 8-year R35 grant on "How microglia sense and regulate neuronal activity in adult brain" was funded by NINDS, National Institutes of Health. Thanks all former and current lab members for the tremendous contribution! |
| May 9, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Neuroscience Institute, University of Tennessee at Memphis, TN. |
| May 4, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University at Long Island, NY. |
| May 1, 2023 |
Dr. Yi Liu from Sun Yat-sen University joined Wu lab as a research fellow. Welcome, Yi! |
| Apr 29, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair 2023 Annual Meeting at Clearwater Beach, FL. |
| Apr 27, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Brain Immunology & Glia Center, Washington University School of Medicine at St Louis, MO. |
| Apr 26, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to deliver Frontiers in Neuroscience Plenary Lecture at American Academy of Neurology 2023 Annual Meeting at Boston, MA. |
| Mar 28, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, VA. |
| Mar 24, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Biological Sciences, South Methodist University at Dallas, TX. |
| Mar 13, 2023 |
Shunyi Zhao from Mayo Neuroscience PhD program finished his rotations and joined Wu lab officially as a PhD student. Welcome back, Shunyi! |
| Mar 7, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Gordon Research Conference on Glial Biology at Ventura, CA. Dr. Tony Umpierre gave oral and poster presentations at the conference. |
| Mar 6, 2023 |
Drs. Long-Jun Wu, Avina Wang, and Luna Yue joined AAIC conference on APOE. Avina gave an oral presentation at the conference. |
| Feb 28, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Dandan Sun from University of Pittsburgh, is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Dynamic regulation of microglial metabolism and function in the CNS injury and repair". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo. |
| Feb 24, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Lin Mei from Case Western Reserve University for Mayo Neurology Special Seminar. Dr. Mei delivered a seminar on "Mechanisms of neuromuscular junction development and disorders". |
| Feb 13, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute at Grand Rapids, MI. |
| Feb 6, 2023 |
Dr. Fangfang Qi from Sun Yat-sen University joined Wu lab as a research fellow. Welcome, Fangfang! |
| Feb 1, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to be a faculty member for FENS-Hertie Winter School on neuroimmune interactions, Innsbruck, Austria. |
| Jan 25, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at a side meeting on neurodegeneration at The Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Jan 19, 2023 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Physiology, Mahidol University at Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Jan 16, 2023 |
Dr. Avina Wang from Mayo Florida joined Wu lab as a Research Associate. Welcome, Avina! |
| Dec 26, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the lab new year party! Wish all have a happy, healthy and productive 2023! |
| Dec 20, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at 13th Biennial Meeting of CIBS at Las Vegas, NV. |
| Dec. 5, 2022 |
Yuzhou Chang from Beijing Neurosurgical Institute joined Wu lab for his PhD training. Welcome, Yuzhou! |
| Dec. 2, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at a workshop on the immune cells in epilepsy in American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting 2022, Nashville, TN. |
| Nov. 25, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Pain Symposium at Zhejiang University. |
| Nov. 19, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Thanksgiving party for the lab. Thanks everyone for the hard work! |
| Nov. 12, 2022 |
Tony, Aastha, Manling, Lingxiao and Dr. Wu attended Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting at San Diego, CA. |
| Oct. 28, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University at Richmond, VA. |
| Oct. 25, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Marco Prinz from University of Freiburg, Germany, is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "The myeloid side of the brain". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo. |
| Oct. 22, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu attended Midwest Regional Neuroscience Conference at University of Wisconsin Eau Claire as a faculty representative for Mayo Neuroscience PhD program. |
| Oct 11, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu gave a short talk at 2022 ISMND conference at Athens, Greece. |
| Sep. 23, 2022 |
Dr. Min-Hee Yi was promoted to Research Associate. Many congrats, Min-Hee! |
| Sep. 14, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine at New York City, NY. |
| Sep. 12, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine, Augusta University at Augusta, GA. |
| Sep. 9, 2022 |
PhD students Fiona, Lingxiao and Abhijeet presented posters in Mayo Graduate School Research Symposium. |
| Aug. 31, 2022 |
Manling officially joined the Wu lab at Mayo as a Research Fellow. Welcome again, Manling! |
| Aug. 27, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu presented at Ion Channels Symposium in honor of David E. Clapham at Broad Institute of MIT, Cambridge, MA. |
| Aug. 25, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu co-organized 2022 Glia and Neuroimmune symposium held at Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. |
| Aug. 23, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Alfonso Araque from University of Minnesota, is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Tripartite synapses: astrocyte regulation of synaptic function, network activity and animal behaviors". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo. |
| Aug. 7, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Wu Lab 10 Years Anniversary event at Four Daughters Winery. Thanks all lab members and alumni from Rutgers and Mayo for the tremendous contributions! |
| Jul. 28, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu organized the workshop on neuroimmunology in the 18th SCBA International Symposium at Boston, MA. |
| Jul. 26, 2022 |
Analiese Fernandes from Mayo Neuroscience PhD program joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Analiese! |
| Jul. 25, 2022 |
Manling successfully defended her PhD thesis and became the first PhD graduate in the Wu lab at Mayo. Many congrats, Dr. Xie! |
| Jul. 5, 2022 |
Praveen Pallegar from Mayo MD/PhD program joined Wu lab for his PhD training after rotations. Welcome again, Praveen! |
| Jul. 1, 2022 |
Dr. Anthony Umpierre was promoted to Research Associate. Many congrats, Tony! |
| Jun.16, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu reviewed NIH grants for Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG). |
| Jun. 6, 2022 |
Priyanka Hanumihgari from Johns Hopkins University, Jadyn Perry from South Dakota State University, of and Oliver Xu from UCLA joined the Wu Lab for the summer research. Welcome, Priyanka, Jadyn, and Oliver! |
| Jun. 2, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Mayo Neuroscience Convergence 2022 at Orlando, FL. |
| May 31, 2022 |
Dr. Min-Hee Yi received Mayo Neurology Basic Research Award. Many congrats, Min-Hee! |
| May 30, 2022 |
Dr. Anthony Umpierre was awarded prestigious NINDS K99 grant from NIH. This is a five year funding to support 2 year postdoc training plus 3 year independence for Tony's career transition. Many congrats, Tony! |
| Apr. 18, 2022 |
Dr. Yue Liang from Chinese Institute for Brain Research joined Wu lab as a research fellow. Welcome, Luna! |
| Apr. 13, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Neurology, University of Texas Heath Science Center at Houston, TX. |
| Apr. 4, 2022 |
Dr. Yam Paudel from Monash University joined Wu lab as a research fellow. Welcome, Yam! |
| Mar. 30, 2022 |
Tony's commentary entitled "Getting a sense of ATP in real time" is published in Neuroscience Bulletin. Congrats, Tony! |
| Mar. 23, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Wolfson Center for Age Related Disease, King's College London at London, UK. |
| Mar. 22, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Li Gan from Weill Cornell Medicine, is the invited speaker and she gave a seminar on "Targeting maladaptive innate immune response to treat neurodegeneration". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo. |
| Mar. 10, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University at Cleveland, OH. |
| Mar. 4, 2022 |
The multi-PI RO1 (Richardson, Wu) grant on "Microglial Hv1 proton channel as a mediator of environmentally-induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration" was funded by NIEHS, National Institutes of Health. Thanks Fiona for the contribution to all Hv1-related projects! |
| Feb. 28, 2022 |
Dr. Yushan Wan from Zhejiang University joined Wu lab as a research fellow. Welcome, Yushan! |
| Feb. 27, 2022 |
Shunyi was accepted in Mayo Neuroscience PhD program. Many congrats, Shunyi! |
| Feb. 17, 2022 |
The pilot grant on "Interrogation of Hv1 proton channel in myeloid landscape and glioma progression" was funded by Mayo Clinic Center for Biomedical Discovery. Thanks Dr. Burns for the collaboration and Fiona for leading the project! |
| Feb. 10, 2022 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu reviewed NIH grants for Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG). |
| Jan. 17, 2022 |
Lattawat Eauchai from Mahidol University joined Wu lab as a visiting research fellow. Welcome, Aong! |
| Dec. 22, 2021 |
Manling and Yong's Nature Neuroscience paper on microglial TREM2 and TDP-43 neurodegeneration is highlighted by Alzforum, and is reported by Mayo Discovery's Edge.
