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Dr. Zhongwei Li, together with Dr. Toshikazu Araoka from Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) in Japan, and Dr. Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte from Salk Institute, published a book chapter in a new Springer book “Kidney Organogenesis: Methods and Protocols”. In this new book chapter entitled “Gene Editing in 3D Cultured Nephron Progenitor…Continue Reading 【New Publication】Gene Editing in 3D Cultured Nephron Progenitor Cell Lines

Undergraduate student April Li is awarded the competitive USC Provost’s Undergrad Research Fellowship to sponsor her research in the Li Lab. Congratulations! For more information about the USC Provost’s Undergrad Research Fellowship, please visit: https://undergrad.usc.edu/experience/research/undergrad_research/…Continue Reading April Li awarded USC Provost’s Undergrad Research Fellowship

Welcome new lab member – Tianyuan Xiang, the first visiting scholar in the lab. Tianyuan obtained her MD/PhD from China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. She worked for the Chinese PLA General Hospital (the 301 Hospital) in Beijing before joining the Li Lab as a visiting scholar. Welcome!…Continue Reading Li Lab welcome new lab member Tianyuan Xiang

Welcome new lab member – Biao Huang, the first postdoctoral fellow in the lab. Prior to joining Li lab, Biao obtained his PhD from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, focusing on epigenetics and aging using stem cell models. Welcome!…Continue Reading Li Lab welcome new lab member Biao Huang

Zhongwei Li secures funding from Wright Foundation to fight against osteoarthritis using a novel stem/progenitor cell-based therapy….Continue Reading Zhongwei Li receives 2018 Wright Foundation Pilot Award

Welcome new lab member – Zipeng Zeng, first PhD student in the lab from USC’s PIBBS Program. Welcome! For more information about USC’s PIBBS program:…Continue Reading Li Lab welcome new lab member Zipeng Zeng

If you lose a limb, it’s lost for life. If you damage a kidney, you won’t grow a new one. And if you have a heart attack, the scars are there to stay. But regenerative medicine is poised to change all of this. Building new tissue is within sight, and USC scientists are among the…Continue Reading Growing hope: New organs? Not yet, but stem cell research is getting closer

PhD student Zipeng Zeng (in rotation) gives a talk on kidney regeneration in 2018 Western Epithelial Biology Society (WEBS) Meeting in Avila Beach, California….Continue Reading PhD student gives a talk in 2018 WEBS meeting

Welcome new lab member – April Li, undergraduate student from USC’s Freshman Science Honor’s Program. Welcome!…Continue Reading Li lab welcomes new lab member April Li