October 27, 2020: Our patent application titled "FOXC2 INHIBITOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF" was issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office under patent serial number 10,814,010.
March 2018: Maria's paper"A forkhead box protein C2 inhibitor: targeting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer metastasis" was accepted by ChemBioChem.
March 2018: Maria's paper"A forkhead box protein C2 inhibitor: targeting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer metastasis" was accepted by ChemBioChem.
January 2018: Dr. Luxi Chen and Chao Long's paper "A synthetic binder of breast cancer stem cells" was accepted by Chemistry-A European Journal and their achievement has been introduced in UT Dallas News. Congratulations!!!
June 2017: Hanna Suh attended our lab's high school summer research program.
May 2017: Jihyun Oh joined our lab as an undergraduate student.
January 2017: Tommy Deyoung Tan joined our lab as an undergraduate student.
August 2016: Jonghae Youn won UTD-Korean students scholarship.
August 2016: Madsen Alexander Maynard joined the research lab as an undergraduate student.
August 2016: Jennifer Nguyen and Dr. Luxi Chen's paper "Facile synthesis of autophagonizer and evaluation of its activity to induce autophagic cell death in apoptosis-defective cell line" was accepted by Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letter. Congratulations!!
June 2016: Matthew Cha joined our lab as an undergraduate student.
April 2016: Maria Castaneda won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
February 2016: Joon Yong Moon was accepted to UT Medical Branch at Galveston as a medical student.
January 2016: Maria Castaneda and Jonghae Youn passed their Qualifying Exam (QE).
September 2015: Jennifer Nguyen won the UTD Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award.
July 2015: Dr. Jiyong Lee is the recipient of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant.
May 2015: Ruba Zein joined the research lab as an undergraduate student.
April 2015: Zach Sheldon was accepted to UT Southwestern as a graduate student.
January 2015: Joon Yong Moon and Zach Sheldon joined the lab as an undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students.
November 2014: Luxi Chen joined the lab as a postdoctoral research associate. She received her Ph.D in Biomedical Science from National University of Singapore.
October 2014: Jonghae Youn and Maria Castaneda joined the lab as graduate students. Jonghae received his B.Sc and M.Sc in Chemistry from Kwangwoon University and Maria received her B.Sc in Chemistry from University of Tulsa.
September 2014: Andy Tran won the UTD Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award.
March 2014: Jennifer Nguyen and Kha Andy Tran joined the lab as undergraduate students.
October 2013: Chao Long joined the lab as a graduate student. He received his B.Sc in pharmacy from Sichuan University.
August 2012: Dr. Jiyong Lee joined the University of Texas at Dallas as an assistant professor and opened his lab in Founders 3.701
March 2018: Maria's paper"A forkhead box protein C2 inhibitor: targeting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer metastasis" was accepted by ChemBioChem.
March 2018: Maria's paper"A forkhead box protein C2 inhibitor: targeting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer metastasis" was accepted by ChemBioChem.
January 2018: Dr. Luxi Chen and Chao Long's paper "A synthetic binder of breast cancer stem cells" was accepted by Chemistry-A European Journal and their achievement has been introduced in UT Dallas News. Congratulations!!!
June 2017: Hanna Suh attended our lab's high school summer research program.
May 2017: Jihyun Oh joined our lab as an undergraduate student.
January 2017: Tommy Deyoung Tan joined our lab as an undergraduate student.
August 2016: Jonghae Youn won UTD-Korean students scholarship.
August 2016: Madsen Alexander Maynard joined the research lab as an undergraduate student.
August 2016: Jennifer Nguyen and Dr. Luxi Chen's paper "Facile synthesis of autophagonizer and evaluation of its activity to induce autophagic cell death in apoptosis-defective cell line" was accepted by Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letter. Congratulations!!
June 2016: Matthew Cha joined our lab as an undergraduate student.
April 2016: Maria Castaneda won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
February 2016: Joon Yong Moon was accepted to UT Medical Branch at Galveston as a medical student.
January 2016: Maria Castaneda and Jonghae Youn passed their Qualifying Exam (QE).
September 2015: Jennifer Nguyen won the UTD Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award.
July 2015: Dr. Jiyong Lee is the recipient of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant.
May 2015: Ruba Zein joined the research lab as an undergraduate student.
April 2015: Zach Sheldon was accepted to UT Southwestern as a graduate student.
January 2015: Joon Yong Moon and Zach Sheldon joined the lab as an undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students.
November 2014: Luxi Chen joined the lab as a postdoctoral research associate. She received her Ph.D in Biomedical Science from National University of Singapore.
October 2014: Jonghae Youn and Maria Castaneda joined the lab as graduate students. Jonghae received his B.Sc and M.Sc in Chemistry from Kwangwoon University and Maria received her B.Sc in Chemistry from University of Tulsa.
September 2014: Andy Tran won the UTD Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award.
March 2014: Jennifer Nguyen and Kha Andy Tran joined the lab as undergraduate students.
October 2013: Chao Long joined the lab as a graduate student. He received his B.Sc in pharmacy from Sichuan University.
August 2012: Dr. Jiyong Lee joined the University of Texas at Dallas as an assistant professor and opened his lab in Founders 3.701