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| Dec. 17, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Indian Academy of Neuroscience Society annual meeting at West Bengal, India.
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| Dec. 16, 2021 |
Manling and Yong's research article entitled "TREM2 interacts with TDP-43 and mediates microglial neuroprotection against TDP-43-related neurodegeneration" is published in Nature Neuroscience. Many congrats, Manling an Yong!
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| Dec. 13, 2021 |
Sebastian Parusel from Maastricht University joined Wu lab as a visiting graduate student. Welcome, Sebastian! |
| Dec. 7, 2021 |
Manling and Shunyi's review article entitled "Microglial TREM2 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" is published in Developmental Neurobiology. Congrats, Manling an Shunyi!
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| Nov. 23, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Adam Denes from Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungary, is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Microglia modulate neuronal and vascular responses via dynamic, compartment-specific mechanisms". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo.
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| Nov. 22, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to deliver Grand Rounds in Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic at Rochester, MN.
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| Nov. 12, 2021 |
Fiona's review article entitled "Microglial voltage-gate proton channel Hv1 in spinal cord injury" is published in Neural Regeneration Research. Congrats, Fiona!
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| Oct. 29, 2021 |
Dr. Dale Bosco was promoted to Research Associate and Dr. Min-Hee Yi to Senior Research Fellow. Many congrats, Dale and Min-Hee! |
| Oct. 14, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, TX.
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| Oct. 8, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Hospital at Seattle, WA.
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| Sep. 28, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Tuan Trang from University of Calgary is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Microglia: the little cell that could". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo.
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| Sep. 21, 2021 |
Praveen Pallegar from Mayo MD/PhD program joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Praveen! |
| Sep. 20, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited be a plenary speaker at Singapore Neuroscience Association Symposium 2021 held in Singapore. |
| Sep. 16, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at 14th Biennial Conference of Chinese Neuroscience Society at Chongqing, China. |
| Aug. 31, 2021 |
Dale was selected as 2021 AES Fellow by American Epilepsy Society. Many congrats, Dale! |
| Aug. 27, 2021 |
Please sign the petition (https://www.change.org/p/bring-the-chen-family-home) to bring Tingjun and his family home! Very much appreciate your support! |
| Jul. 28, 2021 |
Belle Yu from Mayo Neuroscience PhD program joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Belle! |
| Jul. 26, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX. |
| Jul. 23, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc review for NIH Special Emphasis study section (ZRG1 IFCN-U) via Zoom. |
| Jul. 22, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Inaugural International Research Conference on Neurodegenerative Disease. |
| Jul. 21, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at 2021 Research Spotlight Series hosted by American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair. |
| Jun. 29, 2021 |
Jiyun and Min-Hee's research article entitled "The voltage-gate proton channel Hv1 promotes microglia-astrocyte communication and neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury" is published in Molecular Brain. Congrats, Jiyun and Min-Hee! |
| Jun. 28, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu chaired a session on "Microglia-neuron interaction in health and disease" in American Society for Neurochemistry 2021 virtual meeting. |
| Jun. 22, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Baljit Khakh from UCLA is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Astrocytic contributions to neural circuit function and disease". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo. |
| Jun. 21, 2021 |
Dr. Sheng Zhang from UC Davis joined Wu lab as a Senior Research Fellow. Welcome, Sheng! |
| Jun. 15, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a keynote presentation at The International Conference on Neuroscience and Brain Disorders. |
| Jun. 14, 2021 |
Alex Zhang from University of Minnesota, Priyanka Hanumihgari from Johns Hopkins University, and Michael Bogaev from Princeton University joined the Wu Lab for the summer research. Welcome, Alex, Priyanka, and Michael! |
| Jun. 3, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu reviewed NIH grants for Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG). |
| Jun. 1, 2021 |
The U19 sub-project on "Astrocytic and microglial apoE in aging and Alzheimer's disease" was funded by NIA, National Institutes of Health. Thanks Dr. Guojun Bu and Jenny Liu for leading the efforts! |
| May 30, 2021 |
Dale and Annie organized the lab maskless gathering for the first time since the pandemics. The weather was not great but we all had a lot of fun! Thanks, Dale and Annie! |
| May 4, 2021 |
Eyo and Koichi's research article entitled "Microglia provide structural resolution to injured dendrites after severe seizures" is published in Cell Reports. The study is highlighted by a news report at Discovery Edge. Many congrats, Eyo and Koichi! |
| Apr. 19, 2021 |
Abhijeet Barath from Mayo Neuroscience PhD program finished his rotations and joined Wu lab officially as a PhD student. Welcome again, Abhijeet! |
| Apr. 7, 2021 |
Min-Hee's PLoS Biology paper on microglial optogenetics and chronic pain is highlighted by Nature Reviews Neurology . |
| Mar. 23, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Jonathan Kipnis from Washington University is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Brain-draining lymphatics and neurological disorders". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo. |
| Mar. 19, 2021 |
Min-Hee's research article entitled "Optogenetic activation of spinal microglia triggers chronic pain in mice" is published in PLoS Biology. Many congrats, Min-Hee! |
| Mar. 15, 2021 |
The preclinical research contract on "Microglial mechanism of neuromodulation in neuropathic pain" was funded by Abbott Inc. Thanks Min-Hee for leading the project! |
| Feb. 12, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Neuroscience. |
| Feb. 8, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu attended 2021 NIH Training in Neurotherapeutic Discovery and Development. |
| Feb. 6, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Info X Med, Mass Medical International. |
| Feb. 4, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu reviewed NIH grants for Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG). |
| Jan. 29, 2021 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at The 24th Thai Neuroscience Society Conference 2021. |
| Jan. 11, 2021 |
Tingjun, Min-Hee, and Tony represented the Wu Lab and presented posters at the virtual SfN Global Connectome. |
| Dec. 28, 2020 |
Tony's review article entitled "How microglia sense and regulate neuronal activity" is published in Glia. Many congrats, Tony! |
| Dec. 23, 2020 |
Tingjun and Tony received 2020 Trainee Professional Development Award from Society for Neuroscience. Many congrats, Tingjun and Tony! |
| Dec. 17, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Immunology Grand Rounds at Mayo. Dr. Chris B. Schaffer from Cornell University is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Neutrophil arrest in the brain capillaries reduces cerebral blood flow and contributes to memory impairment in mouse model of AD". |
| Dec. 15, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Wu lab Annual Brainstorm Symposium on Zoom. Wish all have a productive and happy 2021! |
| Dec. 14, 2020 |
Yujia's research article entitled "The complement C3-C3aR pathway mediates microglia-astrocyte interaction following status epilepticus" is published in Glia. Many congrats, Yujia! |
| Dec. 11, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Neuroscience Seminar at Mayo. Dr. Yingfei Wang from UT Southwestern Medical Center is the invited speaker and she gave a seminar on "AIF splicing, mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegeneration". |
| Dec. 4, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Blaustein Pain Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. |
| Dec. 1, 2020 |
Dr. Aivi Nguyen officially joined Wu lab as Senior Associate Consultant. She will mainly work on microglial function in neurodegeneration. Welcome, Aivi! |
| Nov. 24, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Dwight Bergles from Johns Hopkins University is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Creating new myelin in the adult brain: a mechanism for plasticity and repair". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo. |
| Nov. 19, 2020 |
Min-Hee's research article entitled "Chemogenetic manipulation of microglia inhibits neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain in mice" is published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Many congrats, Min-Hee! |
| Nov. 13, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at 12th Annual International NMO Roundtable Conference hosted by Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation. |
