Rong Lu Lab

Just defended! Walked in Mrs. Vergel Snodgrass, walked out Dr. Vergel Snodgrass! 🎓🎉@USCPIBBS @USCStemCell

@USCStemCell Congrats @KShenLab !!!

Congrats to Keyue Shen, Assoc. Professor of Biomedical Engineering & USC Stem Cell affiliated faculty member, on being elected to the AIMBE College of Fellows. This honor recognizes Shen’s contributions to biomedical engineering & disease research. viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/04/h…

Huge milestone for the lab today as 3 more PhDs officially got hooded! 🎓 Bittersweet to see them go, but so excited for their next chapters. Best of luck, Doctors! @USCPIBBS @USCStemCell @KECKSchool_USC #FightOn ✌️

Is there a doctor on the plane? Yes, but he’s the kind that can explain the correlation of cellular pathways rather than perform surgery. Congratulations to our newest PhD, Dr. Zachary Thomas! 🎓 @USCViterbi @USCStemCell @USC #fighton ✌️

A bit late but big news in the Lu Lab! 🥳 We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rong Lu has been promoted to Full Professor. Thank you for being an inspiration to us all and for showing us what’s possible with hard work and passion. Time to celebrate! 🥂✨ #USCStemCell #USC

Happy holidays from the Lu Lab! 🎄 Also, our Up inspired gingerbread house won our building gingerbread contest this year! #uscstemcell #uscksom #uscpibbs

@USC @KECKSchool_USC Congratulations!!! 🍾

A natural healing superpower: ribs can regrow even after massive injury. @KECKSchool_USC's Shuwan Liu uncovered how, and her discovery could help bones across the body repair themselves. stemcell.keck.usc.edu/phd-student-sh…

Congratulations to Danica Gonzalez (MCDB ’26) for receiving a USC Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship! 🌟 #uscstemcell #ronglulab #usc #fighton

Big congratulations to Sara Lydon (@fin_34_), a 2nd-year PhD student in @uscbme, for being awarded a NIH T32 Fellowship in Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, and Regeneration! An exciting step forward in a promising research journey! @USCStemCell #fighton @KeckMedicineUSC @USC

Big congratulations to Zack on receiving the F31 for his project, Investigating the Heterogeneous Intercellular Signaling of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells and its Changes around the Circadian Clock! 🏆🔬 #usckeck #Hematopoiesis #uscstemcell #uscviterbi

Happy holidays from the Lu Lab! 🎄🎅🏻❄️ #happyholidays #TisTheSeason #uscstemcell #FightOn #thermofisher #iaspireto

@GeorgiaLab_USC @KECKSchool_USC @USCStemCell @ChildrensLA @USC_COMPASS @USCPIBBS @NIDDKgov @Faces0fScience Congratulations Senta!!! 🍾

Honored to receive the 2024 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging from the Keck School of Medicine!! Thank you for acknowledging the impact of my work @KECKSchool_USC @USCStemCell @ChildrensLA @USC_COMPASS @USCPIBBS @NIDDKgov @Faces0fScience

Did we find the fountain of youth (for the immune system)? ⛲️ @USCStemCell scientist Rong Lu and her collaborators point the finger at a small subset of blood stem cells that keep immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases. stemcell.keck.usc.edu/the-secret-to-…

Our study looking at how the immune system keeps its youth has aged beautifully over the years, but it’s finally out! Congrats to our Senior Scientist, Dr. Nogalska! #USCStemcell #immuneaging #hematopoieticstemcells #keckschoolofmedicine stemcell.keck.usc.edu/the-secret-to-…

@ImmunoFever @joann_trejo @drstarbird @raflynn5 Thank you @ImmunoFever !

@joann_trejo @drstarbird I know that woman! That's @RongLuLab! Congrats! And congrats also to @raflynn5, it's so wonderful to see your faces among the awardees! The two awardees I know are both amazing and clearly doing transformative research!

@yly99129 @ElowitzLab @Caltech Thank you @yly99129 !

@RongLuLab @ElowitzLab @Caltech Rong, Congrats!🎈🎊🍾

Excited to share that with the @ElowitzLab at @Caltech we’ve been awarded the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award! We’ll use MEMOIR technology to study blood cell production in bone marrow, potentially improving patient treatments. 🧬🩸 #USCStemcell #StemCellResearch

@ChlaTg @ElowitzLab @Caltech Thanks @ChlaTg !

@RongLuLab @ElowitzLab @Caltech Congratulations Rong!

@GuonHuang @ElowitzLab @Caltech Thanks @GuonHuang !

@RongLuLab @ElowitzLab @Caltech Congratulations Rong!

@bloodgenes @Anders_S_Hansen @raflynn5 @ElowitzLab Thank you @bloodgenes !

Wow!!! Amazing group and great to see so many fantastic folks I know on the list! Congratulations, @Anders_S_Hansen, @raflynn5, @RongLuLab, @ElowitzLab, and others!