News & Events

October 11, 2024

Jiawen was accepted into the Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program!

Jiawen has been accepted into the Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program and received fellowship support from the program. Congratulations Jiawen!!!

August 18, 2024

Abdulsalam received the Best Trainee Talk at MNID-2024 and was selected to present at the 2024 ASTMH annual meeting!

Abdulsalam presented his Ph.D. research work at the 2024 Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases (MNID) meeting and received the Best Trainee Talk award. This award will allow him to present his work at the 2024 ASTMH annual meeting (New Orleans) in November this year.


June 28, 2024

Audrey received our first T32 in the lab!

Audrey was selected to receive support for the next two years from the Michigan Predoctoral Genetics Training T32 Program (GTP). Congratulations, Audrey!!!


June 3rd, 2024

Abdulsalam joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow!

The Wang lab is thrilled to welcome Dr. Abdulsalam Adegoke joining the lab as a postdoctoral fellow

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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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