| Nov. 2, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, OH. |
| Nov. 1, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at 10th Mind-Body Interface International Symposium held at Taichung, Taiwan. |
| Oct. 28, 2020 |
Dr. Dale Bosco was promoted to Senior Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic. Congrats, Dale! |
| Oct. 20, 2020 |
Madhu and Fiona's research article entitled "The voltage-gated proton channel Hv1 contributes to neuronal injury and motor deficits in a mouse model of spinal cord injury" is published in Molecular Brain. Many congrats, Madhu and Fiona! |
| Oct. 13, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center. |
| Oct. 1, 2020 |
The R21 grant on "Neuroprotective function of microglial TREM2 in TDP43-related neurodegeneration" was funded by NIA, National Institutes of Health. Thanks Manling and Yong for their major contributions! |
| Sep. 28, 2020 |
Abhijeet Barath from Mayo Neuroscience PhD program joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Abhijeet! |
| Sep. 24, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Neuroscience Center at University of North Carolina. |
| Sep. 22, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Anna Molofsky from UCSF is the invited speaker and she gave a seminar on "Microglia remodeling of the extracellular matrix promotes memory consolidation". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo. |
| Sep. 15, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was selected as Teacher of the Year by Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. |
| Sep. 12, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Brain, Behavior and Immunity. |
| Sep. 2, 2020 |
Dr. Yujia Wei was promoted to Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic. Congrats, Yujia! |
| Aug. 25, 2020 |
Shunyi Zhao from Drexel University joined Wu lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome, Shunyi! |
| Aug. 17, 2020 |
Dr. Tingjun Chen was promoted to Senior Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic. Congrats, Tingjun! |
| Aug. 6, 2020 |
Ana Cahuas from University of Michigan joined Wu lab online via Summer Foundations in Research hosted by Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Welcome, Ana! |
| Jul. 31, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Neuroscience Seminar at Mayo. Dr. Can Martin Zhang from Massachusetts General Hospital is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Alzheimer's disease: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic intervention". |
| Jul. 27, 2020 |
Tony's research article entitled "Microglial calcium signaling is attuned to neuronal activity in awake mice" is published in eLife. Many congrats, Tony! |
| Jul. 9, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Fellowships study section (F02B) via Zoom. |
| Jul. 2, 2020 |
Wenning and Yujiao's research article entitled "Microglial depletion aggravates the severity of acute and chronic seizures in mice" is published in Brain Behavior and Immunity. Many congrats, Wenning and Yujiao! |
| Jun. 24, 2020 |
Dr. Yanlu Ying was promoted to Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic. Congrats, Yanlu! |
| Jun. 22, 2020 |
Tingjun's research article entitled "Astrocyte-microglia interaction drives evolving neuromyelitis optica lesion" is published in Journal of Clinical Investigation. The paper is accompanied with a commentary and is highlighted by news report at Discovery Edge. Many congrats, Tingjun and Wu lab! |
| Jun. 15, 2020 |
Jordan Marks from Mayo MD/PhD program joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Jordan! |
| Jun. 4, 2020 |
Dr. Tingjun Chen received Mayo Neurology Basic Research Award. Many congrats, Tingjun! |
| Jun. 1, 2020 |
The multi-PI RO1 (Wu, Lennon) grant on "The role of microglia in neuromyelitis optica" was funded by NINDS, National Institutes of Health. Thanks Tingjun for spearheading the project! |
| May 30, 2020 |
Dale's review article entitled "Neuroimmune interaction in seizures and epilepsy: focusing on monocyte infiltration" is published in FEBS Journal. Congrats, Dale! |
| May 18, 2020 |
The multi-PI RO1 (Wu J, Wu LJ) grant on "The function and mechanisms of voltage-gated proton channel Hv1 in spinal cord injury" was funded by NINDS, National Institutes of Health. Thanks Madhu and Fiona for their major contributions and efforts! |
| Apr. 20, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as a member of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG), NIH for the term of 2020-2024. |
| Apr. 13, 2020 |
Dr. Koichiro Haruwaka from National Institute of Physiological Sciences, Japan, joined Wu lab as a Research Fellow. Welcome, Koichi! |
| Mar. 11, 2020 |
Dr. Anthony Umpierre was selected as a recipient for the NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program. Many congrats, Tony! |
| Mar. 10, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research, University of Maryland at Baltimore, MD. |
| Mar. 6, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Fellowships study section (F02B) at Washington DC. |
| Mar. 2, 2020 |
Lingxiao Wang from Mayo Neuroscience PhD program finished his rotations and joined Wu lab officially as a PhD student. Welcome again, Lingxiao! |
| Feb. 26, 2020 |
Tony's review article entitled "Microglia research in the 100th year since its discovery" is published in Neuroscience Bulletin. Congrats, Tony! |
| Feb. 17, 2020 |
Dr. Aastha Dheer from All India Institutes of Medical Sciences joined Wu lab as a Research Fellow. Welcome, Aastha! |
| Feb. 12, 2020 |
Annie Peterson joined Wu lab as Administrative Assistant. Welcome, Annie! |
| Feb. 6, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG) at Alexandria, VA |
| Jan. 26, 2020 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in at Winter Conference on Brain Research 2020 at Big Sky, Montana. |
| Jan. 6, 2020 |
Lingxiao Wang from Mayo Neuroscience PhD program joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Lingxiao! |
| Dec. 14, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited as a keynote speaker at The First Rutgers Chinese Faculty Research Symposium at Piscataway, NJ. |
| Dec. 11, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Brian MacVicar from University of British Columbia is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Microglia sensing and modulation of synaptic plasticity in neuronal circuits". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC. |
| Dec. 8, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the annual Wu lab Christmas party. Wish we all have a happy and wonderful 2020! |
| Nov. 27, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo. |
| Nov. 22, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a session at 14th International Conference for Neurons and Brain Diseases at Queenstown, New Zealand. |
| Nov. 15, 2019 |
Yong's Nature Neuroscience paper on microglia imaging in awake mice is highlighted by Nature Reviews Neuroscience, and is reported by Mayo Clinic Research Magazine. |
| Nov. 7, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Mayo Neuroscience Convergence 2019 at St. Regis, Puerto Rico. |
| Nov. 4, 2019 |
Dr. Lei Li from Tongji University School of Medicine joined Wu lab as a Visiting Research Fellow. Welcome, Lei! |
| Nov. 1, 2019 |
Dr. Yong Liu was promoted to Senior Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic. Congrats, Yong! |
| Oct. 25, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was promoted to Professor and Consultant of Neurology at Mayo Clinic. Thanks all current and former Wu lab members for the contribution! |
| Oct. 21, 2019 |
Yong's research article entitled "Neuronal network activity controls microglial process surveillance in awake mice via norepinephrine signaling" is published in Nature Neuroscience. The paper is accompanied with a News/Views as a highlight. Many congrats, Yong and Wu lab! |
| Oct. 20, 2019 |
Yong, Tingjun, Min-Hee, and Manling presented posters at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting at Chicago, IL. |
| Oct. 19, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu organized and chaired 2019 SfN Chinese Neuroscientist Social event at Chicago, IL. |
| Oct. 14, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu co-organized 2019 International Symposium on Glia Function held in Shanghai, China. Dr. Wu gave an invited talk and chaired a section for the symposium. |
| Oct. 12, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at 13th Biennial Conference of Chinese Neuroscience Society at Suzhou, China. |
| Oct. 9, 2019 |
Mingshu and Eyo's research article entitled "Microglial P2Y12 receptor regulates seizure-induced neurogenesis and immature neuronal projections" was published in Journal of Neuroscience. Many congrats, Mingshu and Eyo! |
| Oct. 7, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS) Asia-Pacific Symposium at Taichung, Taiwan. |
| Oct. 3, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Oleg Butovsky from Harvard Medical School for Mayo Immunology Grand Rounds. Dr. Butovsky gave a seminar on "Microglia regulation and functions in neurodegenerative diseases". |
| Sep. 27, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Woo-Ping Ge from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Ge gave a seminar on "Plasticity of the brain microcirculation". |
| Sep. 23, 2019 |
Dr. Huijie Huang from Stanford University joined Wu lab as a Research Fellow. Welcome, Huijie! |
| Sep 11, 2019 |
Dr. Anthony Umpierre was awarded prestigious F32 postdoc fellowship from NINDS, National Institutes of Health. Many congrats, Tony! |
| Sep. 1, 2019 |
The multi-PI RO1 (Worrell, Wang, Wu) grant on "Glial mechanism of electric brain stimulation" was funded by NINDS, National Institutes of Health. Thanks Hailong for leading the efforts, and many congratulations! |
