Congratulations to the Lab of Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing article, titled “Cross-lineage potential of Ascl1 uncovered by comparing diverse reprogramming regulatomes”, in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The work from the Qian Lab’s team was co-first-authored by postdoctoral fellow, Haofei Wang, and M.D./Ph.D. student, Benjamin Keepers. … Read more

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing a Voices article, titled “Anniversary Reflections: Inspiring Discoveries and the Future of the Field”, in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Dr. Qian was invited to share her opinion and vision for the future of stem cell field in the June … Read more

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for recently receiving The Graduate School at UNCCH’s 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. Dr. Qian was presented with this award by Suzanne Barbour, Dean of The Graduate School, at the doctoral hooding ceremony on May 7, 2022. This annual … Read more

Congratulations to Benjamin Keepers, a graduate research assistant, who received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Rutgers University, currently in Dr. Qian’s Lab, for preparing to defend Ph.D. thesis. Ben’s Ph.D. Defense, titled ““A Change of Heart: Novel Approaches to Direct Cardiac Reprogramming”, is scheduled for April 18, 2022, in … Read more

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for recently being appointed a member of the AHA’s HBCU Scholar Mentor Program. AHA just launched the HBCU program in North Carolina this year, and Dr. Qian will be mentoring one of two North Carolina Central University (NCCU) scholars, Chisom Ezenweny. Dr. … Read more

Congratulations to Shea Ricketts, a Ph.D. graduate student in Dr. Qian’s Lab, for being admitted to the UNC IVB Training Program.  

Congratulations to Gregory Farber, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Qian’s Lab, for recently receiving a 2021 postdoctoral fellowship from AHA.

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and her team for publishing an invited long review article, titled “Direct cell reprogramming: approaches, mechanisms and progress”, in the prestigious Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. Their work is featured in the February 22, 2021 issue of Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol … Read more

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for the receipt of EIA R35 grant from NIH’s NHLBI. The grant is to support the Qian Lab’s continued effort in further developing and refining reprogramming approaches to repair injured hearts. It is a 7-year grant for $6.5 million.  Read More…

Congratulations to Jiandong Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, & Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, both in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for the receipt of 2020 EIAs from the AHA. Drs. Liu & Qian feel honored and grateful to receive this award separately in the same year, particularly given the limited number of awardees each … Read more