2012
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Prof. Yang has been selected to receive the 2012 Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes Foundation! This award also provides funding to Yang lab to develop novel stem cell and biomaterials-based therapy for treating congential defects.
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Yang lab had a fun lab outing at Ming's restaurant to celebrate the Chinese New Year-Dragon year!
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Prof. Yang became an Associate Member of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (ISCBRM) at Stanford University.
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Work from Yang lab have been accepted for three podium presentations in the upcoming Materials Research Society Conference to be held in Apr 2012. Congratulations to lead authors
Leo, Xinming and Zhe!
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Soah Lee, a 1st year Ph.D. Student in Materials Science Engineering Department, joined Yang lab for a rotation. Welcome Soah!
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2011
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Prof. Yang gave a podium presentation at the 11th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems Conference in Lahaina, Maui.
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Michael Keeney and Lorenzo Deveza each gave a podium presentation and a poster of their work at the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference in Hartford, CT.
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Michael Keeney, Leo Han, Lorenzo Deveza, Janice Lai and Shaheen Jeeawoody each present their work at the Bio-X Symposium Poster session.
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Welcome Tianyi Wang to join Yang lab for a rotation!
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Welcome Emily Cheng to join the Yang lab!
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Dr. Yang gave an invited talk at the Enigneering in Medicine and Biology Conference in Boston.
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Lorezno has been awarded Medical Scholars Fellowship to support his full time research in Yang lab. Congratulations Lorenzo!
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Zhe persented her summer research at Stanford School of Engineering China-Undergraduate Visiting Researchers (UGVR) poster session.
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Michelle persented her summer research at the Bio-X poster session.
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Yang lab had a fun lab outing to the farm picking delicious blackberries!
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Sungwon Lim joined lab for rotation. Welcome Sungwon!
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Stephanie persented her summer research at the HBREX poster session.
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Leo Han and Prof. Yang presented our work at the Gordon Research Conference in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering held in New Hampshire.
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Welcome Tyler Prestwood, a MSTP/MD.PhD student to join Yang Lab for summer rotation!
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Yang lab had a fun lab outing watching Happy Potter opening show and enjoying delicious Thai food!
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Welcome Dr. Xinming Tong, a polymer chemist to join Yang Lab as a postdoc fellow!
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Dr. Yang gave an invited talk at the E3 Forum in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Welcome Zhe Zhang join Yang Lab as a summer exchange student between Tsinghua University and Stanford!
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Michael, Lorenzo and Sylivie's work has been accepted for podium and poster presentations at the upcoming Biomedical Engineering Society Anuual Conference!
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Dr. Yang gave an invited talk to the 2011 Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program participants.
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Stephanie Yu joined Yang lab and has been awarded funding through Human Biology Research Exploration program! Congratulations Stephanie!
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Shaheen was awarded the VUPE minor grant to support her summer research in Yang lab. Congratulations Shaheen!
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Yang lab had a fun outing event at Straits Cafe and Palo Alto Bowling night!
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Michael and Janice's paper has come out in "Current Opinion in Biotechnology".
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Michael, Anusuya and Michelle each gave a platform presentation of their work at the Annual Materials Research Society Conference in San Francisco.
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Michelle Nii has been awarded the Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship. Congratulations Michelle!
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Janice Lai has successfully passed her Ph.D. qualify exams! Congratulations Janice!
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Anusuya has been awarded the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship. This competitive program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. Congratulations Anusuya!
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Dr. Yang gave a talk at the Society for Biomaterials Annual Conference.
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Two outstanding undergraduates from our lab, Anusuya and Chang, have got into multiple top Ph.D. programs including Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Columbia etc. Anusuya will join UC Berkeley and Chang will join Columbia University for their Ph.D. studies. Congratulations Anusuya and Chang!
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Anusuya's paper is published online in Pharmaceutical Research.
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Dr. Yang has been selected to receive the 2010 McCormick Faculty Award!The McCormick Funds were established to support the advancement of women in medicine and/or medical research directly, or by supporting the mentoring, training and encouragement of women pursuing the study of medicine, in teaching medicine, and engaging in medical research.
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Welcome Cheen Euong Ang to join the Yang lab for a rotation!
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Anusuya and Lorenzo each presented their work at the Bio-X Symposium poster session!