| Aug. 29, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a video presentation at 5th International Conference on Epilepsy & Treatment at Vienna, Austria. |
| Aug. 27, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Ru-Rong Ji from Duke University is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Microglia and macrophages in the pathogenesis and resolution of chronic pain". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC. |
| Aug. 20, 2019 |
Jiyun and Yong's research article entitled "Microglial P2Y12 receptor regulates ventral hippocampal CA1 neuronal excitability and innate fear in mice" was published in Molecular Brain. Congrats, Jiyun and Yong! |
| Aug. 19, 2019 |
Dr. Qian Linda Wu from Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University joined Wu lab as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome, Linda! |
| Aug. 16, 2019 |
Wu Lab postdoctoral candidate, Dr. Yulong Zhao from Utrecht University, was interviewed and gave a seminar in the lab. |
| Aug. 12, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Neuroscience Research Institute, Peking University at Beijing, China. |
| Aug. 3, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu co-organized 2019 Glia and Neuroimmune Symposium held in Guangzhou, China. Dr. Wu gave an invited talk and chaired a section for the symposium. |
| Jul. 11, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica (i3S), Universidade do Porto, Portugal. |
| Jul. 10, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at XIV European Meeting on Glia Cells in Health and Disease at Porto, Portugal. |
| Jul. 8, 2019 |
Udit Sheith and Ayman Faroqi from Mayo Neuroscience PhD program joined Wu lab for the rotations. Welcome, Udit and Ayman! |
| Jun. 28, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Zhiping Pang from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Pang gave a seminar on "Using human neurons to study neuropsychiatric disorders". |
| Jun. 25, 2019 |
Lijun and Jiyun's research article entitled "Microglia are indispensable for synaptic plasticity in the spinal cord dorsal horn and chronic pain" was published in Cell Reports. Many congrats, Lijun and Jiyun! |
| Jun. 19, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a section in Keystone Symposia on Neural Environment in Disease: Glial Responses and Neuroinflammation at Keystone, CO. |
| Jun. 6, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Karen S. Wilcox from University of Utah for Mayo Immunology Grand Rounds. Dr. Wilcox gave a seminar on "CNS infection-induced neural circuit changes, cytokine activation, and epilepsy". |
| May 29, 2019 |
Dr. Yong Liu received Mayo Neurology Basic Research Award. Many congrats, Yong! |
| May 28, 2019 |
Lauren Bystrom from University of Minnesota and Sidra Jabeen from City College of New York joined the Wu Lab for the summer research. Welcome, Lauren and Sidra! |
| May 22, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Glia, one of the most respected neuroscience journals. |
| May 20, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky at Lexington, KY. |
| May 10, 2019 |
Drs. Long-Jun Wu and Tingjun Chen were invited to give talks at Mayo MERG Advances in Biomedical Research Forum. |
| May 7, 2019 |
Eyo's review article entitled "Microglia: lifelong patrolling immune cells of the brain" was published in Progress in Neurobiology. Congrats, Eyo! |
| May 6, 2019 |
Daishi's review article entitled "Dual functions of microglia in ischemic stroke" was published in Neuroscience Bulletin. Congrats, Daishi! |
| Apr. 5, 2019 |
Lijie and Madhu's research article entitled "Microglial proliferation and monocyte infiltration contribute to microgliosis following status epilepticus" was published in Glia. Congrats, Lijie and Madhu! |
| Apr. 2, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences at Shanghai, China. |
| Apr. 1, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to teach graduate courses on "Neuoimmunology in Health and Disease" in School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University at Shanghai, China. |
| Mar. 26, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. David Pitt from Yale School of Medicine is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Modeling and detecting CNS-innate inflammation in multiple sclerosis". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC. |
| Mar. 15, 2019 |
The Wu lab RO1 renewal on "The role of microglia in epilepsy" was funded by NINDS, National Institutes of Health. Thanks all for the great contribution, particularly Eyo for leading the efforts all these years! |
| Mar. 11, 2019 |
Dr. Yanlu Ying from Jinan University School of Medicine joined Wu lab as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome, Xiaolu! |
| Mar. 8, 2019 |
Fiona finished all her rotations in Mayo Rochester and Jacksonville and joined Wu lab officially as a PhD student. Welcome back, Fiona! |
| Mar. 5, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1 BDCN-E03). |
| Feb. 22, 2019 |
Yong's paper was deposited in BioRxiv: "Neuronal network activity controls microglial process surveillance in awake mice via norepinephrine signaling". |
| Feb. 21, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Robyn Klein from Washington University for Mayo Immunology Grand Rounds. Dr. Klein gave a seminar on "Learning from virus: glial mechanism of postinfectious cognitive dysfunction". |
| Feb. 7, 2019 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG) at Alexandria, VA |
| Dec. 15, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the annual Wu lab Christmas party. Wish we all have a productive and happy 2019! |
| Dec. 12, 2018 |
Wu lab started a quarterly seminar series "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Axel Nimmerjahn from Salk Institute is the inaugural speaker and gave a seminar on "How do glial cells control CNS function?". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC. |
| Dec. 7, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu co-organized Cold Spring Harbor Asia meeting on "Novel Insights into Glia Function & Dysfunction" held in Suzhou, China. Dr. Wu gave an invited talk and chaired a section for the meeting. |
| Dec. 3, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar in School of Medicine, Tongji University at Shanghai, China. |
| Nov. 29, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu received Excellence in Teaching award from Mayo Academy of Educational Excellence. |
| Nov. 4, 2018 |
Manling, Fiona, Jia, Madhu, Xiaoliang and Dr. Wu attended Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting at San Diego, CA. Manling and Fiona presented two posters on microglial TREM2 in TDP-43 neurodegeneration and microglial Hv1 proton channel in spinal cord injury, respectively. |
| Nov. 3, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu chaired 2018 SfN Chinese Neuroscientists Social at San Diego, CA. |
| Oct. 17, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar in Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Oct. 10, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar in Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University at Philadelphia, PA. |
| Oct. 5, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was awarded "AND Young Investigator Award" by Association for the Study of Neurons and Diseases. |
| Oct. 4, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a session at 13th International Conference for Neurons and Brain Diseases at Taipei, Taiwan. |
| Sep. 25, 2018 |
Emily Klatt from Mayo Immunology PhD program joined Wu lab for the rotation. Welcome, Emily! |
| Sep. 15, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and participate in a panel discussion in 23rd Annual Iowa Physiology Society Meeting at De Moines, IA. |
| Sep. 6, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in School of Life Sciences, Anhui University at Hefei, China. |
| Sep. 3, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, PLA General Hospital at Beijing, China. |
| Sep. 1, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in 2018 International Basic and Clinical Research Forum of Anesthesia at Xi'an, China. |
| Aug. 29, 2018 |
Dr. Yujia Wei from Third Military Medical University joined Wu lab as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome, Yujia! |
| Aug. 26, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to speak and chair a section for Pain and Emotion Summer Meeting 2018 at Toronto, Canada. |
| Jul. 24, 2018 |
Cody Fisher from Mayo Immunology PhD program joined Wu lab for the rotation. Welcome, Cody! |
| Jul. 13, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Er Yi Innovation Forum hosted by Prof. Xiaoping Tong in Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine at Shanghai, China. |
| Jul. 8, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at 10th Symposium for Chinese Neuroscientists Worldwide at Qingdao, China. |
| Jul. 1, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu host a farewell party for Eyo. Eyo will start his independent research program as an Assistant Professor at University of Virginia. Thank you and wish you all the best, Eyo! |
| Jun. 20, 2018 |
Dale's research article entitled "RNAseq analysis of hippocampal microglia after kainic acid-induced seizures" was published in Molecular Brain. Congrats, Dale! |
| Jun. 14, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG) at Chicago, IL. |
| Jun. 7, 2018 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo received Mayo Neurology Basic Research Award. Many congrats, Eyo! |
| Jun. 4, 2018 |
Kevin Liu from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School joined Wu lab at Mayo as a research trainee for the summer research. Welcome, Kevin! |
