{"id":13,"date":"2021-04-27T20:43:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T20:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:50:25","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our joint work with the Li lab in the Department of Physics at University of Texas at El Paso is now accepted for publication in <em>Brief. Bioinform<strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linjun Yuan is joining the lab as a Ph.D. student. Welcome Linjun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yuan Gao has been selected to give a flash talk in the motility subgroup during the&nbsp;2023&nbsp;Annual&nbsp;Biophysical Society Meeting in San Diego. Congratulations Yuan. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Akasit (Bank) Visootsat has been selected to receive a travel award for the&nbsp;2023&nbsp;Annual&nbsp;Biophysical Society Meeting in San Diego. Congratulations Bank!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dominic&nbsp;Perrino has been selected as a 2022-2023&nbsp;URSA&nbsp;Engage Award Recipient.  Congratulations Dominic!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joshua&nbsp;Heisler has been selected as a 2022-2023&nbsp;URSA&nbsp;Engage Award Recipient.  Congratulations Joshua!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kateyln Scott is joining the lab as a&nbsp;STEM&nbsp;Leaders undergraduate researcher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Owen&nbsp;Williamson won a SURE Science Award to do summer research in the lab. Congratulations Owen!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guangxi (Max) Feng successfully defended his dissertation today and became a newly-minted PhD from the lab! Congratulations, Dr. Feng!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily Gemmill won a Cripps Undergraduate Research (CURE) Award to do summer research in the lab. Congratulation, Emily!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cypress Jones won a SURE Science Award to do summer research in the lab. Congratulations Cypress!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily Gemmill won a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards for undergraduate research. Congratulations, Emily!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Weihong and Radhika Subramanian from Harvard Medical School served as Co-Chairs for a Cell Bio 2020 Minisymposium on \u201cBuilding and Decorating Cell Skeleton\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong will give an invited talk in the \u201c1st&nbsp;Symposium on Molecular Engine\u201d in Chiba, Japan on January 8th, 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ethiene Kwok (Kathy) joined the lab as a Faculty Research Assistant. Welcome back, Kathy!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Qiu lab received a 5-year NIH R01 grant to study the mechanism and regulation of kinesin-14 motors in mitotic spindle assembly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong is co-chairing a special interest subgroup with Will Hancock of Penn State University on \u201cbuilding complexity to understand the microtubule cytoskeleton\u201d at the ASCB\/EMBO 2019 meeting in Washington DC!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audrey Korte, a Sophomore of Biochemistry and Biophysics, won a Cripps Undergraduate Research (CURE) Award to do summer research in the lab. Congratulations, Audrey!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healyn Epp, Sophomore of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, won a SURE Science Award to do summer research in the lab. Congratulations, Healyn!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jiadi He, Junior of Physics, won a&nbsp;SURE Science Award to do summer research in the lab. Congratulations, Jiadi!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Kuo-Fu Tseng joined Aetio Biotherapy as a senior scientist. Congratulations, Dr. Tseng!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Andrew Popchock successfully defended his dissertation today and became a newly-minted and second PhD from the lab! Congratulations, Dr. Popchock!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allison Gicking successfully defended her dissertation today and became a newly-minted and first PhD from the lab! Congratulations, Dr. Gicking!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our work&nbsp;on the role of the central stalk in the motility of mitotic kinesin-14 motors was accepted for publication in Current Biology!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our joint work&nbsp;with Prof. Bo Liu\u2019s lab at UC Davis on the discovery of the first processive minus-end-directed kinesin-14 motor was accepted for publication in Nature Communications!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong gave an invited talk in the motility subgroup during the 2018 Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Weihong is co-chairing a special interest subgroup with Will Hancock of Penn State University on \u201cthe emerging phenomena of molecular motors\u201d at the ASCB\/EMBO 2017 meeting in Philodelpia!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeremy Meinke won&nbsp;the WIC Culture of Writing Award in Physics for his senior thesis on BimC!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong is invited to give&nbsp;a keynote presentation on unconventional kinesin-14 motors&nbsp;at the&nbsp;OCPA9 International Conference that will take place&nbsp;in July&nbsp;17-20 at Tsinghua University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong will give a plenary talk&nbsp;at 18th Annual Meeting of the APS Northwest Section in June 1-3.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vi Thuy Lam won a Cripps Undergraduate Research (CURE) Award to do summer research in the lab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youngmin Park&nbsp;received a SURE Science award to do&nbsp;summer research in the lab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong gave a&nbsp;physics seminar&nbsp;seminar at&nbsp;University of California, Merced&nbsp;on April&nbsp;6.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our work&nbsp;on the context-dependent bidirectional motility of KlpA&nbsp;was accepted for publication in Nature Communications!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Qiu lab received a three-year award from NSF!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong gave an IMB seminar on kinesis-14s at University of Oregon on October 11.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong gave a talk at the Gordon Research Conference on Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton in New Hampshire (August 14-19).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong gave a talk at the Gordon Research Conference on Muscle &amp; Molecular Motors in Vermont (July 17-22).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alexander Jones received a CURE award for his summer research in the lab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeremy Meinke received a SURE Science award for doing summer research in the lab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeremy Meinke received an URISC award for his research in the lab during the Winter and Spring of 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youngmin Kim received a Biochemistry and Biophysics Department \u201cKnowledge Advancement Research Experience\u201d Award (KARE Award).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great news, Chad has accepted a job as a DRAM Product Engineer at Micron Technology, Inc!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joel received a SURE Science award for doing summer research in the lab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhong Bin received the Waldo-Cummings Outstanding Student Award, one of the most prestigious awards bestowed by Oregon State University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lindsay received a Biochemistry and Biophysics Department \u201cKnowledge Advancement Research Experience\u201d Award (KARE Award).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bin received an URISC award for his research in the lab during the 2014-2015 acadmic year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jessica received an URISC award for her research in the lab during the 2014-2015 acadmic year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong, together with Bo Sun and Kari van Zee, received an advised grant from the Soeldner Campbell Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max received a CURE award for his summer research in the lab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weihong recevied a New Investigator Grant from the OHSU Medical Research Fundation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elliott received a SURE Science award for his summer research in the lab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lindsay received an URSA Engage award for her research in the lab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7932,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/qiulab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}