Year 2011-2018
Nov 2018- Kat joins the lab as a Ph.D. student!
Oct 2018- Di’s work is selected for oral presentation in the Nanosymposium of the World Neuroscience Conference 2018!
July 2018- Qi lab receives a research grant from Harrington Discovery Institute.
Mar 2018- Rihua joins the lab as a postdoc- Welcome!
Nov 2017- Qi lab receives a Catalyst Award from the Falk Foundation to develop small molecules for treating Huntington's disease.
Sep 2017- Yutong receives the award of the best presentation in the annual Recknagel Symposium!
July 2017- Xin has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!
Oct 2016- Qi lab receives a research grant from the Michael J Fox's Parkinson's Disease Foundation
July 2016- Xing's paper is published in Nature Communications- Congratulations!
Media Report: Scientists develop therapeutic protein, protect nerve cells from Huntington's disease.
Jan 2016- Yutong joins the lab as a Ph.D. student.
Sep 2015- Di is awarded the best academic record (2014-2015) in the annual Recknagel Symposium!
Aug 2014- Yuanyuan joins the lab as a postdoc!
June 2014- Qi lab is awarded an NIH R01 grant to study Huntington's disease!
Jan 2014- Di joins the lab as a PhD student.
Nov 2013- Xing's paper, titled "Inhibition of mitochondrial fragmentation diminishes Huntington's disease-associated neurodegeneration" is published in Journal of Clinical Investigation. Congratulations!
Comment in: Hope for Huntington's disease? A novel approach for disease modification. Mov Disord. 2014 Aug;29(9):1117.
Nov 2013- Yu-Chin's paper, titled "Inhibition of excessive mitochondrial fission reduced aberrant autophagy and neuronal damage caused by LRRK2 G2019S mutation" is published in Human Molecular Genetics. Congratulations!
Commentary by Nature Review Neurology: ‘Defective mitochondrial dynamics in the hot seat—a therapeutic target common to many neurological disorders?’ 2013 Aug;9(8): 417. PMID: 23877644.
Sep 2013- Qi lab receives a research grant from American Parkinson's Disease Association!
Jan 2012- The Qi lab is awarded American Heart Association Grant-in-Aid grant
Dec 2011- Qi lab receives a research grant from the Spize Brain Research Fund!
June 2011- Dr. Xing Guo joins the lab as a postdoc!
May 2011- Dr. Yu-Chin Su joins the lab as a postdoc!
March 2011- The Qi lab officially starts!