Lab News

*Date*	*Description*
Mar 16, 2024	Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the last gathering of Wu Lab at Mayo. Thanks everyone's support and we look forward to the next chapter of Wu lab at UTHealth Houston!
Mar 12, 2024	Shunyi's review article published in Trends in Neuroscience was chosen as the cover image showing "Microglia on Fire".
Mar 8, 2024	Dr. Long-Jun wu was invited to serve as an ad hoc reviewer for NIH Special Emphasis Panel (ZS1 SRB-S22) to review multi-PI COMBINE RM1 grants .
Mar 5, 2024	Dr. Long-Jun Wu attended the SfN program committee meeting to review programs and speakers for 2024 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.
Mar 3, 2024	Dr. Long-Jun Wu accepted an offer as C. Harold and Lorine G. Wallace Distinguished University Chair, Professor & Founding Director to launch Center for Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology, at Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Wu lab will move to Houston by September 2024!
Mar 2, 2024	Koichi and Yanlun's Nature Neuroscience paper was reported by Mayo News "Dancing cells show how the brain awakens from anesthesia".
Mar 1, 2024	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to deliver Grand Rounds at Department of Neurology, UTHealth Houston at Houston, TX.
Feb 29, 2024	Koichi and Yanlu's Nature Neuroscience paper on microglia promote post-anesthesia neuronal activity is featured in Mayo Clinic News "Dancing Cells show how the brain awakens from anesthesia".
Feb 26, 2024	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Byrd Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute, University of South Florida at Tampa, FL.
Feb 5, 2024	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Sun Yat-sen University School of Medicine at Guangzhou, China.
Jan 26, 2024	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Weill Institute of Neuroscience, UCSF at San Francisco, CA.
Jan 19, 2024	Shunyi's review article entitled "Tuning neural circuits and behaviors by microglia in adult brain" is published in Trends in Neurosciences. Many congrats, Shunyi!
Jan 8, 2024	Dr. Jincheng Zhang from Fudan University joined Wu lab as Visiting Research Fellow. Welcome, Jincheng!
Jan 4, 2024	Koichi and Yanlu's research article entitled "Microglia enhance post-anesthesia neuronal activity by shielding inhibitory synapses" is published in Nature Neuroscience. Many congrats, Koichi and Yanlu!
Dec 22, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted the lab Christmas party! Wish all have happy holidays!
Dec 19, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School at Boston, MA.
Dec 18, 2023	Dr. Aastha Dheer and Dr. Koichiro Haruwaka were promoted to Senior Research Fellow. Many congrats, Aastha and Koichi!
Dec 14, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai at New York City, NY.
Dec 12, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu discussed the microglia and neuroimmune research at Department of Neurology, University of Washington at Seattle, WA.
Dec 5, 2023	Fiona successfully defended her PhD thesis and became the second PhD graduate in the Wu lab at Mayo. Many congrats, Dr. Zheng!
Nov 22, 2023	Dr. Dimitrios Kleidonas from University of Freiburg joined Wu lab as a Research Fellow. Welcome, Dimitris!
Nov 13, 2023	Fifteen members of Wu lab at Mayo attended Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting and presented 9 posters and 1 oral talk by Tony at Washington DC.
Nov 6, 2023	Fiona's research article entitled "TREM2 mediates MHCII-associated CD4 T cell responses against gliomas" is published in Neuro-Oncology. Many congrats, Fiona!
Nov 4, 2023	Aastha's research article entitled "Chemogenetic approaches reveal the dual functions of microglia in seizures" is published in Brain, Behaviors, and Immunity. Many congrats, Aastha!
Nov 2, 2023	Aastha, Fiona, Neo and Dr. Wu visited Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX.
Oct 26, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Buffalo at Buffalo, NY.
Oct 24, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Virginia Lee from University of Pennsylvania, is the invited speaker and she gave a seminar on "Transmission of neurodegenerative disease proteins: a common mechanism of disease progression". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo.