| May 24, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun was invited to give a talk in Philadelphia Pain Symposium sponsored by Drexel Areas of Research Excellence in Philadelphia, PA. |
| May 17, 2018 |
PhD student Manling Xie officially joined Wu lab at Mayo after her rotation. Welcome again, Manling! |
| May 8, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Enteric Neuroscience Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. |
| May 5, 2018 |
Wu lab had a whole day fishing expedition and farewell party for Jiyun. Jiyun will start his independent research program at Nanchang University, China. Thank you and wish you all the best, Jiyun! |
| Apr. 24, 2018 |
Eyo's research article entitled "P2Y12R-dependent translocation mechanisms gate the changing microglial landscape" was published in Cell Reports. Many congrats, Eyo! |
| Apr. 13, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. |
| Apr. 12, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a grand round at Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. |
| Apr. 9, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar on career development at One Harvard St Institute, Mass Medical International in Boston, MA. |
| Apr. 6, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an Ad Hoc reviewer for NIH Special Emphasis Panel (MDCN N03). |
| Mar. 19, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at EMBO microglia workshop at Heidelberg, Germany. |
| Mar. 12, 2018 |
Manling Xie from Mayo Neurobiology of Disease PhD program joined Wu lab for the rotation. Welcome, Manling! |
| Mar. 7, 2018 |
Dr. Jia Zhu from Jiaxing University and Yujiao Li from Fourth Military Medical University joined Wu lab as visiting scholar and visiting graduate student, respectively. Welcome, Jia and Yujiao! |
| Feb. 23, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Seog Bae Oh from Seoul National University. Dr. Oh gave a seminar on "A novel neuroimmune mechanism for axon degeneration after peripheral nerve injury". |
| Feb. 20, 2018 |
Fiona is officially admitted to Neurobiology of Disease PhD program at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Many congrats, Fiona! |
| Feb. 6, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve in Fellowship Brain BSC2 review committee for American Heart Association. |
| Jan. 15, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to gave a seminar at Center for Pain Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology at Shenzhen, China |
| Jan. 14, 2018 |
Eyo's research article entitled "GluN2A subunit regulates neuronal NMDA receptor-induced microglia-neuron physical interactions" was published in Scientific Reports. Congrats, Eyo! |
| Jan. 12, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to gave a seminar at Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology at Hong Kong, China |
| Jan. 10, 2018 |
Xiaoliang's review article entitled "Microglial interaction with neurovascular system in physiology and pathology" was published in Developmental Neurobiology. Congrats, Xiaoliang! |
| Jan. 1, 2018 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an Associate Editor for Neuroscience Bulletin. Dr. Wu will handle manuscripts related to glial research. |
| Dec. 19, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the annual Wu lab holiday dinner. Wish we all have a productive and successful 2018! |
| Dec. 18, 2017 |
Fiona Zheng transferred from Rutgers to Wu lab at Mayo as a visiting graduate student. Welcome again, Fiona! |
| Dec. 7, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited as a keynote speaker for 2017 Annual Retreat of Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology at Mayo Clinic. Tingjun was invited for short talk, and Jiyun and Dale presented posters for the event. |
| Nov. 27, 2017 |
Dr. Wenning Wu from Anhui Medical University joined Wu lab at Mayo as a Visiting Research Fellow. Welcome, Wenning! |
| Nov. 18, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to join the editorial board of Frontiers in Neuroscience. Dr. Wu will serve as a reviewing editor for the journal. |
| Nov. 11, 2017 |
Drs. Jiyun Peng, Madhuvika Murugan, and Long-Jun Wu attended Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting at Washington DC. Jiyun and Madhu presented two posters on microglia in epilepsy and microglia-neuron interaction in swelling conditions, respectively. |
| Nov. 1, 2017 |
Dr. Dale Bosco agrees to serve as a lab manager in addition to his own research endeavor in Wu lab. Dale will oversee the lab research operations, animal protocols, lab safety, and public relations. Thanks, Dale! |
| Oct. 30, 2017 |
Dr. Min-Hee Yi from University of Texas and Dr. Dale Bosco from Florida State University joined Wu Lab at Mayo as research fellows. Welcome, Min-Hee and Dale! |
| Oct. 27, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Carmen Melendez from Hunter College. Dr. Melendez gave a seminar on "Cytoskeletal regulation of myelin formation and repair". |
| Oct. 13, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to gave a seminar at Manitoba Neuroscience Network at Winnipeg, Canada |
| Oct. 7, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a session at 12th International Conference for Neurons and Brain Disease at Taormina, Italy. |
| Oct. 4, 2017 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo was promoted to Senior Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic. Congrats, Eyo! |
| Sep. 28, 2017 |
Miss Jennifer Scott was introduced officially to the Wu lab at Mayo as an Administrative Assistant. She will be in charge of ordering, reimbursement, and public relations. Thank you and welcome to the Wu lab, Jennifer! |
| Sep. 25, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to deliver Grand Rounds in Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic at Rochester, MN. |
| Sep. 8, 2017 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo was awarded prestigious NINDS K22 grant from NIH. This is a five year funding to support 2 year postdoc training plus 3 year independence for Eyo's career transition. Many congrats, Eyo! |
| Sep. 1, 2017 |
Undergraduate students, Peiwen Hu and Xin Zheng, joined Wu lab at Rutgers for undergraduate research. Welcome, Pei and Xin! |
| Aug. 21, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Benedict Albensi from University of Manitoba, Canada. Dr. Albensi gave a seminar on "NF-kB regulation of memory and Alzheimer's disease". |
| Aug. 20, 2017 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo transferred from Rutgers to Wu Lab at Mayo as a research fellow. Welcome again, Eyo! |
| Aug. 15, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to speak and chair a section for The Pain and Cortex summer meeting 2017 at Toronto, Canada. |
| Aug. 14, 2017 |
Dr. Yong Liu from NIH officially joined Wu Lab at Mayo as a research fellow. Welcome again, Yong! |
| Jul. 17, 2017 |
Daishi and Jiyun's research article entitled "Chemokine CCL2-CCR2 signaling induces neuronal cell death via STAT3 activation and IL-1β production after status epilepticus" was published in Journal of Neuroscience. Congrats, Daishi and Jiyun! |
| Jul. 10, 2017 |
Dr. Tingjun Chen from University of New Mexico joined Wu Lab at Mayo as a research fellow. Welcome, Tingjun! |
| Jul. 4, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Biological Sciences, Hunan University at Changsha, China. |
| Jul. 1, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in 2017 International Basic and Clinical Research Forum of Anesthesia at Xi'an, China. |
| Jun. 19, 2017 |
Dr. Madhuvika Murugan transferred from Rutgers to Wu Lab at Mayo as a research fellow. Welcome again, Madhu! |
| Jun. 16, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Junfang Wu from University of Maryland. Dr. Wu gave a seminar on "Impaired cognitive function and associated inflammatory mechanisms after spinal cord injury". |
| Jun. 15, 2017 |
Eyo's review artilce on "Microglia-neuron communicaiton in epilepsy" was selected by Editors of Glia to be read in preparation of the XIII European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease. Congrats, Eyo! |
| Jun. 1, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey at New Brunswick, NJ. |
| May 15, 2017 |
Dr. Jiyun Peng transferred from Rutgers to Wu Lab at Mayo as a research fellow. Welcome again, Jiyun! |
| May 4, 2017 |
Undergraduate student Sruchika Sabu won Henry Rutgers Scholar Award for her outstanding thesis completed in the Wu Lab. Congrats, Chika! |
| May 1, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG) at San Fancisico, CA. |
| Apr. 21, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology at Newark, NJ. |
| Apr. 19, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve in American Heart Association Brain-Stroke Basic Sci 3 Peer Review Committee. |
| Apr. 14, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Mark Mattson from National Institute on Aging. Dr. Mattson gave a seminar on "Enhancement of brain function and resilience by intermittent bioenergetic challenges". |
| Apr. 7, 2017 |
Undergraduate students, Sruchika Sabu and Xenophon Speros, successfully defended their honor thesis completed in Wu lab. Congrats, Chika and Stephen! |
| Apr. 6, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Rutgers University. Thanks all Wu lab members for the wonderful team work! |
| Mar. 28, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Feng Wei from University of Maryland. Dr. Wei gave a seminar on "Secondary hyperalgesia and overlapping pain: A research window for exploring central mechanisms of chronic pain". |
| Mar. 23, 2017 |
Wu lab pilot grant on "The role of microglia in chronic pain in neuromyelitis optica" was funded for one year by Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology at Mayo Clinic. |
| Mar. 6, 2017 |
Dr. Xiaoliang Zhao from HHMI Janelia Farm Campus joined Wu Lab at Mayo as a senior research fellow. Welcome, Xiaoliang! |
