News

Catch up on the latest updates from Dr. Ji's lab, including our recent achievements, awards, and honors!

Announcements

Congratulations to Dr. Kehan Ren

12/03/2024

We are thrilled to share the great news that Dr. Kehan Ren has been noticed that his K99 application from NCI is being recommended for funding in FY2025. 

Welcome Ji Lab members

11/23/2024

Welcome to our newest lab members: Laya Soleimani

Congratulations to Dr. Kehan Ren and Dr. Ermin Li

11/12/2024

We are thrilled to share our newly published article on the development of iPSC-derived human bone marrow organoids for autonomous hematopoiesis and patient-derived HSPC engraftment. Congratulations to our lead authors, Dr. Kehan Ren and Dr. Ermin Li!

Congratulations to Dr. Honghao Bi

10/18/2024

Our study identifies DDX41 as a G4 resolver, critical for maintaining erythroid genome stability and suppressing the cGAS-STING pathway. Excellent work by Dr. Honghao Bi and the team!

Congratulations to Dr. Xu Han

08/05/2024

Dr. Xu Han and colleagues demonstrate that pleckstrin-2, a proto-oncoprotein involved in AKT activation and stabilization, links the PI3K-AKT and androgen receptor pathways in prostate cancer.

Congratulations to Dr. Kehan Ren

07/01/2024

Dr. Kehan Ren is greatly honored to receive the prestigious 2024 EvansMDS Young Investigator Award, which includes $450,000 in funding to support his future independent research.

Congratulations to Dr. Xu Han, Dr. Honghao Bi, Dr. Kehan Ren and Dr. Pan Wang

12/07/2023

Ji Lab is headed to ASH23! Congratulations to Dr. Honghao Bi and Dr. Xuhan for their oral presentations, as well as Dr. Kehan Ren and Dr. Pan Wang for showcasing our recent work through their posters.

Congratulations to Dr. Honghao Bi

09/30/2023

Dr. Honghao Bi has been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32).

Welcome Ji Lab members

05/01/2023

Welcome to our newest lab members: Inci Aydemir

Congratulations to Dr. Kehan Ren

04/06/2023

Dr. Kehan Ren has been awarded the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Career Development Program (CDP) Special Fellow Award, receiving $153,600 for a two-year period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025.

Congratulations to Dr. Peng Ji

03/07/2023

Dr. Peng Ji is honored to serve as the Vice Chair of Research for Pathology, where he will oversee and advance the department's diverse and extensive research portfolio.

Congratulations to Dr. Yang Mei and Dr. Kehan Ren

09/01/2022

It's great to see Dr. Yang Mei and Dr. Kehan Ren's paper, titled "Bone marrow–confined IL-6 signaling mediates the progression of myelodysplastic syndromes to acute myeloid leukemia," featured on the cover of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Congratulations to Dr. Peng Ji

03/20/2022

Dr. Peng Ji has been awarded the prestigious Ramzi S. Cotran Young Investigator Award, recognizing his significant contributions to the diagnosis and understanding of human disease through his investigative work.

Congratulations to Dr. Kehan Ren

07/20/2022

Congratulations to Dr. Kehan Ren on receiving a prestigious Translational Bridge Program Award from the Lurie Cancer Center at Northwestern University.

Congratulations to Dr. Yang Mei

07/23/21

We are incredibly proud that our former lab member, Dr. Yang Mei, has been selected to receive an American Society of Hematology (ASH) Global Research Award.

Congratulations to Dr. Yijie Liu

1/21/21