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Anusuya Ramasubramanian's paper on non-viral delivery of inductive and suppressive genes to stem cells for osteogenesis has been accepted for publications in Pharmaceutical Research. Congratulations Anusuya!
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Michelle, Michael and Anusuya's work has been accepted to give platform presentations at the upcoming annual conference of Materials Research Society!
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Michael Keeney's joint manuscript with members of Richard Zare's group was accepted for publications in Nano Letters.
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Welcome Sylvie Liong, Linsey Seitz and Qian Yi Lee to join the Yang lab for rotations!
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2010 [-]
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Welcome Janice Lai, Shaheen Jeeawoody and Jeffrey Choi to join the Yang lab!
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Dr. Yang received the Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiative Award to develop biodegradable and bioactive gene delivery depot
for treating avascular bone necrosis. The Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program represents a key Stanford initiative to address
challenges in human health, acting in concert with other interdisciplinary grantmaking programs across The Stanford Challenge. The IIP awards provide
seed funding for highrisk, high-reward, collaborative projects across the university, and have been highly successful in fostering transformative research.
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Welcome Melina Mathur and Ruby Lee to join the Yang lab!
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Michelle presented her work at the BioX Symposium poster session!
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Sheila and Galym presented their work at the HB-REX poster session!
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Kathryn Daniels presented her summer project at NIH STEP-UP conference in Atlanta Georgia this week!
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Dr. Yang's paper on MSC differentiation on 3D woven scaffolds came out in Tissue Engineering!
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Dr. Yang's paper on combinatorial matrices for directing stem cell differentiation came out in Biomacromolecules!
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Yang Group had our first lab outing thanks to Sheila's efforts! We had fun tie-dying t-shirts and picnic at the beautiful sculpture garden of Cantor Art Museum. Thanks Sheila!
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Dr. Leo Han from UT Austin join the group as a postdoctoral fellow! Welcome Leo!
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Welcome Chang Liu join Yang Lab as a summer exchange student between Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) and Stanford!
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Welcome Kathryn Daniels to join Yang Lab for summer research as a NIH STEP-UP program fellow!
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Welcome Dr. Michael Keeney to join the group as a postdoctoral fellow!
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Michelle Nii has been awarded the Bio-X Summer Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations Michelle!
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Dr. Yang is selected by the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Board of Trustees as one of two 2010 Baxter Faculty Scholar award recipients! This highly competitive award provides funding to support high-impact research with translational potential to move "from bench to bedside".
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Stacey Shiigi, a first year Bioengineering Ph.D. student join the lab for rotation. Welcome Stacey!
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Both Michelle and Anusuya have been awarded the competitive VPUE Major Grant to support their research in Yang Lab! Congratulations Michelle and Anusuya!
Major Grants support substantial, in-depth projects that normally include a full-time summer commitment, and that demonstrate focused, intellectually rigorous perspectives on the topics at hand.
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Welcome Patrick Benitez and Kathy Wei to join the group for PhD rotations!
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Dr. Yang gave a talk at the annual Orthopaedic Reserach Society Conference.
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Both Galym Imanbayev and Sheila Onyiah have been awarded funding through Human Biology Research Exploration program! Congratulations Galym and Sheila!
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Lorenzo Deveza was awarded funding through MedScholars program! Congratulations Lorenzo!
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Welcome Michelle Nii, Sheila Onyiah, and Galym Imanbayev to join the group!
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2009 [-]
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 Dr. Fan Yang was awarded a National Scientist Development Grant from American Heart Association!This award provides a 4-year grant to support highly promising scientists in their progress to pursue highly innovative work with significant impacts in cardiovascular research.
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Welcome Christine Ensley to join the group!
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Welcome Anusuya Ramasubramanian to join the group!
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Welcome Vivian Zhang to join the group as our lab manager!
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Dr. Fan Yang gave a talk at the 2009 annual Biomedical Engineering Society Conference.
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 Dr. Yang's paper on genetic engineering of stem cells for angiogenesis comes out in PNAS this week. | |
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Welcome Lorenzo Deveza to join the group!
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Welcome Jo-Ann Deasis to join the group!
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Dr. Fan Yang was invited to give a talk at the 2009 annual International Systems Biology Conference.
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Yang lab renovation is completed!
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Positions Open: We are currently looking for outstanding and highly motivated people to join our lab!
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Lab construction is under way!
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Welcome to Yang Research Group!
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