| Mar. 4, 2017 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo was invited to give a talk Gordon Research Seminar on Glial Biology at Ventura, CA. |
| Feb. 20, 2017 |
Undergraduate Student Janice Yalong was awarded Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congrats, Janice! |
| Feb. 16, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Cell Signaling Technology at Danvers, MA. |
| Feb. 1, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to be an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Neurotransporters, Receptors, Channels and Calcium Signaling study section (NTRC). |
| Jan. 25, 2017 |
Yong and Lijun's research article entitled "TNF-a differentially regulates synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus and spinal cord by microglia-dependent mechanisms after peripheral nerve injury" was published in Journal of Neuroscience. Congrats, Yong and Lijun! |
| Jan. 24, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at National Institute for Physiological Sciences at Okazaki, Japan. |
| Jan. 16, 2017 |
Eyo's research article entitled "Regulation of physical microglia-neuron interactions by fractalkine signaling after status epilepticus" was published in eNeuro. Congrats, Eyo! |
| Jan. 4, 2017 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University at Tallahassee, FL. |
| Dec. 17, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Wu Lab Christmas Party. Happy holidays and wish all a wonderful 2017! |
| Dec. 15, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the visit of Dr. Junichi Nabekura from National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan. Dr. Nabekura gave a seminar on "Remodeling of neuronal circuits in development and chronic pain: glia-neuron interaction" |
| Dec. 9, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at School of Basic Medicine, Fudan University at Shanghai, China. |
| Dec. 7, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a session at Cold Spring Harbor Asia meeing on glia at Suzhou, China. |
| Dec. 4, 2016 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo was invited to give a talk at a workshop on "Glial mechanism of epilepsy" in 2016 American Epilepsy Society annual meeting at Houston, TX. Dr. Long-Jun Wu chaired the workshop. |
| Dec. 1, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu accepted an offer from Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic as Associate Professor and SACII. Wu lab will move to Mayo by the end of next year! |
| Nov. 29, 2016 |
Dr. Ruiping Pang from Sun Yat-Sen University joined Wu lab as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome, Ruiping! |
| Nov. 28, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College at New York City, NY. |
| Nov. 16, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu gave a talk at nanosymposium on microglia in 2016 Society for Neurorscience meeting at San Diego, CA. |
| Nov. 7, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a speech at the 10th anniversary of Van Tol Fellowship hosted by The Brain Canada Foundation at Toronto, ON. |
| Oct. 25, 2016 |
Undergraduate Student Rochelle Mogilevski was awarded Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congrats, Rochelle! |
| Oct. 21, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Greg Lemke from Salk Institute. Dr. Lemke gave a seminar on "TAM receptors and immune homeostasis in microglia". |
| Oct. 14, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Vadim Bolshakov from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bolshakov gave a seminar on "Neuropeptide-mediated gating of innate fear circuits". |
| Sep. 15, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve in American Heart Association IRG1 Peer Review Committee. |
| Sep. 6, 2016 |
Graduate student, Ayeshia Morris, joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Ayeshia! |
| Sep. 1, 2016 |
Fiona Zheng from Rutgers University joined Wu lab as a Master student. Welcome, Fiona! |
| Aug. 15, 2016 |
Dr. Justin Liu from Xidian University at Xi'an joined Wu lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome, Justin! |
| Aug. 8, 2016 |
Jiyun and Nan's research on microglia and pain is in the Top Stories at Rutgers Today, ScienceDaily, National Pain Report. Congrats, Jiyun and Nan! |
| Aug. 4, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Yuxian Shen from Anhui Medical Univeristy. Dr. Shen gave a seminar on "The role of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor in stroke". |
| Aug. 2, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Boston, MA. |
| Jul. 27, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to chair a session and give a talk in the 9th Symposium for Chinese Neuroscientist Worldwide at Hefei, China. |
| Jul. 23, 2016 |
Dr.Ukpong Eyo was invited to give a talk in the Cold Spring Harbor Glia Meeting 2016 at Long Island, NY. |
| Jul. 16, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in the 11th International Conference for Neurons and Brain Disease at Vancouver, Canada. |
| Jul. 9, 2016 |
Wu lab farewell party for Lijun. We appreciate her tremendous contribution and look forward to long-term colaborations between two labs. Thank you, Lijun! |
| Jul. 2, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in 2016 International Basic and Clinical Research Forum of Anesthesia at Xi'an, China. |
| Jun. 29, 2016 |
Nan and Jiyun's research report entitled "Spinal microgliosis due to resident microglial proliferation is required for pain hypersensitivity after peripheral nerve injury" was published in Cell Reports. Congats, Nan and Jiyun! |
| Jun. 28, 2016 |
Jiyun and Nan's research article entitled "Microglia and monocytes synergistically promote the transition from acute to chronic pain after nerve injury" was published in Nature Communications. Congats, Jiyun and Nan! |
| Jun. 23, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to be an ad hoc reviewer and attended NIH Cellular and Molecular Biology of Glia study section (CMBG) at San Diego, CA. |
| Jun. 15, 2016 |
Dr. Wei Wang from Anhui Provincial Hospital joined Wu Lab as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome, Wei! |
| Jun. 14, 2016 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo was invited to give a talk in Keystone Symposium on Microglia in the Brain at Keystone, CO. |
| May 31, 2016 |
Undergraduate students, Stephan Speros from Rutgers DLS SURF program, Likhitha Musku from Douglass STEM Research Program, Vivian Hu from Rutger Pharmacology SURP program, and Kenneth Lee from from RWJMS SURP program joined Wu Lab for the summer research. Welcome, Stephan, Likhitha, Vivan and Kenneth! |
| May 18, 2016 |
Eyo's review article entitled "Microglia-neuron communication in epilepsy" was published in Glia. Congats, Eyo! |
| May 5, 2016 |
Undergraduate student Sanjana Matta won Henry Rutgers Scholar Award for her outstanding thesis completed in the Wu Lab. Congrats, Sanjana! |
| May 3, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center at Durham, NC. |
| Apr. 29, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Xinzhong Dong from Johns Hopkins University and HHMI. Dr. Dong gave a seminar on "Mechanisms of itch and inflammation". |
| Apr. 25, 2016 |
Dr. Lijie Feng from Anhui Medical University joined Wu lab as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome, Lijie! |
| Apr. 22, 2016 |
Undergraduate student Sanjana Matta won "The Best Poster Award" in CBN Honors Colloquium. Congrats, Sanjana! |
| Apr. 22, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire at Durham, NH. |
| Apr. 5, 2016 |
Undergraduate students, Sanjana Matta and Tayyaba Mohammad, successfully defended their honor thesis completed in Wu lab. Congrats, Sanjana and Tayyaba! |
| Mar. 22, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a session in American Society for Neurochemistry 2016 annual meeting at Denver, CO. |
| Mar. 14, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School at Newark, NJ. |
| Mar. 12, 2016 |
Wu lab party celebrating a R21 grant on "Studying microglial function using cell ablation approaches" from NIDCR, National Instiutes of Health. Special thanks to Jiyun for spearheading the project! |
| Mar. 1, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic at Rochester, MN. |
| Feb. 22, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Translational Perioperative and Pain Medicine. |
| Feb. 16, 2016 |
Dr. Yong Liu from National Institute on Aging joined Wu lab as a Visiting Researcher. Welcome, Yong! |
| Feb. 3, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate Program, Academia Sinica at Taipei, Taiwan. |
| Feb. 2, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Life Sciences, National Taiwan University at Taipei, Taiwan. |
| Jan. 27, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Duan Bo from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Duan gave a seminar on "Genetic dissection of neural circuits processing pain and itch". |
| Jan. 21, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Rutgers RWJMS Basic Science Seminar Series at Piscataway, NJ. |
| Jan. 15, 2016 |
Peter and Madhu's research article entitled "Activation of microglial P2Y12 receptor is required for outward potassium currents in response to neuronal injury" was published in Neuroscience. Congats, Peter and Madhu! |
| Jan. 13, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give Grand Round seminar in Department of Neurology, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, NJ. |
| Jan. 11, 2016 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland at Baltimore, MD. |
| Dec. 14, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Wu Lab Christmas Party. Happy holidays and wish all a productive 2016! |
| Dec. 8, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Againg at Baltimore, MD. |
| Nov. 19, 2015 |