Oct 21, 2023	Shunyi, Whitney and Dr. Wu attended 2023 Midwest Regional Neuroscience Conference at University of Wisconsin Green Bay to represent Mayo Neuroscience PhD program.
Oct 19, 2023	Manling's review article entitled "Regulation of cortical hyperexcitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Focusing on glial mechanisms" is published in Molecular Neurodegeneration. Many congrats, Manling!
Oct 12, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chair a section at the The 50th Naito Conference on Glia World, Sapporo, Japan.
Oct 7, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China at Hefei, China.
Sep 29, 2023	Dr. Naveen Nagarajan from University of Utah and Dr. Yang Yang from Purdue University visited Wu lab. Thanks for the great discussions on microglial research!
Sep 20, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and chaired a session at the 16th International Conference for Neurons and Brain Diseases, Sapporo, Japan.
Sep 18, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Department of Neurobiology, Nanjing Medical University at Nanjing, China.
Sep 13, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk and a special lecture at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neuroimmunology, Tokyo, Japan.
Sep 7, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar at Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University at Beijing, China.
Sep 4, 2023	Mr. Shinya Matsumoto from World Intec Co. LTD joined Wu lab as a Research Technologist. Welcome, Shinya!
Aug 24, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a talk at Tanz Center for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto at Toronto, ON.
Aug 22, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Yongjie Yang from Tufts University, is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Exosome signaling in astroglia to neuron communication in the CNS". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo.
Aug 19, 2023	Wu lab had a farewell party for Min-Hee. Min-Hee will start her independent research program as an Assistant Professor at Chonnam National University, South Korea. Thank you and wish you all the best, Min-Hee!
Aug 3, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu co-organized Society for Chinese Neuroscientists Inaugural Meeting 2023 at Pittsburgh, PA.
Aug 2, 2023	Ms. Andrea Victoria joined Wu lab as Administrative Assistant. Welcome, Andrea!
Jul 10, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu gave at talk and chaired a session on "How microglia sense and regulate neuronal activity" in XVI European Meeting on Glial Cells at Berlin, Germany.
Jul 5, 2023	Alessandra Miller from Montana State University Joined Wu lab as postbac trainee. Welcome, Alessandra!
Jun 26, 2023	Shunyi and Fiona's research article entitled "Chemogenetic manipulation of CX3CR1 cells transiently induces hypolocomotion independent of microglia" is published in Molecular Psychiatry. Many congrats, Shunyi and Fiona!
Jun 23, 2023	The Wu Lab outing at Minnehaha Falls to celebrate recently awarded multiple NIH funding (R35, R01 and R33). Thanks everyone for the great work!
Jun 14, 2023	The multi-PI R61/R33 (Goldstein, Zhao, Wu) grant on "Identification of botanical hHv1 channel blockers as analgesics for neuropathic pain" was funded by NCCIH, National Institutes of Health. Thanks Min-Hee for the contribution to all pain related projects!
Jun 5, 2023	William Tauner from University of Winona and Emily Dale from Washington State University joined Wu lab as postbac trainees. Welcome, William and Emily!
May 23, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu hosted "Glia and Neuroimmune Seminars". Dr. Lucas M. Cheadle from Cold Sprin Harbor Laboratory, is the invited speaker and he gave a seminar on "Sensory experience engages non-neuronal brain cells to coordinate neural development and function". The seminar series is sponsored by Biocytogen LLC and CMSAN at Mayo.
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 seminar at Neuroscience Institute, University of Tennessee at Memphis, TN.
May 4, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar 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 seminar 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 seminar at Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, VA.
Mar 24, 2023	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to give a seminar 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 attended 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 she 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 seminar 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 seminar 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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
Nov. 22, 2021	Dr. Long-Jun Wu was invited to deliver Grand Rounds in Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic at Rochester, MN.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.

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