Congratulations to the Jiang Lab for the new publication entitled “Macrophage-derived chemokine CCL22 establishes local LN-mediated adaptive thermogenesis and energy expenditure” published in Science Advances. Yexian Yuan et al. demonstrate that showing that…
Congratulations to the Jiang Lab for the new publication entitled “Estrogen counteracts age-related decline in beige adipogenesis through the NAMPT-regulated ER stress response” published in Nature Aging. Park, Hu et al demonstrate that replenishing…
The Naba lab has received a $25,000 award from the UIC Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative (CTRI). This award helps prepare early stage projects with high commercialization potential for licensing and startup opportunities. Read…
Leanna Leverton, 3rd-year graduate student in the Naba lab, is the recipient of the 2024-2025 Graduate College Dean’s Scholar Fellowship for her project entitled “Investigating the molecular mechanisms of SNED1 fibrillogenesis in the…
Alexandra Naba, Associate Professor in our Department, is the recipient of the 2024 UIC Honors College Capstone Supervisor of the Year award. The Capstone Supervisor of the Year award is given annually to…
Congratulations to the Jiang Lab for the lasted publication entitled “The Notch-PDGFRβ axis suppresses brown adipocyte progenitor differentiation in early post-natal mice” published in Developmental Cell. Shi and Xiong et al. demonstrate that…
Congratulations to Dr. Dharma Pally, postdoctoral researcher in the Naba lab, for being the lead author on a review entitled “Extracellular matrix dynamics: a key regulator of cell migration across length-scales and systems”…
Congratulations to all our award winners from the 33rd Physiology Awards Night. Naiche Adler was the recipient of the Philip K Hawley Distinguished Faculty Award. PhD candidates Kelly Conger and Phillippa Burns won…
Professor Emerita, Mrinalini (Meena) Chatta Rao, is one of five outstanding scientists selected to receive the Distinguished Alumni Awards of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for the year 2023. Dr. Rao has…
Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra Naba on the promotion to the rank of Associate Professor. In 2016, Dr. Naba joined UIC and formed the Lab for Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Research. She is a founder…