Nan and Eyo's research article entitled "Microglial P2Y12 receptors regulate microglial activation and surveillance during neuropathic pain" was published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity. Congats, Nan and Eyo! |
| Nov. 12, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Bilogical Sciences, Seton Hall University at South Orange, NJ. |
| Nov. 5, 2015 |
Undergraduate Students, Sruchika Sabu and Sanjana Matta, were awarded Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congrats, Chika and Sanjana! |
| Oct. 31, 2015 |
Dr. Madhuvika Murugan hosted a celebration party at her house. Many congratulations to Madhu and Bala! |
| Oct. 1, 2015 |
Dr. Madhuvika Murugan was promoted to Research Associate and Lab Manager. She will supervise all research activities in Wu lab. Congratulations and thanks, Madhu! |
| Sep. 25, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Orrin Devinsky from New York University. Dr. Devinsky gave a seminar on "Microglia and neuroinflammation in epilepsy: a clinical perspective". |
| Sep. 21, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a session in International Conference on Epilepsy & Treatment at Baltimore, MD. |
| Sep. 15, 2015 |
Undergraduate student, Rochelle Mogilevsky, joined Wu lab for undergraduate research. Welcome, Rochelle! |
| Sep. 10, 2015 |
Graduate student, Talia Planas, joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Talia! |
| Sep. 8, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Phamacology and Toxicology, University of Utah at Salt Lake City, UT. |
| Aug. 27, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Neurobiology, Nanjing Medical University at Nanjing, China. |
| Aug. 4, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Tian-Le Xu from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Xu gave a seminar on "Targeting acid-sensing ion channels for the treatment of neurological disorders". |
| Aug. 1, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Channels. |
| Jul. 15, 2015 |
Mingshu Mo from Sun Yat-Sen University joined Wu lab as a Visiting Graduate Student. Welcome, Mingshu! |
| Jul. 14, 2015 |
Junli's research article entitled "Microglial Hv1 proton channel promotes cuprizone-induced demyelination through oxidative damage" was published in Journal of Neurochemistry. Congrats, Junli! |
| Jul. 1, 2015 |
The Wu lab at Rutgers was awarded an exploratory research grant on "Microglial Hv1 channel in spinal cord injury" from New Jersey Commision on Spinal Cord Research. |
| Jun. 24, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on Glia at Suzhou, China. |
| Jun. 22, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in 10th International Conference for Neurons and Brain Diseases at Xi'an, China. |
| Jun. 12, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Beth Stevens from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Stevens gave a seminar on "Immune mechanism of synaptic loss in health and disease". |
| Jun. 10, 2015 |
Wu lab farewell party for Daishi, Junli, Ashley and Ronen. Congratulation on the new post and thank you all! |
| Jun. 1, 2015 |
Kelly Guzman and Michael Avellan from Rutgers joined Wu lab as Research Assistant. Welcome, Kelly and Mike! |
| May 27, 2015 |
Undergraduate student, Shawn Nirody, from UC Berkeley joined Wu lab for summer research. Shawn was supported by Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at RWJMS. Welcome, Shawn! |
| May 12, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine at Long Island, NY. |
| May 6, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Robert Skoff from Wayne State University. Dr. Skoff gave a seminar on "Oligodendrocyte proteolipid protein in myelin and mitochondira: where is it essential for brain health". |
| May 1, 2015 |
Undergraduate student, Sruchika Sabu, was awarded Summer Research Fellowship sponsored by Douglass STEM Project Program. Congrats, Chika! |
| Apr. 15, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Helmut Kettenmann from Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany. Dr. Kettenmann gave a seminar on "Properties of microglia". |
| Apr. 6, 2015 |
Undergraduate Students, Ashley Bispo and Ronen Shor, successfully defended their honor thesis completed in Wu lab. Congrats, Ashley and Ronen! |
| Apr. 3, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Xianping Dong from Dalhousie University, Canada. Dr. Dong gave a seminar on "Lysosomal Ca channel in lysosomal membrane trafficking". |
| Mar. 30, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Center for Translational Neuroscience, University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri. |
| Mar. 27, 2015 |
Julie Hwang from UCLA joined Wu lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome, Julie! |
| Mar. 4, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk in Gordon Research Conference on Glial Biology at Ventura, CA. |
| Mar. 2, 2015 |
Undergraduate Student, Sanjana Matta, was awarded Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congrats, Sanjana! |
| Feb. 28, 2015 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo was selected to chair a discussion section in Gordon Research Seminar on Glial Biology at Ventura, CA. |
| Feb. 20, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Chaoshe Guo, senior R&D director fom Biocytogen LLC. Dr. Guo gave a seminar on "Generation of animal models with CRISPR/Cas9 based extreme genome editing system". |
| Feb. 11, 2015 |
Eyo's research article entitled "Modulation of microglial process convergence toward neuronal dendrites by extracellular calcium" was published in Journal of Neuroscience. Congrats, Eyo! |
| Feb. 1, 2015 |
The Wu lab at Rutgers was secured a seed fund on "Microglial mechanism of chronic pain" from Lundbeck USA. |
| Jan. 30, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Dandan Sun from University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Sun gave a seminar on "Ion transporter proteins in neuroinflammation". |
| Jan. 12, 2015 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve as the Executive Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology. |
| Jan. 7, 2015 |
Graduate student, Tatiana Popovitchenko, joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Tatiana! |
| Dec. 21, 2014 |
Wu lab Christmas party at Dr. Long-Jun Wu's apartment. Merry Christmas and wish everyone a productive and happy 2015! |
| Dec. 5, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve on the Advisory Board for F1000Research that offers full trasparency for publications by Faculty of 1000. |
| Dec. 1, 2014 |
Undergraduate student Ashley Bispo is in the CNB news. Congrats, Ashley! |
| Nov. 24, 2014 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo was awarded the postdoctoral fellowship from Epilepsy Foundation. Many congrats, Eyo! |
| Nov. 21, 2014 |
Undergraduate Students, Ronen Shor and Ashley Bispo, was awarded Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congrats, Ronen and Ashley! |
| Nov. 15, 2014 |
Wu lab members Long-Jun, Jiyun, Eyo, Nan, Daishi, Junli, Li-Jun, and Madhu attended Society for Neuroscience 2014 Annual Meeting in Washington DC. Jiyun and Eyo presented two posters on microglial Hv1 in pain and microglial process extension in epilepsy, respectively. |
| Oct. 24, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu gave a reappointment talk at Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University. |
| Oct. 1, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Department of Biological Sciences, St John University in New York City. |
| Sep. 29, 2014 |
Dr. Madhuvika Murugan from Rutgers University at Newark joined Wu lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome, Madhu! |
| Sep. 23, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Xian-Guo Liu from Sun Yat-Sen University. Dr. Liu gave a seminar on "The cytokine microenvironment hypothesis of chronic pain". |
| Sep. 22, 2014 |
Graduate student, Kyle Saitta, joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome, Kyle! |
| Sep. 3, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Institute of Neuroscience, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. |
| Sep. 1, 2014 |
Undergraduate students, Indira Malladi and Tayyaba Mohammad, were selected by Arsesty Researh Assistant Program and joined Wu Lab. Congrats and welcome, Indira and Tayyaba! |
| Aug. 30, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at 3rd International Conference of PD and Movement Disorders in Shanghai, China. |
| Aug. 6, 2014 |
Eyo's research article entitled "Neuronal hyperactivity recruits microglial processes via neuronal NMDA receptors and microglial P2Y12 receptors after status epilepticus" was published in Journal of Neuroscience. Congrats, Eyo! |
| Jul. 14, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a session at 9th International Conference for Neurons and Brain Diseases in Madrid, Spain. |
| Jul. 9, 2014 |
Sara Paul from Washington College joined Wu lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome, Sara! |
| Jul. 1, 2014 |
Dr. Mihailo Radojicic from University of Chicago joined Wu lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome, Mihailo! |
| Jun. 29, 2014 |
Dr. Lijun Zhou from Sun Yat-Sen University joined Wu lab as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome, Lijun! |
| Jun. 18, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York University. |
| Jun. 4, 2014 |
Undergraduate student, Sanjana Matta from Pennsylvania State University , joined Wu Lab for the summer research. Welcome, Sanjana! |
| Jun. 3, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Lundbeck USA. |
| May 21, 2014 |
Wu Lab postdoctoral candidate, Dr. Tatiana Schnieder from Columbia University, was interviewed and gave a seminar in the lab. |
| May 20, 2014 |
Undergraduate student, Sruchika Sabu, joined Wu Lab. She is sponsored by Douglass STEM Project Program. Welcome, Chika! |
