News & Events

April 19, 2024

Nidhi joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow!

We warmly welcome Dr. Nidhi Bub joining the Wang lab as a postdoctoral fellow. 

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April 18, 2024

Audrey starts her Ph.D. training in the lab!

The Wang lab is thrilled to welcome our newest graduate student, Audrey DeGroot, to join the lab. 

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February 20, 2024

Our study on Toxoplasma-mediated NLRP1 inflammasome activation has been published. 

Our paper entitled "Host E3 ubiquitin ligase ITCH mediates Toxoplasma gondii effector GRA35-triggered NLRP1 inflammasome activation and cell-autonomous immunity" is published online in mBio today! 

Read the paper here!

February 06, 2024

Our lab wins the Research Scouts funding. 

The Wang lab is awarded $150,000 from the Research Scouts Program at the University of Michigan Medical School to study the virulence of atypical Toxoplasma strains. 

November 21, 2023

Priscilla joins the lab as a visiting master's student!

Welcome Priscilla Ofosua Gyan from the University of Ghana visiting the Wang lab. 

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October 17, 2023

Jiawen joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow!

We warmly welcome Dr. Jiawen Fu joining the Wang lab as a postdoctoral fellow. 

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September 25, 2023

Samantha joins the lab!

The Wang lab is thrilled to welcome our newest undergraduate student, Samantha Shaffer, to the lab. 

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August 14, 2023

Ariel Lindholm joins the lab!

The Wang lab is thrilled to welcome our lab manager, Ariel Lindholm, to the lab. 

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August 07, 2023

Lily Weirich joins the lab!

The Wang lab is thrilled to welcome our newest undergraduate student, Lily Weirich, to the lab. 

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August 01, 2023

The Wang lab is awarded an NIH-R00 grant. 

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Yifan Wang and the Wang lab have been awarded an NIH R00 grant entitled "Toxoplasma effector-mediated modulation of innate immune pathways in non-murine macrophages". 

January 02, 2023

The Wang lab officially opened in January 2023. 

Dr. Yifan Wang started the Assistant Professor position in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan Medical School, and the Wang lab officially opened.

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