| May 14, 2014 |
Wu Lab postdoctoral candidate, Dr. Sebastian Rodriguez from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, was interviewed and gave a seminar in the lab. |
| May 1, 2014 |
The Wu lab at Rutgers was awarded a RO1 grant on "The role of microglia in epilepsy" from NINDS, National Institutes of Health. Special thanks to Eyo for initiating the project! |
| Apr. 18, 2014 |
Undergraduate Student, Ashley Bispo, was awarded Rutgers Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). Congrats, Ashley! |
| Apr. 9, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia. |
| Apr. 7, 2014 |
Dr. Daishi Tian and Dr. Junli Liu from Huazhong University of Science and Technology joined Wu lab as Visiting Scholars. Welcome, Daishi and Junli! |
| Mar. 11, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was sponsored and invited to give a talk at International Frontier Symposium for Neuroscience, Xi'An, China. |
| Mar. 3, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give talks at Anhui Medical University, Jiangnan University Medical School, Fourth Military University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (from Feb 2014 to Mar 2014). |
| Feb. 21, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Ru-Rong Ji from Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Ji gave a seminar on "Glial control of synaptic transmission and pain". |
| Feb. 17, 2014 |
Bo Tao from Johns Hopkins University joined Wu lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome, Bo! |
| Jan. 31, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Jonathan Kipnis from University of Virginia. Dr. Kipnis gave a seminar on "MeCP2, a critical regulator of microglia survival and function: immune angle of the Rett syndrome". |
| Jan. 25, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu's review article entitled "Voltage-gated proton channel Hv1 in microglia" was published in The Neuroscientist. |
| Jan. 22, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Neural Plasticity. |
| Jan. 21, 2014 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Seog Bae OH from Seoul National University. Dr. Oh gave a seminar on "Chronic pain as an intractable neuroinflammatory disease". |
| Jan. 7, 2014 |
Undergraduate students, Ronen Shor and Ashley Bispo, joined Wu Lab. Welcome Ronen and Ashley! |
| Dec. 22, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu's editorial "Microglia in Neuronal Circuits" was published and the Special Issue edited by Long-Jun Wu, Beth Stevens, Shumin Duan, and Brian MacVicar in Neural Plasticity was finalized. |
| Dec. 12, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted Wu lab Christmas luncheon at Teppayaki Grill Supreme Buffet. Happy holidays and wish everyone has a great 2014! |
| Nov. 15, 2013 |
Together with Dr. Jason Richardson at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Dr. Long-Jun Wu was awarded Target Validation Grants from The Michael J. Fox Foundation. |
| Nov. 4, 2013 |
Undergraduate Student, Srijisnu De, was awarded Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congrats Sri! |
| Oct. 31, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Yuanxiang Tao from New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University. Dr. Tao gave a seminar on "Identification of Long Non-coding RNAs and Their Involvement in Neurological Diseases". |
| Oct. 25, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Stella Tsirka from Stony Brook University. Dr. Tsirka gave a seminar on "Microglia Regulate Synaptic Numbers and Stability". |
| Oct. 7, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu's review article entitled "Microglial Voltage-Gated Proton Channel Hv1 in Ischemic Stroke" was published in Translational Stroke Research. |
| Sep. 30, 2013 |
Dr. Nan Gu from the Fourth Military Medical University joined Wu Lab as a Visiting Scholar. Welcome Nan! |
| Sep. 11, 2013 |
Undergraduate student, Kathryn Lebidine from Aresty Research Assistant Program, joined Wu Lab. Welcome Kathryn! |
| Sep. 2, 2013 |
Eyo's review article entitled "Bi-directional Microglia-Neuron Communication in the Healthy Brain" is published in Neural Plasticity. Congrats, Eyo! |
| Aug. 26, 2013 |
Research Assistant, Harsh Bhavsar, was admitted in Ross Medical School. Best wishes for Harsh! |
| Aug. 19, 2013 |
The Special Issue of "Microglia in Neuronal Circuits" edited by Long-Jun Wu, Beth Stevens, Shumin Duan, and Brian MacVicar in Neural Plasticity was launched. |
| Jul. 29, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to join the Editorial Board and serve as a Section Editor for Molecular Brain. |
| Jul. 15, 2013 |
Graduate student, Aparna Mukherjee, officially joined Wu Lab as a Master student after rotation. Welcome again, Aparna! |
| Jun. 18, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was sponsored and invited to give a talk in IUPS 2013 Congress at Birmingham, UK. |
| Jun. 12, 2013 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo's research article entitled "P2X7 Receptor Activation Regulates Microglial Cell Death During Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation" is published in Neuropharmacology. Congrats, Eyo! |
| May 24, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. David Clapham from Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Clapham gave a seminar on "Cilia as Organelles". |
| May 17, 2013 |
Wu Lab postdoctoral candidate, Dr. Madhuvika Murugan from National University of Singapore, was interviewed and gave a seminar in the lab. |
| May 8, 2013 |
Graduate student, Aparna Mukherjee, joined Wu lab for a rotation. Welcome Aparna! |
| May 1, 2013 |
Graduate student, Peter Swiatkowski, officially joined Wu Lab as a PhD student after rotations. Welcome again, Peter! |
| Apr. 24, 2013 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo was accepted as an Associate Faculty Member in the section of Neuronal & Glial Cell Biology, Faculty of 1000. |
| Apr. 22, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was accepted as a Faculty Member in the section of Neuronal & Glial Cell Biology, Faculty of 1000. He will recommend the scientific literature in his field for Faculty of 1000. |
| Apr. 12, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Wenbiao Gan from New York University. Dr. Gan gave a seminar on "In Vivo Studies of Synaptic Plasticity and Pathology". |
| Apr. 11, 2013 |
Undergraduate student, Esha Shah, joined Wu Lab. Welcome Esha! |
| Mar. 19, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Seog Bae OH from Seoul National University. Dr. Oh gave a seminar on "Targeting Pain with TRPV1: From Mechanisms to Therapeutics". |
| Mar. 14, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Journal of Syndromes. |
| Feb. 25, 2013 |
Graduate student, Peter Swiatkowski, joined Wu Lab for a rotation. Welcome Peter! |
| Feb. 20, 2013 |
Undergraduate Student, Srijisnu De, was awarded Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Long-Jun Wu. Congrats Sri! |
| Feb. 18, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was selected to give a talk in Gordon Research Conference on Glial Biology at Ventura, CA. |
| Feb. 4, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited as a Visiting Professor for three years at Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. |
| Jan. 28, 2013 |
Dr. Ukpong Eyo from the University of Iowa joined Wu Lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome Eyo! |
| Jan. 2, 2013 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited as Lead Guest Editor for a Special Issue on "Microglia in Neuronal Circuits" in Neural Plasticity. Drs. Beth Stevens, Shumin Duan, and Brian MacVicar have joined the guest editorial team. |
| Dec. 21, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited as a Guest Professor for two years at Jiangnan University School of Medicine, Wuxi, China. |
| Dec. 14, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu invited and hosted the visit of Dr. Richard Ransohoff from the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Ransohoff gave a seminar on "Monocytes and Microglia: Kith or Kin?" |
| Dec. 5, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to join the American Heart Association BRAIN-1 Peer Review Committee. |
| Dec. 1, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was selected to the "Visiting-China Delegation 2012" organized by Harvard Medical School, and will give invited talks at seven institutes in China (from Dec. 2012 to Jan. 2013). |
| Nov. 27, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu gave an invited talk at the Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University at Newark. |
| Nov. 22, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Molecular Pain. |
| Nov. 18, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu was selected to attend the Training in Neurotherapeutics Discovery and Development for Academic Scientists course, which is supported by the NINDS and the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research. |
| Nov. 16, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu gave an invited talk at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Canada. |
| Nov. 1, 2012 |
Wu Lab postdoctoral candidate, Dr. Ukpong Eyo from the University of Iowa, was interviewed and gave a seminar in the department. |
| Oct. 15, 2012 |
Two undergraduates, Kaitlin Kohut and Srijisnu De, joined Wu Lab. Welcome Kaitlin and Sri! |
| Oct. 1, 2012 |
Dr. Jiyun Peng from Duke University joined Wu Lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome Jiyun! |
| Sep. 4, 2012 |
Harsh Bhavsar from Rutgers University joined Wu Lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome Harsh! |
| Sep. 4, 2012 |
Dr. Long-Jun Wu officially started his tenure as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University. |
